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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Nov 15, 2022 12:50:11 GMT -6
This Troy team reminds me a lot of the 04 Troy team that went to its very 1st bowl game as D1 team. The 04-team defense was dominant led by the legendary D. Ware. This year's defense is dominant lead by the future legend C Marshall. The 04 offense and this year's offense both struggled most of the year to put points on the board, but they both had/have had their promising moments. I'm just glad the last 3 years are behind us, and this years team is a team that we as Troy fans can ALL be proud of. GO TROY GO!
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Apr 21, 2022 13:30:32 GMT -6
Only problem with the league is Birmingham will draw well but the rest of the teams won't draw flies. I can't see Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Michigan, Houston, NJ fans travelling to B-Ham every week. It's a shame because back in the original USFL when the Old Ball Coach was with the Bandits they would outdraw the Bucs. I was in HS but I was a huge Bandit Ball fan. I was a kid growing up in Sarasota when the Bandits were playing. I loved me some Bandit ball!
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Dec 7, 2021 11:34:43 GMT -6
I too am PUMPED about the hiring of CJS and the future of Troy football. I also realize with great success at Troy will come great opportunities for CJS to potentially go to a " Bigger Program". I just hope that the future prodigy of CJS will be one of the assistants that he will bring in, and that Troy never has to go back to being a dumpster fire again once a head coach leaves for " Greener Pastures".
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Sept 13, 2021 13:57:04 GMT -6
It is my opinion that Troy should require all fans in attendance to either have proof of having received the COVID 19 vaccine or proof of a negative COVID 19 test at least 72 hrs prior to kick off. As far as Russian Roulette goes, We are all playing Russian Roulette with the COVID 19 virus. We are all walking machine guns, and most of the time we don't know if were loaded or unloaded. The most scary thing to me though is we don't know how the COVID 19 will effect us as it has ranged from nothing at all to death. I haven't seen the actual data but Im pretty sure the data would show that a higher percentage of people have died after getting the COVID 19/ been hospitalized then people that have received the COVID 19 Vaccine. JMO
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Sept 7, 2021 14:04:16 GMT -6
My logic is that Troy lost to these guys the last 2 times they played when Troy was favored to win and quite frankly should have won, and now Troy is favored to lose and probably should lose but they wont. The Trojans WIN!
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Aug 23, 2021 13:44:26 GMT -6
The SOTS will NEVER let the Trojan Nation down
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Apr 30, 2021 15:57:12 GMT -6
I am trying to figure out why this staff doesn't use Alumni connections in recruiting. Just got a message from one of my best friends and former player that teaches at a small rural HS. The coach there for over a year has been sending info on a player that wanted to go to Troy. Not even a return phone call, email nothing from this staff. This player committed to Vandy and just received an offer from Ole Miss and some other P5 schools. If you aren't interested at least have the decency to tell the coach. Makes us look bad and burns bridges. My teamate is ticked because he said we had him now we aren't even in the running if we decided. We are better than this but this isn't the first time I have heard this. I realize not every player is a fit but if a coach contacts you at least have the character to reply in some manner. Rant over I hear ya. Its the same way in baseball. I have a kid that was the top JUCO hitter in the state and top 15 in the NJCAA last year and this year he is a top 20 hitter in the state and Troy baseball coaches wont even give him a courtesy e-mail back saying they are not interested.
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Jan 15, 2021 14:35:34 GMT -6
No to the question asked. My question though is Does (The HC we don’t speak of) really care if Troy competes for a SBC Championship or does he care but just isn't capable of leading Troy to SBC championships and beyond?
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Nov 30, 2020 13:54:13 GMT -6
I just cant believe that (The HC we don’t speak of) committed future Head coach of college football suicide. The best head coaching opportunity he will get after running the Troy football program into the ground is maybe a High School head coaching job. He seems to have surrounded him self with mainly coaches that have no idea what they are doing at the D1 level. It makes me wonder if he was paid big money by someone to bring the Troy football program down and set it back for maybe years to come. I wish no ill will on anyone, but as a proud Alumnus of Troy University, I'm disgusted/sick of what has transpired to my team these past few years. Changes are DEFINITELY needed ASAP!
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Nov 9, 2020 10:21:28 GMT -6
Coastal: A lot Troy: A Little
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Nov 9, 2020 10:14:45 GMT -6
What was Free saying to the coach? I think he was saying: I wish I was in Brantley, I wish I was in Brantley, I wish I was in Brantley.
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Dec 30, 2019 13:06:22 GMT -6
I've been blessed to have had the opportunity to be at all of them, but the 1st one will always be the best to me simply because it was Troy's 1st D1 Bowl Game.
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Dec 6, 2019 13:24:37 GMT -6
F for now...fire a few coaches and I would give him a D-
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Nov 26, 2019 13:22:40 GMT -6
A Head coach is only as good as the assistant coaches he surrounds himself with. Unless CCL is committing future Head coaching opportunities suicide, I would think his 1st priority after this DEPRESSING season is to replace some current assistant coaches. I sure hope so anyway!
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Nov 21, 2019 10:39:51 GMT -6
You guys can keep it close. But roll? I can’t see that happening. Please get word to your team that Troy is shaking in their shoes scared to play the Ragin Caguns this Saturday and they realize they have ZERO chance of winning the game. Tell them to take it easy on our team. Thanks!
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Nov 20, 2019 16:44:28 GMT -6
I have heard through a source that the Montgomery Bowl would love to have a Troy vs UAB match up, but that even at 6-6 Mobile still is interested in having Troy in their bowl game. If App turns down New Orleans or La La beats them in the Championship and takes NO then App could take Mobile which would leave us Montgomery if Georgia Southern or Ga St doesn't have a claim to it. Not sure how these Bowl tie in work with a team that could have a better record than you? From my understanding of the tie ins with the SBC is that the SBC Champion can choose New Orleans, but after that the Bowls Choose which Sunbelt teams they want. It is also my understanding that that Mobile gets to pick their SBC team before Montgomery, but not sure how the picking order is. Even though their are tie ins, it is also my understanding that bowls can negotiate for another team from another conference to represent in their bowl, ie-UAB in the Montgomery Bowl instead of a MAC team which has the tie in with Montgomery. I just hope Troy can pull off a win this Sat and make it even possible to be in the bowl game conversation.
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Nov 20, 2019 15:54:51 GMT -6
I have heard through a source that the Montgomery Bowl would love to have a Troy vs UAB match up, but that even at 6-6 Mobile still is interested in having Troy in their bowl game.
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Nov 7, 2019 16:17:39 GMT -6
From what I saw in that video this coach will inspire his players to play above and beyond their own capabilities. 2 and 3 star kids will play like 4 and 5 star kids. We used to have that on the football field. Now we have 2 and 3 star kids playing like 0 and 1 star kids. Maybe the Troy basketball coach can coach football too.LOL
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Oct 28, 2019 10:02:26 GMT -6
I am just one word about the state of the Troy football program and that is DEPRESSED! In one year Troy has gone from a well respected D1 football program that can beat anybody, any where at any time to a D1 bottom feeder. This program under the current coaching staff has taken 10 steps backward. I almost wander if there was or is a conspiracy to bring the proud Troy football program who had earned Significant D1 relevance in the state of Alabama down to its knees, and back to a reality that it should never be mentioned in the same breath as Alabama or Auburn. I just hope that the AD is NOT ok with this, and something is done sooner then later.
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Sept 16, 2019 11:51:16 GMT -6
I hope it is better then his post game interview. That was more DEPRESSING then the loss to USM.
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Mar 4, 2019 12:47:29 GMT -6
Great article on CNB. I hope he is very successful at WVU. Unfortunately, losing great coaches to Power 5 schools is the reality of being a very successful little fish in a big pond in the world of D1 football. Call me crazy, but I hope there are many more articles for me to read in the future like the CNB article about a former Troy coach now in the "BIG TIME". That means that Troy football is doing very well!
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Jan 15, 2019 15:52:01 GMT -6
I will be surprised if Jacob Free wins the starting QB position at Troy next year. Nothing should surprise us this coming season. No favorites to play going in. CCL's bailiwick is QB'S. Competition helps. Wasn't too many years ago a Troy record setting QB sat third string on the bench as the "favorites" got the nod. History will show that Levi Brown proved himself when he got the chance! No Doubt. Things can happen to make way for the Levi Browns and Kerwin Bells of college football to get that opportunity, but given a healthy Barker or Brown, I see one of these QB's winning the starting job, and I would be surprised if they are beat out by any other QB's on the Troy roster. I will say this though...if they are both beat out then Troy will have one the best offenses in Troy history and in the country next year.jmo
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Jan 15, 2019 12:01:49 GMT -6
Any film of him under pressure or scrambling/running for a 50 + yard TD?
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Jan 15, 2019 9:39:49 GMT -6
I will be surprised if Jacob Free wins the starting QB position at Troy next year.
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Post by Cane Gone Trojan on Oct 25, 2018 7:51:57 GMT -6
The SOTS make the Troy gamedays great. I wish they had been at the LSU game last year...that would have made an already electric Troy atmosphere a off the chain atmosphere and double icing on the cake.
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