MTSU Wins New Orleans Bowl

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 NEW ORLEANS, La. - Middle Tennessee and its throng of fans enjoyed an early Blue Christmas in the Big Easy when it powered past Southern Miss, 42-32, in the R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl at the Louisiana Superdome Sunday night.

The Blue Raiders capped one of the best seasons in school history with their first bowl win during the FBS era as the Sun Belt's representative in the New Orleans Bowl, where Conference USA representative Southern Miss had never lost in three previous tries before getting throttled by a spirited Middle Tennessee team. It was the second bowl appearance for Middle Tennessee as a FBS member and its first in the New Orleans Bowl.

Middle Tennessee (10-3) ended the season with a seven-game win streak. It's the most wins for the Blue Raiders since the 1990 squad won 11 and the win streak is the longest since the 1985 team won 11 straight. Astonishing junior quarterback Dwight Dasher was named the New Orleans Bowl Most Valuable Player after accounting for 363 yards total offense - 201 rushing and 162 passing - rushing for two touchdowns and passing for two more.

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[Hammer58]

Congrats to the Blue Raiders. Very good showing in the national spotlight.

[HoustonCajun]

_ Damion Fletcher becomes newest member of 4000 club. Nice he needed a bowl game to accomplish that. Fenroy had 2 or 3 games left in the season when he did his. No doubt Fletcher is on an NFL roster next year. While Fenroy is not. Huge injustice. _

On TV, they showed Fenroy as #8 on the list from LA-Lafayette.

If UL wants to change how we are called nationally, it is good to notify the NCAA, but we need to notify ESPN. They seem to be the ones that control team names more than any other.