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Provo • BYU's fall from a 4-0 season and No. 18 national ranking to a college football also-ran this season will most likely keep Middle Tennessee from getting the first sellout in the history of Floyd Stadium.

School officials were hoping the Cougars' visit to Murfreesboro would fill the 30,788-seat stadium on Saturday (1:30 p.m. MDT) with a combination of BYU fans and MTSU fans eager to watch the Blue Raiders host a nationally prominent program.

But athletic director Chris Massaro said it probably won't happen.

About 4,000 BYU fans are expected, Massaro said, noting that BYU sold 1,000 tickets through its own ticket office and the remaining 3,000 tickets were bought by groups affiliated with BYU and the LDS Church in Tennessee and surrounding states.

Massaro told the Daily News Journal that a crowd between 22,000 and 28,000 is expected. Saturday is expected to be sunny, with temperatures in the mid-50s.

A game against Georgia Tech in September of 2011 drew the largest crowd in stadium history, 30,502.

On Monday, MTSU coach Rick Stockstill begged Blue Raiders' fans to attend the game so BYU fans wouldn't take over the place. With the Cougars having lost four straight games and without star quarterback Taysom Hill, he probably doesn't have to worry.

"We need to make our stadium loud, and we don't need to be outnumbered by BYU," Stockstill said. "We need our fans to show up early, buy tickets and make it difficult for them to get into the stadium."

Williams will go

BYU running back Jamaal Williams said he's not completely healthy, but expects to play Saturday on a pair of sprained ankles. After coaches held him out of the first quarter of last week's 55-30 loss to Boise State, he gained 70 yards on 16 carries.

"I am not even close to [100 percent]," he said. "I would have had at least 150 [yards]. … I would say I am 85 [percent]. Yeah, we will go 85 right now."

Just win, baby

Inside linebackers coach Paul Tidwell, who has coached college football for 37 seasons, including the last 15 at BYU, said the Cougars just need a win to get back on track. Do that, and confidence returns, energy returns and players stay on board with what coaches are trying to do.

"To get a win is like having a nice hot bowl of chicken noodle soup when you are sick," Tidwell said. "It makes you feel a lot better." —

BYU at Middle Tennessee

O Saturday, 1:30 p.m.

TV • CBS Sports