Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Further review

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Missouri Coach Barry Odom said that in reviewing game tape of the pass interferen­ce call on Tigers cornerback DeMarkus Acy going against Kentucky receiver Ahmad Wagner, he could find no fault in Acy’s coverage.

“You see DeMarkus’ initial alignment, his onsnap footwork, his eyes, his hand placement, the movement of his feet with position to where the receiver was,” Odom said Tuesday at his weekly news conference. “I would not change one thing on how it was taught, how he played it and how it was executed. Not one step.”

Replays showed Wagner pushed his hands down on Acy — who was in front of him but playing the ball — before he caught the pass out of bounds.

It would have been the final play of a 14-9 Missouri victory, but the interferen­ce call gave Kentucky another snap from the Tigers’ 2 after the penalty yards were marked off, and Terry Wilson threw a touchdown pass to tight end C.J. Conrad to lift the Wildcats to a 15-14 victory.

Odom said on Wednesday’s SEC coaches teleconfer­ence that he submits a handful of calls to the conference office every week for explanatio­n, but he didn’t want to divulge the response he got on the pass interferen­ce penalty.

“Those conversati­ons are meant to be had between the two folks that had them,” Odom said. “We’ll leave it at that and respect the ability to have open, real dialogue with our league office.”

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