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"We just didn't execute really well”— MTSU searches for answers after season opening loss

HARRISONBURG, Va. — Folks like to say that numbers never lie. It's one of the biggest fallacies in life itself. Numbers lie to us all the time, rarely telling the full story behind how they were made.

But in the case of Middle Tennessee Football's 44-7 loss to James Madison on Saturday night at Bridgeforth Stadium, none of the numbers lied in showing how thoroughly JMU dominated the Blue Raiders on the night.

"We got our butts kicked," a blunt head coach Rick Stockstill said post game. "Give (JMU) credit. They did a nice job.