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Rivalry Name for TROY vs FAU Game
Since this game has become quite the rivalry, it is only fitting that we come up with an official name for the match. So, let's hear some ideas fellas. Anyone can contribute, you don't have to be a Trojan or an Owl. The top three names will be put in a poll and officially voted on. If someone posts a name you like, please quote it and second it. The winner of that will be declared the "Official" name of the game from here on out...atleast as far as this board is concerned.

We will accept names until this coming Sunday. So, let's see what ya got!
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(04-08-2009 04:58 PM)Trojan Delta Chi Wrote:  Since this game has become quite the rivalry, it is only fitting that we come up with an official name for the match. So, let's hear some ideas fellas. Anyone can contribute, you don't have to be a Trojan or an Owl. The top three names will be put in a poll and officially voted on. If someone posts a name you like, please quote it and second it. The winner of that will be declared the "Official" name of the game from here on out...atleast as far as this board is concerned.

We will accept names until this coming Sunday. So, let's see what ya got!
That's a tough one, usually when you name a Rivalry game, it has to be something that the two schools have in common.. What would that be ?
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Grapple for the Gulf?

Southern Hostility?
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Battle of the Trojan Owl
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BCS wannabe rivalry!
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(04-08-2009 04:58 PM)Trojan Delta Chi Wrote:  Since this game has become quite the rivalry, it is only fitting that we come up with an official name for the match. So, let's hear some ideas fellas. Anyone can contribute, you don't have to be a Trojan or an Owl. The top three names will be put in a poll and officially voted on. If someone posts a name you like, please quote it and second it. The winner of that will be declared the "Official" name of the game from here on out...atleast as far as this board is concerned.

We will accept names until this coming Sunday. So, let's see what ya got!

With all due respect to the FAU fans here, I won't recognize this as a rivalry until they beat us again. 5-1. And the 1 was by 6 points. So I'm going to call it the 83% game.

There are certain teams in the SBC that seemed to have Troy's number until lately. ASU comes to mind. That series is 6-3 in favor of ASU. But if look back to recent history, it is only 3-2 ASU, with Troy winning the past 2.

MTSU is a fairly balanced rivalry. We've played every year since 1999 except for 2000 & 2002. And that record is 5-3 in favor of Troy, with Troy winning the last 3.

Calling FAU a rival would be like calling North Texas a rival. Same 5-1 record in favor of Troy. The schools are very far away. Share a conference. But other than that, no real history behind the game, and 1 team has won all but 1 game.
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ASU and Troy are more of a rival than FAU and Troy. Until Franklin came along and changed your offense we had Troys number. Now Troy has the upper hand.
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(04-09-2009 12:10 PM)statefanatic Wrote:  ASU and Troy are more of a rival than FAU and Troy. Until Franklin came along and changed your offense we had Troys number. Now Troy has the upper hand.

Troy fan's are so full of themselves....I can't believe they haven't suggested the "Sun Belt Conference Championship" Bowl.

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(04-09-2009 01:02 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  Troy fan's are so full of themselves....I can't believe they haven't suggested the "Sun Belt Conference Championship" Bowl.

05-stirthepot

No, that's just what any team in the running calls their game against Troy that year. Just ask the MTSU fans how that turned out.
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(04-09-2009 08:27 AM)RDA Trojan Wrote:  With all due respect to the FAU fans here, I won't recognize this as a rivalry until they beat us again. 5-1. And the 1 was by 6 points. So I'm going to call it the 83% game.

There are certain teams in the SBC that seemed to have Troy's number until lately. ASU comes to mind. That series is 6-3 in favor of ASU. But if look back to recent history, it is only 3-2 ASU, with Troy winning the past 2.

MTSU is a fairly balanced rivalry. We've played every year since 1999 except for 2000 & 2002. And that record is 5-3 in favor of Troy, with Troy winning the last 3.

Calling FAU a rival would be like calling North Texas a rival. Same 5-1 record in favor of Troy. The schools are very far away. Share a conference. But other than that, no real history behind the game, and 1 team has won all but 1 game.


I tend to agree, while not a rivalry yet it is quickly shaping up to be one. We bascially robbed Troy of thier bowl game in 07 and something of that magnitude is what usually starts a rivalry. Also having more success in the bowl games as well is adding to that.

So while its on its way to becomeing one it isnt yet.

If FAU wins it this year, when Troy is SO loaded it might just cement that status.
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Yep. Turned out kinda like it did for Troy in that FAU vs. Troy game.

Funny how ya'll DID recognize your "Championship" in the next year's Troy media guide, after chastising MT for their awnings.



(04-09-2009 01:28 PM)RDA Trojan Wrote:  
(04-09-2009 01:02 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  Troy fan's are so full of themselves....I can't believe they haven't suggested the "Sun Belt Conference Championship" Bowl.

05-stirthepot

No, that's just what any team in the running calls their game against Troy that year. Just ask the MTSU fans how that turned out.
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(04-09-2009 02:56 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  Yep. Turned out kinda like it did for Troy in that FAU vs. Troy game.

Funny how ya'll DID recognize your "Championship" in the next year's Troy media guide, after chastising MT for their awnings.


Putting something in a media guide and putting up awnings are totally different.

I'm too lazy to look up the article, but Blakeney was quoted after we won it outright this year that it was one of the goals all season. That we had shared the previous two, but he wanted to win one outright, and not be co-champs.

MTSU - Where being co-champs and sitting at home is good enough!

Put that on your awning!
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The "Own"ership Bowl
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It would seem like a rivalry, but in this case it is more Troy hating having to play ThugU. ThugU's drunken and stumbling colostomy bag coach and their thug players will piss anyone off. Their fans are not much better.

'Watch out Levi! They're coming for your knees!'

You may not call it that but I'll be saying it the whole game.
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Only a couple of fans are full of themselves. They are very obvious.
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It should be a good game this year. I hate that it was moved to the end of the year where FAU usually plays really well, but I guess we do too at that point in the season. FAU brings back a lot of weapons offensively. They have arguably the best individual talent on offense in the sunbelt. The defining factor in this game will lie in the trenches, as most games do. If FAU can get a solid Offensive Line, they will be unstoppable. Their defense at this point, with all the graduation hits, seems a little shaky. I was reading their board, and today's scrimage had at least four 30+ yard running TD's with a 45 yarder and a 60 yarder. But's it's only the spring, Troy has a similar issue with it's pass defense due to graduation. This could end up being a really high scoring game and FAU and SR QB Rusty Smith certainly know how to win in Troy.
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(04-09-2009 09:14 PM)BMarkey Wrote:  Only a couple of fans are full of themselves. They are very obvious.

Don't be offended. It's just good natured jousting....until our game. 05-mafia
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we've been playing Middle at the beginning of the year and FAU at the end. I like that, it gives us a rivalry game to talk about all summer, then one to talk about through the season. Unlike many Troy fans, I DO consider the Owls to be a rival. We are the two best teams in the conference right now and because of that have become the flagship programs for the Belt. That is why I consider them to be our rival. We are competing for national perception. Who is the best team in the Belt? TROY, who has been Conference Champion for the past three years? Or FAU, who has been to two bowl games and won a Conference title themselves. It will begin to affect recruiting soon. I think both of our programs will continue to recruit directly against each other, with the winner of the previous year's game being a selling point.

it's a very exciting time to be a Sun Belt fan. We're the fastest rising conference in the country. Of course, the fact that we've been the bottom feeder up until this point helps that statement. There's only one way to go when you're at the bottom. Still, we've surpassed the MAC, a conference who has been playing football since the 50's, and we're beginning to approach parody with CUSA. Within 5 seasons we should be able to surpass them as well...if things continue to improve for us.

What the Sun Belt needs is for one or two more programs to join Troy and FAU at the top. It'll probably be Middle and either stAte or FIU.
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No offense taken. We agree.
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