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(08-26-2013 01:31 PM)Matrix Wrote:  UAB Blazers 34, "The Men Who Stare At Goats" 17....

They don't stare at goats, the Men of Troy are "Men of Action!"

Run, Billy, RUN!

UAB 31, Troy 23

(08-27-2013 12:05 PM)thebernreuter Wrote:  We seem to do better as underdogs.

We're underdogs most of the time...

Cant remember winning as a favorite, cant remember being a favorite.

no chance of rain on Saturday evening as of right now. That's a bad thing since we didn't score against troy last year unless there was a rain shower. I guess its a good thing since most of us will be wearing a white tee.

So you are James Spann now?

(08-27-2013 01:08 PM)BlazeNBham Wrote:  Cant remember winning as a favorite, cant remember being a favorite.

We were a 10 point favorite against Memphis.

I hope it doesn't rain. I don't like sitting in the rain. If I thought the weather meant anything portentious, I might change my mind, but probably not.

I predict Troy players on the sideline with towels over their heads, crying like little girls because they lost their opener in front of the home folks.

(08-27-2013 01:28 PM)BlazeNBham Wrote:  no chance of rain on Saturday evening as of right now. That's a bad thing since we didn't score against troy last year unless there was a rain shower. I guess its a good thing since most of us will be wearing a white tee.

Thirty percent chance according to weather.com

(08-27-2013 01:35 PM)the_blazerman Wrote:  So you are James Spann now?

Got a new laptop a few weeks ago. It has weather app on it. It has been pretty accurate so far. It shows 20% chance of rain for Saturday, but no rain after 1:00pm.

#PunishTroy!!!

If we have
<3 to, we win by 10+
3-4 to we win by 3
>4 to, we lose

(08-27-2013 07:13 PM)mobileblazer Wrote:  If we have
<3 to, we win by 10+
3-4 to we win by 3
>4 to, we lose

I'd be surprised if we could pull off a win with 4 turnovers. I'm something of a pessimist though.

That being said, I'm predicting a 37-24 Blazer victory.

If we don't turn it over last year we win so the turnover margin is critical. (Stating the obvious)

(08-27-2013 07:13 PM)mobileblazer Wrote:  If we have
<3 to, we win by 10+
3-4 to we win by 3
>4 to, we lose

3 or more and we lose. Can't afford to turn it over.

We gotta get off to a fast start, too. There were too many games last year where we dug a deep hole early on. The Troy game last year was no different, as it was 17-0 until we scored a TD right before the half.

(08-27-2013 12:20 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  Aren't we usually underdogs? Our past records would indicate we don't do better as underdogs?

Well, .200 winning percentage as an underdog is better than .000 as a favorite (for satirical use only...all statistics made up on the spot)

I love going back and reading these threads. I really do.

Welp, we played decent defense in half 1. We played UAB defense in half 2, and wound up with UAB results.