Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz revokes football staffer's access due to brother playing for upcoming opponent

Undefeated Missouri volition question to Kyle Field this play for what is expected to beryllium a pugnacious roadworthy trial erstwhile they instrumentality connected No. 25 Texas A&M. 

As Missouri continues to hole for the Southeastern Conference tilt, manager Eli Drinkwitz made a somewhat unexpected determination this week by informing 1 of the team's staffers that they would beryllium barred from attending practice.

Drinkwitz said Briah Reed, Missouri's adjunct manager of on-campus recruiting, is "not allowed astatine signifier this week." The manager cited the beingness of Briah's brother, Marcel Reed, connected the Aggies' roster.

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Sep 7, 2024; Columbia, Missouri, USA; Missouri Tigers caput manager Eli Drinkwitz connected tract aft the triumph implicit the Buffalo Bulls astatine Faurot Field astatine Memorial Stadium. (Denny Medley-Imagn Images)

Reed, a freshman quarterback, could commencement for Texas A&M connected Oct. 6.

Aggies manager Mike Elko said Conner Weigman is considered a "game-time decision." Weigman was the starting backmost successful the Aggies play opening nonaccomplishment to Notre Dame, but exited a Week 2 crippled owed to a enarthrosis injury.

Sep 14, 2024; Columbia, Missouri, USA; A wide presumption of a Missouri Tigers helmet against the Boston College Eagles during the archetypal fractional astatine Faurot Field astatine Memorial Stadium. (Denny Medley-Imagn Images)

Reed has thrown a walk successful 4 of the Aggies' 5 games this season, starting successful each of the past 3 contests. Drinkwitz said the coaching unit is gearing its gameplan astir Reed this week, careless of Weigman's status.

"At this point, I cognize connected their extent chart, it says the different kid is the starting quarterback," Drinkwitz said.

"But that's conscionable semantics successful my opinion. [Reed] is 3-0 arsenic the starter. Whether he's listed arsenic questionable oregon whatever, I don't spot them going back. They're 3-0, they intelligibly person a antithetic violative individuality with [Reed] arsenic quarterback, and they've developed an discourtesy that fits astir his system. It's a batch antithetic than the archetypal crippled of the year. If they spell with the different one, they spell with the different one. But they've benignant of already built the discourtesy towards Marcel."

Sep 21, 2024; College Station, Texas, USA; A item presumption of a Texas A&M Aggies helmet connected the sideline during the crippled against the Bowling Green Falcons astatine Kyle Field. (Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images.)

On Wednesday, Drinkwitz doubled down connected his stance connected Briah's week-long signifier ban, saying helium "wasn't joking." Drinkwitz made the comments during an SEC coaches teleconference.

Drinkwitz besides acknowledged that the brother-sister narration created an "interesting dynamic."

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"It's created an absorbing dynamic," Drinkwitz said. "At the extremity of the day, that's her member and that's her blood, and we cognize that she's doing her occupation here. But household is ever truthful important, and truthful we don't privation her to beryllium successful immoderate benignant of struggle of interest. In fact, I conscionable saw her successful the hallway conscionable a 2nd ago. But I'm not letting her successful the transcript country and she's definite not going to person her eyes connected the scouting report."

Drinkwitz besides said that anterior to Week 3, helium was unaware that Briah had a household subordinate who played for Texas A&M. Marcel threw 2 touchdowns during the Aggies 33-20 triumph implicit the Florida Gators that week. 

Drinkwitz is successful the midst of his 5th play arsenic the caput manager astatine Missouri. The Tigers landed successful the ninth spot successful the latest AP Top 25 rankings.

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