MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – It's been a busy first eight practices for Middle Tennessee.
The Blue Raiders have gone through what head coach Rick Stockstill calls the "acclimatization" period, where the players are getting back into football shape. Now, they'll focus more on nailing down finer points of the offense, defense and special teams.
Here are some tidbits from practice so far that you may have missed:
Successful first scrimmage:
The first team scrimmage of the season took place on Saturday, and Stockstill was overall pleased with what he saw, though he was discouraged by a high number of penalties on both sides.