COLUMBIA, Mo. — For the Missouri football team, there’s no escaping the giant hog in the room.
Barry Odom is coming to town.
Mizzou’s former head coach, now the Arkansas defensive coordinator, will be back in the Memorial Stadium press box on Saturday, calling plays for the Razorback defense for the 11 a.m. kickoff. Mizzou (4-3) is a 3-point favorite over Arkansas (3-5).
Eli Drinkwitz, the man who succeeded Odom last December, began the week talking to his players about facing their former coach.
“There's no hiding it,” Drinkwitz said Tuesday. “We talked about it on Sunday that obviously we're going against Coach Odom and a couple other coaches that used to be here.