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I wish I knew Joined: Jan, Thank you for reporting. This content is abusive or harmful This post is spam. Vattiato was fantastic on the drive, completing four of five passes on the drive for 74 yards. Needing an answer, the Rockets offense was unable to produce one, promptly going three and out. MTSU regained possession at their own 20 yard line with to go in the half, and the Rockets defense responded to the challenge and got a big stop.
Nate Givhan sacked Vattiato on third-and-four to force a change of possession, however Devin Maddox muffed the ensuing punt and almost gave possession right back to the Blue Raiders. Issues were once again an issue for the Rockets on the ensuing drive, and after a Toledo punt the Blue Raiders started their next drive from their own eight-yard line.
After picking up one first down, MTSU turned to their bag of tricks, attempting a double reverse pass on first-and from their own Unfortunately, the Rockets offense was unable to fully take advantage of the good field possession and settled for a field goal. Thomas Cluckey redeemed his earlier miss and nailed the yard attempt, giving the Rockets a lead with just over a minute to go in the first half. The Blue Raiders took over at their own yard line, armed with three timeouts and 50 seconds to respond.
Vattiato quickly moved MTSU down the field, completing three passes and forcing a pass interference penalty on another, and with 11 seconds left in the half the Blue Raiders found themselves on the Toledo 20 yard line. The Rockets ground game asserted itself incredibly well in the first half, amassing yards on only 16 attempts. Toledo won the yardage battle prior to the break, and the Rockets defense limited MTSU to 72 rushing yards on 19 carries.
The Rockets did not help themselves, compiling nine penalties for 95 yards. The Blue Raiders received the opening kickoff of the second half and started at their own yard line after a touchback. MTSU quickly moved across midfield on the back of a 10 yard run and a 20 yard reception, both from Jaylin Lane. After crossing midfield, the Rockets defense tightened up, forcing a punt after two incompletions from Vattiato. After a quick punt from Toledo, the Blue Raiders started their next drive at the Toledo 38 yard line.
MTSU opted to go for it on fourth down from the Toledo 32, but the Rockets defense held, forcing an incompletion from Vattiato on fourth-and-four. Similar to the first half, both offenses seemed to struggle to find their footing coming out of the locker room. Toledo moved the ball efficiently on their next drive, establishing the run with Koback and Dequan Finn.
Koback led the way, with five carries on the drive to bring the Rockets within striking distance. Once again, Toledo sputtered as they approached the red zone. Thomas Cluckey missed his second kick of the day, once again ending a promising Rockets drive. MTSU took over with to go in the third quarter. The Toledo defense quickly forced a third-and, but were unable to capitalize, allowing Vattiato to scramble for 12 yards and pick up the first down.
Along the way, he produced a Freshman All-American, eight all-conference players and a national offensive player of the week. The two-win campaign was preceded by two straight seasons with bowl appearances, the first time MT had ever accomplished that feat. Those followed a big first year for Stockstill, when in he took his first Middle Tennessee squad to the Motor City Bowl, its first FBS bowl appearance, after being named Co-Sun Belt champions with a league record. Individual players have all-conference honors, 20 all-freshman honorees, three conference player of the year awards, five different national player of the week awards and a league freshman of the year.
Throughout his season tenure, Stockstill has also shown a commitment to academics. The Blue Raiders have registered a Graduation Success Rate of 95 percent the last two years and both scores have ranked in the top five nationally among all FBS schools. Prior to being named the head man at Middle Tennessee, Stockstil spent 23 years as an assistant coach, where he had the advantage of working alongside some of the greatest minds in college football history, including legendary coaches Lou Holtz, Steve Spurrier, Danny Ford, Tommy Bowden, Ken Hatfield, Larry Little and Tommy West.
He made his way to Murfreesboro after spending the previous two years at South Carolina, where joined the Gamecock staff in December and immediately made an impact in recruiting. Stockstill coached the Gamecock tight ends and served as recruiting coordinator in He was the wide receivers coach in In addition to his on-field coaching at Carolina, Stockstill coordinated the signing of a top recruiting class for the Gamecocks in his first season and was recognized as one of the top 25 recruiters in the nation by Rivals.
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