MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — If there's one sweeping theme around Middle Tennessee's football team, it's of excitement for spring practice to start Tuesday.
It's well-documented the impact not having spring practice and summer drills had on football teams around the country last season. The Blue Raiders were no different, finishing the season two weeks early with a 3-6 record, 2-4 in Conference USA.
"I'm looking forward to it because we have so many young guys who weren't able to go through last spring and summer, and the season was so discombobulated that they lost the teaching part of it a little bit.