Barry Odom opened his Week 2 press conference by telling the media his team didn’t play well enough to win the game.
That was obvious … But what he said afterward meant more to how this team can move on.
Odom said his team can take the adversity they were dealt in the final quarter with their backs against the wall and use it to play better this week. If they play the way they played the final quarter, that would be well enough to win.
The fourth-year coach said that adversity the team had last weekend provides them an opportunity to create character, and how they handle it is the challenge he has sent to the Mizzou football organization.