MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The scouting report for a Rich Rodriguez led team hasn't changed much since the veteran head coach first came onto the scene over two decades ago at West Virginia: they're a tempo football team that's going to run the ball down your throat.
And while it's taken the 2024 Jacksonville State Gamecocks a little bit of time to find that identity this season, the blowout wins the Gamecocks have put together in their last three contests (44-7 over Southern Miss, 63-24 over Kennesaw State and 54-13 over New Mexico State) have left no question in Derek Mason's mind on what to expect when his Middle Tennessee football program kicks off Wednesday against Jax State at 6:30 p.