Barry Odom had a curve ball thrown at him Thursday after the NCAA announced a one-year bowl ban on his Missouri football program as part of penalties for academic fraud committed by a former athletic department tutor.
Odom met with reporters on Friday to discuss the case and described the news as “shocking” after receiving it Thursday morning.
His Thursday statement on Twitter called the NCAA infraction committee’s decision “unjust and unfair” and Odom said Friday he backs it with even more conviction.
Others joined in support of MU on Friday, including U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt and University of Missouri Board of Curators chairman Jon Sundvold.