Middle Tennessee State football coach Derek Mason tried something different this spring. Instead of the traditional spring practice model used by most NCAA teams, Mason and the Blue Raiders navigated ...

"Nowadays, with where we sit, we're turning over the roster and there's not a lot of continuity with what the guys have learned," said Mason, following the team's final spring practice on April 24.

Middle Tennessee State football coach Derek Mason entered spring practice on April 7 with the same luxury he enjoyed the previous two years. He has a firm grasp of who will be his starting quarterback ...

MTSU football coach Derek Mason discusses first day of spring practice Middle Tennessee State football coach Derek Mason talks about what he saw in the team's first spring practice on April 7.