One of the many game officials scattered across Mizzou’s practice fields signaled for pass interference on this particular play but didn’t throw his yellow flag.
Odom wanted to see the flag — and he told the official just that. If Odom’s defensive backs are going to learn what is and isn’t a foul for pass interference — a confusing, polarizing and, as the Tigers can vouch, controversial penalty that can shift games and seasons — they need to see that flash of yellow.
Out here on the practice fields, where coaches spend every August scrambling to simulate any game-like situation they’ll encounter on Saturdays, Odom wants the officials to play their role, too.