Time to give these guys credit. They have looked like a top Sun Belt team for 3 games now. If they beat us next week they are going to be bowl eligible.

Thanks for the pat on the back.

45-7 at halftime when we beat NMSU at their house. 48-14 vs ULM at halftime tonight. 44-41 three OT loss at The Rock. These guys have played very well in their last three games.

We now have the #1 scoring defense in the SBC. If you remember how bad our defense has been in the last five years, you'll know what an amazing feat this is.

#12 Charleston Southern is 8-1 tonight. Their only loss is Troy where we had them down 44-9 with two minutes left to play before they scored a garbage time TD against backups. I can only imagine that helped Troy prepare for Georgia Southern. They're likely not as good, but they run the TO pretty well and beat #1 Coastal last week. They should be in the Top 10 this week.

I don't know if what Georgia Southern fans said at the beginning of the season is still true, but I remember a lot of talk about not being great at stopping hurry up passing offenses. I think this will be a great game win or lose.

(11-07-2015 10:08 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  I don't know if what Georgia Southern fans said at the beginning of the season is still true, but I remember a lot of talk about not being great at stopping hurry up passing offenses. I think this will be a great game win or lose.

Me.

(06-19-2015 12:10 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  GS @ ULM: Somewhat long road trip against team that has a tough defense that tends to get overlooked and underestimated. Should be motivated and looking forward to the game, too.

GS @ Troy: Ask any Georgia Southern fan what type of offense they'd least like to face and I think you would say it's a passing offense that runs at a fast pace. Troy might need to do some rebuilding on the roster but what they do offensively is definitely our kryptonite. We can make passing offenses look better than they are. This one could be a shootout.

http://www.cusa.csnbbs.com/thread-740659.html

We have looked good the past 3 weeks but the next 3 games are going to tell us where we are. We have G. Southern at home, G. State on the road on Black Friday and close out on the road at ULL.

Troy is a lot better than we were last year and the past few years.

Are we "back"? I would say not yet. If we can close out with 3 more wins + a bowl game I would say we were a lot closer. Troy that everybody knows and loves would not have lost to South or Idaho and probably would've beaten App St last week.

The last three weeks have been fun not going to lie...

Next weekend we will be playing for our bowl life

Trojans remaining schedule is very difficult. If they were to somehow run through and win the next 4, they would deserve a bowl. Even if it does mean a game in Tuscon on a channel that only Martians get.

(11-07-2015 10:37 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Trojans remaining schedule is very difficult. If they were to somehow run through and win the next 4, they would deserve a bowl. Even if it does mean a game in Tuscon on a channel that only Martians get.

Not saying ULL and Ga State are push overs

But if we beat Ga Southern at home next weekend I like our chances to be bowling in Montgomery

Back to the main topic

Our schedule sets up for a nice App state like run in 2016

We play Austin Peay, UMass, Southern Miss and Clemson OOC

If we progress like we have we could go 3-1 with that OOC schedule

(11-07-2015 10:37 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Trojans remaining schedule is very difficult. If they were to somehow run through and win the next 4, they would deserve a bowl. Even if it does mean a game in Tuscon on a channel that only Martians get.

If Troy goes bowling, it will be in Montgomery. No chance they pass on Troy.

(11-07-2015 10:46 PM)warhawk09 Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:37 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Trojans remaining schedule is very difficult. If they were to somehow run through and win the next 4, they would deserve a bowl. Even if it does mean a game in Tuscon on a channel that only Martians get.

If Troy goes bowling, it will be in Montgomery. No chance they pass on Troy.

I agree... It's 45mins up the road. We could sell that stadium out alone.

Not to menchion the bowl president use to to our Athletic Director

(11-07-2015 10:47 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:46 PM)warhawk09 Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:37 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Trojans remaining schedule is very difficult. If they were to somehow run through and win the next 4, they would deserve a bowl. Even if it does mean a game in Tuscon on a channel that only Martians get.

If Troy goes bowling, it will be in Montgomery. No chance they pass on Troy.

I agree... It's 45mins up the road. We could sell that stadium out alone.

If Troy is ever in that bowl, it would be a good idea to get tickets as soon as the game is announced or risk being on the outside looking in.

(11-07-2015 10:49 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:47 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:46 PM)warhawk09 Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:37 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Trojans remaining schedule is very difficult. If they were to somehow run through and win the next 4, they would deserve a bowl. Even if it does mean a game in Tuscon on a channel that only Martians get.

If Troy goes bowling, it will be in Montgomery. No chance they pass on Troy.

I agree... It's 45mins up the road. We could sell that stadium out alone.

If Troy is ever in that bowl, it would be a good idea to get tickets as soon as the game is announced or risk being on the outside looking in.

Season ticket holders and Donors would get first dibs.... I'm both.

(11-07-2015 10:51 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:49 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:47 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:46 PM)warhawk09 Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:37 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Trojans remaining schedule is very difficult. If they were to somehow run through and win the next 4, they would deserve a bowl. Even if it does mean a game in Tuscon on a channel that only Martians get.

If Troy goes bowling, it will be in Montgomery. No chance they pass on Troy.

I agree... It's 45mins up the road. We could sell that stadium out alone.

If Troy is ever in that bowl, it would be a good idea to get tickets as soon as the game is announced or risk being on the outside looking in.

Season ticket holders and Donors would get first dibs.... I'm both.

Word. I meant Troy fans in general.

(11-07-2015 11:01 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:51 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:49 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:47 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:46 PM)warhawk09 Wrote:  If Troy goes bowling, it will be in Montgomery. No chance they pass on Troy.

I agree... It's 45mins up the road. We could sell that stadium out alone.

If Troy is ever in that bowl, it would be a good idea to get tickets as soon as the game is announced or risk being on the outside looking in.

Season ticket holders and Donors would get first dibs.... I'm both.

Word. I meant Troy fans in general.

If it happens, better buy early.

(11-07-2015 10:46 PM)warhawk09 Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:37 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Trojans remaining schedule is very difficult. If they were to somehow run through and win the next 4, they would deserve a bowl. Even if it does mean a game in Tuscon on a channel that only Martians get.

If Troy goes bowling, it will be in Montgomery. No chance they pass on Troy.

Legit chance we could have an absolute mess of a bowl scenario though if Troy was to get eligible.

1. Arkansas State 9-3 (8-0)
2. Appalachian State 10-2 (7-1)
3. Georgia Southern 8-4 (6-2)
4. UL-Lafayette 6-6 (5-3)
5. Troy 6-6 (5-3)

You would then have the lovely situation of having 2 local bowls, who could potentially both take the 6-6 local teams over teams with far better records. if AState wins the league in that scenario, they get guaranteed likely Go Daddy.

That could potentially mean 10-2 Appalachian State is sent to Tuscon, AZ and all hell will break loose with Benson getting deluged on Twitter by people openly wondering why the SBC would allow two 6-6 teams to get selected for a bowl before a 10 win team.

TROY VERSUS THE SPREAD • RECENT GAMES

Troy vs NMS • Troy by 6 • 52-7
Troy vs APP • App by 23 • 41-44 OT Loss
Troy vs ULM • Troy by 9 • 51-14

BONUS

Troy vs CSU • Troy by 3 • 44-16

Vegas has some catching up to do. Though, I don't think we should or will be favored versus Georgia Southern. We can win if we play our game, but we can't come out nervous or needing to win. Trust the process and play the game.

(11-07-2015 11:05 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:46 PM)warhawk09 Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:37 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Trojans remaining schedule is very difficult. If they were to somehow run through and win the next 4, they would deserve a bowl. Even if it does mean a game in Tuscon on a channel that only Martians get.

If Troy goes bowling, it will be in Montgomery. No chance they pass on Troy.

Legit chance we could have an absolute mess of a bowl scenario though if Troy was to get eligible.

1. Arkansas State 9-3 (8-0)
2. Appalachian State 10-2 (7-1)
3. Georgia Southern 8-4 (6-2)
4. UL-Lafayette 6-6 (5-3)
5. Troy 6-6 (5-3)

You would then have the lovely situation of having 2 local bowls, who could potentially both take the 6-6 local teams over teams with far better records. if AState wins the league in that scenario, they get guaranteed likely Go Daddy.

That could potentially mean 10-2 Appalachian State is sent to Tuscon, AZ and all hell will break loose with Benson getting deluged on Twitter by people openly wondering why the SBC would allow two 6-6 teams to get selected for a bowl before a 10 win team.

The only way for both ULL and Troy to be bowl eligible is for ULL to beat App State, which could give them 2 conference losses.

(11-07-2015 11:23 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 11:05 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:46 PM)warhawk09 Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:37 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Trojans remaining schedule is very difficult. If they were to somehow run through and win the next 4, they would deserve a bowl. Even if it does mean a game in Tuscon on a channel that only Martians get.

If Troy goes bowling, it will be in Montgomery. No chance they pass on Troy.

Legit chance we could have an absolute mess of a bowl scenario though if Troy was to get eligible.

1. Arkansas State 9-3 (8-0)
2. Appalachian State 10-2 (7-1)
3. Georgia Southern 8-4 (6-2)
4. UL-Lafayette 6-6 (5-3)
5. Troy 6-6 (5-3)

You would then have the lovely situation of having 2 local bowls, who could potentially both take the 6-6 local teams over teams with far better records. if AState wins the league in that scenario, they get guaranteed likely Go Daddy.

That could potentially mean 10-2 Appalachian State is sent to Tuscon, AZ and all hell will break loose with Benson getting deluged on Twitter by people openly wondering why the SBC would allow two 6-6 teams to get selected for a bowl before a 10 win team.

The only way for both ULL and Troy to be bowl eligible is for ULL to beat App State, which could give them 2 conference losses.

Nope. ULL is 4-4 and still has USA and NMSU left. They could win both of those and get to 6 wins.

(11-07-2015 11:05 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:46 PM)warhawk09 Wrote:  

(11-07-2015 10:37 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Trojans remaining schedule is very difficult. If they were to somehow run through and win the next 4, they would deserve a bowl. Even if it does mean a game in Tuscon on a channel that only Martians get.

If Troy goes bowling, it will be in Montgomery. No chance they pass on Troy.

Legit chance we could have an absolute mess of a bowl scenario though if Troy was to get eligible.

1. Arkansas State 9-3 (8-0)
2. Appalachian State 10-2 (7-1)
3. Georgia Southern 8-4 (6-2)
4. UL-Lafayette 6-6 (5-3)
5. Troy 6-6 (5-3)

You would then have the lovely situation of having 2 local bowls, who could potentially both take the 6-6 local teams over teams with far better records. if AState wins the league in that scenario, they get guaranteed likely Go Daddy.

That could potentially mean 10-2 Appalachian State is sent to Tuscon, AZ and all hell will break loose with Benson getting deluged on Twitter by people openly wondering why the SBC would allow two 6-6 teams to get selected for a bowl before a 10 win team.

App has a fairly large and vocal internet presence, that would be interesting.

I don't like having this discussion. With this year's team, I believe the coach Brown approach is best...."Focus your attention to the next play & not the outcome."