Ali Drinkwitz, head coach of the Missouri Tigers, called the fan message boards "Pakistan" in response to Ahmad Hardy's ongoing questions.

Ali Drinkwitz responded to fan message boards in reply to Ahmad Hardy's persistent questions, calling them "obvious" after Mizzou's 5-1 start.

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"They have to take care of themselves. But they proved, I think, on Saturday that they can play with the big boys and win."

Missouri head coach Eli Drinkowitz is having a terrific first half of the 2026 season.

The Tigers are 5-1 and riding high after dismantling both Florida and Texas A&M at home in back-to-back weeks.

Drinkowitz himself must be feeling good, given that his team has done all this despite losing their best player in running back Ahmed Hardy.

Hardy was an All-American in 2025 and was expected to repeat that feat this season, but a bullet in May put a stop to all those ideas.

The standout running back has since recovered and is miraculously on his way back to the football field.

There's no set timetable for his return, though, and despite what Coach Drinkwitz has said time and time again, there are still questions about each of his weekly presses.

I guess this week in particular was the last straw for the man they call Drink, as the angry head coach made the final comment on the matter where the rumors of his departure started.

"I really don't want to have to answer that question every week," explained a visibly frustrated Drinkowitz. "I'll tell you all when there's an update. Unlike what's in the message board repository."

Drink isn't even the first coach to respond to that subset of his fans, as Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko had some comments on the TexAgs message boards after their loss to the same Missouri Tigers on Saturday.

Elko even used the same term "cesspool" when separating them.

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Drinkwitz has been known to talk a bit of trash, so was this his method for one last time at A&M before scheduling Ole Miss this weekend?

The Tigers are off to their fourth straight 5-1 start under Drinkwitz, and their head coach certainly struts his stuff on the mic every week.

If Mizzou wins on the road in Oxford, his postgame presser might turn into a vintage WWE promo.

It's Drink's world now and we all just live in it.

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