Tents are up, let tailgating commence....

From Sonny: OK folks, do not let a little weather keep you from the game. Come cheer the team on. They deserve it! See you there in the morning!

Preseason Predictions & News

Thought this was a good article to share....

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=rivals-1119866

What a win!

I can honestly say that I have not been this exited about MTSU football in several years.  Not only did we just finish of a record setting season on many fronts, but we have a strong team going into next year.

The word "proud" does not do justice to how I feel for those guys, for the fan support and for the entire Blue Raider family of students, alumni and administration.

The best thing I can do is to put all of this praise into someone else's words.  Check out the unbelievable and hard to read without dropping your jaw statistics written by Randall Thomason of GoMiddle.com (Rivals.com).  Nice work Randall.  These guys have really been doing some of the best writing about MT.

Looking back: The 10 coolest things about 2009
By Randall Thomason, GoMiddle.com Publisher

9-3 and I'm proud to be from Middle Tennessee!

Congrats to the entire athletic program.  Most importantly, congratulations to the football team.  Nice work gentlemen.  We look forward to seeing you at a bowl game!

I love this stuff

After a strong football performance by the Blue Riaders this afternoon, I stopped by the GoBlueRaiders.com site and found their recent splash page.  I like these stats....

NATIONALLY RANKED RAIDERS

No. 34 · Total Passing · Dwight Dasher
No. 31 · Scoring · Alan Gendreau
No. 26 · Fumbles Recovered · Kenneth Gilstrap
No. 13 · Field Goals · Alan Gendreau
No. 11 · Tackles for Loss · Chris McCoy
No. 5 · Total Offense · Dwight Dasher
No. 3 · Interceptions · Marcus Udell
No. 1 · Forced Fumbles · Danny Carmichael

Scoop from Rivals.com - Stockstill withdraws from Memphis search

From: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=rivals-337883&prov=rivals&type=lgns

You gotta love the folks over at Rivals for getting the story from the DNJ but posting it so that feeds pick it up at their site first....

Stockstill withdraws from Memphis search

By Randall Thomason, GoMiddle.com Publisher
 
Middle Tennessee head football coach Rick Stockstill has withdrawn his name from consideration in the Memphis coaching search, according to the Daily News Journal.


Stockstill acknowledged this week that he had been contacted by Memphis about its coaching vacancy following Tiger athletic director R.C. Johnson’s decision to dismiss coach Tommy West.

“I am very flattered and honored with the interest that the University of Memphis has shown in me and the MTSU football program,” Stockstill said in the report. “However, at this time I am only focusing on our remaining two games and hopefully a bowl game, and this will allow Memphis to continue its search for their next coach.”

Middle Tennessee is 7-3 overall and 5-1 in Sun Belt games.

The Blue Raiders have remaining games against Arkansas State and Louisiana-Monroe, with a likely bowl bid coming at the end of the season.

7 wins - by Sonny

Man, doesn't that sound good. 7 wins! With 2 games to go. We need everyone at the game this weekend to cheer on the team and thank the Seniors for all of their hard work. It looks to be another beautiful day, so please come out.