Dasher looked good, especially considering he was playing on a bum ankle and had to leave the game twice to receive medical attention. He will provide a big challenge for our inexperienced linebackers next September.
The Blue Raider receivers help out by doing a great job blocking, both on Dasher's runs and on their bubble screens.
MTSU likes to keep an up tempo offense, as they routinely would snap the ball with 15-20 seconds remaining on the play clock. You could tell that these guys play hard and play with a lot of energy. We'd better be in shape coming out of fall practice.
Southern Miss got a decent amount of pressure throughout, but couldn't keep containment, and frequently let receivers come open 20 yards downfield as Dasher would scramble. Looked like Southern Miss had the superior athletes, but just didn't play well on defense.
Can't say anything about MTSU's defense really stood out. Their DE Chris McCoy was Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year, but he's gone next year, as are four other Blue Raiders who made first or second team All-Conference on defense.
