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8 days to WVU
The Trib (Blake Toppmeyer): MU notes: Talking game-week preparation, eclipses, and team strong man
Thursday’s practice was treated like a Thursday game-week practice, Odom said, and Friday, after practice, the team will go to a hotel and pretend as if it was on a road trip. On Saturday, the team will start practice around the same time as next week’s game in Morgantown, W.V, which is slated for an 11 a.m. kickoff (noon Eastern).
"We need it, I need it, just to go through the 48-hour preparation part as we get closer to the game," Odom said. … "I don’t want the first time that all these guys have been through it being next week, so it will be good experience for us all."
Post-Dispatch: Odom keeping Mizzou's starting lineup under wraps
Drew Lock on Missouri using two QBs this year pic.twitter.com/ydffZYTM2v
— Dave Matter (@Dave_Matter) August 25, 2016
ABC-17: Odom wraps up first fall camp | Harris racks up more honors
More Odom changes:
Post-Dispatch: Odom adopts new captain policy
The Tigers will have four or five captains each week, not necessarily the same four or five players all season. He’s suggested underclassmen will be eligible. Odom doesn’t want leadership roles to be limited to just four seniors. Under Gary Pinkel, the team voted for four captains on the first day of preseason camp: two offensive players, two defensive players. Odom wants more than four leaders on the team.
Odom: "You can take 70 (players) on a trip. I want 70 leaders."
— Dave Matter (@Dave_Matter) August 25, 2016
And one more change:
Odom: Coordinators Cross & Heupel will coach on the field in games, not the press box
— Dave Matter (@Dave_Matter) August 25, 2016
Player profiles
The Missourian: Quarterback Marvin Zanders relishing opportunity to play
Asked if he was confident he would see the field this year #Mizzou QB Marvin Zanders said "Unless there's an eclipse or something."
— Gabe DeArmond (@GabeDeArmond) August 25, 2016
The Missourian: For Missouri's Paul Adams and Kevin Pendleton, the time is now
Missouri offensive guard Kevin Pendleton with early candidate for quote of the year: pic.twitter.com/lXLJ8DeFhc
— Dave Matter (@Dave_Matter) August 25, 2016
KC Star: Thomas Wilson locks down Mizzou’s free safety job
Senior LB Michael Scherer on his personal goal to catch coach Barry Odom in the Mizzou record book: pic.twitter.com/nhdmSR5GRj
— Tod Palmer (@todpalmer) August 26, 2016
Kentrell Brothers had 152 tackles last year in 12 games so it's not impossible for Scherer to hit 147
— Dave Matter (@Dave_Matter) August 25, 2016
Watch lists and previews
MUtigers.com: @MizzouFootball's Harris Named to Rotary Lombardi Preliminary Watch List
Last-second previews
Pick Six Previews: 2016 SEC East Division Preview
ESPN.com: 2016 season preview: Missouri Tigers
Last-second popularity contests
MUtigers.com: @MizzouFootball's Harris Named All-SEC by League's Coaches
The Trib (Blake Toppmeyer): Harris named to preseason All-SEC team by league's coaches
Post-Dispatch: MU lands fewest players on coaches' All-SEC team
And in the other football...
MUtigers.com: @MizzouSoccer Returns to the Pitch for Two Home Contests
The Missourian: Missouri soccer team welcomes canine friends to Friday's home game