MTSU's season-opening opponent -- Alabama A&M -- might not be an eye opener, but it will hardly temper the Blue Raiders excitement on Saturday night when they host the Bulldogs.
Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. at Floyd Stadium where the Blue Raiders have 17 of their last 20 home games.
"I think you still get the butterflies. You still get excited. You only play one first game a year," said MTSU coach Rick Stockstill. "The excitement of our players that know that the last three and a half or four weeks have just come over here and get ready to hit each other, and now they get a chance to really start honing in on a game plan and focusing on an opponent.