Middle Tennessee State University and Blue Raider athletics will celebrate the official move to Conference USA on July 1 and want to encourage all alums and fans to take part in this historic day.
On July 1, the staff at more than 50 businesses and restaurants will be wearing specially designed T-shirts with the inaugural C-USA logo throughout Murfreesboro, and Blue Raider football players and staff will be handing out schedule cards and posters all day, hitting the Square, the Avenue, Rutherford Boulevard, Broad Street, Memorial Boulevard and Church Street.
The official celebration headquarters will be at Sam’s Sports Grill at the Stones River Mall, where patrons will be greeted by Blue Raider cheerleaders and team mascot Lightning. President Sidney McPhee, Director of Athletics Chris Massaro, Rick Stockstill, Kermit Davis and Rick Insell will all be on hand at Sam’s from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. to answer questions and talk with fans and supporters.
The marketing department, Aspire, Alumni, and the BRAA will all be on hand as well at Sam’s, while several football players will be signing autographs and distributing posters and schedule cards. There will also be other giveaways fans will not want to miss. Ideastees will be selling the official T-shirt at their main store for $10.
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July 1 Timeline
7 a.m.: The MT helmet will be displayed on Old Fort Parkway; the C-USA banner will be up at intersection of Broad Street and Memorial.
10–11 a.m.: Football players and a designated coach will be signing autographs and passing out schedule cards and posters at Reeves-Sain.
11 a.m.–2 p.m.: A plane will fly over Murfreesboro advertising the move to C-USA.
11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.: Sam’s Sports Grill, the official celebration headquarters.
1–2 p.m.: Football players and a designated coach will be signing autographs and passing out schedule cards and posters at Chick-Fil-A.
4–6 p.m.: A plane will fly over Murfreesboro and Nashville advertising the move to C-USA.
