Last week Marshall held a .02 advantage over Appalachian State, and Recruitnik was about as tight as the actual game as Marshall fell 33 to 31. This week Marshall stays on the road against Middle Tennessee State.
MIddle Tennessee State welcomed five transfers into the two deep including two former four star transfers, one from Florida State and one from Georgia.
Recruiting numbers indicate that this could be a defensive struggle. This seems like one time that Recruitnik could be wrong
The rules of Recruitnik are simple. We take the two deep depth chart for both teams from the most recent Game Notes put out on their respective Official Athletics Site. We use the Rivals ratings, to the best of our ability, and simply add up the numbers and divide it by the number of players. Who ever has the highest ratings wins. We compare Marshall's offense against the opponents defense, and Marshall's defense against the opponents offense.
A couple of notes. Marshall lists an extra defensive player so their rating will be divided by 24 position spots compared to the 22 position spots of Middle Tennessee State.
Time to jump right in.
MARSHALL OFFENSE VS MTSU DEFENSE
(Same as last week) Marshall's offense is returns a ton of talent. The offense has three 3 star players on the two deep roster in Corey Gammage, Xavier Gaines and Sheldon Evans. Marshall's overall ranking is pulled down due to a plethora of former walkon along the offensive line that have battled to earn spots on the two deep. Marshall has 7 unranked players out of the 22 who have earned a spot on the two deep. This includes six walk ons in Stone Scarcelle, Ethan Driskell, James Magee, Logan Osburn, Kendrick Sartor, and Luke Zban. Two star Jack Murphy is also a former walk on.
MARSHALL DEFENSE VS MTSU OFFENSE
(Same as last week) Marshall's defense is loaded with talent. The talent includes former recruits and a couple highly rated transfers from P5 schools. The defensive depth chart has two former four stars, Shane Simmons and LeAnthony Williams. The defense has two other transfers from FCS schools who were unrated via Rivals out of high school, Brian Cavicante and Cory McCoy. McCoy is expected to start at nickel.
OVERALL MATCHUP
MARSHALL WIDE RECEIVERS VS MTSU DEFENSIVE BACKS
Clearly Marshall wants to run as many plays as possible. The ability for the wide receivers to make plays to extend drives will be crucial again tonight. Below is a look at the matchup of Marshalls wide outs against the Appy secondary
MARSHALL DEFENSIVE LINE VS MTSU OFFENSIVE LINE
The game is set for a 7pm at MTSU
MIddle Tennessee State welcomed five transfers into the two deep including two former four star transfers, one from Florida State and one from Georgia.
Recruiting numbers indicate that this could be a defensive struggle. This seems like one time that Recruitnik could be wrong
The rules of Recruitnik are simple. We take the two deep depth chart for both teams from the most recent Game Notes put out on their respective Official Athletics Site. We use the Rivals ratings, to the best of our ability, and simply add up the numbers and divide it by the number of players. Who ever has the highest ratings wins. We compare Marshall's offense against the opponents defense, and Marshall's defense against the opponents offense.
A couple of notes. Marshall lists an extra defensive player so their rating will be divided by 24 position spots compared to the 22 position spots of Middle Tennessee State.
Time to jump right in.
MARSHALL OFFENSE VS MTSU DEFENSE
| Marshall Offense | 1.50 |
| MTSU Defense | 2.13 |
| ADVANTAGE | MTSU Defense |
MARSHALL DEFENSE VS MTSU OFFENSE
| Marshall Defense | 2.20 |
| MTSU Offense | 2.00 |
| ADVANTAGE | MARSHALL Defense |
OVERALL MATCHUP
| Marshall Overall Rating | 1.86 |
| MTSU Overall Rating | 2.06 |
| ADVANTAGE | MTSU |
MARSHALL WIDE RECEIVERS VS MTSU DEFENSIVE BACKS
Clearly Marshall wants to run as many plays as possible. The ability for the wide receivers to make plays to extend drives will be crucial again tonight. Below is a look at the matchup of Marshalls wide outs against the Appy secondary
| Marshall | Wide Receivers | MTSU | Defensive Backs | ||
| Corey Gammage | 3 stars | WR | Teldick Ross | 2 stars | CB |
| Stone Scarcelle | 0 stars | WR | Decorian Patterson | 2 stars | CB |
| Willie Johnson | 3 stars | WR | Greg Grate | 3 stars | S |
| EJ Horton | 2 stars | WR | Marcus Lafrance | 3 stars | S |
| Talik Keaton | 2 stars | WR | Reed Blankenship | 2 stars | S |
| Shadeed Ahmed | 2 stars | WR | Tra Fluelen | 2 stars | S |
| Xavier Gaines | 4 stars | TE | Jalen Jackson | 2 stars | CB |
| Devin Miller | 2 stars | TD | Decorian Patterson | 2 stars | CB |
MARSHALL DEFENSIVE LINE VS MTSU OFFENSIVE LINE
| Marshall | DE | Shane Simmons | 4 | MTSU | LT | Jacqui Graha | 0 |
| Marshall | DE | Sam Burton | 2 | MTSU | LT | Steven Loyosa | 2 |
| Marshall | DT | Jamari Edwards | 3 | MTSU | LG | Dorian Hinton | 2 |
| Marshall | DT | Esaias Carpenter | 3 | MTSU | LG | Tyler Falvey | 2 |
| Marshall | DT | Rodney Croom | 2 | MTSU | C | Jordan Palmer | 2 |
| Marshall | DT | TJ Johnson | 3 | MTSU | C | Steven Losoya | 2 |
| Marshall | DE | Koby Cumberlander | 3 | MTSU | RG | Netori Johnson | 4 |
| Marshall | DE | Owen Porter | 3 | MTSU | RG | Marcus Greer | 3 |
| MTSU | RT | Lance Robinson | 2 | ||||
| MTSU | RT | Jaylil Ryles | 2 |
The game is set for a 7pm at MTSU
