MTSU at James Madison football: Scouting report, expectation for season opener

Center Tennessee State football will open the season Saturday at James Madison. The opening shot is 5 p.m. CT and will be gushed on ESPN+. The Blue Raiders completed 7-6 last season, overcoming Toledo in the Bahamas Bowl. James Madison went 12-2, arriving at the FCS season finisher elimination rounds. This is the thing you really want to be aware of Saturday's matchup. JMU making FBS progress Saturday will check James Madison's most memorable game as a FBS group, having been a FCS control over ongoing years. The Dukes came out on top for the FCS public title in 2016 and arrived at the title game again in 2017 and 2019. They tumbled to possible hero North Dakota State (20-14) in last year's elimination rounds. "I think it'll be really consistent for them, since they've had such a lot of progress at the FCS level," MTSU mentor Rick Stockstill said of the Dukes' change. "I like their change, a great deal like App State and Georgia Southern, as in they've been playing for quite a while and presently (they're) taking the following action to FBS." C-USA PREDICTIONS:UTSA football inclined toward to win Conference USA. Here's the reason and our anticipated request of finish MTSU GAME PREDICTIONS:How many successes for MTSU football this season? Here are our game-by-game expectations James Madison, which will play in the Sun Belt Conference, will not be qualified for postseason play in 2022. Yet, Stockstill expects a boisterous group for their most memorable FBS challenge. "At the point when you go out and about, you must gather an additional pack of strength," Stockstill said. "Also, likely the psychological durability a piece of it is as significant, while possibly not more significant, as the actual strength. We realize that they will be amped up. It's their most memorable game, and toss on top of it, for their fans, it's their most memorable game that they can say they're FBS fans." JMU is 43-2 at home over the beyond six seasons. Being Missouri was assumed MTSU initially had Missouri as its opener at home as the second piece of a three-game series, the first was won by the Blue Raiders in Columbia in 2016. However, the Tigers quit the 2022 game, which prompted planning James Madison as the opener. Be that as it may, the Blue Raiders emerged from the arrangement on top monetarily. MTSU acquired $1.5 million joined for the change. Missouri paid the school $800,000 for retreating. James Madison, which required one more home game to be qualified to climb to FBS, is paying MTSU $700,000. MORE:MTSU football: Senior Jordan Ferguson earning public respect on and off the field MORE:QB Chase Cunningham '100 percent and set' as MTSU football starts practice MTSU players race to their next drill during the group's most memorable preseason practice Wednesday. James Madison players to observe Kris Thornton: The 5-foot-8, 180-pound redshirt senior wide collector, who is a preseason All-Sun Belt determination, had 63 gatherings for 1,097 yards and 13 scores and was a FCS All-American last season. Todd Centeio: The 6-foot, 221-pound graduate quarterback is a Colorado State move, where he passed for 2,958 yards and 15 TDs and added 439 surging yards.