lots of moving parts here:
*troy is 5-6 and needs this win for bowl eligibility
*troy just got hosed 53-3 last weekend to louisiana, the other sun belt conference leader, in clearly their worst performance of the year.
*this is senior night for troy, and they have 17 seniors on the team.
*app st is already locked into the sun belt championship game with louisiana, and obviously locked into a bowl game at 10-1. they're ranked nationally in the polls and also in the top 20 in scoring offense and scoring defense.
*troy can score despite the trey put up last weekend, sr qb kaleb barker has passes for over 3300 yards and 30 tds while completing over 65% of his passes. trojans also average over 150 ypg rushing.
*troy has scored at least 33 pts in every game this year, except last weekend and against missouri, including 49 pts against ga southern, the only team that beat app st this year.
in summary, with the trojans coming off a major humiliation in lafayette, bowl eligibity on the line for a senior laden team, back in troy in front of the home crowd, app st really unmotivated for a blowout with every reason to ease up anticipating the conference title game with louisiana, just looks like a good spot to back the home team getting double digits.
glta
*troy is 5-6 and needs this win for bowl eligibility
*troy just got hosed 53-3 last weekend to louisiana, the other sun belt conference leader, in clearly their worst performance of the year.
*this is senior night for troy, and they have 17 seniors on the team.
*app st is already locked into the sun belt championship game with louisiana, and obviously locked into a bowl game at 10-1. they're ranked nationally in the polls and also in the top 20 in scoring offense and scoring defense.
*troy can score despite the trey put up last weekend, sr qb kaleb barker has passes for over 3300 yards and 30 tds while completing over 65% of his passes. trojans also average over 150 ypg rushing.
*troy has scored at least 33 pts in every game this year, except last weekend and against missouri, including 49 pts against ga southern, the only team that beat app st this year.
in summary, with the trojans coming off a major humiliation in lafayette, bowl eligibity on the line for a senior laden team, back in troy in front of the home crowd, app st really unmotivated for a blowout with every reason to ease up anticipating the conference title game with louisiana, just looks like a good spot to back the home team getting double digits.
glta
