Friendly rivalry as No. 19 Missouri meets Auburn

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Auburn coach Hugh Freeze considers Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz one of his closest friends in the Southeastern Conference.

But they will set that aside when No. 19 Missouri (5-1, 1-1) hosts Auburn (2-4, 0-3) on Saturday afternoon in Columbia, Mo.

"I don't know where we started developing a friendship, but it came pretty naturally," Freeze said. "I think we're made of a similar min