MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — It was a Saturday where everything that could've gone right, went right for Middle Tennessee football.
The day started with the crisp fall day that was perfect football weather, nearly warm most of the afternoon with temperatures in the mid-sixties but with plenty of changing leaves on the Raider Walk.
Things went more right in the first quarter, when Elijah Metcalf spun out of a tackle on a screen pass, kept on his feet with his arm and sprinted past the remaining FIU Panthers for the first of four touchdown passes on the day for Nicholas Vattiato.