- FAU will be without MLB Jacob Douglas today. OLB Rashad Smith also isn’t dressed. Owls will likely play a base nickel defense today.
- MTSU gets the ball first. Joseph’s kickoff is a touchback. FAU and MTSU are underway in Murfreesboro.
- FAU begins the game in its nickel package. Stephen Leggett sniffs out a WR screen, breaks up pass. Kittle PB, too. MTSU goes 3-and-out.
- Another first-drive TD for FAU. Nate Terry become first FAU player with 2 TD catches on the season. FAU 7, MTSU 0 1Q
- A 50 yard Devin Singletary run set up that scoring pass. Motor has 60 rushing yards already for FAU.
- FAU started the game with a touchdown. Anyone who followed FAU this season knows that means that MTSU will answer right back. MTSU did.
- 49-yard MTSU TD pass to Richie James ties the game at 7. On the play, MLB Khantrell Burden injured. LB is the new OL for FAU.
- FAU RT Matt Weiner beaten badly for a sack. Owls can’t convert 3rd and 31. Three-and-out for FAU. MTSU has the ball back. Tied at 7 1Q
- MTSU wildcats FAU to death. Richie James a 16-yd TD run. FAU can’t stop running QBs. James on way to C-USA POW honors. MTSU 14, FAU 7
- Daniel Parr not in the game at QB on third series. It’s still Driskel for FAU. Another sack for MTSU. Owls punting.
- FAU DE Trey Hendrickson injured on a run play. He walks off. MTSU immediately with a big play.
- Annnnddd… Touchdown MTSU. 44 yard TD run by Mathers. If FAU is trying to save Charlie Partridge’s job, this is an odd way to do it.
- With about 1 minute remaining in 1st Q, MTSU is on pace for 1,000 yards of total offense. Already rushed for 136. MTSU 21, FAU 7
- Still a long way to go, but this pattern feels awfully familiar. Emphasis on AWFUL. MTSU 21, FAU 7, end 1Q.
- MTSU running all over FAU. Owls look like a high school defense ready for Christmas break. Maybe the worst they’ve looked all year. MTSU 28, FAU 7
- FAU doesn’t practice live tackling during the week to avoid injuries. In this game, FAU is injured and can’t tackle.
- Motor is a bright spot for FAU. He’s over 100 yards and scores the Owls’ second TD with a 9-yd run. MTSU 28, FAU 14 2Q
- MTSU is down to its third string QB, but the Blue Raiders’ ball carriers are making FAU tacklers look absolutely silly. Another TD. MTSU 35, FAU 14.
- Motor pass to Terry (PI called in the end zone) sets up Buddy Howell’s record 13th rushing TD of the season. MTSU 35, FAU 21 near half.
- MTSU successfully runs the 2 minute drill using the wildcat package, scoring in about 1 minute. Let that sink in. MTSU 42, FAU 21.
- MTSU ends half with a pick of Driskel. Blue Raiders score 42 first half points using WRs and RBs at quarterback, lead FAU by 21 at the half.
- Blue Raiders roll up 467 yards of total offense against FAU in the first half – 270 on the ground.
- Second half underway in Murfreesboro. FAU goes 3-and-out – exactly the kind of adjustment they’ve become known for. MTSU 42, FAU 21.
- MTSU ballcarriers must think Christmas has arrived. Another rushing TD for the Blue Raiders. It’s now 48-21 in the 3rd.
- Motor looks like he’s all that FAU has. A 30-yd TD run trims the MTSU lead to 49-28. 3Q
- Give the FAU offense some credit. A Driskel TD run has the Owls within two scores. MTSU 49, FAU 35. 3Q
- FAU finally seems clued in to the fact that MTSU doesn’t have a QB. Owls stop 4th down run, take over the ball.
- Heading to the final quarter. FAU trails MTSU 49-35.
- FAU RB Devin Singletary enters 4th Q needing 52 yards for 1,000 on the season.
- Henry Bussey with a leaping catch for a touchdown – his second of the year. The Owls are back within 7 points. MTSU 49, FAU 42 4Q
- Another walk-in TD for MTSU. What the Blue Raiders are doing to FAU without the help of a QB is actually amazing. MTSU 56, FAU 42 4Q
- With 4 completions, MTSU WR Richie James actually leads the Blue Raiders in that category. As a team, MTSU only completed 10 passes – yet 56 pts.
- Driskel picked. First play after James with 3rd TD run. And just like that, it’s a blowout again. MTSU 63, FAU 42 4Q
- It may prove difficult for MTSU to put together a clock-killing drive because the Blue Raiders keep finding the end zone so quickly.
- Trick play pass to Motor where the O-line didn’t actually move sets up 1-yd Motor TD run. MTSU 63, FAU 49. 4Q
- Another MTSU TD. FAU has now allowed at least 70 pts to an opponent for 2nd time this season. MTSU 70, FAU 49.
- MTSU now has a program record 750 yards of total offense – doing most of the damage after losing 2nd string QB to injury.
- MTSU scoring too quickly for tweets to keep up. Pick 6 for Blue Raiders. 77 points most FAU has ever allowed. 77-49. Game won’t end.
- Parr into the game. First pass is picked. Only 5 minutes to go. MTSU might get to 100. MTSU 77, FAU 49.
- In five games this season, FAU’s basketball team has only surrendered 77 points once.
- With 236 yards (and counting) today, FAU RB Devin Singletary has eclipsed the 1,000 yard mark for the season.
- Nice touch at the end of the game. FAU Sr. RB Jay Warren slips into the end zone for 1st (and last) TD of the season. MTSU 77, FAU 56 3sec
- FAU’s 56 points are the most of the Charlie Partridge era.
- It’s over. MTSU 77, FAU 56. Another 3-9 year for Charlie Partridge. His last? We’ll have more shortly.
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