MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — When you walk into Special Teams Coordinator Luke Paschall office, there's lots of things you'll typically find in a football coach's office: depth charts on his desk, practice plans on his whiteboard, film getting ready to be watched on his TV.
In the corner, squeezed between two tables, poking above a stack of papers, is a statue of Athena, the Palladium. A trophy that was first created when Paschall played for the Blue Raiders from 2002-2006. A trophy last won over the Troy Trojans in the 2020 COVID season.
"I ain't going to let that die," Paschall remarked with a smile when asked about why the trophy was in his office.