Middle Tennessee loses starting center for year

Posted: Monday August 11, 2008 7:51PM; Updated: Monday August 11, 2008 7:51PM Jake Padrick, MTSU's projected starting center, is out for the year MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) -- Middle Tennessee State has lost two players because of injuries, including the projected starting center. Coach Rick Stockstill said Monday that offensive lineman Jake Padrick will miss the season after suffering a knee injury in Saturday's scrimmage. Padrick, anticipated to be the team's No. 1 center, was helped off the field halfway through the scrimmage. Linebacker Landon Givers will have to give up football because of a back injury. He took a redshirt year in 2007 and did not participate in spring drills, hoping the injury would... [read full story]