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Blue Raiders upset No. 25 Miami in the Sunshine State

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee football took the ball away early and kept putting the ball in the endzone late, blasting past No. 25 Miami XX-XX on Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium in a game the Blue Raiders controlled wire to wire.

The Blue Raiders turned the Hurricanes over on Miami's first two drives, highlighted by a pick-6 from defensive lineman Zaylin Wood, helping push MTSU to a 17-3 lead at the end of the first quarter and a 24-10 lead at the half.

The offenses continued to trade blows throughout the second half, with Chase Cunningham with Elijah Metcalf for a 69-yard touchdown pass and DJ England-Chisolm for a 98-yard touchdown pass, keeping the foot on the gas a late quarterback change gave Miami life in the second half.