COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The home opener for Missouri carries a lot of weight for new coach Barry Odom.The game comes against Eastern Michigan -- the same opponent Missouri played when Odom was a sophomore linebacker for the Tigers. He and his teammates got a win that day, 44-24 back on Sept. 6, 1997.His first home game as coach at his alma mater also carries a bit of pressure after last weekends 26-11 loss at West Virginia to open the season.I tried to look at things that I thought that I did OK, and things that I didnt do well enough, Odom said of his coaching debut. Theres a long list of things that I need to improve on. The ability to try to make in-game adjustments with both sides of the ball ... I was probably a little too quiet at times.The Eagles (1-0) won their home opener easily, pounding Mississippi Valley State 61-14 -- the most points the Eagles have scored since 2004.Its hard to score 60 points in college football and they did it, Odom said. Im really impressed with what they did on offense, and equally as much defensively. Theyre sound.Odom served as defensive coordinator for the Tigers in 2015, and his defensive mentality was on display against the Mountaineers. Despite allowing 494 yards in an up-tempo game, Missouri forced three turnovers, matching its 2015 game high.Theyre a really good football team, Eastern Michigan coach Chris Creighton said of the Tigers. Defensively, its well documented that theyve been an incredibly talented and productive defense.Here are some things to watch Saturday:TIGER TEMPOAgainst West Virginia, Missouris offense ran 100 plays, more than any team in the nation that week. Until then, the Tigers had run 100 plays of offense just four times since 1958. Additionally, after averaging 15 first downs per game in 2015, Missouri picked up 26 first downs against the Mountaineers, the most since defeating Arkansas 21-14 on Nov. 29, 2014.They play really fast on offense, Creighton said. Essentially, almost everybody now is no-huddle, but that doesnt necessarily mean that youre an up-tempo team. Even if youre a tempo team, theres usually some variance, and theyll vary things as well, but their norm is super fast. Just as fast as you can go.SEC STRUGGLESThe Eagles are 0-8 all-time against members of the SEC. Their last matchup came on Oct. 3, 2015, when Leonard Fournette and LSU handed them a 44-22 loss in Baton Rouge.NO PLACE LIKE HOMEMissouri has not lost a home opener since 2005, when New Mexico won at Memorial Stadium, 45-35. The Tigers are 91-31-4 in their last 125 home openers.Weve got a tremendous home field advantage, Odom said. Its exciting for our kids to play at home, especially at night. Were looking forward to that.ELUSIVE EAGLESEastern Michigan running backs Shaq Vann and Ian Eriksen both found the end zone twice against Mississippi Valley State. Vann had a career-high 156 rushing yards while Eriksen had 97 in his collegiate debut as a ball carrier.The story for us was our other backs stepping up and having good games as well, Creighton said. Were not surprised at all by that ... We couldnt take any steps backward in terms of the one-two punch with Darius Jackson and Shaq Vann.MEMORY LANEAbout that 1997 game ... Odom ended up with five tackles and a pass deflection against Eastern Michigan. Max Kepler Twins Jersey . -- Whether Jeremy Hill deserves a prominent role in LSUs offence this early in the season is a matter for debate. Jake Odorizzi Twins Jersey .J. Jefferson has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend. http://www.twinssale.com/twins-rod-carew-jersey/ . Louis Cardinals. Victorino is batting sixth and playing right field after missing two games because of back tightness. Kirby Puckett Twins Jersey . With the short-handed Warriors needing help from someone -- anyone -- to stop a three-game skid, ONeal returned from right knee and groin injuries that had sidelined him for four games and put up season highs with 18 points and eight rebounds. It was just enough to help lift Golden State to a 102-101 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. Michael Pineda Jersey . Mats Zuccarello and Derek Stepan scored shootout goals, and backup goalie Cam Talbot earned his second win in two nights as the Rangers shook off a late tying tally and beat the Maple Leafs 2-1 Monday night. Newcastle coach Nathan Brown is optimistic the back-to-back NRL wooden spooners can bolster their squad with several more players before the 2017 campaign kicks off.The Knights are favourites to finish last for the third successive season after adding only Jamie Buhrer (Manly), Rory Kostjasyn (North Queensland) and Ken Sio (Hull KR) to the roster who managed just one win in 2016.The Knights insist they have a cash stockpile waiting to be spent on the right players, and further funds could become available if they are successful in finding new clubs for Jack Stockwell and Jake Mamo.I think in the NRL, nearly anything is possible these days, Brown said.We saw Michael Jennings move (from the Sydney Roosters to Parramatta) in early December last year. If you believe what you hear, theres a number of clubs under salary-cap pressure and different clubs are trying to move different players for different reasons ... you just dont know who becomes available this year.But I do know if youve got money, youre always a chance. If you dont have money, youre no chance.Since Browns arrival in Newcastle 12 months ago, numerous players have parted company with the club, including Chris Houston (Widnes), Adam Clydsdale and Joe Tapine (Canberra), Tariq Sims (St George Illawarra), Robbie Rochow (South Sydney), Akuiila Uate (Manly) and Jeremy Smith (retired).ddddddddddddAs well as their three recruits for 2017, they picked up fringe first-graders Pauli Pauli (Parramatta), Brendan Elliot (Roosters) and Mitch Barnett (Canberra) last season.Brown predicted there would still be a fair bit of movement in the market in coming weeks, as clubs juggled their rosters and players eyed greener pastures.Weve still got a decent amount of money, Brown said. It just depends what comes up. Weve just added Ken Sio, who helps our outside backs.Wed definitely like to bring another outside back in. We like to bring in a middle-type player and an edge-type player.Id say wed like to bring in another three players, if that was possible. Whether thats possible, well have to wait and see.The Knights kicked off pre-season training on Tuesday with fitness testing and Brown said they were in a little bit of a better position than we were this time last year.The younger guys are more aware of what first grade is about, having played a fair number of games last year and having their first pre-season, he said.Theres definitely a lot of those guys in a position to have a better pre-season and improve on that. ' ' '