Barry Odom's journey from Missouri firing to UNLV and potential Playoff spot

December 4, 2024

By NBC Sports via Yahoo Sports: Barry Odom only minutes earlier had claimed his most important victory as a head coach when his thoughts turned to the lowest moment of his career.

Odom was fired five years ago by Missouri, and he began to choke up and stopped talking for a few seconds as he pondered the journey from that memory to celebrating UNLV defeating Nevada 38-14 to make the Mountain West championship game — and have a real shot at the College Football Playoff.

“I’ll never forget that,” Odom said of being let go at Missouri.

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Barry Odom has No. 19 UNLV one step away from potentially making the College Football Playoff

The Rebels play at No. 10 Boise State. Because those are the two highest-ranked teams in the CFP poll, the winner will advance to the playoffs as the Group of Five representative.

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