FOOTBALL Tennessee Tech @ Middle Tennessee Game Thread

[Shayne_Pickering]

Brutal penalty by Shakai Woods. Illegal hands to the face. Extends the drive for Tech with 1:11 left

 

[SpaceRaider]

need a miracle

 

[sWiley]

No way we hold on after that

 

[MidTennMtneer]

An FCS QB is player of the game vs a FBS. If that doesn't say it all.

 

[SpaceRaider]

Bye Harvey

 

[Hop45]

Somebody needs to be heading over to the Hall of Fame to get that totem pole. It's going to Cookeville.

 

[Shayne_Pickering]

JORDAN YATES 13-YARD TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION

Jordyn Potts with a dime to Jordan Yates to tie the game. Olsen XP is good and Tech takes the lead with 1:06 left.

Tennessee Tech: 25
Middle Tennessee: 24

1:06 4Q

 

[Shayne_Pickering]

On 4th down, Omari Kelly makes an impressive catch and takes it to the Tennessee Tech 30-yard line with 24 seconds left. Two timeouts left

 

[MidTennMtneer]

On 4th down, Omari Kelly makes an impressive catch and takes it to the Tennessee Tech 30-yard line with 24 seconds left. Two timeouts left

And Nick stepped up into the pocket to make that throw. Funny how decent protection works.

 

[MidTennMtneer]

HOLY CRAP

 

[Shayne_Pickering]

FRANK PEASANT TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!!!!

Frank Peasant with a 30-yard touchdown run to take the lead with 16 seconds left. Need the two-point conversion to hold a 7 point lead. TK Sudderith with an excessive celebration penalty that will be enforced on the kickoff

 

[MT01]

Uh. WTF is Mason doing. Go for. 2 here

 

[MidTennMtneer]

That 15yd penalty better not bite us.

 

[MTFAN61]

Not going for 2???

 

[blueraiderJT]

reviewing the Tuddy

 

[MT01]

On 4th down, Omari Kelly makes an impressive catch and takes it to the Tennessee Tech 30-yard line with 24 seconds left. Two timeouts left

That throw was straight precision and a great job by Kelly to pull it in.

 

[blueraiderJT]

Tuddy is good going for deuce

 

[MidTennMtneer]

Great 2pt play call.

 

[blueraiderJT]

Finally playing like they should. Sheesh. We never make this crap easy.

 

[ewglenn]

My nerves can’t take this!

 

[Shayne_Pickering]

KELLEN STEWART TWO-POINT CONVERSION!!!!!

Nick Vattiato finds Kellen Stewart in the flat and Middle Tennessee converts the two-point conversion with 16 seconds left in the game!!

Tennessee Tech: 25
Middle Tennessee: 32

0:16 4Q

 

[Shayne_Pickering]

SAAAAAAACK!!!!

Brandon Buckner with a huge sack. 8 seconds left and 87 yards to go

 

[MidTennMtneer]

Sack!

Where the crap has this last 1min of play team been the whole 2nd half? Geez

 

[BlueRaiderFan]

😳

 

[MT01]

A win is a win. That said there is nothing else to be pleased about with this performance tonight. And I’m especially selling after seeing Mason/Bodie offense. Not much else to say.

 

[MidTennMtneer]

I'm gonna need an extra dose of my blood pressure med after that.

Win baby but man. They say biggest improvement is week 1 to 2. We will ignore that next week and use WKU as our improvement gauge and Lord we need improvement.

 

[ewglenn]

I am impressed that they gutted it out to get the win. I feel like most MT teams would have folded there so it is nice to see we didn’t fold when that happened.

 

[SpaceRaider]

It's a win. I am happy for that, but not much else.

 

[MT01]

I am impressed that they gutted it out to get the win. I feel like most MT teams would have folded there so it is nice to see we didn’t fold when that happened.

Pretty sure the defense collapsed like a house of cards in the 4th qtr.

 

[SpaceRaider]

I feel like most MT teams would have folded there so it is nice to see we didn’t fold when that happened.

I'm just glad it is not a JMU like result.

 

[sWiley]

Ole miss gonna have 10 sacks next week

 

[My4raiders]

I’ll take the W but DAMN they have to get it together! Ole Miss, Duke, Memphis, THEY ARE COMING!

 

[MidTennMtneer]

Crazy FCS weekend. Idaho kept #3 Oregon on the ropes till the 4th. Abilene took TX Tech to OT, SEMO covered vs NMSU.

TX St who many have as the G5 champ was 33pt favorite over Lamar. They only won by 7.

Liberty was 40pt fav over Campbell and only won by 17.

 

[blueraiderJT]

Glad we pulled it out. The reality was that we were gassed. The delay didn't help at all and we ran out of juice. The OC has to make Kelly the main part of the O. Stupid to not setup deep routes for him all game. Also, running Frank at the end was a great setup play. Find that faster. Ole Miss will be tough but WKU got smaked worse than we did by BAMA last year so I'm ok with it.

 

[tyler90wm]

Tough game for sure, but I'm not in complete disarray yet. The weather was atrocious and the start time delayed by 2 hrs 40 mins; that almost always benefits the underdog by making the playing field more level. Honestly, the WKU game will be the big answer to how this season will go, in my opinion.

 

[bluefutcpa]

this is what happens when you have over 30 new transfers in. It will take time to gel. I’m willing to be patient. If we thought this thing wasn’t a rebuild then were kidding ourselves.

 

[TrueBlue147]

Can't do much about the players we have now. Play calling has to get better.

 

[Shayne_Pickering]

Check out the full game analysis and instant reaction here:

Middle Tennessee's late push earns 32-25 victory over Tennessee Tech

Middle Tennessee secures a 32-25 victory over Tennessee Tech on the game's final drive.

middletennessee.rivals.com

 

[SpaceRaider]

If we thought this thing wasn’t a rebuild then were kidding ourselves.

We lost a lot from a 4 win team last year, I have no reason for high expectations. I sat through Boots' first two seasons, where I waited for a first win til the last game of his first season and wins 2 and 3 til the last two games of his second season. And IIRC, MT lost to tech in the last game of his 4th season that denied MT a conference championship.

 

[bluefutcpa]

Can't do much about the players we have now. Play calling has to get better.

I 100% agree. We don’t have the talent upfront on the line to just bull doze through cats.