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Troy 18, UTSA 12 Duluth Trading Cure Bowl What Happened, What It All Means

Troy 18, UTSA 12: Duluth Trading Cure Bowl what happened, player of the game, and what it all means

Troy beat UTSA 18-12 to win the Duluth Trading Cure Bowl. What happened, who was the player of the game, and what does it all mean?

Troy 18, UTSA 12 Duluth Trading Cure Bowl What Happened, Player of the Game, What It All Means

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Duluth Trading Cure Bowl What Happened

– UTSA got up 12-0 on a Troy snap out of the end zone for a safety, and helped by a two-yard Frank Harris touchdown pass to Zaire Franklin. That was it for the Roadrunner scores as mistake after mistake proved costly.

Troy scored 19 unanswered points, highlighted by a Gunnar Watson 12-yard touchdown pass to RaJae Johnson to capitalize off a Keyshawn Swanson pick near the end zone to stall a UTSA drive.

– UTSA is going to be kicking itself for this one. It had a 12-0, but turned it over five times, got hit with nine penalties – one big one that kept a drive alive – and allowed a fake punt for a first down, and yet it had chance after chance to take over. UTSA’s offense suffered drop after drop – not helped by some questionable play calls – along with all of those mistakes. However …

– Give the Trojans credit. The offense didn’t work all that well, the defense bent a bit too much, and they couldn’t put the game away despite all the UTSA errors. The defense came up with stop after stop, overcame its own mistakes, and got the thrilling bowl win.

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Duluth Trading Cure Bowl Player of the Game

KJ Robertson, LB Troy
Several Troy defensive players could’ve been here – Carlton Martial led the team with 14 tackles and CB Reddy Steward had a huge day. Robertson did a little of everything with 9 tackles with an interception.

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Duluth Trading Cure Bowl Fun Stats

– Total offense: UTSA 345 – Troy 153

– Penalties: UTSA 9 for 105 yards, Troy 2 for 22 yards

– Turnovers: UTSA 5, Troy 2

Duluth Trading Cure Bowl What It All Means

Troy closed out one of its best – if not the strongest – seasons in the program’s history, and it was the strongest in the 22 years since moving up to the FCS world. Not bad for Jon Sumrall’s first season. Along with a Sun Belt Championship and now a Cure Bowl win, the 12 wins push pass the 11-2 2017 season. This also makes it five straight bowl wins going back to 2010.

UTSA was fantastic all season long, and it had this game in its hands, but couldn’t come through. It was still a fantastic season with a Conference USA title, but the program is still winless in bowl games – 0-4 losing the last three years – and it wasn’t able to match last year’s 12-2 season.

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UTSA vs Troy Duluth Trading Cure Bowl Prediction Game Preview

UTSA vs Troy prediction, Duluth Trading Cure Bowl game preview, odds how to watch Friday, December 16, 2022

UTSA vs Troy prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Duluth Trading Cure Bowl, Friday, December 16, 2022

UTSA vs Troy Duluth Trading Cure Bowl Prediction Game Preview

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UTSA vs Troy How To Watch

Date: Friday, December 16, 2022
Game Time: 3:00 ET
Venue: Exploria Stadium, Orlando, FL
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: UTSA (11-2), Troy (11-2)
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UTSA vs Troy Duluth Trading Cure Bowl 5 Things To Know

Duluth Trading Cure Bowl Prediction, What’s Going To Happen, History

– None of the College Football Playoff games match up conference champions. This is the only bowl of the season that does. It’s about as close as possible to being a representative of a big regular season game with two 11-win teams that come in without any big transfers or head coaching changes – but UTSA lost offensive coordinator Will Stein to Oregon. It’s the Sun Belt vs Conference USA for bragging rights in what should be one of the best bowls of the bunch.

– It’s the first bowl under Troy head coach Jon Sumrall, and he has to keep the post-season run going – the program has been outlasting in bowls lately. Troy was 1-3 in its first four, but since 2010 it won its last four. It hasn’t been to one since beating Buffalo in the 2018 Dollar General. On the flip side …

– UTSA is still searching for its first bowl win. It’s 0-3 since first getting to the 2016 New Mexico Bowl – losing to New Mexico – and it lost the last two seasons under head coach Jeff Traylor. Last year it dropped the Frisco Bowl to San Diego State 38-24.

– The Cure has been a bit of a catch-all bowl when it comes to affiliations and matchups over its seven-year-run, and that’s a good thing – the games have been fantastic lately, The first four were all decided by double-digits, but they weren’t awful. The last three have all been close, the 37-34 Liberty overtime win over Coastal Carolina might have been the best bowl of 2020, and last year the Chanticleers beat Northern Illinois in a 47-41 thriller.

– The Sun Belt was all about the addition of new programs and the big splashy start with a slew of upset wins. Troy rose above the pack and rolled Coastal Carolina for the Sun Belt title. It’s coming in on a ten-game winning streak, just like UTSA.

The Roadrunners started 1-2 – coming this close to beating Houston in the opener – but they dominated the rest of the way with a high-powered offensive style scoring 30 or more since losing 41-20 to Texas.

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Why UTSA Will Win The Duluth Trading Cure Bowl

Even with the changes at offensive coordinator, the show goes on thanks to veteran Frank Harris. One of the best all-around quarterbacks in the country, he hits 71% of his passes, doesn’t make a ton of mistakes, and he’s a dangerous runner with 588 yards and nine scores – he keeps the chains moving. On the flip side, the Troy O has big problems on third downs.

Relentless, UTSA doesn’t miss on its chances to take advantage of good drives, and it’s balanced enough to hit the great Troy defense in a variety of ways. The ground game hit 200 yards in five of its last six games, the passing attack threw for 220 or more in every game but a blowout over Rice, and Troy has to deal with all of it.

The Trojans might have a good enough offense to have their moments, but they can’t get behind. Not only do they have to keep up, but they have to prepare for a flurry – UTSA can score in a hurry when down.

Why Troy Will Win The Duluth Trading Cure Bowl

The defense stepped up big when it had to.

Granted, it lost to Appalachian State early in the season on a deep ball – sort of a Hail Mary, but not quite – in the last loss of the season, but it came back to shut down Marshall, stopped South Alabama in a huge 10-6 win on the road, and held down just about everyone else. It finished the season eighth in the nation in scoring defense helped by a great pass rush that should keep the pressure on Harris.

The offense wasn’t just along for the ride, but it wasn’t all that consistent. There’s a passing game good enough to push past 300 yards if needed. the ground game over five yards per carry in the finishing three games, and now it gets a UTSA defense that’s not totally awful, but doesn’t generate any pass rush.

Trojan QB Gunnar Watson threw for 318 yards in the Sun Belt title game against Coastal Carolina on just 12 completions – he’ll connect on a few big plays.

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Coastal Carolina vs Troy Sun Belt Championship Prediction Game Preview

Coastal Carolina vs Troy Sun Belt Championship game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Sun Belt Championship Week game on Saturday, December 3

Coastal Carolina vs Troy Sun Belt Championship prediction, game preview, odds, how to watch. Championship Week, Saturday, December 3

Coastal Carolina vs Troy Sun Belt Championship Prediction Game Preview

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Coastal Carolina vs Troy How To Watch

Date: Saturday, December 3
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Veterans Memorial Stadium, Troy, AL
How To Watch: ESPN
Record: Coastal Carolina (9-2), Troy (10-2)
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Why Coastal Carolina Will Win

It was a rocky road, but it’s here.

It only seems like Coastal Carolina is in its third straight Sun Belt Conference Championship Game.

It didn’t get a shot against Louisiana with the 2020 title game cancelled, and last year Louisiana and Appalachian State played for the third time in the four years of the Sun Belt Championship creation.

Coastal Carolina suffered a weird home loss to Old Dominion, got destroyed by James Madison – who should actually be in this representing the Sun Belt East, but wasn’t eligible in its first year up in the FBS world – and lost star QB Grayson McCall for the season.

Again, it’s here.

It managed to win close game after close game – five victories were by a touchdown or less – thanks to another year of high-powered passing efficiency and just enough takeaways to make up for the problems on defense.

The amazing Troy defense might be a rock, but it’ll give up passing yards. The offense will also turn it over just enough to matter.

Coastal Carolina has to be quick-hitting with the passing game, there have to be a few early scores to make Troy’s offense press a bit, and the takeaways have to be there to help the O.

However …

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Why Troy Will Win

The loss of Grayson McCall really did hurt the Chanticleer offense.

James Madison might be No. 1 in the nation against the run, but Coastal Carolina wasn’t able to do anything through the air, either, in the 47-7 loss last week.

The Troy defense isn’t quite as strong, but it isn’t far off.

The pass rush will be coming from the start – the Coastal Carolina timing should be off from the start.

Troy has won nine straight partly because the competition has been mediocre, but it’s also because the D keeps on coming up with takeaways, it’s fantastic at generating a pass rush, and it always finds ways to keep the score low and stay in control.

Coastal Carolina’s passing game might be great, but it has a problem when the running game isn’t rocking. It has to average at least four years per carry to keep everything moving, but that’s a problem – Troy allows just 3.3 yards per pop.

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What’s Going To Happen

The Troy formula should continue to work. Run well, rely on the defense, repeat.

The Trojans are 8-0 when at least getting to 70 rushing yards – and 1-2 when it didn’t – and Coastal Carolina hasn’t allowed fewer than 90 against any FBS team.

This might not be scintillating, but it should be close throughout before Troy finally breaks through with the ground game. Coastal Carolina’s two losses came in the two worst days of the season against the run. This won’t be that bad, but Troy will come up with a time crunching drive to survive.

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Coastal Carolina vs Troy Sun Belt Championship Prediction, Line

Troy 27, Coastal Carolina 24
Line: Troy -8.5, o/u: 48.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Coastal Carolina vs Troy Sun Belt Championship Must See Rating (out of 5): 4

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Army vs Troy Prediction Game Preview

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Army vs Troy prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 11, Saturday, November 12

Army vs Troy How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 12
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Veterans Memorial Stadium, Troy, AL
How To Watch: NFL Network
Record: Army (3-5), Troy (7-2)
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Army vs Troy Game Preview

Why Army Will Win

The running game still works.

The Knights might have struggled against Air Force, but that always happens when the service academies meet up. Before that the O rolled for well over 400 yards in the previous few games, it’s amazing on third downs, averages over 300 yards per game and it’s going to control the clock.

Troy’s offense sputters to keep things moving, has a hard time in the red zone, and the line can’t generate a push. It’s awful in pass protection and doesn’t run, but …

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Why Troy Will Win

The defense is a rock, especially against he run.

That’s sort of a plus against Army.

The team makes up for a slew of issues by keeping just about everyone to under 100 rushing yards – Ole Miss and Appalachian State, Louisiana, and Appalachian State were the only ones to get over that.

The defensive front is great at getting into the backfield and should be able to stop the Army offense before it gets started.

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What’s Going To Happen

It’s all fun and games until you see the Army offense up close.

But Troy will be able to handle it.

The defense mostly has problems against teams that can throw well, and that’s not Army. The Trojans will be able to sell out and keep the Army O from going off.

Army is 4-0 when generating over 410 yards and 0-4 when it doesn’t. Troy is 6-0 when it allowed under 400 yards.

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Army vs Troy Prediction, Line

Troy 26, Army 17
Line: Troy -9.5, o/u: 45.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Army vs Troy Must See Rating (out of 5): 2.5
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Troy vs South Alabama Prediction, Game Preview

Troy vs South Alabama game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 8 game on Saturday, October 22

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Troy vs South Alabama How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 22
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Venue: Hancock Whitney Stadium, Mobile, AL
How To Watch: ESPNU
Record: Troy (5-2), South Alabama (5-1)
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Troy vs South Alabama Game Preview

Why Troy Will Win

The Trojans have been terrific over the last month, and there but for a wild finish against Appalachian State they’d by on a six-game winning streak and the star of the Sun Belt.

It’s not like they’re playing a bunch of weak teams with wins over Marshall, WKU, and Southern Miss along the way. What’s working?

The offense is struggling and there are big problems on third downs, but the run defense is dominant. It’s a statistical thing, but it’s also indicative of how the team controls games – it’s 0-2 when allowing 100 rushing yards, and 5-0 when it gives up fewer.

That’s a problem because …

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Why South Alabama Will Win

South Alabama runs for 165 yards per game. It’s not a dominant ground game, but it hasn’t been close in any game to being under 100 yards.

Troy might be on a great run, but South Alabama is a botched moment against UCLA away from being 6-0.

It’s own run defense has been great – it only allowed more than 100 yards twice – unlike Troy the team is fantastic on both sides of the ball on third downs, and then there are the takeaways.

South Alabama has only turned it over multiple times twice – once was in the loss to UCLA – and is +8 overall. Troy is -1.

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What’s Going To Happen

Both teams are playing well. Troy finds a way, South Alabama is just that good.

Neither team will run well, but both can throw well enough to keep things moving. Turnovers won’t be a big deal, but South Alabama will be on the right side of that. Penalties won’t be a big deal, but Troy will be on the right side of that.

The difference will be on third downs. South Alabama will be far better and will do a better job of controlling a fantastic must-watch game that will go a long way to deciding the Sun Belt race.

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Troy vs South Alabama Prediction, Line

South Alabama 24, Troy 17
Line: South Alabama -3, o/u: 46.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Troy vs South Alabama Must See Rating (out of 5): 4
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Texas State vs Troy Prediction, Game Preview

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Texas State vs Troy How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 15
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Veterans Memorial Stadium, Troy, AL
How To Watch: ESPN3
Record: Texas State (3-3), Troy (4-2)
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Why Texas State Will Win

One of the funkiest teams going, Texas State doesn’t do anything consistently well, it doesn’t have a downfield passing attack, and the scoring wildly fluctuates, but it’s got a way of rising up and rocking.

All of a sudden, QB Layne Hatcher – who really is good – turned into Patrick Mahomes and the defense became a brick wall in a stunning 36-24 win over Appalachian State to kick the season into high gear. Now there are real, legitimate expectations to scramble for three more wins and bowl eligibility.

That means the takeaways have to continue. The D has generated 11 in the last five games, the offense needs to capitalize on every opportunity, and …

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Why Troy Will Win

The Trojans are rolling.

They’ve won three straight since losing to Appalachian State on a magical Hail Mary helped by a great run defense, solid passing game, and just enough of a running game to get by.

The pass rush is dangerous enough to get to Hatcher on a regular basis, the run defense isn’t going to allow more than 100 yards, and the offense should be able to control the clock.

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What’s Going To Happen

Can Troy avoid a slew of turnovers to give Texas State the breaks it’ll need?

The Bobcats will keep it close with a good first half, but the Trojan D will settle in, the pass rush will start to take over, and somewhat quietly, the home team will look like it really might be the best team in the Sun Belt – or close to it.

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Texas State vs Troy Prediction, Line

Troy 31, Texas State 17
Line: Troy -16.5, o/u: 46.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Texas State vs Troy Must See Rating (out of 5): 2
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Southern Miss vs Troy Prediction, Game Preview

Southern Miss vs Troy game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 6 game on Saturday, October 8

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Southern Miss vs Troy How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 8
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Veterans Memorial Stadium, Troy, AL
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Southern Miss (2-2), Troy (3-2)
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Southern Miss vs Troy Game Preview

Why Southern Miss Will Win

It shouldn’t work, but it does.

Southern Miss has a whole slew of problems. It doesn’t move the chains, it doesn’t control the clock, and the offensive line has issues. But …

The big pass plays are there averaging close to 17 yards per completion, the pass rush is among the best in America, and that’s just enough to make things interesting.

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Why Troy Will Win

The Trojans are playing really, really well.

The passing game might have to deal with too much pressure, and there’s no running game to help, but Gunnar Watson is a consistent passer – this is all assuming he’s good to go after getting hurt last week – the defense has been able to hold up shockingly well in key moments, and like Southern Miss, is shouldn’t work, but it does.

Also like USM, Troy does a great job of getting into the backfield, too.

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What’s Going To Happen

It’s a huge game for both teams. They’re both dangerous enough to beat anyone else in the Sun Belt, but a loss in this makes it tough to make a big push in a loaded league.

Southern Miss will keep up the pace, and the pass rush will be a huge problem, but Troy’s offense will crank up over 300 passing yards and be a bit more effective at home.

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Southern Miss vs Troy Prediction, Line

Troy 27, Southern Miss 24
Line: Troy -6.5, o/u: 44.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Southern Miss vs Troy Must See Rating (out of 5): 3
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Troy vs WKU Prediction, Game Preview

Troy vs WKU game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 5 game on Saturday, October 1

Troy vs WKU prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 5, Saturday, October 1

Troy vs WKU How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 1
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Houchens Industries-L.T. Smith Stadium, Bowling Green, KY
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Troy (2-2), WKU (3-1)
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Troy vs WKU Game Preview

Why Troy Will Win

The Troy passing game is dominating.

It leads all Sun Belt teams and is tenth in the nation averaging 343 yards per game, rolling for 321 yards in the strong win over Marshall, the running game worked a little bit, and now it gets to go against a WKU defense that struggled in the one game it played against a team that can throw – the 33-30 loss to Indiana.

The Hilltoppers have an offense, but it’s not great at coming up with third down conversions, it doesn’t control the clock, and …

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Why WKU Will Win

The team is great at keeping the mistakes to a minimum.

Penalties aren’t an issue and the six turnovers were spread out over the four games.

The passing attack rocked FIU for 480 yards, but this year’s version of the attack is more balanced – the running game is avenging over five yards per pop.

For all the strong things the Troy offense is doing, it’s not great at keeping things moving, there’s no rushing attack, and the defense has a hard time getting off the field.

However …

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What’s Going To Happen

WKU beat Austin Peay, Hawaii, and FIU – it’s not like it dealt with a slew of killers.

Troy wasn’t bad against Ole Miss, it had Appalachian State beat before the Hail Mary, and it got past Marshall. It’s more battle tested.

This will be a fun back-and-forth fight, but WKU will get that one extra takeaway to finally take a little bit of control.

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Troy vs WKU Prediction, Line

WKU 30, Troy 27
Line: WKU -5, o/u: 54.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Troy vs WKU Must See Rating (out of 5): 3

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Marshall vs Troy Prediction, Game Preview

Marshall vs Troy game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 4 game on Saturday, September 24

Marshall vs Troy prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 4, Saturday, September 24

Marshall vs Troy How To Watch

Date: Saturday, September 24
Game Time: 7:00 ET
Venue: Veterans Memorial Stadium, Troy, AL
How To Watch: NFL Network
Record: Marshall (2-1), Troy (1-2)
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Marshall vs Troy Game Preview

Why Marshall Will Win

What was that?

Marshall pulled off the stunner against Notre Dame, everyone was fired up, and then came the three giveaways and the total meltdown in the secondary in a strange loss at Bowling Green.

The team is still strong.

The running game continues to be fantastic, the defense is better than it showed against the Falcons, and the team has the right mix to get out of a tough road game like this alive.

The Troy defense is awful on third downs, it doesn’t run the ball a lick, and it’s about to get pounded on by the Herd backs.

But …

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Why Troy Will Win

Bowling Green has a good passing game, but should it have hit the Herd for 300 yards and four scores? Maybe.

Gunnar Watson is about to find out.

The Troy offense did enough to beat Appalachian State, and so did the D up until the final play in the brutal 32-28 last second loss.

Appalachian State has a great ground game, and it was kept from going off. The Troy defensive front should be able to hold up against the Herd, Watson and the passing game will push for 300 yards, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

Will the lack of a Trojan running game matter? It won’t help, but the defense will come up with a strong performance at home with two takeaways and a good game against the Marshall rushing attack.

It’ll come down to the final few drives, and …

Troy’s heart will get broken for the second week in a row, but this time it’ll be on a field goal.

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Marshall vs Troy Prediction, Line

Marshall 26, Troy 24
Line: Marshall -3.5, o/u: 51.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
Marshall vs Troy Must See Rating (out of 5): 3

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Appalachian State vs Troy Prediction, Game Preview

Appalachian State vs Troy game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 3 game on Saturday, September 17

Appalachian State vs Troy prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 3, Saturday, September 17

Appalachian State vs Troy How To Watch

Date: Saturday, September 17
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone, NC
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Appalachian State (1-1), Troy (1-1)
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Appalachian State vs Troy Game Preview

Why Troy Will Win

While everyone wants to talk about Appalachian State, and all the hype is surrounding the team that just beat Texas A&M, shhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Troy is good enough to ruin the narrative.

The defense kept the high-powered Ole Miss offense under wraps in a 28-10 loss, and then the offense got to eat with the passing attack opening it up against Alabama A&M.

But can the Trojans hold up on the lines?

There’s enough of a pass rush to matter, the defense that got run over by Ole Miss is stronger than that, and then there are the takeaways. The Trojans came up with five in the first two games, and …

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Why Appalachian State Will Win

Troy is having problems on the offensive front.

It’s allowing way too many plays in the backfield, the running game isn’t clicking – just two yards per carry so far – and if the passing game isn’t flying, the O isn’t moving.

Appalachian State is terrific on the offensive front, there’s only been one turnover, and control, control, control. Texas A&M has a deliberate style of offense, and that fed right into what the Mountaineers can do.

Now they have to own the clock and keep the Trojan attack off the field, but …

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What’s Going To Happen

Be very, very, very careful here.

GameDay is town, everyone is gushing over the Appalachian State program, and there’s a lot of hype after the wild loss to North Carolina and the shocking win over A&M.

Troy is going to make this a fight.

The passing attack is going to press the production all game long, Appalachian State’s defense will continue to have problems on third downs, and …

The Troy run D won’t hold up in the fourth quarter.

The home side will get pushed, but it’ll grind its way through.

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Appalachian State vs Troy Prediction, Line

Appalachian State 34, Troy 23
Line: Appalachian State -12.5, o/u: 52.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Appalachian State vs Troy Must See Rating (out of 5): 3.5

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