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Post by bennekles on Jul 18, 2022 17:50:26 GMT -6
Hey, y'all, I'm working on a retrospective of the 1987 National Championship team, very similar to what I did with 2001.
I was hoping that anyone who was on that team might be willing to get in contact with me to tell me their experience from the season.
I would love to hear about what the buildup to the season was like, the crucial games during the season (from a team perspective and personally), who stepped up and when, and what it felt like to go all the way and win the whole thing.
If anyone would like to speak with me, please either leave a comment or send me a message so that I can make sure your part of the story gets told.
Also, if you know of anyone who was on the team and might like to talk, but isn't on here or social media, please let me know. I'd love to talk with as many folks as possible.
Thank you in advance and Go Trojans!
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Post by Mr. Ho on Jul 19, 2022 17:06:03 GMT -6
I think we started the season 0-1-1. Played lousy at SEMO. Pretty sure this was the Nichols State game that was interrupted by a monsoon. Wiki has it as a home game but pretty sure it was in Thibodaux. Nichols acted like they had beaten Bammer. The Pope was visiting New Orleans that weekend. That was pretty crazy.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Jul 19, 2022 17:39:00 GMT -6
I'd start with Ralph Black.
And this guy Richard Dobbs has some good videos.
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Post by bennekles on Jul 19, 2022 18:10:46 GMT -6
I'd start with Ralph Black. And this guy Richard Dobbs has some good videos. I've watched all of Richard Dobbs' stuff. I really wish I was working on this before Ralph's passing. He'd be a fountain of knowledge.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Jul 19, 2022 18:16:00 GMT -6
I may have the 1987 championship game in the garage. Anyone got a betamax player?
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Post by bennekles on Jul 19, 2022 18:17:34 GMT -6
I may have the 1987 championship game in the garage. Anyone got a betamax player? Hold on! Let me go to the antique shop!
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Post by tntrojan on Jul 19, 2022 21:16:04 GMT -6
What a great trip back through memory lane. And I haven’t looked at the stats but that must’ve been one of the best Troy defenses ever.
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Post by doc71 on Jul 30, 2022 7:13:26 GMT -6
Sorry, I don't get on site much. But I actually have all of 86 and 87 season on youtube. One of the parents arranged for them to be filmed and I guess the parents could then buy them. I think I watched them a few years after once ... but then really forgot about them. So about 10 years ago I found the VHS tapes at my parent's house. Fortunately they still played and I converted to dvd. Then uploaded a few years ago.
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Post by doc71 on Jul 30, 2022 7:14:55 GMT -6
What a great trip back through memory lane. And I haven’t looked at the stats but that must’ve been one of the best Troy defenses ever. Absolutely! Hell, after going against our defense every week ... games tended to be lot of fun! lol
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Post by doc71 on Jul 30, 2022 7:32:35 GMT -6
Playoff Highlights
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