MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — It did not take long in Middle Tennessee football's weekly press conference to get a handle on how their opponent for the season finale likes to play.
Head Coach Rick Stockstill, just seconds into his opening statement, got right to the point regarding the UTEP Miners, who come into Floyd Stadium this weekend for a 1 p.m. kickoff on Saturday.
"UTEP is a really, really physical, tough, hard-nosed team," Stockstill said at the start. Nearly two minutes later, as he was wrapping up his opening remarks, he came back around to the same point.