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Post by Trojan By Birth on Jan 5, 2024 10:43:27 GMT -6
Just search "Troy offer" on X, and you'll see where HC Gerad Parker, Caleb Carbine, and our LB coach have been recruiting hard for high school, JUCO, and portal players. Lots of very talented players with great size and high ratings that Troy has been going after. Things are looking good. Any QBs? I’m hearing we may have a shot at a 5* out of Mississippi named Shooter Wilson. He doesn’t have a highlight page because he doesn’t want to do the whole social media stuff.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Jan 4, 2024 15:21:19 GMT -6
Wish list: Coastal at night on a Saturday in October or November. Georgia Southern after Thanksgiving so Savannah is decorated. The rest of the games are meh.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Jan 1, 2024 21:42:57 GMT -6
I grew up during the Division 2 years and was fortunate to see two Nattys. I was a student at Troy and a flunkie during the 1AA years. Before the internet, I would wear my Troy State gear and people had no clue about Troy. In fact, my Jr High football coach asked me once, "Did Troy State make the playoffs?" We had just won the 1987 Natty. If we drop to a lower division we will fade into obscurity. Fade into obscurity = I'm laughing- just wait until the 12 team playoff Once you are no longer in the hunt, season over Bowl games outside of playoff - IRRELEVANT College football is over sir - I hate it The rich are going to get way richer I love the Sunbelt and I hope our conference continues to improve because I love to travel to Mobile- South Alabama Memphis- Arkansas State Atlanta - Georgia State Savannah - Georgia Souther Myrtle Beach - Coastal Carolina New Orleans - LA Lafayette San Antonio - Texas State Boone & Asheville - App State Williamsburg - Old Dominion Great conference, just irrelevant an I'm okay with it - just be the SBC and be content That would be fine if football were free. If we drop a division, I think ticket sales will go down. Enrollment will go down. There is no going back. It’s forward or bust. It was that way when we initially made the move. There were talks of closing the Troy campus and moving the school to Dothan and renaming it southeast Alabama or some other nightmare.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Jan 1, 2024 20:34:12 GMT -6
I grew up during the Division 2 years and was fortunate to see two Nattys. I was a student at Troy and a flunkie during the 1AA years. Before the internet, I would wear my Troy State gear and people had no clue about Troy. In fact, my Jr High football coach asked me once, "Did Troy State make the playoffs?" We had just won the 1987 Natty. If we drop to a lower division we will fade into obscurity.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Jan 1, 2024 12:08:34 GMT -6
Go Liberty.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 31, 2023 22:33:37 GMT -6
Happy New Year my fellow Warriors! May 2024 bring us another SBC Championship!
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 31, 2023 13:11:50 GMT -6
Buzz, You aint lying. I was in Tallahassee earlier this week and the air is filled with failure. Everywhere we went was just trashed. Starbucks was dirty and the socialists pretending to work there didn't work. Momo's pizza which was once a regionally famous pizza joint is terrible. Again, socialists making pizza makes bad pizza. I really despise going there. I was in Tallahassee yesterday and had the opposite experience. The young students working at Starbucks were working their asses off getting customers taken care of. The people working at the bookstore were very friendly and the young lady at the cafe made two awesome cups of evening coffee for our ride home. Also points for the whole place being queer friendly and full of geeks of all ages and stripes. It's always fun to go there. The 20 something at the restaurant we ate at was great and we commiserated over the game on the tv. Like everything else, Tallahassee is a mixed bag of a lot of different people with different ideas. *Starbucks in Thassee tends to be a reflection of the manager more than anything else. The one at Kerry Forest is typically really good. The one by Trader Joe's has always been awful. Haven't tried the new one by the mall, and the one by Home2 is hit or miss but generally ok. It's not "socialists." It's management. I'm curious, what indicates a place being "queer friendly"?
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 31, 2023 10:28:13 GMT -6
Buzz, You aint lying. I was in Tallahassee earlier this week and the air is filled with failure. Everywhere we went was just trashed. Starbucks was dirty and the socialists pretending to work there didn't work. Momo's pizza which was once a regionally famous pizza joint is terrible. Again, socialists making pizza makes bad pizza. I really despise going there.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 30, 2023 21:08:16 GMT -6
Bowl games have lost all meaning. FSU lost this game before kickoff. It’s a shame. Georgia and FSU should have been a good game. Yep. Will ESPN step in and change the transfer rules? I wish they would.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 30, 2023 20:31:22 GMT -6
FSU back ups not too ready for Georgia Bowl games have lost all meaning. FSU lost this game before kickoff. It’s a shame. Georgia and FSU should have been a good game.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 30, 2023 20:29:37 GMT -6
Screw our former coach. He can take a long walk off a short pier. And yes...Tulane can burn to the ground. If Tulane lined up to play ISIS, I'd be in the stands with a black flag and a white smudge. I get what you are saying, but I spent a good portion of my career on those ba$tards. They are evil scum and I could never support them.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 30, 2023 14:13:21 GMT -6
When a new coach arrives, it is understood, by most, that a majority, if not all, of the coaching staff will turn over. We understood that, even discussed it. That said, for the ENTIRE staff to follow the previous HC is, as was posted on Twitter, gut punch after gut punch. The positive in this, I guess, is that those departing coaches are recognized as quality coaches and by all considerations, it appears those coming onboard are as well. Yeah, the way I feel about it now is: $umrall can eat a bag of
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 30, 2023 12:00:29 GMT -6
Looks like HCGP is serious about recruiting. Very good!
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 29, 2023 23:25:16 GMT -6
Rusty Director of Recruiting? It's most likely so they can pay him more. HR has all kinds of BS titles that they give to justify someone's pay. Director sounds important enough that someone doesn't mind paying him.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 29, 2023 22:50:22 GMT -6
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 29, 2023 16:26:30 GMT -6
Any chance HCGP (and Troy Colective) can lure Steve Angeli away from ND to Troy with the high profile/high paid, Duke's Riley Leonard, coming to ND. Steve Angeli is having a real good bowl game today. I would say with our acquisition of HCGP, the chances are not zero.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 29, 2023 16:25:20 GMT -6
You can always shop local instead Get some more variety and big boy sizes I do enjoy it when stores carry “Executive” (fat man) sizes.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 29, 2023 0:24:33 GMT -6
I’m all in. Football excellence donations season tickets and several hundred dollars at the bookstore every game day! You can always shop local instead
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 28, 2023 16:53:09 GMT -6
KState and NCState just kicked off. Let's go Wildcats!
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 28, 2023 16:11:29 GMT -6
So, there they were, 2.65 million folks, probably with better things to do, gathered 'round the TV sets or crammed into the sweltering bleachers of the new Legion Field(I don't know or care about the name of the new joint). It was the Birmingham Bowl, a clash of pigskin titans—Troy against Duke. A spectacle that somehow managed to attract more eyes than a cat video on the internet.
Picture it: a football game in the heart of the Deep South, where the air was thicker than molasses and the excitement palpable, like the fizz in a shaken-up soda bottle. Troy, the scrappy underdog, locked horns with Duke, probably more used to sipping tea in fancy parlors than dealing with Southern grit.
In those 2.65 million pairs of eyes, there was a kind of collective curiosity, a shared "What the heck is gonna happen next?" as the players danced across the field. The football sailed through the air like a metaphorical bird, and each catch or fumble felt like a punchline in some cosmic joke.
Cheers erupted and curses were muttered, a cacophony of human emotion echoing through the humid air. It wasn't just a game; it was a communal experience, a fleeting diversion from the mundanity of life. And when the final whistle blew, there was either joy or dismay, but in the end, it was just a bunch of folks who'd spent a few hours together in the strange ritual of watching grown men chase an oddly-shaped ball.
So, in the grand scheme of things, the Birmingham Bowl became a blip in the timeline of those 2.65 million lives. A quirky chapter, a footnote in the annals of absurdity. But hey, for a moment, they all shared something—whether they liked it or not.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 28, 2023 14:13:44 GMT -6
The rules are weird man. We were tailgating one time and it was really hot outside. A pair of band members in full uniform were talking to each other about finding water. I hollered for them to come over and take some bottles of water and anything else we had at our tailgate. They said they couldn’t because they could get in big trouble. I gave them water and my business card. I said if they had any problems at all, to call me and I would speak to Uncle Jack. If the band can’t take free water, then the rules for football must be really messed up.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 28, 2023 12:06:37 GMT -6
I searched. She allegedly took her own life. Such a shame when anyone takes the precious gift of life.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 28, 2023 12:05:21 GMT -6
Good luck to these young men. I read somewhere that something like 70% of transfer players don't start at their new team.
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 28, 2023 10:30:35 GMT -6
OUT FREAKING STANDING! That's the Trojan Warrior Spirit!
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Post by Trojan By Birth on Dec 28, 2023 8:13:10 GMT -6
Listen, y'all, I reckon I'm feeling the blues, just like any other football soul out there. The game's done gone and shifted its shape. Coaches and players, they're up and leaving schools like it's nothin'. Kids, they're strolling into signing day behind the wheel of a Lamborghini. An undefeated FSU, told to hit the road. The game, it's riddled with corruption and schemes, and there's likely more foul play that slipped my mind in that tirade.
Now, the bright side: our love for Troy still burns strong. Troy, she's one of the truest gems in all of college football. Gameday on campus, it's a haven of safety and joy for you and yours. But what matters most is that Troy's still hungry for a scrap. The conniving mouse and the deep pockets up north of Richmond, they're aiming to smother Troy's shot at the big time. But Troy, she don't give a damn. We've always been the underdog, scrappin' and clawin', and that's what makes it so damn beautiful. You might not catch a victory every game, but stick with Troy, and sooner or later, you're hoisting another Sun Belt title, maybe even takin' down LSU on their own turf. Troy ain't asking for much either. Sure, you can stretch that wallet wide for Gary or Jonesy, but they ain't chasing you down for it. A ticket to a Troy game? A measly 10 bucks. The big spender who throws down a million, he's as glad to see the guy with the 10-dollar ticket.
So, let's all rally 'round old Troy, do what we can, even if it's just us fans congregatin' here, doing what we do best.
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