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Post by TroyFootball05 on Dec 10, 2023 21:51:27 GMT -6
Hopefully we can keep guys like Kimani Vidal and Chris Lewis. Vidal has the opportunity to declare for the draft. With a new coach, I think we'll see a few juniors do just that. Some of them probably would have done that anyway.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Dec 10, 2023 21:48:04 GMT -6
We need a guy that wants to come to Troy and stay… Ya'll keep saying this, but I'm telling you we need to make the best hire, period. He doesn't have to be a lifer, and honestly a lifer probably won't give us the results we are looking for. It takes a certain competitive mindset to win championships, and that type of person isn't going to turn down much better opportunities. It's always going to be about ponying up the cash to get the best guy we can, and to keep him for a few extra years before someone with a much bigger bank account writes him a check. With the right amount of money, maybe we keep Sumrall three or four years instead of two. There's only five, maybe ten schools in the entire country that aren't stepping stone jobs, so forget all that.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Dec 8, 2023 11:39:30 GMT -6
99% done deal now. National media figures are beginning to report. Time to think about the next guy.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Dec 7, 2023 17:28:18 GMT -6
IF he leaves, has anyone thought about any candidates that should be on the short list for replacements? I haven't given it an ounce of thought until now.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Dec 5, 2023 21:15:58 GMT -6
Our kickoff specialist, Zack Long, is in the portal. Lead the Sun Belt in kicking average and touchbacks.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Dec 5, 2023 14:08:40 GMT -6
So far looks like 4 or 5 guys in the portal. None of them had significant playing time.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Dec 5, 2023 14:08:06 GMT -6
Speaking of transfers... Remember QB Peter Costelli? He transferred to Northern Colorado after last season. Northern Colorado just went 0-11... and Costelli never played a snap. It seems as though Costelli may not have been the real deal after all. We have had little to zero luck with P5 QB transfers. Missouri, Vandy, WVU, Utah....zilch The WVU guy won us a couple of ball games. Instrumental in the WKU game.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Dec 5, 2023 9:57:38 GMT -6
Plus he's had some nagging injuries this season. He won't risk undoing any progress for a Birmingham Bowl win. 100%. He is leaving Duke. He will not play against Troy. Grab this low point spread while you can, Troy is going to dog walk this Duke team, like bad. Duke's defense is about as good as ours. Points will be hard to come by for both teams.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Dec 5, 2023 9:56:00 GMT -6
Just hoping we can keep guys like Javon Solomon, Kimani Vidal, Don Callis, Deshon Stoudemire, Jabre Barber, Jayden McDonald, the O-Linemen... heck, everybody. Callis, Stoudemire, and McDonald are listed as seniors. I don't know, regarding covid, if they have any eligibility left.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Dec 4, 2023 11:48:09 GMT -6
As I understand it, the NCAA allows a player that has entered the portal to play in post season contests. The decision on whether to allow said players to do so rests with the school he attends. If the school allows him to play, then he makes the final decision. As to TROY players in the portal, I have heard of none, but I'm sure there will be some. There will be some players who received limited, or no, playing time that enter the portal. We can only hop that one of our front line guys doesn't enter the portal in an attempt to gain more exposure at a larger school. That doesn't usually occur. One could argue that Tez Johnson was able to pull that off, but he was infrequently targeted and had little significant impact until late in the season, and he is the exception, not the norm. Tez would not have left if Bo Nix wasn't his brother. That was THE factor.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Dec 3, 2023 14:52:31 GMT -6
Yall happy? First P5 bowl matchup for SBC? Would have rather had UCF or undefeated Liberty. Georgia Tech doesn't have much respectability around it's program. Action Network is projecting Troy will open as a 5.5 favorite. Might be the first time we've been favored vs a P5. Someone will have to look that up.
EDIT: I'm not MAD about it at all. Ready to send GT to the #TMTDM graveyard!
Another revenge game. This time from 2006.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Dec 3, 2023 14:34:41 GMT -6
Please post the live link here.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Dec 3, 2023 14:16:52 GMT -6
That game is going to be a glorified execution. Mixed emotions. Like to see Liberty buried but on the other hand if they do, it hurts G5s. Supports the idea that we can’t really compete in FBS. Am I wrong? We were only projected as 3 point favorites over Liberty in last week's bowl projections. They would have been 20+ point favorites over us too.
But to answer your question, yes. The gap between the G5 and P5 keeps growing. Soon it won't be just an idea because of the resource advantages they have.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Dec 3, 2023 13:40:41 GMT -6
They are in the orange bowl. Isn't that same situation? No, it counts as a bowl spot where as it’s an EXTRA SPOT for the conference if in CFP Gotcha. Thanks Buzz.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Dec 3, 2023 13:30:54 GMT -6
FSU vs Ohio St or Georgia I'm guessing If FSU had made final 4, ACC would have not had enough teams to fill their allotment of bowls. Now, though a TMTDM vs. GaTech game in BHam becomes more likely. They are in the orange bowl. Isn't that same situation?
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Dec 1, 2023 8:50:40 GMT -6
Please let us play against a P5 school for once. I'm getting tired of playing the same rotation of MAC and CUSA schools. Give me Kentucky, Georgia Tech, Northwestern, Rutgers, etc. McMurphy's previous projection a couple days ago had me really excited: Birmingham Bowl on the 23rd vs undefeated Liberty. The date and location were perfect. His new projection has us in Tampa vs UCF on the 22nd. Probably can't make that. UCF is Big XII, so that's a good opponent, but they'll have home field advantage for that one. I hope it gets swung back to Birmingham, personally.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Nov 21, 2023 22:01:36 GMT -6
As of 7pm Tuesday night, it seems JMU and the AG for Virginia have waived the white flag on the lawsuit. Their fans are none to happy but has some of their people stated, “an adult in the room finally spoke up and realized nothing would come of all this”. It’s been interesting to watch from afar JMU's main beat writer has just publicly stated that he thinks JMU's lawsuit was a money grab and not about the players. Very bad look for JMU.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Nov 21, 2023 20:10:05 GMT -6
Maybe the biggest college football podcast on YouTube.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Nov 20, 2023 10:00:01 GMT -6
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Nov 16, 2023 10:48:40 GMT -6
As far as winning out is concerned, the Cajuns are the only real threat here. I think the Cajuns come out hot, and I don't think we cover the -17 spread. We will win though. Not worried at all about Southern Miss. They could beat Mississippi State this week, and Troy would roll right through them.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Nov 15, 2023 16:33:54 GMT -6
Word on the street AKA Twitter AKA "X" is that the NCAA board meets tonight to decide teh fate of JMU's future. Does that mean an announcement tonight, not necessarily, but it will be soon. A side note to JMU is that apparently Jax State is tied up in this same meeting and has championship game implications on the line too. If they say yes to the waivers there could be other problems for the NCAA. I think NAW is coming but not till after the college game day which would be a three hour long program of bashing the NCAA. The decision is officially being made tonight. We will know tonight or sometime tomorrow.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Nov 15, 2023 9:53:31 GMT -6
It's photoshopped, but he IS a leading candidate.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Nov 11, 2023 19:19:29 GMT -6
Need to be rooting for Marshall tonight. Georgia Southern has been absolutely destroyed by two other SBC teams. Would not be a good look if they get in. Needs to be either JMU (if eligible), App, or Coastal.
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Nov 11, 2023 19:02:06 GMT -6
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Post by TroyFootball05 on Nov 11, 2023 19:00:51 GMT -6
#TMTDM
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