COLUMBIA, MO. • A new NCAA rule mandates that college football players must have one day a week free from all team obligations, and for the Missouri Tigers that day is Monday.
Barry Odom’s team still managed to have a productive Monday.
Coming off Saturday’s 35-3 loss to Purdue, Mizzou players requested a meeting with Odom, after which they met voluntarily without any coaches present to discuss their suddenly spiraling season.
Senior receiver J’Mon Moore described the players-only meeting as “some venting, a little bit of (ticked) off, a little bit of aggravation, a little bit of urgency, a little bit of everything.