Murfreesboro, TN – For the sake of time, this finished in thrilling fashion and Middle Tennessee won, 32-25. The game started just before 9 pm. The 3-hour delay came after much rain and thunder boomers. I woke up to leave Durham NC at 5:15 am that morning. Plane left late, of course. Got back to HQs after 9:30 am. Worked on reports for our two previous games.

Headed out to a pregame meal in Murfreesboro with St. Laurie to catch up on action at Sam’s Sports Grill. Got to Red Floyd Stadium on the MTSU campus in time to find people already waiting under cover for inclement weather. Teams came out at 6 pm to stretch. Emergency alerts announced went right back in. Everybody sought cover. We sat in the MTSU Coliseum until after 7:30. The band entertainment turned out to be pretty boring.

Outside, too went to take notes. Didn’t come prepared for foul, wet weather. Stayed, watched, we saw. No time to report the details. Got home past midnight. Need to do other things on Sunday. Packed and planned for 7-hour drive on Monday To Tallahassee.. Taking a rain-check on writing about this one.

On to Tallahassee. MTSU plays four more games on our slate this season. We will write more then. Looking forward to Boston College at Florida State on Monday night. Hopefully, we’ll be back on the ball Tuesday night!

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-ed. by Steve Koreivo Member of College Football Writers Association of America