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Missouri Football Spring Practice Day 1: Five key things we learned

Mizzou media was able to talk to Barry Odom, DeMontie Cross, Josh Heupel, all the quarterbacks and all the linebackers. I've embedded a playlist of the video I was able to record.

Here's what we learned.

The word I'd used to describe the first practice under Barry Odom would be "tempo". Things moved quickly for the approximately 45 minutes we were able to observe, drills lasting around five minutes before shifting to the next station and a sense of urgency not just during the play but getting set before the snap.

Here are my five key takeaways from the first day of Mizzou's Spring Practice.