Really, you were at FIU today? Nice! Thank you for coming. Payback is a you know what, and when we were going through a rough time your friends on this website enjoyed publishing them on here. They were trying to promote a narrative about FIU and I intend to do the same. I expect that your football team will give me plenty of material. Enjoy the season, it's going to be great! Go F I U!

(08-29-2012 01:18 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(08-29-2012 01:16 PM)blazertke Wrote:  

(08-28-2012 11:08 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  

(08-28-2012 10:55 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  

(08-28-2012 10:51 PM)zeebart21 Wrote:  who are the B'ham Blazers??

Make believe team... Just like Louisiana.

I dont think so, stud.... thats what it says on OUR field, adorned in OUR colors, located in an area where bullet proof vests are not needed to enter the area.

Let your 4-8 season begin..

Z

(08-29-2012 11:22 AM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

(08-29-2012 01:18 AM)mbelcher987 Wrote:  

(08-28-2012 11:45 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  

And they claim their program superior to Troy's?

we'd have more if we played in the high school league you guys do... How many top 25 teams have there ever been in the SBC? You guys celebrate so highly when your best teams beat CUSA's worst.

Lets be logical here: If Troy was so superior to UAB why in the world is UAB winning the overall series in FBS games?

You've beaten Southern Miss three times in a row. Does that make you the better program over those three years? Not even close. And in a case like ours, in rivalry games, the overall W/L total is never a good indicator of the better program. You just been the better program in the series. We play down to you guys, and you play up to us - it evens out and you get a few wins here and there.

Really you play down to us? Whatever makes you sleep at night, ignorance must be bliss for some.

I have yet to see TROY play to its ability to UAB. Only time I have seen it was First half 2 years ago.

Really were you out there playing? You guys are still hung up on 2010, you do realize you won last year right?

(08-29-2012 09:27 PM)FIU Panther Fan Wrote:  Really, you were at FIU today? Nice! Thank you for coming. Payback is a you know what, and when we were going through a rough time your friends on this website enjoyed publishing them on here. They were trying to promote a narrative about FIU and I intend to do the same. I expect that your football team will give me plenty of material. Enjoy the season, it's going to be great! Go F I U!

Then I'm sorry that you let some fair weather morons ruin your life so badly that you have to take it out on the true FAU fans that respect FIU and to one that has even said VERY nice things about FIU on this board.
And if you really want "payback" then you'd have to beat us 7 more times. Thank God y'all are too good for us now.

I'll say this for the UAB fans who keep telling us how our program is below their. It's 2012 now and UAB is sitting at two winning seasons since the 90's. Troy is sitting at 5 straight titles and only two times since 2004 has Troy had less than 8 wins. We have 13 players in the NFL, UAB has 4. UAB has been to 1 bowl, Troy has been to 5, some of which came when there was only one bowl tie in. UAB has had upwards of five chances to make a bowl since 2005, they did not.

Troy/UAB is a rivalry game. Talent and coaching quality don't have as much impact as they normally would. Which is why its been close and UAB has won some. So the little factoid, (cherry picked because Troy leads 5-4 overall, and tied 3-3 since 2002), that UAB leads the series since FBS play means little.

(08-29-2012 11:24 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  I'll say this for the UAB fans who keep telling us how our program is below their. It's 2012 now and UAB is sitting at two winning seasons since the 90's. Troy is sitting at 5 straight titles and only two times since 2004 has Troy had less than 8 wins. We have 13 players in the NFL, UAB has 4. UAB has been to 1 bowl, Troy has been to 5, some of which came when there was only one bowl tie in. UAB has had upwards of five chances to make a bowl since 2005, they did not.

Troy/UAB is a rivalry game. Talent and coaching quality don't have as much impact as they normally would. Which is why its been close and UAB has won some. So the little factoid, (cherry picked because Troy leads 5-4 overall, and tied 3-3 since 2002), that UAB leads the series since FBS play means little.

For the long term success for Trojan football is the SBC the conference to be in? Would you rather be in a conference with 6 bowl tie ins or 1? Would you rather play ECU USM & TULSA or would you rather play WKU FAU and MTSU? UNT and FIU sure chose the first group. Now that we have a real football coach do you really think any of these last 6 years are relevant? 1 winning seasons and all of the Neil Callaway stink is washed away. A couple losing seasons for Troy and all of your past "success" is gone too. Your coach will retire soon. Most of your success in the past comes from his long tenure there. Be afraid for we are entering the year of the dragon. This saturday we will see how our programs match against each other.

You apparently can't count UAB is up 4-3 since 2002. In 93 and 95 we were barely starting out in FCS. Long term they will count in the series but to say Troy is up 5-4 on UAB is really just misleading because we had been playing football for a very short time at that point.

(08-29-2012 11:47 PM)mbelcher987 Wrote:  

(08-29-2012 11:24 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  I'll say this for the UAB fans who keep telling us how our program is below their. It's 2012 now and UAB is sitting at two winning seasons since the 90's. Troy is sitting at 5 straight titles and only two times since 2004 has Troy had less than 8 wins. We have 13 players in the NFL, UAB has 4. UAB has been to 1 bowl, Troy has been to 5, some of which came when there was only one bowl tie in. UAB has had upwards of five chances to make a bowl since 2005, they did not.

Troy/UAB is a rivalry game. Talent and coaching quality don't have as much impact as they normally would. Which is why its been close and UAB has won some. So the little factoid, (cherry picked because Troy leads 5-4 overall, and tied 3-3 since 2002), that UAB leads the series since FBS play means little.

For the long term success for Trojan football is the SBC the conference to be in? Would you rather be in a conference with 6 bowl tie ins or 1? Would you rather play ECU USM & TULSA or would you rather play WKU FAU and MTSU? UNT and FIU sure chose the first group. Now that we have a real football coach do you really think any of these last 6 years are relevant? 1 winning seasons and all of the Neil Callaway stink is washed away. A couple losing seasons for Troy and all of your past "success" is gone too. Your coach will retire soon. Most of your success in the past comes from his long tenure there. Be afraid for we are entering the year of the dragon. This saturday we will see how our programs match against each other.

You apparently can't count UAB is up 4-3 since 2002. In 93 and 95 we were barely starting out in FCS. Long term they will count in the series but to say Troy is up 5-4 on UAB is really just misleading because we had been playing football for a very short time at that point.

That "misleading" overall figure came from uabsports.com. Go yell at them for misleading you. You were right, 4-3 since 2002. Overlooking a single score while checking ESPN and not being able to count are not related. I don't take offense to "you can't count" or "you can't spell" jabs. Any run of the mill forum poster can pull a quick jab off the shelf that everyone else tosses around thinking they're being witty or clever.

The series might be close, but we have the better program, hands down, and it shows. And you can't really say you have a better program because you lead the series since 2002. You've beaten USM three years in a row and are no where near the caliber program they are. You have certain teams that you play beyond your normal abilities. Those are called anomalies. Once Blakeney leaves, Troy will probably slide for a while and hire some revolving door coaches, and if CGM is as good as you say he is, you might have the better program for a while. Can't argue that that's a possible outcome.

I will say one more thing. Guys like you are cookie cutter. You fit the mold exactly of the typical fan that gets excited over a new coach. Every coach comes in saying "we're gonna be more aggressive, we're gonna attack the ball more on defense." They all claim they're "changing the culture." Entire fanbases go nuts and make all these claims about how they're going to be a dominate force and we all better watch out. Here's an example of a good one: Mark Hudspeth, Hugh Freeze. Here's an example of a bad one: Todd Dodge. I'm sure you can think of multiple guys on a national level with big claims and energized spring and fall practices only to come out with football teams that failed to live up to expectations. Go on, tell me how yours is different. It's like ground hogs day, the movie. It's all the same to me, I've heard it a million times.

(08-29-2012 11:47 PM)mbelcher987 Wrote:  

(08-29-2012 11:24 PM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  I'll say this for the UAB fans who keep telling us how our program is below their. It's 2012 now and UAB is sitting at two winning seasons since the 90's. Troy is sitting at 5 straight titles and only two times since 2004 has Troy had less than 8 wins. We have 13 players in the NFL, UAB has 4. UAB has been to 1 bowl, Troy has been to 5, some of which came when there was only one bowl tie in. UAB has had upwards of five chances to make a bowl since 2005, they did not.

Troy/UAB is a rivalry game. Talent and coaching quality don't have as much impact as they normally would. Which is why its been close and UAB has won some. So the little factoid, (cherry picked because Troy leads 5-4 overall, and tied 3-3 since 2002), that UAB leads the series since FBS play means little.

For the long term success for Trojan football is the SBC the conference to be in? Would you rather be in a conference with 6 bowl tie ins or 1? Would you rather play ECU USM & TULSA or would you rather play WKU FAU and MTSU? UNT and FIU sure chose the first group. Now that we have a real football coach do you really think any of these last 6 years are relevant? 1 winning seasons and all of the Neil Callaway stink is washed away. A couple losing seasons for Troy and all of your past "success" is gone too. Your coach will retire soon. Most of your success in the past comes from his long tenure there. Be afraid for we are entering the year of the dragon. This saturday we will see how our programs match against each other.

You apparently can't count UAB is up 4-3 since 2002. In 93 and 95 we were barely starting out in FCS. Long term they will count in the series but to say Troy is up 5-4 on UAB is really just misleading because we had been playing football for a very short time at that point.

FACT is Troy leads series 5-4 and will be 6-4 after this weekend....FYI The SBC has Two Primary Bowls not one.....WE have sent 3 bowling the last 3 years, and I doubt that changes

(08-29-2012 02:21 AM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(08-29-2012 01:18 AM)mbelcher987 Wrote:  we'd have more (winning seasons) if we played in the high school league you guys do.

So you lost to the worst team in the high school league. Does that make you high school JV or middle school?

foot + mouth = mbelcher

If you can't beat the worst team in our league, you can't have winning seasons.

mbelcher as a boxer: "I just lost to 0-35 last place Juan Robertez from the middleweight division. This division looks more promising."

Interview after last week's fight: "That guy that won 5 years in a row, I'm better than that guy tho, even tho I lost to 0-35 last place Juan Robertez. I should drop down to get more wins."

Last night's postgame: "I got demolished last week by some guy from Tulane that was like 2-36 or sumthin. I can win in the middle league tho."

(08-30-2012 12:11 AM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  I don't take offense to "you can't count" or "you can't spell" jabs. Any run of the mill forum poster can pull a quick jab off the shelf that everyone else tosses around thinking they're being witty or clever.

The series might be close, but we have the better program, hands down, and it shows. And you can't really say you have a better program because you lead the series since 2002. You've beaten USM three years in a row and are no where near the caliber program they are. You have certain teams that you play beyond your normal abilities. Those are called anomalies. Once Blakeney leaves, Troy will probably slide for a while and hire some revolving door coaches, and if CGM is as good as you say he is, you might have the better program for a while. Can't argue that that's a possible outcome.

I will say one more thing. Guys like you are cookie cutter. You fit the mold exactly of the typical fan that gets excited over a new coach. Every coach comes in saying "we're gonna be more aggressive, we're gonna attack the ball more on defense." They all claim they're "changing the culture." Entire fanbases go nuts and make all these claims about how they're going to be a dominate force and we all better watch out. Here's an example of a good one: Mark Hudspeth, Hugh Freeze. Here's an example of a bad one: Todd Dodge. I'm sure you can think of multiple guys on a national level with big claims and energized spring and fall practices only to come out with football teams that failed to live up to expectations. Go on, tell me how yours is different. It's like ground hogs day, the movie. It's all the same to me, I've heard it a million times.

if you'd prefer I could have went to a goat :rolltide: comment rather than spelling. But I prefer civil conversations.

Long term, which has a better upside, UAB or Troy? Also we're 3-9 against USM the argument is really invalid. but continue to argue that point if you want. That series will get continuously closer over the next few years. They've downgraded with this coach and we've upgraded.

if you'd listen to Mcgee speak, he just sounds like he knows what he is doing. The last guy sounded like an old man rehash of a coach that always made excuses as to why we were losing. All we've heard from this guy is confidence and hope. We will see saturday if he is for real or a snake oil salesman.

(08-30-2012 01:35 AM)mbelcher987 Wrote:  

(08-30-2012 12:11 AM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  I don't take offense to "you can't count" or "you can't spell" jabs. Any run of the mill forum poster can pull a quick jab off the shelf that everyone else tosses around thinking they're being witty or clever.

The series might be close, but we have the better program, hands down, and it shows. And you can't really say you have a better program because you lead the series since 2002. You've beaten USM three years in a row and are no where near the caliber program they are. You have certain teams that you play beyond your normal abilities. Those are called anomalies. Once Blakeney leaves, Troy will probably slide for a while and hire some revolving door coaches, and if CGM is as good as you say he is, you might have the better program for a while. Can't argue that that's a possible outcome.

I will say one more thing. Guys like you are cookie cutter. You fit the mold exactly of the typical fan that gets excited over a new coach. Every coach comes in saying "we're gonna be more aggressive, we're gonna attack the ball more on defense." They all claim they're "changing the culture." Entire fanbases go nuts and make all these claims about how they're going to be a dominate force and we all better watch out. Here's an example of a good one: Mark Hudspeth, Hugh Freeze. Here's an example of a bad one: Todd Dodge. I'm sure you can think of multiple guys on a national level with big claims and energized spring and fall practices only to come out with football teams that failed to live up to expectations. Go on, tell me how yours is different. It's like ground hogs day, the movie. It's all the same to me, I've heard it a million times.

if you'd prefer I could have went to a goat :rolltide: comment rather than spelling. But I prefer civil conversations.

Long term, which has a better upside, UAB or Troy? Also we're 3-9 against USM the argument is really invalid. but continue to argue that point if you want. That series will get continuously closer over the next few years. They've downgraded with this coach and we've upgraded.

if you'd listen to Mcgee speak, he just sounds like he knows what he is doing. The last guy sounded like an old man rehash of a coach that always made excuses as to why we were losing. All we've heard from this guy is confidence and hope. We will see saturday if he is for real or a snake oil salesman.

Fair enough. Even if you don't win Saturday, I'd hardly think that makes him a snake oil salesmen. It's not like he inherited a great situation. Not all good coaches won from day one. I'll be there with my hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, and well hydrated body.

Upside? That's hard to say. Troy is constrained by market and money. UAB is constrained by the BOT and the park department. I'd say it's a tie right now given our current predicaments.

(08-30-2012 01:45 AM)TroyFootball05 Wrote:  Fair enough. Even if you don't win Saturday, I'd hardly think that makes him a snake oil salesmen. It's not like he inherited a great situation. Not all good coaches won from day one. I'll be there with my hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, and well hydrated body.

he is on record saying that he is surprised by the amount of talent that we do have. Going in to a program that hasn't had a winning season in a while he expected to have to fill the reserves up with talent but he has been plesantly surprised.

What I'm going off of on that is the simple fact that Callaway at least could keep the points spread even the last 2 years. Not that I'm expecting to murder you guys but I think that the coaching will be that much better on our behalf and it won't be as close as the last 2 seasons. But like you said we will see saturday.

That being said everyone will need sunscreen during the first half. it's an 11 am kickoff, which is just way too early for football... but we play with the cards we have and I'll be bringing sunscreen too.