While many students are up-in-arms over recent news that the Missouri Athletic Department is considering the relocation of the student section, which would occur, in part, due to the SEC’s rules that student sections may not be located within the first 25 rows of the opposing team’s bench.
The biggest voice stating a claim for its concern is Tigers’ Lair, which for the last millennia, has been situated behind the Tigers’ bench.
The reason behind Coach Odom’s relocation of the home team’s bench from the east side of the stadium to the west side, is that the student section can be more of an “11th man” factor in the ears of opposing teams.