Friday’s game with Arkansas is no job interview for Barry Odom.
To call the game a job interview would be to completely ignore 15 years of experience and success at every position and every level. If we’re going to penalize Odom for not having head-coaching experience, fine. If that’s your requirement to be qualified, I won’t argue with you. But to call one game against a good Arkansas team a job interview? That’s a bit shortsighted.
Let me explain.
Odom played for Mizzou from 1996-99. He once told me a story about the time he lined up at linebacker against Texas, looked into the backfield and saw Texas’ running backs: Priest Holmes and Ricky Williams.