Middle Tennessee welcomes the GCU Antelopes (Lopes) of the WAC Conference to Murphy Center Friday night. The Lopes come in 1-0 after easily defeating Cal State Bakersfield 93-52.
Last year GCU gave MT one of its 5 losses in Phoenix 68-59. After a strong start to the season The Lopes finished the year with 3 straight losses to finish out a successful 25-8 season.
This year GCU is the preseason #1 pick in the WAC. They return 3 key players & 7 new faces.
They are led by preseason WAC POY selection guard Trinity San Antonio.
Should be a game not to miss as Grand Canyon may represent the best team the Lady Raiders will host this 2024-25 season.

Blue-chip TN 2026 quarterback Briggs Cherry talks Blue Raiders

Getting the Lightning’s Lounge back up and going. This will be a thread for the 2026 football recruiting class to keep you updated along the way

Name to watch at Upperman in 2026 recruiting cycle:

Big number. Slight overreaction based on our last game I would assume, but this is a game we should absolutely win if this team is serious about competing for a championship this year.

Expected move as this staff looks to get bigger and more physical up front. GoMiddle has the story

Awful this year of course but 72-38 overall with 4 FCS playoff appearances in his first 7 years. Also their only coach ever.

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I feel like Facilities needs its own thread.

Update on Tennis:
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Middle Tennessee kicks off its non-conference schedule on the road at NKU Monday evening 5 pm. The Lady Norse will begin their season under 1st year coach Jeff Hans. Last year NKU finished the season 11-20, & are the preseason #7 pick in The Horizon Conference for 2024-25. Last December NKU met MT in Murfreesboro with the Lady Raiders winning comfortably 83-42 behind 34 points from senior Savannah Wheeler. With Wheeler's departure MT will be relying on seniors Boldyreva, & Gregory, along with the return of Courtney Blakely at point. The Lady Raiders also welcome back junior forward Ta'Mia Scott. In MT's 2 preseason games Scott has led the way for the Lady Raiders with 20 or more points scored in each outing.

Anyone keeping up with the UNLV and former QB?

Some if the scenarios I read were:
- They didn't pay him
- They did pay him, but now he wants more money
- Another school offered more to redshirt to play next season

There could others out there that I missed.

The current business model is failing, and it is going to be an epic collapse at some point. These kids and majority of parents are not smart enough to have this much influence at a program. Honestly, our school will not be able to sustain this for the long term.

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CUSA looking pretty good so far despite being underdogs in nearly every game

We beat ACU
SHSU smoked Tarleton
Liberty beat Seattle
La. Tech beat UT-Arlington
UTEP lost to Utah Valley


4 more games pending

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Liberty University
Location: Lynchburg, VA
Founded: 1971
Enrollment: 15,000 Undergrad Postgrad
Acceptance rate: 51%
Colors: Blue, White, and Red Nickname: Flames Mascot:
Fight song: Fan the Flames
Series Record: LU leads 2-1
Stadium: Williams (25,000)
Head Coach: Jamey Chadwell (ETSU, 2000) Record at LU: 13-1 (1) Overall: 112-58 (14)
2023 Record: 13-1 2023 Bowl: Fiesta
Starters Ret./Lost: 19/13 Lettermen R/L: 40/26

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Weather Forecast:
12 PM
Cloudy
70°
Feels like: 77°
31%

Where: Johnny Red Floyd Stadium, 1500 Greenland Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Stadium Policies (prohibited items):
Fans will be able to carry the following style and size of bag, package, or container into the stadium:

• • Bags that are clear plastic, vinyl or PVC and do not exceed 12" x 6" x 12"
• • One-gallon clear plastic freezer bags (Ziploc bags or similar).
• • Small "clutch" purses, no larger than 4 1/2" by 6 1/2", with or without a handle or strap can be taken into the stadium in addition to the approved clear plastic bags.
• • Spectators also will be able to carry other items allowed into the stadium such as binoculars, cameras, and smart phones, but their cases will not be allowed.
• • Diapers may be carried in a permissible 12" x 6" x 12" clear bag. Each member of a family, including children, will be allowed to carry an approved clear bag and a clutch purse into the stadium.

Television: CBS SPORTS NETWORK, Play-by-play: Jordan Kent, Analyst: Logan Ryan

Radio: PxP: Chip Walters, Analyst: Joe Dubin

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2021 Game Thread: Middle Tennessee @ Liberty (ESPN3), 2:30PM, Saturday, October 9, 2021
2023 Game Thread: Middle Tennessee (2-5, 1-2) @ Liberty (6-0, 4-0) (CBSSN), 6PM, Tuesday, October 17, 2023

- Liberty at home
- Bye
- NMSU
- @ FIU

Obviously the staff will have the weekly picks, but I'm leaning two of three here.

***Liberty at MTSU***
- -11.5 Liberty
- Noon kick
- CBS Sports Network
- O/U 54.5

***Kennesaw State AT UTEP***
- UTEP -3.5
- 3PM Kick
- ESPN Plus
- O/U 42.5

***JSU at LT***
- 330 PM Kick
- JSU -10.5
- O/U 55.5
- CBS Sports Network

***WKU AT NMSU***
- 5 PM KICK
- WKU -18
- ESPN Plus

***Current CUSA Standings***
- WKU: 4-0
- JSU: 4-0
- SHSU 4-1
- Liberty 3-2
- FIU 2-3
- LT 2-3
- MT 2-3
- Kennesaw State 1-3
- NMSU 1-4
- UTEP 1-5

Delaware is 7-1 on the season and Missouri State is 7-2 on the season. Both teams should be competitive right away in CUSA.

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Preparing for the eventual departure of FSU and Clemson? they aren’t going to sit around like the PAC did.

Then does the AAC raid the Sunbelt or vice versa? Maybe they should try to merge.

Anybody wanna take a stab at what they think our record will be? I'm going with 26-5 (16-2)