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FOOTBALL Middle Tennessee (1-0) vs #6 Ole Miss (1-0), 3:15, Saturday, September 7, 2024

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OLE MISS
Location: Oxford, MS
Founded: 1848
Enrollment: : 22,951 Undergraduate: 18,533 Graduate: 2,264
Acceptance rate:
Colors:
: Cardinal Red & Navy Blue Nickname: Rebels Mascot:
Fight song:
Fight Song
Series: Ole Miss leads 1-0
Stadium: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, (64,038)
Head Coach: Lane Kiffin (Fresno State, 1998) Record at Ole Miss: 34-15 (5th) Overall: 95-49
2023 Record: 11-2 2023 Bowl: Peach
Starters Ret./Lost: 15/9 Lettermen R/L: 56/41


Weather Forecast:

Where:
Vaught Hemingway Stadium, 6 All American Drive, Oxford, MS 38655

Stadium Policies (prohibited items): Vaught-Hemingway Stadium Policies

Ticket Notes:

Television:
SEC Network
  • Play-by-Play: Dave Neal
  • Analyst: Aaron Murray
  • Sideline: Ashley ShahAhmadi
Radio: PxP: Chip Walters, Analyst: Joe Dubin
  • Murfreesboro: WGNS 101.9 FM / 1450 AM
  • Smyrna – WGNS 100.5 FM
  • Nashville: 93.3 FM
  • App: Blue Raiders

Streaming: Audio, Video

Live Stats:

Newspapers: The Daily Mississippian, Oxford Eagle, Clarion-Ledger, , , ,

Message Boards:
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Blogs/Podcasts: Locked On Ole Miss, redcuprebellion.com, The Rebel walk,,,

Athletic site:
olemisssports.com, goblueraiders.com

Media Guides: Ole Miss, Middle Tennessee

Preseason Previews:, 2024 Middle Tennessee Football Prediction & Preview


Game Notes: Ole Miss Game Notes, MT GameNotes, CUSA Notes

Game Previews: , , , ,

Roster:
Rebels, Blue Raiders

Twitter: @OleMissFB, , ,

Hashtags: , , , , ,

Facebook:
Ole Miss Football,

Youtube: Ole Miss Rebels, , ,

Instagram:
olemissfb

FOOTBALL Tennessee Tech @ Middle Tennessee Game Thread

Run up the middle, repeat. Hoping they decided to just keep the play calling vanilla vs a team we should be at easily.
It came up in another chat in another location, but someone noticed a familiar theme last night

Run, run, pass, punt last night

For Titans fans, the play calling brought back memories of former OC Todd Downing & the super-predictable play-calling he had.

Building on what @Shayne_Pickering said, I can't help but wonder if the second OL in the 2nd quarter, along with the vanilla play-calling served a purpose : Get some guys some experience & keep things off film.

MT won, but it almost bit them in the tail.

FOOTBALL Conference USA Scoreboard

Thursday
Coastal Carolina (1-0) 55, Jacksonville State (0-1) 27

Saturday
#5 Alabama (1-0) 63, Western Kentucky (0-1) 0
Indiana (1-0) 31, FIU (0-1) 7
Nebraska (1-0) 40, UTEP (0-1) 7
UTSA (1-0) 28, Kennesaw State (0-1) 16
Liberty (1-0) 41, Campbell (0-1) 24
Middle Tennessee (1-0) 32, Tennessee Tech (0-1) 25
Sam Houston (1-0) 34, Rice (0-1) 14
Louisiana Tech (1-0) 25, Nicholls State (0-1) 17
New Mexico State (1-0) 23, SEMO (0-1) 16

RECORDS
vs Power Four: 0-3
vs Group of Five: 1-2
vs FCS: 4-0

Home: 4-1
Road: 1-4

FOOTBALL Tennessee Tech @ Middle Tennessee Game Thread

Run up the middle, repeat. Hoping they decided to just keep the play calling vanilla vs a team we should be at easily.
I think also something worth noting is the choice to play the entire second unit on the offensive line for the entire second quarter, when the momentum seemed to shift for what it's worth. I got the rotations, albeit maybe a tad much with there being them after every play, but that was a highly questionable move in my eyes
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FOOTBALL Inside the Statbook: the numbers you NEED to know after week one

A lot of folks tried to wait out the weather. I was surprised how many actually stayed until kickoff. Would have been a nice crowd if not for delay. As for running game, maybe do something other than run it up the middle (safety) and that ypc number may go up.
I still like the offense and I think we'll see the playcalling start to get A LOT more creative when we start playing more serious winnable games, but not being able to run the ball on Tech is a MAJOR red flag to me for sure. I'm interested to see what the passing attack looks like in the WKU game because Bodie Reeder had some really good play designs and calls when he opened up the playbook on a couple plays
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FOOTBALL INSTANT ANALYSIS: Middle Tennessee earns victory over Tennessee Tech behind final drive

Left at halftime. That safety and dropped pick 6 near end of the first half totally changed the game dynamic

FOOTBALL Middle Tennessee vs Tennessee Tech (ESPN+), 6PM, Saturday, August 31, 2024



FOOTBALL Tennessee Tech @ Middle Tennessee Game Thread

The good:

We looked like a roster of FBS players. We looked bigger, faster, stronger than last few years - just the eye test.

The bad:

Most of the issues appeared to be execution issues. Missing blocks on the OL, QB looked skittish a little. I thought we went way conservative in the 2nd half.

The Ugly:

Weather - that just stinks that we had some excitement built and everything and it was just sapped by the weather delay.
We looked bigger, but would like to see a little more explosiveness. Felt there were times that TTU was more explosive than MT

You may be right about the execution issues, but I’d like to see them lean MORE into spread formations with 10/11/12 personnel groupings. Felt like the reduced splits limited the offense and made it a little predictable.


And I hate the weather affected attendance. Nothing MT could do it about it.

FOOTBALL Tennessee Tech @ Middle Tennessee Game Thread

The good:

We looked like a roster of FBS players. We looked bigger, faster, stronger than last few years - just the eye test.

The bad:

Most of the issues appeared to be execution issues. Missing blocks on the OL, QB looked skittish a little. I thought we went way conservative in the 2nd half.

The Ugly:

Weather - that just stinks that we had some excitement built and everything and it was just sapped by the weather delay.
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