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Mizzou pass-rushers trade stripes for spots

COLUMBIA, MO. • Some football coaches are secretive about the nicknames they give plays and packages and protect them like nuclear launch codes.

Asked about the Missouri third-down defensive package that lines up four defensive ends across the line of scrimmage, Marcell Frazier took the clandestine approach, too.

“You’ll probably have to talk to Coach (Barry) Odom about that,” the junior edge rusher said Monday.

Mizzou defensive end Charles Harris was more forthcoming — eventually.

“I don’t know if I should say it,” he said. “So, I’m not just going to say anything. But not that it really matters because everyone has seen it on film.