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Post by bennekles on Nov 1, 2016 22:46:53 GMT -6
I sent the Screenshot of his comment to every AP voter. Got a response from one who had already voted for us. The respect is building. We just have to keep working on the wall.
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Post by bennekles on Nov 1, 2016 17:18:37 GMT -6
Trying not to put too much stock in rankings, but that site is suspect. Their Week 10 rankings put us in at 68, two spots above a 3-5 Notre Dame and below a lot of teams we could take out.
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Post by bennekles on Oct 31, 2016 16:31:02 GMT -6
Regarding Western Michigan, i saw this today on Reddit. Definitely something to consider from the Tinfoil Hat Realm.
Week 4 - #17 Arkansas loses to #10 Texas A&M 45-24
Week 5 - #17 Michigan State loses to Indiana 24-21
Week 6 - #17 North Carolina loses to #25 Virginia Tech 34-3
Week 7 - #17 Virginia Tech loses to Syracuse 31-17
Week 8 - #17 Arkansas loses to #21 Auburn 56-3
Week 9 - #17 Utah loses to #4 Washington 31-24
Week 10 - #17 Western Michigan vs Ball State (Tue, Nov 1st, ESPN2)
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Post by bennekles on Oct 29, 2016 23:46:43 GMT -6
Okay, guys. I just emailed and tweeted this to all but one voter, who didn't have a twitter or email listed. Go do your part as well. Let them know our name.
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Post by bennekles on Oct 23, 2016 18:31:53 GMT -6
I like Trojan Empire or simply "The Empire"... I often tell my friends who are of the other 2 persuasions that "the sun never sets on the TROJAN EMPIRE!" This is more logical. I already use this.
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Post by bennekles on Oct 23, 2016 17:00:24 GMT -6
I'm genuinely curious. Why should the fanbase be called the Seven Nation Army? I could get behind it, but I need some understanding.
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Post by bennekles on Oct 17, 2016 0:04:09 GMT -6
Never said college football town. There is some nice stuff to see there for a road game. You can also visit the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton maybe a 20 min drive away. Agree Troystet, it would be a good road trip, could also take in the Rock and Roll HOF. I am hopeful that the game is early in the season as it can get COLD in Akron once November rolls around!
The only thing I hate is that we lost our home game with NC State, really disappointed we won't be hosting the Wolfpack in Troy. This isn't the first time that has happened to Troy, Iowa State comes to mind. I know they will owe us money but I had much prefer to host a game against a Power 5 Conference team and fill up Veteran's Memorial Stadium!
Go TROY!
So why'd NC State pull out of our game?
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Post by bennekles on Oct 16, 2016 16:56:20 GMT -6
Both polls have me feeling like Rodney Dangerfield.
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Ap Top 25
Oct 16, 2016 15:43:50 GMT -6
via mobile
Post by bennekles on Oct 16, 2016 15:43:50 GMT -6
That is in the Coaches. I just checked again and it did say we had 1 in the AP. I saw that we got ten votes.
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Post by bennekles on Oct 16, 2016 14:13:05 GMT -6
This is from my Twitter account, but I think we should get #SunbeltBias trending. The AP will give votes to North Dakota State, but not to an actual FBS team with one loss to the #2 team. Check out @benonsports's Tweet:
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Post by bennekles on Feb 26, 2015 6:41:25 GMT -6
Ooooooh, okay. Gotcha. What with the Barnes and Noble gift card, I thought they were going to be revealing some new aspect of our uniforms today or giving away a prize.
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Post by bennekles on Feb 25, 2015 21:46:46 GMT -6
I've not been on the boards lately. What did they mean by "Find out what's under the black box" on Facebook? I didn't see any other mention of this on the FB page.
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Post by bennekles on Jan 22, 2015 19:32:41 GMT -6
Any images of that floating around? It was on this site earlier! I was talking about the Cardinal Chrome. I've seen the Silver chrome with the T and the White with the black and silver shield. Any images of that floating around? It was on this site earlier!
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Post by bennekles on Jan 22, 2015 17:22:06 GMT -6
Interesting.....I don't like it....Give me a little cardinal and the T Cardinal Chrome helmet with silver and black logo. White helmet for away games. Any images of that floating around?
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Helmet
Jan 15, 2015 6:37:11 GMT -6
Post by bennekles on Jan 15, 2015 6:37:11 GMT -6
I'm very aware of our school colors, but that uniform was gray, not silver. Oregon Monday night was closer to silver than those uniforms were.
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Helmet
Jan 14, 2015 19:24:46 GMT -6
Post by bennekles on Jan 14, 2015 19:24:46 GMT -6
This is the helmet in question. The more I look at it, the more I seem to like it. A matte version would have looked great with the gray Long Johns we wore this past season. Attachments:
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Helmet
Jan 14, 2015 19:17:47 GMT -6
Post by bennekles on Jan 14, 2015 19:17:47 GMT -6
I saw a silver helmet on former player Jimmie Anderson's Facebook. Anyone have any info about this? Kind of hoping it's just a mockup, though I dig the cardinal facemask. I'll try to post the pic soon.
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Post by bennekles on Nov 8, 2014 14:13:51 GMT -6
I sort of disagree. I think we should go out their in our standard unis. Just play the game and go home. No sense in doing ANYTHING flashy. It's like putting a sweater on a cat: very pointless and ineffectual. Quite sure this was planned before the sseason started. If we were 7-2 right now yall might be singing a different tune. I can honestly say short of an undefeated season, I would hate these, regardless. That being said, they look much better on the field than on the mannequin.
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Post by bennekles on Nov 8, 2014 12:54:05 GMT -6
well everyone is entitled to their own opinion....I have mine and you guys have yours. You are absolutely right. Now if they wanted to go with some type of patriotic three for Veterans Day, I'd be all for it. Other than that I think it is hard to get excited about, or introduce, "gimmick" Unis in the midst of a 1-8 season. The players don't deserve it. I sort of disagree. I think we should go out their in our standard unis. Just play the game and go home. No sense in doing ANYTHING flashy. It's like putting a sweater on a cat: very pointless and ineffectual.
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Post by bennekles on Nov 8, 2014 12:36:06 GMT -6
They are more unique... I've always wanted a silver uniform. It's stands out from Alabama and auburn To be frank, I've never thought we had an issue standing out from them. Nor do I care. Honestly, I admire Auburn. They've stood by their traditional uniforms in this age of crazy, glitzed up costumes. The only time I have ever loved something that we did differently with regards to our uniforms was our Al Lucas throwbacks against FIU in 2005. Otherwise, our uniforms have gotten progressively plainer each year (with the removal of the pants stripe and the shrinking of our chest logo) and more outlandish (with these things today and the CFL black jerseys we used). We should have never changed from the beautiful uniforms that we wore during out SBC reign. We were The Mighty Trojan Death Machine then. Now We're just The Mighty Trojan Joke. (This post might have combined my frustration with the season and let these uniforms have all of it. Off the soapbox now).
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Post by bennekles on Nov 8, 2014 12:19:15 GMT -6
I will add this to my previous statement. Whilst I do not care for these (I just think they are too gray and drab), if we win, they will be my favorite of the year.
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Post by bennekles on Nov 8, 2014 12:07:04 GMT -6
I will have to respectfully disagree. It looks like Adidas said, "Hey guys, we designed a uniform to represent your season. It, too, is godawful and utterly unwatchable."
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Post by bennekles on Sept 14, 2014 10:18:46 GMT -6
Can we at least take his name off the field. We are 14-25 since we did the bone headed mistake of naming it after a active coach. I say rename it Chan Gailey field for the rest of the year AMEN!!!!!! I said we shouldn't do it then because it would be the same thing that happened to FSU. Maybe we'll be where they are in four years?
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Post by bennekles on Sept 13, 2014 21:43:08 GMT -6
Larry has to go, this ship has been sinking for years and tonight we are close to hitting the bottom.......thank you for your service, we will keep your name on the stadium but please gather your things from your desk and move on. I am usually the last to be like this, because I love Troy so much, but I can't do it anymore. I'll see y'all next year. I'm too embarrassed to even wear red anymore, much less cardinal. At this point, fire everyone. Ship's broken and headed down. Let's just cut our losses (all 12 of them), swim back to shore and rebuild. Attachments:
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Post by bennekles on Aug 30, 2014 17:33:40 GMT -6
Someone on the Troy media staff has some explaining to do... I don't know why they changed it. Our play was laughable. Blakeney trying to sugarcoat his inability to prepare the team is even funnier.
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