(At right) Kevin Byard returns
to the secondary for MTSU this season
At a recent banquet for Blue Raider sponsors and supporters, MTSU football head coach Rick Stockstill issued a challenge to Murfreesboro to pack Floyd Stadium this fall.
The schedule is set for 2014, and the ticket push has begun with the goal of filling some seats.
“There’s no reason we can’t sell it out,” said Stockstill, who is back at the helm of the Blue Raiders for his ninth season at Floyd Stadium.
Stockstill praised the Norfolk, Va., community and Old Dominion football program as an example of a town rallying behind its university and the football program and coming out on game day.
“They pack their stadium,” the coach said in regard to the Blue Raiders’ Conference USA foe as he was speaking at the sponsors luncheon, held June 24 at Gondolier, where members of the business community got the opportunity to spend their lunch hour with Blue Raider golf coach Whit Turnbow and Stockstill and talk about the athletic program and the MTSU student athletes.
MTSU will travel to Virginia to face Old Dominion this year, but True Blue fans want to see Floyd Stadium rocking for games in Murfreesboro against Savannah Stave, Western Kentucky, Southern Miss, Alabama-Birmingham, Brigham Young and Florida Atlantic.
College students: Don’t leave town for the weekend this season; come to the games, urged Stockstill.
“If it’s cold, bring a jacket,” he continued, noting the Blue Raider games are a great, affordable, family-friendly activity, and the area around campus is easy to access and navigate around.
The pre-game atmosphere at Walnut Grove is enjoyable as well, as game-goers cook out, play games and mingle under the shade trees on a fall afternoon prior to kickoff. The football squad is coming off of a 5–1 home record last season and its fourth bowl appearance in the Stockstill era.
2014 MTSU Football Schedule
Sat., Aug. 30, Savannah State
Sat., Sept. 6 @ Minnesota
Sat., Sept. 13, WKU
Sat., Sept. 20 @ Memphis
Fri., Sept. 26 @ Old Dominion
Sat., Oct. 4, Southern Miss
Sat., Oct. 11 @ Marshall
Sat., Oct. 18, UAB
Sat., Nov. 1, BYU
Sat., Nov. 15 @ Florida International
Sat., Nov. 22, Florida Atlantic
Sat., Nov. 29 @ UTEP
Single game tickets start at $15.
For more information on the MTSU Blue Raiders, visit goblueraiders.com.
