MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Jordan Branch has wanted Middle Tennessee to call the play ever since it was installed.
It was something MTSU had put into its punt attack package before, a running play they could use as a fake, where Brody Butler would snap the ball to Branch, rather than the punter, allowing the defensive linemen who usually formed a wall in front of the Blue Raider specialist a chance to use some of the skills he had out of the backfield at Crockett County, where Branch said he was used on offense as a prep player before his six years in Murfreesboro.