COLUMBIA, MO. • Barry Odom looked out on Faurot Field on Saturday and couldn’t help notice the common thread among four teammates as defensive ends Chris Turner and Tre Williams, defensive tackle Kobie Whiteside and outside linebacker Joshuah Bledsoe dragged down a Tennessee ball-carrier.
“Freshman, freshman, freshman, freshman,” Odom said Monday. “I’m pretty excited about that.”
Ten games into a season that once seemed destined for the bottom of the Southeastern Conference standings and perhaps a coaching staff overhaul, Missouri’s offense has carried the headlines during the team’s four-game winning streak — and rightly so.