Off topic, but thought this was funny. Probably more so for Troy fans.

Mario Addison, who was a DE at Troy, caused Jacksonville QB Gardner Minshew (a former Troy QB) to fumble the ball and it was taken back for a TD.

Addison is currently #2 in the NFL this season in sacks.

(10-08-2019 10:01 AM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Off topic, but thought this was funny. Probably more so for Troy fans.

Mario Addison, who was a DE at Troy, caused Jacksonville QB Gardner Minshew (a former Troy QB) to fumble the ball and it was taken back for a TD.

Addison is currently #2 in the NFL this season in sacks.

Gardner Minshew went to Troy? Then to ECU? Then to Washington State?

Geez

There is a reason we, as Panther fans, call Addison Super Mario. Thus far you have Brian Burns, who is a real candidate for Rookie Defensive Player of the Year, who has a Spider Man thing. Then you have Addison who is Super Mario. Dontari Poe, Bruce Irvin, Gerald McCoy (GMC, Mac Truck, etc.).

Glad Addison has stuck around through some of the turnover that has occured. Had doubts about filling a 3-4 OLB role but he has been a pleasant surprise.

(10-08-2019 10:09 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 10:01 AM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Off topic, but thought this was funny. Probably more so for Troy fans.

Mario Addison, who was a DE at Troy, caused Jacksonville QB Gardner Minshew (a former Troy QB) to fumble the ball and it was taken back for a TD.

Addison is currently #2 in the NFL this season in sacks.

Gardner Minshew went to Troy? Then to ECU? Then to Washington State?

Geez

There is a reason we, as Panther fans, call Addison Super Mario. Thus far you have Brian Burns, who is a real candidate for Rookie Defensive Player of the Year, who has a Spider Man thing. Then you have Addison who is Super Mario. Dontari Poe, Bruce Irvin, Gerald McCoy (GMC, Mac Truck, etc.).

Glad Addison has stuck around through some of the turnover that has occured. Had doubts about filling a 3-4 OLB role but he has been a pleasant surprise.

He had a CC stop in there for a minute too I believe.


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(10-08-2019 10:15 AM)WolfBird Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 10:09 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 10:01 AM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Off topic, but thought this was funny. Probably more so for Troy fans.

Mario Addison, who was a DE at Troy, caused Jacksonville QB Gardner Minshew (a former Troy QB) to fumble the ball and it was taken back for a TD.

Addison is currently #2 in the NFL this season in sacks.

Gardner Minshew went to Troy? Then to ECU? Then to Washington State?

Geez

There is a reason we, as Panther fans, call Addison Super Mario. Thus far you have Brian Burns, who is a real candidate for Rookie Defensive Player of the Year, who has a Spider Man thing. Then you have Addison who is Super Mario. Dontari Poe, Bruce Irvin, Gerald McCoy (GMC, Mac Truck, etc.).

Glad Addison has stuck around through some of the turnover that has occured. Had doubts about filling a 3-4 OLB role but he has been a pleasant surprise.

He had a CC stop in there for a minute too I believe.


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Knew about community college but I had no idea about Troy. Hell, ECU is rarely brought up due to Scottie Montgomery being a fool. Dude caused two guys to transfer out who ended up starting at P5 schools: Gardner Minshew and Kurt Benkert. Not many G5 schools have the ability to have two guys transfer out who end up being NFL quarterbacks. Benkert is with the FailCons and Minshew obviously with Jacksonville.

(10-08-2019 10:21 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 10:15 AM)WolfBird Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 10:09 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 10:01 AM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Off topic, but thought this was funny. Probably more so for Troy fans.

Mario Addison, who was a DE at Troy, caused Jacksonville QB Gardner Minshew (a former Troy QB) to fumble the ball and it was taken back for a TD.

Addison is currently #2 in the NFL this season in sacks.

Gardner Minshew went to Troy? Then to ECU? Then to Washington State?

Geez

There is a reason we, as Panther fans, call Addison Super Mario. Thus far you have Brian Burns, who is a real candidate for Rookie Defensive Player of the Year, who has a Spider Man thing. Then you have Addison who is Super Mario. Dontari Poe, Bruce Irvin, Gerald McCoy (GMC, Mac Truck, etc.).

Glad Addison has stuck around through some of the turnover that has occured. Had doubts about filling a 3-4 OLB role but he has been a pleasant surprise.

He had a CC stop in there for a minute too I believe.


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Knew about community college but I had no idea about Troy. Hell, ECU is rarely brought up due to Scottie Montgomery being a fool. Dude caused two guys to transfer out who ended up starting at P5 schools: Gardner Minshew and Kurt Benkert. Not many G5 schools have the ability to have two guys transfer out who end up being NFL quarterbacks. Benkert is with the FailCons and Minshew obviously with Jacksonville.

I think he was a UAB commit originally, but then UAB eliminated its FB program, so he signed with Troy out of HS and spent only one semester at Troy on an academic scholarship. He never played for us but he was part of the FB team...the rest is history...

https://troytrojans.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4797

(10-08-2019 12:15 PM)T2003 Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 10:21 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 10:15 AM)WolfBird Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 10:09 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 10:01 AM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Off topic, but thought this was funny. Probably more so for Troy fans.

Mario Addison, who was a DE at Troy, caused Jacksonville QB Gardner Minshew (a former Troy QB) to fumble the ball and it was taken back for a TD.

Addison is currently #2 in the NFL this season in sacks.

Gardner Minshew went to Troy? Then to ECU? Then to Washington State?

Geez

There is a reason we, as Panther fans, call Addison Super Mario. Thus far you have Brian Burns, who is a real candidate for Rookie Defensive Player of the Year, who has a Spider Man thing. Then you have Addison who is Super Mario. Dontari Poe, Bruce Irvin, Gerald McCoy (GMC, Mac Truck, etc.).

Glad Addison has stuck around through some of the turnover that has occured. Had doubts about filling a 3-4 OLB role but he has been a pleasant surprise.

He had a CC stop in there for a minute too I believe.


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Knew about community college but I had no idea about Troy. Hell, ECU is rarely brought up due to Scottie Montgomery being a fool. Dude caused two guys to transfer out who ended up starting at P5 schools: Gardner Minshew and Kurt Benkert. Not many G5 schools have the ability to have two guys transfer out who end up being NFL quarterbacks. Benkert is with the FailCons and Minshew obviously with Jacksonville.

I think he was a UAB commit originally, but then UAB eliminated its FB program, so he signed with Troy out of HS and spent only one semester at Troy on an academic scholarship. He never played for us but he was part of the FB team...the rest is history...

https://troytrojans.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4797

Story of perseverance to be sure. Looks like Foles is going to get the boot again. No one pays $90 million for a back-up.

(10-08-2019 10:21 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 10:15 AM)WolfBird Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 10:09 AM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 10:01 AM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Off topic, but thought this was funny. Probably more so for Troy fans.

Mario Addison, who was a DE at Troy, caused Jacksonville QB Gardner Minshew (a former Troy QB) to fumble the ball and it was taken back for a TD.

Addison is currently #2 in the NFL this season in sacks.

Gardner Minshew went to Troy? Then to ECU? Then to Washington State?

Geez

There is a reason we, as Panther fans, call Addison Super Mario. Thus far you have Brian Burns, who is a real candidate for Rookie Defensive Player of the Year, who has a Spider Man thing. Then you have Addison who is Super Mario. Dontari Poe, Bruce Irvin, Gerald McCoy (GMC, Mac Truck, etc.).

Glad Addison has stuck around through some of the turnover that has occured. Had doubts about filling a 3-4 OLB role but he has been a pleasant surprise.

He had a CC stop in there for a minute too I believe.


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Knew about community college but I had no idea about Troy. Hell, ECU is rarely brought up due to Scottie Montgomery being a fool. Dude caused two guys to transfer out who ended up starting at P5 schools: Gardner Minshew and Kurt Benkert. Not many G5 schools have the ability to have two guys transfer out who end up being NFL quarterbacks. Benkert is with the FailCons and Minshew obviously with Jacksonville.

Shoot Mark Hudspeth refused to offer Trask from Florida. He wasn’t athletic enough. Smh

Yeah, it's easy to wonder if Troy missed out on something big when Minshew transferred. He transferred out because Brandon Silvers beat him for the starting job, which is something he has said on the record. He wanted to see immediate playing time.

But, Brandon Silvers turned out to be pretty fantastic himself. As a freshman, Silvers broke Sam Bradford's record for best completion percentage in a season for a freshman.... and overall finished with 71 pass TD's, 16 rush TD's, 10,677 pass yards, 415 rush yards, and only 29 interceptions. Plus led Troy to three 10+ win seasons.

I'm not sure Minshew would've done much more for us than Silvers.

(10-08-2019 02:08 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Yeah, it's easy to wonder if Troy missed out on something big when Minshew transferred. He transferred out because Brandon Silvers beat him for the starting job, which is something he has said on the record. He wanted to see immediate playing time.

But, Brandon Silvers turned out to be pretty fantastic himself. As a freshman, Silvers broke Sam Bradford's record for best completion percentage in a season for a freshman.... and overall finished with 71 pass TD's, 16 rush TD's, 10,677 pass yards, 415 rush yards, and only 29 interceptions. Plus led Troy to three 10+ win seasons.

I'm not sure Minshew would've done much more for us than Silvers.

Brandon Silvers was great, but he was a game manager in a very well run program. I think Minshew would have blown up the record book in ways that Kaleb was doing before he got hurt last season, and before he got hurt this season.

(10-08-2019 02:47 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 02:08 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Yeah, it's easy to wonder if Troy missed out on something big when Minshew transferred. He transferred out because Brandon Silvers beat him for the starting job, which is something he has said on the record. He wanted to see immediate playing time.

But, Brandon Silvers turned out to be pretty fantastic himself. As a freshman, Silvers broke Sam Bradford's record for best completion percentage in a season for a freshman.... and overall finished with 71 pass TD's, 16 rush TD's, 10,677 pass yards, 415 rush yards, and only 29 interceptions. Plus led Troy to three 10+ win seasons.

I'm not sure Minshew would've done much more for us than Silvers.

Brandon Silvers was great, but he was a game manager in a very well run program. I think Minshew would have blown up the record book in ways that Kaleb was doing before he got hurt last season, and before he got hurt this season.

I don't think Minshew would've done very much in the record books under Neal Brown's offensive style. Brown didn't exactly bring in an air-raid system like everyone thought, and Silvers could've certainly flourished in that system anyway.

(10-08-2019 02:57 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 02:47 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 02:08 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Yeah, it's easy to wonder if Troy missed out on something big when Minshew transferred. He transferred out because Brandon Silvers beat him for the starting job, which is something he has said on the record. He wanted to see immediate playing time.

But, Brandon Silvers turned out to be pretty fantastic himself. As a freshman, Silvers broke Sam Bradford's record for best completion percentage in a season for a freshman.... and overall finished with 71 pass TD's, 16 rush TD's, 10,677 pass yards, 415 rush yards, and only 29 interceptions. Plus led Troy to three 10+ win seasons.

I'm not sure Minshew would've done much more for us than Silvers.

Brandon Silvers was great, but he was a game manager in a very well run program. I think Minshew would have blown up the record book in ways that Kaleb was doing before he got hurt last season, and before he got hurt this season.

I don't think Minshew would've done very much in the record books under Neal Brown's offensive style. Brown didn't exactly bring in an air-raid system like everyone thought, and Silvers could've certainly flourished in that system anyway.

Kaleb before he got hurt last season was phenomenal. We were up on a few teams 35-7 going into the half. Dude was a baller and would have gotten better as the season progressed. He's not just balling out in Chip's system, he is a legit good QB. Minshew would have been similar I think.

(10-08-2019 03:06 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 02:57 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 02:47 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(10-08-2019 02:08 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Yeah, it's easy to wonder if Troy missed out on something big when Minshew transferred. He transferred out because Brandon Silvers beat him for the starting job, which is something he has said on the record. He wanted to see immediate playing time.

But, Brandon Silvers turned out to be pretty fantastic himself. As a freshman, Silvers broke Sam Bradford's record for best completion percentage in a season for a freshman.... and overall finished with 71 pass TD's, 16 rush TD's, 10,677 pass yards, 415 rush yards, and only 29 interceptions. Plus led Troy to three 10+ win seasons.

I'm not sure Minshew would've done much more for us than Silvers.

Brandon Silvers was great, but he was a game manager in a very well run program. I think Minshew would have blown up the record book in ways that Kaleb was doing before he got hurt last season, and before he got hurt this season.

I don't think Minshew would've done very much in the record books under Neal Brown's offensive style. Brown didn't exactly bring in an air-raid system like everyone thought, and Silvers could've certainly flourished in that system anyway.

Kaleb before he got hurt last season was phenomenal. We were up on a few teams 35-7 going into the half. Dude was a baller and would have gotten better as the season progressed. He's not just balling out in Chip's system, he is a legit good QB. Minshew would have been similar I think.

Minshew couldn't break the starting rotation for ECU either. I attribute that to Scottie Montgomery's complete lack of awareness. Believe this new coaching staff in Greenville has ECU on the path to competing in the AAC but they are a few years behind in the talent department.

But as I said, you have Benkert as a 2nd QB and Minshew starting. Both of these guys were in Greenville in the same time period. Just insanity that those teams couldn't win with two guys who ended up in the NFL.

I don't know why other Troy fans try to claim Gardner Minshew.

Minshew was never going to blow up until Leach got a hold of him. That’s the reason he went to a handful of schools with no results until then.


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(10-09-2019 06:52 PM)WolfBird Wrote:  Minshew was never going to blow up until Leach got a hold of him. That’s the reason he went to a handful of schools with no results until then.


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He was a quality guy at ECU and would've been great there had Ruffin McNeil not been fired. ECU had retained much of the same staff after Riley's departure to Kentucky and simply had a season where they lost Carden, Hardy, some of their offensive line, and Riley. Then Ruffin is fired and Montgomery comes in. Between him and Compher, ECU's athletic budget went from green to about $300,000 in the red.

ECU was running virtually the same offense under Riley/Ruffin as Leach was running. Obviously Minshew was a perfect fit for that. Theoretically, with Troy running the Air Raid, Minshew could have had the same success at Troy as he ended up having at Washington State.

Now ECU is starting Tim Tebow - Lite who can throw the ball about as well as Tebow could whilst in the NFL.

(10-09-2019 06:47 PM)TrojansOneandAll Wrote:  I don't know why other Troy fans try to claim Gardner Minshew.

I don't think anyone tries to claim him. It's just a fact that he was on the team and left, which makes it an interesting scenario among Troy fans as to what he would've accomplished had he stayed.