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What Barry Odom said about the Gamecocks

Missouri head coach Barry Odom knows he has his hands full preparing for South Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley, he said Wednesday.

“He’s calm in every situation and I thought that last year when he was a really young player, walked way from that game being impressed,” said Odom, who is in his second year as the Tigers head coach after a celebrated career as a defensive coordinator. “Really impressed with the way he plays. It’s hard to believe he’s the age he is the way he handles things.”

Odom was particularly impressed with Bentley’s scrambling 39-yard touchdown pass to Deebo Samuel last week against N.