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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Jan 10, 2022 18:16:49 GMT -6
Some of you guys who have been more deeply involved in football than me, help me out. When a team has an offensive coordinator or a defensive coordinator, those men are responsible for developing the respective game plans and seeing that the team is prepared to run said plan. The coordinator makes the decisions about who, when, where, and how.
What does a co coordinator do? if you have 2 people in charge, you have nobody in charge. Somebody, will by default, become the de defacto coordinator because of the fact that they are the one ultimately making the decisions. I just don't understand the co part of that title. Help me out, somebody.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Jan 9, 2022 18:53:57 GMT -6
Luke posted the following on his Twitter account. It doesn't sound like the words of a guy who is transferring. It sounds like the recognition that one won't be doing any longer something he's done for as long as he can remember. I wish Luke the best, whatever his future holds.
"I’ve had a football in my hands for as long as I can remember. Forever grateful for the journey. Thank you Troy"
* Please note I said "It sounds like". I have no direct information, I'm only offering a direct quote from Luke and my opinion about what it MIGHT mean.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Jan 9, 2022 13:47:26 GMT -6
I feel like the women are on another level from the rest of the sbc. They win comfortably even when several players are out. The men look great. If they don’t win the conference they will come damn close. A 20+ win season is very possible at this point. The men won last night without 2 very big pieces - Zay Williams and Duke Miles. Neither of these guys saw the court and HCSC discussed how their absence meant others hand to not only step up their game, but that their absence meant a couple of guys had to play out of position. The men are also showing the ability to be flexible and win with key pieces missing. That ability will be huge down the stretch.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Jan 8, 2022 20:46:29 GMT -6
That men's game was 🔥🔥🔥. They played well but they played a PHYSICAL game. Shooting 13-14 from the FT line, they took a 1 point halftime lead and won it by 15. Effe Odigie is a big man and since the beginning of the season, he has found an edge. Tonight he played with attitude and dominated the big guy App put on him. It was a huge night for Nick Stampley as well, leading the team in scoring and rebounding, picking up a double double. HCSC said in his post game interview the crowd, which was pretty small, made a big impact. I'd like to think our screaming at the horrible officiating helped get our guys find the edge with which they played. I believe so. I enjoy the physical play. Spoke with hemi tonight. I need to meet you as well I didn't see him tonight, I was sitting right behind where he usually sits. I usually sit on the home end of the court, on the baseline in the corner on same side as broadcast table. I'm usually in one of the first two or three rows. I plan to be there next Saturday for the big anniversary game. Come by. I love to meet fellow Troyfans.com members.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Jan 8, 2022 20:03:27 GMT -6
That men's game was 🔥🔥🔥. They played well but they played a PHYSICAL game. Shooting 13-14 from the FT line, they took a 1 point halftime lead and won it by 15. Effe Odigie is a big man and since the beginning of the season, he has found an edge. Tonight he played with attitude and dominated the big guy App put on him. It was a huge night for Nick Stampley as well, leading the team in scoring and rebounding, picking up a double double. HCSC said in his post game interview the crowd, which was pretty small, made a big impact. I'd like to think our screaming at the horrible officiating helped get our guys find the edge with which they played.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Jan 7, 2022 11:27:55 GMT -6
Tomorrow is Dollar Day in Trojan Arena for Men's Basketball! Make plans to join us This Saturday at 4 p.m. as your red-hot Men's Basketball team (11-5) takes on App State.Dollar Day Deals include:
$1 General Admission Tickets $1 Hot Dogs $1 Soft Drinks $1 Popcorn We need this for football games lol Not anymore😳😂
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Jan 6, 2022 21:39:30 GMT -6
MMB vs App, 4PM tip Saturday in the Arena. BE THERE!
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Jan 6, 2022 21:37:44 GMT -6
They were indeed having fun. The bench went nuts after the two handed jam coming off the backward bounce pass and the two handed jam coming off the high glass pass. In the final 5 minutes, they put on an exhibition on running the floor and finding new ways to score.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Jan 5, 2022 10:28:31 GMT -6
Stats can be deceiving. Omar was way more transformal for Troy Football than Corey Robinson could have dreamed to be. But numbers are what they are. No intangibles In these ratings apparently Omar was the man! MY QB when I was at Troy and he lived a floor below me. Such an explosive athlete. I'd love to have a player like that at QB again. I'd love to see him, after making a first down, "shoot that arrow" one more time.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Jan 5, 2022 10:25:44 GMT -6
Carlton very easily could have tested the NFL waters ... I think his announcement is simply saying he's taking advantage of the extra year the NCAA gave the players, instead of leaving after his four years. Not sure he can play at the next level but who knows.His only down size is 5"9 height. Sam Mills wasn't very big either so anything is possible. He might get a free agent shot I read the first two sentences of your post and was going to comment on Sam Mills. Then I read the last sentence and saw that you remembered Mills as well. He was an excellent LB, with much the same frame as CM, who I think could play at the next level, in the right scheme with the right supporting cast. I apologize for my serial responses here. I'm home sick for the 3rd day now and to give you an indication of how bored I am, I'm watching a replay of the 2018 NLDS Game 4 between the Braves/Dodgers while serial posting on here.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Jan 5, 2022 10:20:14 GMT -6
I know this may seem naive but is it due to the new mind set that you should announce you are staying. Does not announcing that you entered the portal actually mean that you are not in the portal and plan on playing at your school. I absolutely love his play and am happy but I am a little lost in this new paradigm of players who have graduated and therefore can go to another school if they wish. This resulting in their announcing that they are staying if they have never said they are leaving. Did I miss his being in the Portal? I just don't get it. I love the daylights out of my wife and I have no intention of leaving her EVER. I am not sure I need to announce that I am not getting a divorce. . I am actually very sincere. Please explain why the announcement. If it is as simple that he was in the Portal like Dell then took that back, then I understand that part. I guess I am too logical to understand why the announcement or just too stupid. TOTALLY understand where you are coming from with this sincere thought process and question! ALSO, I am glad to know your marriage (like mine) is ROCK solid! I kind of went through the same things in my mind, BUT was quickly grounded as to the reason for the "announcement". MY WIFE, in response to my reading the tweet, said, "Do you think Coach Sumrall asked him to do it?" WOW! Just another reminder that I out kicked my coverage when I was blessed with her! WHAT a great recruiting ploy as we attempt to solidify our roster with a few (VERY few) additions. Get a standout team player, leader, All-American and soon to be NCAA record holder (I think Adam P has tweeted something in regard to this - "all-time FBS tackle record") to make the statement on social media, "The water is fine, come on in!"For the last bit of your post, you sir have earned a rep point. Anytime one can bring an "O Brother Where Art Thou" reference to a TROJAN football discussion, they've done well.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Jan 5, 2022 10:17:47 GMT -6
I know this may seem naive but is it due to the new mind set that you should announce you are staying. Does not announcing that you entered the portal actually mean that you are not in the portal and plan on playing at your school. I absolutely love his play and am happy but I am a little lost in this new paradigm of players who have graduated and therefore can go to another school if they wish. This resulting in their announcing that they are staying if they have never said they are leaving. Did I miss his being in the Portal? I just don't get it. I love the daylights out of my wife and I have no intention of leaving her EVER. I am not sure I need to announce that I am not getting a divorce. . I am actually very sincere. Please explain why the announcement. If it is as simple that he was in the Portal like Dell then took that back, then I understand that part. I guess I am too logical to understand why the announcement or just too stupid. TOTALLY understand where you are coming from with this sincere thought process and question! ALSO, I am glad to know your marriage (like mine) is ROCK solid! I kind of went through the same things in my mind, BUT was quickly grounded as to the reason for the "announcement". MY WIFE, in response to my reading the tweet, said, "Do you think Coach Sumrall asked him to do it?" WOW! Just another reminder that I out kicked my coverage when I was blessed with her! WHAT a great recruiting ploy as we attempt to solidify our roster with a few (VERY few) additions. Get a standout team player, leader, All-American and soon to be NCAA record holder (I think Adam P has tweeted something in regard to this - "all-time FBS tackle record") to make the statement on social media, "The water is fine, come on in!" You're wife makes a very good point. HCJS could well be behind this announcement on social media.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Jan 5, 2022 10:14:02 GMT -6
I know this may seem naive but is it due to the new mind set that you should announce you are staying. Does not announcing that you entered the portal actually mean that you are not in the portal and plan on playing at your school. I absolutely love his play and am happy but I am a little lost in this new paradigm of players who have graduated and therefore can go to another school if they wish. This resulting in their announcing that they are staying if they have never said they are leaving. Did I miss his being in the Portal? I just don't get it. I love the daylights out of my wife and I have no intention of leaving her EVER. I am not sure I need to announce that I am not getting a divorce. . I am actually very sincere. Please explain why the announcement. If it is as simple that he was in the Portal like Dell then took that back, then I understand that part. I guess I am too logical to understand why the announcement or just too stupid. You beat me to the punch. I came to this thread to say I miss the days when one could assume players were staying put absent an announcement to the contrary.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Jan 2, 2022 13:28:27 GMT -6
Can we just get to spring practice already? I'm ready for T Day, ready for the Trojan Tour, ready for Ole Miss....I'm just ready.
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Troy App
Jan 2, 2022 4:31:18 GMT -6
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Jan 2, 2022 4:31:18 GMT -6
Commemorative AND electronic tickets for TWs, electronic for all others? I too like the hard copy tix. I expect they'll have to have hard copies available just for people who don't have an electronic option. Also for groups who don't necessarily travel together but have a primary single buyer. An electronic option is great, though, especially for those of us who are prone to losing things. I suspect they would be handled like they would be if they were bought off TicketMaster or StubHub. If you can’t, or choose not to, use electronic means you print the ticket at home. You get a piece of paper with game info and a QR code on it.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Jan 1, 2022 16:43:24 GMT -6
Commemorative AND electronic tickets for TWs, electronic for all others? I too like the hard copy tix.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Dec 31, 2021 5:18:24 GMT -6
I've been waiting for Odigie to have a breakout game, I'm glad to see it happened in the first conference game and led us to a win. If Odigie, Miguel, and Tshimanga can all get on track at the same time, we will be extremely good inside, which is something that couldn't be said in previous years. I didn't get to see the game. Did we continue to shoot well from the foul line? Free throw shooting, or lack thereof if you will, was a major issue earlier in the season.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Dec 30, 2021 14:55:56 GMT -6
Appreciate what you are witnessing (not making light of the seriousness of what we’ve been through) because we are witnessing natural selection at work, a process that usually takes centuries to occur. You mean Omicron is part of natural selection? Or what exactly do you mean? As a virus mutates, it becomes more infectious but less lethal. If mutations led to the virus being more lethal, the hosts would eventually die in higher numbers than than would allow for the survival of the virus…the more frequently and the more rapidly the host(s) die, the less likely the virus will be able to spread. All viruses, as they mutate, become more contagious but less lethal. This ensures the species’ survival, therefore natural selection is at work. Those unfortunate people who were among the first to be infected with an adenovirus (common cold) more than likely died from it.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Dec 30, 2021 6:26:23 GMT -6
Is it accurate that the omicron variant is less deadly than the previous COVID-19 variants? Or is it just as deadly? Since the beginning of the Covid outbreak, there have been those who have said, erroneously, that Covid was just a bad cold or flu. It can be said with Omicron, however, that it’s symptoms are cold like….sneezing, runny nose, sore throat. I have heard of no one, that means zero people, even being admitted to the hospital FOR symptoms related to Omicron infection. It is nowhere near as lethal as the previous strains…more contagious, but less lethal. Appreciate what you are witnessing (not making light of the seriousness of what we’ve been through) because we are witnessing natural selection at work, a process that usually takes centuries to occur.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Dec 29, 2021 18:31:21 GMT -6
No, no, no. We're all going to die and it shall be the winter of death... So long as hospitals don't get backed up again we'll be largely okay. Having to leave heart attack and stroke patients floundering in the ER because there are no beds or having to postpone major necessary surgeries because there are also no beds sucks. The downside of being rural and having limited resources. The difficulties you mention are not limited to rural locations with limited resources. I'm in Dothan, and my facility can hardly be labeled rural, with limited resources (the last term is relative, even Elon Musk has limited resources, it's jus a BIG limit). We too restricted surgeries and are constantly in a bed crunch, the latter of which was true before Covid, but was only made worse by the two previous surges.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Dec 29, 2021 10:12:49 GMT -6
About mid way through the season, I went to the bookstore, hoping to find a classic fleece hoodie. By that, I mean I wanted a hooded sweat shirt that had, on the front, TROY and below that, the Power T logo. After searching for a while and not finding anything like that, I had the occasion to speak with a guy that I believe is the manager: if not the manager, he's at least involved with inventory control. I told him what I was looking for and this is a condensed, paraphrased version of what he said.
Most of the inventory items and quantities are NOT determined by any one in the bookstore. Someone(s) at Barnes and Nobles picks the items as well as the quantities. The goal is to increase the variety of items available (which has been accomplished), but that limits the numbers of any one item. Often times, when an item is sold out, it will not be replaced. The bookstore management would like to have more classic, not necessarily retro, but classic, type items and would like to have larger quantities of newer items, such as the best selling of the performance polos, but they have little input into inventory.
Much as is the case with a lot of things TROY. Our limited resources mean we have to compromise and, at least metaphorically, make deals with the Devil. Overall, the association with B&N has been good for TROY but that association also limits the amount of control at the University level. Good or bad, TROY lacks the fan base and alumni support to make a business such as J&M Bookstore (Auburn) viable. Maybe one day we will be able to have those kind of toys, but just as a 30 yo recent college grad doesn't have the resources to own a Gulfstream III and must pay his dues and advance in his career to do so, we must do the same. Maybe one day, one of the young entrepreneurs on this board will establish TROY's version of J&M Bookstore.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Dec 28, 2021 17:28:40 GMT -6
We will put the ExHC era to rest. It may be T-Day before it happens, but we will get over it.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Dec 23, 2021 10:15:16 GMT -6
Army looked good last night vs Mizzu. Defense played a good game. Maybe that means we have a good one.
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Dec 22, 2021 21:46:05 GMT -6
I was at the game along with a few other Troy fans. Nice win and free throws were clutch in the final 2 minutes That is a MAJOR improvement👍
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Post by Bubba the Trojan on Dec 21, 2021 19:03:11 GMT -6
Thank's for finding that, I haven't seen that clip in years. If my memory serves me, this was in the late 80s, early 90s, Rome looks like he's 18 years old in this clip. I'm not sure what the name of his first show on ESPN was but it was on in the afternoon around the time Roy Firestone had his show. I liked Firestone, never cared for Rome because as someone else has said, he was a dweeb. His whole schtick was to pick fights with people, as this clip shows. Have a take don’t suck. I used to listen all the time while driving. The guy does have some awesome interviews. Will take him over Paaaaawwwwllll any day. I don't listen to Paaaaaawwwwwwllll either🤷🏻♂️
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