Missouri Tigers carrying on Arkansas presence by Bob Holt | Today at 2:29 a.m. Missouri head coach Eliah Drinkwitz speaks to reporters during the NCAA college football Southeastern Conference Media Days Thursday, July 22, 2021, in Hoover, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) HOOVER, Ala. -- Missouri will have Fayetteville Bulldogs on each side of the ball this season and also be led by a former Arkansas Tech University student body president. Defensive tackle Akial Byers and receiver Barrett Bannister, both Fayetteville High School alums, are fifth-year seniors who have played a combined 73 games for Missouri. Eli Drinkwitz, the Arkansas Tech graduate who also was the student body president at Alma High School, is back for his second season as the Tigers' coach.