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MTSU Pushing Along

David — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 17:17:39 +0000

I know that all of you are eargerly following MTSU’s season (lol). However, it has turned out to be pretty interesting. Despite losing 4 of their first 5, MTSU has put a series of wins together, and they actually have a chance to win the SunBelt if they can win the rest of their games.

The last game will be against Troy (currently undefeated in the Sun Belt). If they can win that game, they will be up on Troy because of the head-to-head game. This would give the Blue Raiders an automatic bid to the New Orleans bowl. MTSU’s offense really isn’t in question. Can the defense hold up?

UPDATE: MTSU Taking Names

David — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:52:40 +0000

You think they were ready for a victory?

UPDATE: Looks like Florida International won the toss and elected not to play defense for the first half.

Battle of the Beaten-Down

David — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:28:33 +0000

Well, I know we have been silent for a little bit – I have recovered from a major server crash – but I think things are going well. That is more than I can say for my beloved MTSU Blue Raiders. Tonight will be an interesting game – they face Florida International in a battle of the winless. Someone has to win, right?

Let’s hope MTSU pulls out their first win of the season.

Ready for MTSU To Pull the Upset

David — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:36:22 +0000

MTSU hasn’t faced two top 5 teams in two weeks ever (as far as I know). MTSU had a good showing against Louisville, but now they have to face LSU. If they can get through this part of their schedule (and get back to Murfreesboro in one piece), they should do pretty well in the rest of their Sun-Belt Schedule. However, I am hoping (against all logic) that LSU will be asleep at the wheel tonight – and that MTSU can pull the second-biggest upset of the season.

We’ll have to wait and see.

College Football Summary – Week 1

David — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:47:49 +0000

Well, it was a bit of a mixed weekend for me. Out of my three teams in college football – two lost. Here is the quick summary:

MTSU was hot off the heels of a SunBelt Championship. However, any momentum that they had is sinking fast, very fast. MTSU Lost to fellow SunBelt team Florida Atlantic 14-27, and trust me, it wasn’t nearly that close. MTSU couldn’t even score until the fourth quarter. Oh, and next week, they have #8 Louisville. If they could pull this one off, it would be on par with Appalachian State (almost). I can hope.

Tennessee spanked Cal last year. 35-0 at half-time. So obviously they were a bit angry at Tennessee for messing up their season (only regular schedule loss last year). They were ready this year. Tennessee and Cal kept pace for the first half. However, after a few error right before the half, things started to unravel slightly. Tennessee showed signs of life at the end of the third/beginning of the fourth quarter, but the defense couldn’t hold off Cal forever. Cal eventually overtook them and won 45-31.

The University that writes my paychecks fared quite a bit better though (sorry for this one Brook). Georgia Tech traveled to South Bend and absolutely demolished any Brady Quinn euphoria that was left over at Notre Dame from last season. The final score was 33-3. Ouch. Go Buzz!

All in all, I think I speak for all fans when I say that I am just glad that college football is back. I don’t think any of my teams have a national title shot this year, but just getting to watch some great college football is a reward in itself.