Troy Trojans

[ASUTodd]

If we can beat A&M...then anyone can beat us. As long as our defensive players and coaches continue to gel, we will be golden. Not many offenses, outside of the top 10, can keep up with ours... If the defense has a couple of good stops then the offense will do the rest.

[appgrad95&97]

I don’t think our game plan against Troy will be the same as A&M game. That was an SEC style game were we needed to control the possessions. I bet we let the let the Defense do their thing and Barbay dials up the Offense for maximum damage.

Please no.

[Stonewall]

Biggest game of the year to date.

[BambooRdApp]

I think this team is just different. We have a crazy good offensive line, depth at receiver and tight end and obviously at running back. Have we ever had this amount of guys who can play? We can choose to run or pass. We seem to have righted the ship on defense and have decent depth on that side of the ball. I am not ready to predict a table run but if we remain focused it's a little scary how dominant we could be. Coach seems to be able to maintain that focus. Last Saturday won't mean much if we lay an egg against teams we should beat.

What a difference a real OC makes. We need to have some bake sales to give him a raise so he'll stay around another year.

Since it is Boone and Sanford Mall (back in the day anyway)...are we suggesting the bake sale offer some special brownies at premium prices?..

[biggie]

[bigdaddyg]

Some of the scores on the prediction thread already interesting. Either the Troy offense is very good or there is still varying degrees of faith in our defense. Some apparently didn't believe what they saw against A&M and lean towards the first game. I want to believe that we made the proper adjustments and that we won't get diced up here on out.

[Black Saturday]

Some of the scores on the prediction thread already interesting. Either the Troy offense is very good or there is still varying degrees of faith in our defense. Some apparently didn't believe what they saw against A&M and lean towards the first game. I want to believe that we made the proper adjustments and that we won't get diced up here on out.

Our defense and offense did one hell of a job playing defense against A&M.

[biggie]

Think it is a combination of some let down that fans expect and Troy offense seems good, especially on the passing part (except for turnovers).

[Rekdiver]

I’m sure Troy is looking at our pass D film. That causes me extreme concern

[bigdaddyg]

I’m sure Troy is looking at our pass D film. That causes me extreme concern

They probably looked at the first game and began to get excited then watched film from last week and said, "ah crap"!

[ArmantiWaterSafety]

Some of the scores on the prediction thread already interesting. Either the Troy offense is very good or there is still varying degrees of faith in our defense. Some apparently didn't believe what they saw against A&M and lean towards the first game. I want to believe that we made the proper adjustments and that we won't get diced up here on out.

I predicted a relatively high scoring affair from Troy just because I think the defense played so well against A&M because of our game plan of keeping them off the field. I still think we win by 2 or more scores pretty easily though. I feel like we have an average defense and a super offense this year. Should make for some exciting games anyway. Watching that game, everything that could have gone right for us did. King missed some easy throws, we got penalties at the right times to keep some drives alive. Our defense had to have been helped by all that. I'm with you though, I don't think we'll get diced up like we did against UNC for the rest of the season though.

[biggie]

Troy Unis are Grey helmet and white jersey/pants. So assume we are all black? Or is it Yeller? We will find out this evening.

[ASUTodd]

I still feel our Defense has some hurdles to overcome. My take on the A&M game.... We didn't allow them to get back on the field (their offense). Our run game just kept getting enough yards to do the job and then bam...a pass play. Worked perfectly. I think that was more of a brilliant offensive game than a defensive game. UNC game we just played shootout with them. If our run game isn't hitting on much then it will be up to our defense to lay wood all game. We shall see if they are up to the challenge.

[hapapp]

Keep in mind, the defense was only on the field for 19 minutes. Clearly, the performance was a huge improvement but some of that had to do with the offensive gameplan. So, I wouldn't say we fixed all the issues from week 1. We also faced a much better QB in week 1 than we faced in week 2. Watson is no Maye but he is probably a much better passer than what we faced against A&M.

[AtlAppMan]

Some of the scores on the prediction thread already interesting. Either the Troy offense is very good or there is still varying degrees of faith in our defense. Some apparently didn't believe what they saw against A&M and lean towards the first game. I want to believe that we made the proper adjustments and that we won't get diced up here on out.

I predicted a relatively high scoring affair from Troy just because I think the defense played so well against A&M because of our game plan of keeping them off the field. I still think we win by 2 or more scores pretty easily though. I feel like we have an average defense and a super offense this year. Should make for some exciting games anyway. Watching that game, everything that could have gone right for us did. King missed some easy throws, we got penalties at the right times to keep some drives alive. Our defense had to have been helped by all that. I'm with you though, I don't think we'll get diced up like we did against UNC for the rest of the season though.

"everything that could have gone right for us did"

That is not exactly true.

IF we score TDs on both the endzone passes (one stepped out of bounds instead of WR keeping foot in bounds, the other bobbled ball as he landed) we have 14 more pts. Then our receiver drops a sure TD on 5 yrd line, instead we kick field goal, that would have been 4 more points. My point is, we were very close to scoring 35 pts instead of 17 pts at end of game. I am not saying they didn't do some stuff to help us but it was not a one-way street. These were three plays right at their goal line that would have immediately resulted in additional points.

[biggie]

Seems like we could be missing Harrington on D again as well, so I'm not sure what to expect from the D if they have to be out there for long periods of time. Given Troy's turnovers and lack of running game (from RBs and QB) I hope they are aggressive.

[AppStFan1]

Seems like we could be missing Harrington on D again as well, so I'm not sure what to expect from the D if they have to be out there for long periods of time. Given Troy's turnovers and lack of running game (from RBs and QB) I hope they are aggressive.

I want Harrington back but I don't think most of our fans realize how good McLeod is going to be. He stepped in and there was no drop in play. We are talking about a player who was named the SBC DEF POW. We truly have the best LB unit in the league with Hampton, Harrington, Sullivan, Brown, McLeod, Heilig, Cobb, Parker, Bird, Arnholt, and Doublin plus names not seen yet that the coaches love like Farrar, Gooch, and Moffit. Arnholt is going to be a star for us and Gooch can absolutely fly like Dexter Coakley could fly. I'm not saying he will be as good but from a speed standpoint he is suppose to be blazing fast.

[bigdaddyg]

We definitely left some points on the board last Saturday and all I recall from A&M was the missed FG and maybe one pass they missed over the middle that could have gone for a score. If we chose to play the same basic ball control this Saturday why on earth could we not keep Troy off the field as well? I'm not minimizing them by any means but I see predictions of 30+ points. Anything can happen but other than some guys possibly missing at linebacker where is the issue?

[AtlAppMan]

We definitely left some points on the board last Saturday and all I recall from A&M was the missed FG and maybe one pass they missed over the middle that could have gone for a score. If we chose to play the same basic ball control this Saturday why on earth could we not keep Troy off the field as well? I'm not minimizing them by any means but I see predictions of 30+ points. Anything can happen but other than some guys possibly missing at linebacker where is the issue?

I believe your statement means you agree that 30+ seems most likely. To add to that point, we would have to regress in defense and offense, due to lack of focus, whatever, to not deliver a strong performance.

[bigdaddyg]

We definitely left some points on the board last Saturday and all I recall from A&M was the missed FG and maybe one pass they missed over the middle that could have gone for a score. If we chose to play the same basic ball control this Saturday why on earth could we not keep Troy off the field as well? I'm not minimizing them by any means but I see predictions of 30+ points. Anything can happen but other than some guys possibly missing at linebacker where is the issue?

I believe your statement means you agree that 30+ seems most likely. To add to that point, we would have to regress in defense and offense, due to lack of focus, whatever, to not deliver a strong performance.

No I read predictions with us giving up 30+
Points. I don't agree one bit.