FOOTBALL Middle Tennessee (2-7, 1-4) vs FIU (4-5, 1-5), (Salute to Veterans and Armed Services), 2:30PM, Saturday, November 11, 2023
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| STAT | FIU | MT |
|---|---|---|
| Total Yds | 165 | 306 |
| Pass Yds | 133 | 241 |
| Rush Yds | 32 | 65 |
| Penalties | 2-20 | 3-15 |
| 1st Downs | 12 | 12 |
| 3rd Downs | 4-10 | 5-10 |
| 4th Downs | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Total Plays | 45 | 40 |
| Avg Yds/Play | 3.7 | 7.7 |
| Avg Yds/Completion | 9.5 | 13.4 |
| Avg Yds/Rush | 1.8 | 4.1 |
| Sack-Adj Rush Yd(Avg) | 46 (3.1) | 65 (4.1) |
| Red Zone | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Time of Poss | 14:50 | 15:10 |
| Turnovers (Def Pts Off) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) |
| Fumbles-Lost | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Sacks (Def Yds) | 0 (0) | 3 (14) |
| TFL (Def Yds) | 3 (6) | 4 (16) |
Game Comparison
| STAT | FIU | MT |
|---|---|---|
| Total Yds | 277 | 427 |
| Pass Yds | 230 | 288 |
| Rush Yds | 47 | 139 |
| Penalties | 6-55 | 4-30 |
| 1st Downs | 17 | 19 |
| 3rd Downs | 5-18 | 6-14 |
| 4th Downs | 2-3 | 1-2 |
| Total Plays | 75 | 63 |
| Avg Yds/Play | 3.7 | 6.8 |
| Avg Yds/Completion | 10 | 14.4 |
| Avg Yds/Rush | 1.3 | 3.9 |
| Sack-Adj Rush Yd(Avg) | 67 (2.1) | 139 (3.9) |
| Red Zone | 2-4 | 2-2 |
| Time of Poss | 30:31 | 29:29 |
| Turnovers (Def Pts Off) | 1 (7) | 0 (0) |
| Fumbles-Lost | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| Sacks (Def Yds) | 0 (0) | 4 (20) |
| TFL (Def Yds) | 4 (9) | 7 (29) |
Didn’t matter as almost all concessions on visitors side not even open. Ridiculous.
Thought there were more there today than the last game.
It will never happen, Notre Dame built their fanbase in a different time and there's zero chance of a Evangelical university being the equivalent of BYU with regards to the importance to the church.
Furthermore the largest concentration of evangelicals is in ACC/SEC/Texas where the overwhelming majority already have a team that is nearly as important to them as their religion.
Not saying their deep pockets won't take them far, but BYU and Notre Dame is out of reach.
Tell me where I'm wrong.
Could you see an upstart Catholic University reaching Notre Dame's level today?
Brigham Young is what? The third most important man in the Mormon faith after Jesus and Joseph Smith. BYU is practically Mecca to LDS.
They can buy a lot, maybe even a great football program, but the path just isn't there to become the team for evangelism.
While still a pathetic crowd, I was surprised by how many were there today. Definitely more than last game. Likely due to many free tickets given out for veterans day.
Just keep showing up and Stock will magically pull his head out and fix it.
We know where we hear that garbage.
We know where we hear that garbage.
How would yall feel if Rick retired and they hired Jimbo Fisher?
What’s this New concept I’m hearing of? The BOR meeting to discuss firing a football coach?
Who knew that was a thing?
He was won a National Championship, 2 or 3 Conference Championships, 8-2 in Bowl Games. Sign me up!
Why would he put himself through that grief????
His buyout from A&M is more than half of our current endowment fund balance. 😂😂😂
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Well, there apparently was a celebrity on the MT sideline yesterday. There’s a pic floating around the internet today of DeAngelo Williams and West behind the Blue Raider bench. 😂😂
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He had immense success at FSU because he had outstanding assistants. His success at A&M is mediocre because he has mediocre assistants,
The best head coaches, regardless of their assistant coaches, win at a high level. Head coaches that are mediocre rely on the abilities of their assistant coaches.
If Texas A&M has $77.5 million to spare, maybe they could let us have a measly $5 mil?
Can someone explain why we are a giant in the media industry of universities and we have to deal with a 3rd grade mic set up.
Geez. Reed Blankenship and Philip Tanner were there for Stock too. PT was interviewed bragging big time on Stock. I get loyalty snd admiration but love for the overall health of the program should matter too.
Because the university hired worthless transplants with third-grade skills.
In the pecking order, players have more loyalty to their coach than the university.
Truth.
Stock is desperately dragging those few players who moved up to say something good about him. Pure desperation moves.
We all know how crappy of a coach he is and has zero business walking the sidelines as an HC. I truly don't even think he is coordinator material.
I wouldn't say that about every school but definitely here. It doesn't help that Stockstill seems to create an us against the world attitude in his players that often also includes the fans. It's like he is bitter that nobody shows up to the games and blames the fans instead of his crap football teams.
Maybe that's where the Twitter pundits' whole attitude of "if fans show up it will fix everything" comes from.
Two of these pundits received their only 1A offer from Stock. They will say anything to cover his sorry behind.
I can't believe some of y'all went to this game. I didn't even bother to watch it.
He's like some kind of third-world dictator - he just surrounds himself with cronies and henchmen who he can trot out to spout about how great he is, and how good of a job he's doing, and how it's all everyone else's fault when his woeful incompetence leads to these results year after year. He greases the right palms with his "donations" and it'll take some kind of coup to get him out.
I actually was discussing MT football with a UT guy the other day, and he actually said "well, Stockstill's done a lot for that university". I almost spit out my drink, but I didn't because that guy wasn't being facetious and it was Old Fitz 17 year and I ain't wasting that.
That's the genuine outsiders opinion - they don't pay attention to the results or attendance (or lack thereof), they just assume that after 18 years, he's a lovable old MT institution that "gives back" and certainly he could have left and didn't (no one stays at a G5 program for that long - if they're bad they get fired, if they're good they move on), so he must be loyal to a fault.
The thought that he made it near 20 years with no success at all and is still around just doesn't compute.
