Among the typical perks of being the head football coach at a Power Five school is enjoying a prime parking place reserved in your name.
But as a matter of respect for other Missouri coaches and, well, others in general, Barry Odom declined to get one.
So here he was the other day, in his black Toyota Sequoia, driving around trying to find a place to pull in.
During his first couple of years on the job, this anecdote might have made for a fine parallel with him seeking to find his niche at MU, where his first team went 4-8 and his second started 1-5 before finding itself and creating some buzz heading into the 2018 season.