(04-23-2014 01:56 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(04-23-2014 12:35 PM)JoeJag Wrote:  Your team lucked out on a last second "Hail Mary" miracle last year. Won't be a repeat in Mobile this year.

It was not a hail mary not matter how much you want it to be. It was scripted play to #3 Eric Thomas, our best receiver. No one else was going to be considered for that ball. That's not how hail mary's work. We were inside the 50 at that. Was it the last play of the game, all or nothing? Yes.

Your team lucked out on two extremely pivotal plays last season that resulted in TDs and a fumble near the red zone that would have had Troy go up 24-7 (They went up 24-7 the next series anyway). And you still lost. No matter how bad we were, you were lucky for it to even be that close. That tells me your team was not as good as you think they are, and to base your prediction on that might not result in what you would like it to. Teams don't usually get lucky twice in a row.

Your offense has me worried, but lucky for us we have an offense just as good or better. Your defense doesn't scare me because we can and will score in droves against anyone. We didn't score less than 32 vs any of our SBC opponents last season. If Troy lucks up and gets a defense this season its ce la vie for just about everyone. Good luck in all but one!

Glad to see so much support for everyone's team. That is the way it should be and simply reflects the conference is getting stronger with growing fan support. Some teams will not do as well as expected and my number one team on that list is ULL. Not wanting a fuss but rather believe some teams were down a little last year and ULL was improved. The Cajuns will be on most teams hit list this season. Think this showed somewhat in the last games as well. State certainly was having problems with our coaching at the time of our game last year and hopefully that will not surface this season. Do think most teams will be improved which is great. Hope everyone wins some of those early games to get the season started well.