Saturday, September 3rd will officially go down as the first game as Head Coach of the Missouri Tigers for Barry Odom, as Mizzou opens the 2016 season at West Virginia. Â However, between now and then, Coach Odom and the Tigers have many duties to fulfill in readying for the season. Â Coach Odom has been coach at his alma mater for six months, and was part of a caravan of “Tigers” at Northwestern High School in Mendon last Thursday night.
During a press conference with the assembled sports media, Coach Odom spoke about his experiences, both good and bad, as the head man with Mizzou football:
Mizzou appears to have a healthy roster, including the return of All-SEC 2014 defensive lineman Harold Brantley, heading into the summer:
Brantley suffered serious injuries in a car accident in Columbia last summer, and missed the entire 2015 season. Â
With a change at the head coaching position, changes were also made to coordinator positions at MU. Â The hire with the most “pizzazz” to it was that of Oklahoma national championship winning quarterback Josh Heupel, coming to Columbia as Odom’s offensive coordinator:
If Mizzou is to improve in 2016, it will need to happen on the offensive side of the football, where Drew Lock struggled as a freshman, and returns as the likely starter at quarterback for his sophomore season:
The September 3rd season opener at West Virginia will be followed by back-to-back home games, against Eastern Michigan on September 10th and the SEC opener against the Georgia Bulldogs on September 17th.
