FOOTBALL Middle Tennessee @ UTSA (FCS), Saturday 1:30, November 28

[SpaceRaider]

Game thread, links are a work in progress:

Where: Alamodome (65,000), 100 Montana St, San Antonio, TX 78203

Television: Fox College Sports Play-by-Play: Mike Morgan, Color Analyst: JC Pearson, Sideline: Steffi Sorensen

Radio: WMOT-FM (89.5), WGNS (1450 AM/100.5 FM/101.9 FM), Game 2 (102.5/94.9/95.1), PxP: Chip Walters, Analyst:

Streaming: audio

Live Stats: via goutsa.com

Newspapers: mysanantonio.com, ,

Message Boards: Rowdy Talk, Inside UTSA ,

Blogs: utsasports,

Athletic site: goutsa.com, goblueraiders.com

Media Guides: UTSA, Middle Tennessee

Preseason Previews: UTSA (Orlando Sentinel #123), Middle Tennessee (Orlando Sentinel #53)

Game Notes: UTSA Game Notes, MT Game Notes, CUSA Game Notes

Roster: roadrunners, Blue Raiders

Game Previews:

Twitter: UTSA Athletics, UTSA Football, @UTSARivals, ,

Hashtags:

Facebook: UTSA Athletics, UTSA Football,

Youtube: UTSA Football Video, Roadrunner Sports Network

Instagram: UTSA Athletics,

 

[SpaceRaider]

11 point favorite on the road

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

There isn't a lot of difference between any of the teams in CUSA...they can beat us and will if we don't play our best.

 

[blueraiderJT]

And like all CUSA with the exception of WKU, they all play better at home.

UTSA will be tough but Rice really went downhill. They went into OT with Charlotte and lost to UNT so we should win it but it all comes down to us and how we protect the ball.

Our redzone D is good! I like our D. I think we can cover. Players are getting healthy again.

 

[AustinLewis]

Um, UTSA is no longer an FCS program. They received full FBS bowl ability a year or two ago and are now members of CUSA

 

[TeKEraider]

Um, UTSA is no longer an FCS program. They received full FBS bowl ability a year or two ago and are now members of CUSA

That's the channel it's on. Fox College Sports. Space always puts the network in parentheses when there is one.

 

[blueraiderJT]

If Brent threw 300 on FAU and Marshall, he's throwing 300 on UTSA. They are 112th against the pass and 101st in total defense. We just have to protect the ball. Rice turned it over 3 times and UTSA didn't have any turnovers. That's the difference. Also, Rice's redzone D is ranked 112th and we are 11th. That's the difference that will matter. UTSA is 106th in redzone offense.

So in my mind, we just have to protect the football and defend the redzone as usual and we should be fine. However, we play a lot worse on the road. Should be a good game.

 

[AustinLewis]

That's the channel it's on. Fox College Sports. Space always puts the network in parentheses when there is one.

I've never seen that abbreviation. Thanks!

 

[C-Bow]

I've never seen that abbreviation. Thanks!

How dare you question the great and powerful SpaceRaider!

 

[SpaceRaider]

 

[SpaceRaider]

excerpt:

...The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders will travel to the Alamodome to take on the Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners this Saturday afternoon in College Football action.

The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders won their 3rd straight game and improved to 6-5 (5-2 C-USA East) on the season after defeating the North Texas Mean Green, 41-7, this past Saturday. Middle Tennessee jumped out to a 31-7 halftime lead in this and outgained North Texas by a 494-324 margin. Leading the way for the Blue Raiders was QB Brent Stockstill who completed 27 of 38 passes for 322 yards, 3 TD, and 1 INT. On the season, Middle Tennessee is averaging 33.5 ppg on 458.9 total yards per game (315.3 passing, 143.6 rushing). Leading the way for the Blue Raiders this season has been QB Brent Stockstill who has completed 65.8% of his passes for 26 TD and 8 INT while averaging 311.0 yds/game. Stockstill has great options at the WR position in Richie James (103.2 yds/game, 6 TD) and Ed’Marques Batties (79.8 yds/game, 13 TD). TE Terry Pettis has also had a nice season averaging 51.5 yds/game and has caught 3 TD’s. The Blue Raiders rushing attack is led by Jordan Parker (46.33 yds/game, 5 TD) and Desmond Anderson (37.80 yds/game, 4 TD). Defensively, Middle Tennessee is holding their opponents to an average of 26.7 ppg on 397.1 total yards per game (256.7 passing, 140.4 rushing). The Blue Raiders have struggled with turnovers as they’ve committed 25 turnovers on the season and have a turnover margin of -4.

The Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners won their 2nd straight game and improved to 3-8 (3-4 C-USA West) on the season after defeating the Rice Owls, 34-24, this past Saturday. Texas-San Antonio used a 21 point 2nd quarter to take a 28-17 lead at halftime and forced the Owls into committing three turnovers in the victory. Leading the way for the Roadrunners was RB Jarveon Williams who had 163 yards and 2 TD’s on 22 carries. On the season, Texas-San Antonio is averaging 24.0 ppg on 368.6 total yards per game (198.9 passing, 169.7 rushing). Leading the way for the Road Runners is RB Jarveon Williams who has 8 TD’s on the season and is averaging 94.45 yds/game. QB Dalton Sturm is completing 58.5% of his passes on the season and has 12 TD, 5 INT while averaging 135.7 yds/game. Sturm also can do a bit of damage with his legs as he is the Texas-San Antonio second leading rusher averaging 38.00 rushing yds/game. The Roadrunners don’t have a receiver that averages more than 50.0 yds/game and are led by Kerry Thomas Jr. (48.7 yds/game, 4 TD) and David Morgan II (48.4 yds/game, 5 TD). Defensively, Texas-San Antonio is allowing their opponents to average 33.0 ppg on 443.0 total yards per game (276.8 passing, 166.2 rushing). The Roadrunners currently have a turnover margin of zero on the season.

The Blue Raiders are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games following an ATS win however, just 5-11 ATS in their last 16 road games. The Roadrunners are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games following a S.U. win however just 1-3-1 ATS in their last 5 conference games.

Middle Tennessee has struggled on the road this season with their only win coming against Florida Atlantic, but this is still a team that knows how to put points up on the scoreboard. Texas-San Antonio has savaged their season a bit with two-straight wins......

 

[SpaceRaider]

mysanantonio.com:

A ‘grow-up game’ against Rice boosts UTSA into its season finale

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

Whoever wins the turnover battle wins this game.

 

[SpaceRaider]

Think the last time we won a game in the state of Texas was 2009...long time. Need to fix that.

 

[SpaceRaider]

dnj:

Fight is what got Raiders to this point

campusinsiders.com:

Middle Tennessee vs. UTSA Game Preview

mysanantonio.com:

UTSA’s Coker says, ‘We weren’t good enough today’

 

[TeKEraider]

Quote from campusinsiders.com :
"QB Brent Stockstill and receivers Richie James and Ed Batties are laying at an all-league level."

Watch out ladies...

 

[SpaceRaider]

mysanantonio.com:

Coker much happier with his team’s work on Wednesday

 

[SpaceRaider]

murfreesboro post:

Bowl eligible MT wants to finish regular season strong

 

[SpaceRaider]

Roadrunners D-Line Coach, Eric Roark, was an assistant coach on Boots Donnelly's Staff from 1989-1997.

 

[raiderwolfy]

Nashville Comcast FCSC 703

 

[SpaceRaider]

goblueraiders.com:

RAIDERS TRAVEL TO SAN ANTONIO FOR REGULAR SEASON FINALE


GAME INFORMATION
(FULL GAME NOTES)

(GAMEDAY CENTRAL)

Hashtag: #MTvsUTSA, #BlueRaiders
Twitter: MT_FB
Instagram: @MTAthletics
Facebook: Blue Raider Athletics

Game Captains: QB Nolan Genovese, DE Steven Rhodes, LB T.T. Barber

Date: Saturday, Nov. 28
Time: 1:35 PM
Teams: Middle Tennessee (6-5) vs UTSA (3-8)
Location: San Antonio, TX
Stadium: Alamodome (65,000)
Weather Forecast:Rain, 63°
TV: Fox College Sports (premium channel and not offered on basic cable)
Radio: WMOT-FM (89.5), WGNS (1450 AM/100.5 FM/101.9 FM), Game 2 (102.5/94.9/95.1)
Play-by-Play:Chip Walters
Analysis: Chris Johnson
Ticket Office Opens: 8:00 a.m.
Gates Open: 12:00 p.m.

Live Audio/Live Streaming | Live Stats

 

[raiderwolfy]

GBR website listed Comcast 262. No such number in my lineup. Found it on 703 (FCSC )

 

[SpaceRaider]

DNJ:

5 keys for MT vs. Texas-San Antonio

ExpressNews.com:

Sanchez has been a Roadrunner staple [sidebar to article previews game]

 

[BRaiderDave]

Desmond Anderson playing?

 

[TeKEraider]

Desmond Anderson playing?

Doubt it. I don't think he is practicing yet. Tucker and Parker are healthy and will get the bulk of the carries.

 

[SpaceRaider]

DNJ:

Big test awaits MT at the Alamodome

MT vs. Texas-San Antonio: Who has the edge?

 

[b_raider]

GBR website listed Comcast 262. No such number in my lineup. Found it on 703 (FCSC )

Uverse: 648 (SD only) per my guide. Says 647 on GBR.

 

[SpaceRaider]

Underdog Dynasty:

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders vs UTSA Roadrunners: Preview, TV, Radio, Betting Line, Start Time, Prediction

In their extremely short history, utsa has never played their last game of the season away from home...

excerpt:

...the Roadrunners have always ended their seasons on the Alamodome turf. Furthermore, they've never lost a season ending-game. While the Roadrunners don't have anything tangible to play for as far as bowls or championships are concerned, they'll definitely want to send their senior class out with a victory.....

 

[SpaceRaider]

dnj:

MT aims to close out strong

KENS5.com

Roadrunners looking to end tough season on high note

 

[SpaceRaider]

Underdog Dynasty:

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders vs UTSA Roadrunners: Preview, TV, Radio, Betting Line, Start Time, Prediction

In their extremely short history, utsa has never played their last game of the season away from home...

excerpt:

...the Roadrunners have always ended their seasons on the Alamodome turf. Furthermore, they've never lost a season ending-game. While the Roadrunners don't have anything tangible to play for as far as bowls or championships are concerned, they'll definitely want to send their senior class out with a victory.....

Got to looking back. Including 2015, MT has finished it's regular season on the road nine out of the last 11 years.

 

[MTFNBY5]

Not a bad thing considering how our crowds drop off during the year. Of course, who knows how they might grow during the season if we were really successful.

As an aside: Impressed with the crowd in Bowling Green yesterday (on camera at least). Wonder if we would do as well should we be as successful?

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

Not a bad thing considering how our crowds drop off during the year. Of course, who knows how they might grow during the season if we were really successful.

As an aside: Impressed with the crowd in Bowling Green yesterday (on camera at least). Wonder if we would do as well should we be as successful?

Keep in mind WKU stadium only holds 22K...so I am sure if we were 10-1 we would have the same or maybe more.

 

[SpaceRaider]

Not a bad thing considering how our crowds drop off during the year....

Well then, if it is by design because of that, it really doesn't matter, does it, in regard to attendance? My concern is the impact on the record (we are 2-6 in those regular season ending road games) or our opportunity to close out the regular season on a positive note and achieve a higher level of success, and perhaps momentum into a post season bowl. My suspicion is that it is by design (though I have nothing to base that on but my own observations as a long time season ticket holder), and as an unintended consequence, it is setting up football to be less successful and by degree impacting the ability to build attendance in following years because of it.

 

[MTFNBY5]

From a long term perspective I would doubt we could draw a much bigger crowd today on the Sat after Thanksgiving (even with a rivalry) as we drew 50 years ago for Tech on Thanksgiving Day. Of course, that game was an EVENT for the entire mid-state (and the 2nd most talked about FB game in the state each year only surpassed by UT-K/VU).

Really wish both MT @ WKU could have good seasons leading into a rivalry week game. Would like to see how such a scenario would affect crowds, media attention, sports-talk, etc.

 

[blueraiderJT]

I saw more than a few empty seats at WKU yesterday. They look good on TV because they don't have endzone seats. Makes it much easier to fill. However, they should have sold out for what was on the line. We need to tarp the visitor side endzone in our stadium.

 

[SpaceRaider]

injury list for roadrunners:

 

[TeKEraider]

Williams out is yuge.

 

[MidTnBlues]

anywhere to stream the game? I don't have the dtv channel to watch it

 

[SpaceRaider]

Have not found streaming

 

[TeKEraider]

This goes back to an earlier conversation but 3 sacks in the first half against a pro-style offense. It makes a difference.