The Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders (2-2) will take on the Marshall Thundering Herd (3-1) at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia for a pivotal Conference USA collision. The contest will take place on Friday night, the 5th of October at 7:30 PM ET. The game will be available on ESPN+ streaming. The Blue Raiders and the Thundering Herd know each other quite well. In the last five meetings between both sides, the Herd has won three of them. Most recently, Marshall defeated MTSU in Murfreesboro previous year by a score of 38-10.
Middle Tennessee State at Marshall Overview
Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders
Middle Tennessee State comes in off one of the highlights wins of Week Five when they orchestrated an upset of the Florida Atlantic Owls in Murfreesboro, where the Blue Raiders are known as a notoriously difficult bunch to beat at home. The game was settled by a mere point cementing the acclaim that Rick Stockstill’s team garnered as a dark horse for the Conference USA in the pre-season. On the year, MTSU owns losses at Vanderbilt and Georgia while also winning against Tennessee-Martin.
Marshall Thundering Herd
The Thundering Herd come in as one of the most respected Group of Five outfits in the FBS. Garnered by some to be the team of the Conference USA in its own right, the Herd have played some fairly good football as their only loss came against a presently undefeated NC State.
Reasons to Back Marshall
The location of this affair is essential as the Blue Raiders have also yet to win a game on the road this season. Furthermore, Marshall can focus now on its Conference USA campaign as the conference initiatives are in full swing. With a win over Western Kentucky to get off on the right foot, Marshall will have home cooking working for it with tremendous momentum in their own right.
Reasons to Avoid Middle Tennessee State
The Blue Raiders are subject to an enormous overreaction after the result they generated last week against the Owls. The 7.5-number that this line opened at was designed to enchant action on MTSU, and so far it has seemingly worked as that number has diminished by a point.
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