A Sea Of Red

Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, Tennessee


MTSU Football Official Site




Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
Opened in 1933 - Seats 30,788


Derek Mason
1st Season as MTSU Head Coach


2024 Schedule/Results

Aug 31 - Tennessee Tech ............................. W 32-25
Sep 07 - @ Ole Miss ..................................... L 3-52
Sep 14 - WKU .............................................. L 21-49
Sep 21 - Duke ............................................. L 17-45
Sep 28 - @ Memphis ................................... L 7-24
Oct 10 - @ Louisiana Tech ......................... L 21-48
Oct 15 - Kennesaw State ............................ W 14-5
Oct 23 - @ Jacksonville State ..................... L 20-42
Nov 02 - @ UTEP ........................................ W 20-13
Nov 09 - Liberty ......................................... 1:00 PM ET - CBS Sports Net
Nov 23 - @ New Mexico State
Nov 30 - @ FIU


Key Players


#11 Nicholas Vattiato
6' 1" 205 lbs Junior Quarterback
Thru 9 Games: 196-of-307 (63.8%) for 2296 Yards and 10 TDs & 7 INTs + 67 Carries for 7 Yards & 1 Rushing TD



#22 Jaeden Credle
6' 1" 195 lbs Junior Running Back
Thru 9 Games: 82 Carries for 381 Yards and 3 TDs + 20 Catches for 96 Yards



#1 Omari Kelly
6' 0" 180 lbs Junior Receiver
Thru 9 Games: 48 Catches for 811 Yards and TDs + 3 Carries for 9 Yards



#12 Jalen Davis
5' 11" 200 lbs Super Senior Linebacker
Thru 9 Games: 41 Tackles including 4.5 for Loss + 2 Sacks + 1 Forced Fumble



#31 John Howse IV
6' 1" 198 lbs Redshirt Junior Safety
Thru 9 Games: 41 Tackles including 3.5 for Loss + 1 Sack + 2 INTs + 1 Forced Fumble

Sloppy play and we pay

That last interception/turnover/whatever looked like something we'd do in the back yard at Thanksgiving.

Defensive line is keeping us in this game.

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen any player in any sport at a high level with worse body language than Salter.

I like how it feels like we are opening up the play book more on offense. The first several game plans felt much more generic than last year.

I have absolutely no idea how that was ruled a fumble but I’ll take it.

Taking advantage! Good stuff from the offense KS with the touch pass

Having Gray on the field reminded me a bit of Bedgood last year. We need a player like that.

It's nice to watch the other team beat themselves instead of the other way around for once. We even got to see the backups get some reps at the end of the game! Hopefully we see more of the same next week.

Kricket wrote: ↑November 9th, 2024, 5:34 pm Having Gray on the field reminded me a bit of Bedgood last year. We need a player like that.

We had 2 going into the season; JuJu and Darius Coleman. Both got injured in game 1. Darius is out for the season and Gray is just now healthy again. He is a bigger, faster version of Bedgood, and if he can stay on the field, he should be a huge factor the rest of the year.

I think it will take another game or two for Gray to fully get plugged in. The advantage Bedgood had was that he had been in Chadwell's system from at Coastal so it was an easy transition for him. We've seen some of the triple option this year in other games and it didn't seem as effective. I'm not sure if the reason it worked against MTSU was because of better execution on our part, or because MTSU didn't play well. Time will tell.

Was this our "get right" game? If so, better late than never. There still seems to be some issues with chemistry/communication in the passing game between KS and the WRs. We also need to see KS make some better decisions. That one decision to throw a late pitch over a defender was shocking.