Barry Odom and Shawn Robinson never thought the two would wind up on the same sidelines.
When Robinson, the former TCU quarterback, announced he was transferring in fall 2018, Missouri wasn’t a school he expected to look at. In Odom’s case, he was more concerned with landing a successor to Drew Lock than a player who would have to sit out a year as a transfer.
Then the Tigers landed Kelly Bryant in early December and captured Robinson’s attention.
“Woah, I wonder what they’re doing,” Robinson said of Bryant’s commitment to MU.
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Suddenly, Robinson found himself taking in an MU bowl practice a few days after Bryant’s commitment and was sold on offensive coordinator Derek Dooley’s vision for the offense and his position.