Troy 7, MTSU 0 8:36 1st Q

Dasher headed to the locker room holding his wrist.

Looks like he fell on his arm pretty badly.

Trojan defense is in the building...

Great first quarter for Troy except for the 44 yards of penalties. Defense is indeed in the house.

(10-05-2010 07:35 PM)trojanbrutha Wrote:  Trojan defense is in the building...

nooo don't jinx it...

Back up QB cost us.

just blame it on Franklin...

Ouch! That looks broken

(10-05-2010 08:02 PM)FIU4Ever Wrote:  Ouch! That looks broken

Much like the Blue Raider offense.

(10-05-2010 07:57 PM)trojanbrutha Wrote:  just blame it on Franklin...

Wow!That was ugly for Hampton, clearly a broken leg. Sad week, Cajuns lose RB Kevis Streeter career ending injury ACL/MCL. Had no circulation in the leg after the game, almost had to have surgery in Denton.

We will never beat Troy unless we get better up front on both sides of the ball. This is crap.

(10-05-2010 08:16 PM)Blue Raider Dave Wrote:  We will never beat Troy unless we get better up front on both sides of the ball. This is crap.

I think the defense is doing fairly well, considering the short fields Troy has scored 2 TD's on.

The offense runs the same 3 damn plays over and over and over again.

1. Draw/read run.
2. Pass into the flats, no deeper than 4 yards.
3. WR Bubble screen.

Interesting halftime stat.
MT total offense - 81yds
Troy penalties - 77yds

We really gave on away on that last drive.

(10-05-2010 08:24 PM)RaiderDoug Wrote:  

(10-05-2010 08:16 PM)Blue Raider Dave Wrote:  We will never beat Troy unless we get better up front on both sides of the ball. This is crap.

I think the defense is doing fairly well, considering the short fields Troy has scored 2 TD's on.

The offense runs the same 3 damn plays over and over and over again.

1. Draw/read run.
2. Pass into the flats, no deeper than 4 yards.
3. WR Bubble screen.

The reason we are running those three plays is because we have no push up front. Troy is in our offensive backfield within the blink of an eye on each play.

(10-05-2010 08:31 PM)Blue Raider Dave Wrote:  

(10-05-2010 08:24 PM)RaiderDoug Wrote:  

(10-05-2010 08:16 PM)Blue Raider Dave Wrote:  We will never beat Troy unless we get better up front on both sides of the ball. This is crap.

I think the defense is doing fairly well, considering the short fields Troy has scored 2 TD's on.

The offense runs the same 3 damn plays over and over and over again.

1. Draw/read run.
2. Pass into the flats, no deeper than 4 yards.
3. WR Bubble screen.

The reason we are running those three plays is because we have no push up front. Troy is in our offensive backfield within the blink of an eye on each play.

Don't disagree with you one bit. The OL is ineffective, at best. Even when we want to dropback and throw, DD has to run for his life and poor Murphy just gets killed.

Those screens and short passes into the flats will spread out the defense (unless they're content with giving away 4 yds a pass). Once they're spread out, it'll open up the middle for draws, and passes. It'll also open things up deep if they start cheating in.

There's a reason that every team that runs this offense does the same thing.

(10-05-2010 08:36 PM)Raider_ATO Wrote:  Those screens and short passes into the flats will spread out the defense (unless they're content with giving away 4 yds a pass). Once they're spread out, it'll open up the middle for draws, and passes. It'll also open things up deep if they start cheating in.

There's a reason that every team that runs this offense does the same thing.

I hope you're right. I just fear that it might be Thursday before this strategy loosens up the Troy defense.

Instead of playing footsie, how about we just attack the Troy D that's been shredded in every game they've played this year?

(10-05-2010 08:41 PM)RaiderDoug Wrote:  

(10-05-2010 08:36 PM)Raider_ATO Wrote:  Those screens and short passes into the flats will spread out the defense (unless they're content with giving away 4 yds a pass). Once they're spread out, it'll open up the middle for draws, and passes. It'll also open things up deep if they start cheating in.

There's a reason that every team that runs this offense does the same thing.

I hope you're right. I just fear that it might be Thursday before this strategy loosens up the Troy defense.

Instead of playing footsie, how about we just attack the Troy D that's been shredded in every game they've played this year?

Man I hear you. I've watched every play of every Troy game at least twice, and this is NOT the same defense we've had all year. They are playing much better, except for the stupid penalties which are omnipresent.

Attendance is 28,010. Nice crowd on hand considering the arctic weather.

Man...we can PUNT! YEEEEEEE HAAAAAAW!!!!!!!! Lovin it...