New Orleans Bowl: Ohio (8-4) vs. Troy (7-5)

• Leonardo

  

  Saturday at 9 PM on ESPN
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Ohio wins 44-42 on a last-second field goal.
• Firad

  

  OU wins.
• believer

  

  Should be good game. Hope the Bobcats get a rare bowl victory.
• jordo212000

  

  Rooting for OU and I'm pretty sure I picked them in my bowl bracket, but I'm not very confident in that pick. They never seem to be able to put it all together in the bowl game
• dlazz

  Troy by 5.
• Mulva

  

  Troy should win.
  
  I picked OU for some reason in my bowl picks, but I don't see it happening.
• Pick6

  

  hopefully they can play better than they did at kent to finish out the season.
• gerb131

  

  Boo Jackson out? If so Troy by 9
• Pick6

  

  gerb131;605402 wrote:Boo Jackson out? If so Troy by 9

  
  from when ive watched the, there really isnt much drop off between him and the back up. they both play the same amount of snaps as it is
• dave

  omg this crowd is tiny. go cats!
• Mulva

  

  Knew I should have switched my pick. 31-7 Troy not even halftime. Troy on pace for about 700 yards of offense.
• darbypitcher22

  

  wow... i'm wondering how Troy lost 5 games and how OU won 8.... Troy is wicked fast on the offensive side of the ball
• Jughead

  

  Umm...
  
  
  IF I was the coach, the defense would be walking home. I'm not saying the offense is any better, but giving up 7+ yards per play is downright embarrassing.
• Writerbuckeye

  

  Troy, like their SEC neighbors, likes to oversign classes dramatically -- and then simply not renew scholarships of those who may not be as good as the new recruits coming in. It's a pretty despicable practice, even though all scholarships are only guaranteed for one year; kids take it on faith when they sign that they'll be there 4 years if they stay clean and try hard.
  
  Not the case.
  
  Their last five classes had: 25, 32, 33, 40(!) and 34.
  
  That's more than 60 players OVER what OU has recruited the past five years. How much better do you think OU or any school could be if they routinely over signed and then simply didn't renew scholarships of kids they decided they didn't want, anymore.
  
  It helped Alabama come back from almost getting the death penalty in football to winning a national title in just a few years. They are one of the worst offenders of over signing in the SEC, along with LSU. Most of the SEC does it, though, while most other conferences simply don't allow it (yes the NCAA has not addressed this issue...so long as schools make it to 85 by the time fall practice starts).
  
  Just wanted you all to have some perspective on how Troy can be so much better than OU when they are both from non BCS conferences.
  
  http://oversigning.com/testing/
• dave

  Troy barely beat BG at home, they are an average mid major. They just showed up and OU didn't.
• Writerbuckeye

  

  If you don't think signing more and better players helps, I don't know what to tell you.
  
  And Troy may have not had a great year, but losing by 1 to Alabama and only 3 to Oklahoma State is not an "average" mid major.
• karen lotz

  

  Just flipped over to check on the game. OU isn't competitive on the field but it looks as if they have some talented co-eds in the stands.
• karen lotz

  

  Writerbuckeye;605649 wrote:And Troy may have not had a great year, but losing by 1 to Alabama...is not an "average" mid major.

  
  
  You left out a key word there..."Birmingham." As in Troy lost by 1 to Alabama-Birmingham, not Saban's boys.
• dave

  karen lotz;605652 wrote:You left out a key word there..."Birmingham." As in Troy lost by 1 to Alabama-Birmingham, not Saban's boys.

  
  lmao
  
  
  you mean that 4 win UAB team isn't a powerhouse?
• jordo212000

  

  Troy is so much faster than OU and it's not even funny. OU looks like a high school team out there.
  
  That cutback TD by Jernnigan at the beginning of the game showed me everything I needed to know
• Mulva

  

  Troy isn't good. They won 3 games in the Sun Belt by under 7 points and lost a pair of conference games by 14+. The Sun Belt is probably the worst conference in football (although I guess them and the MAC will get to settle that on the field... exciting times!). They also may have only lost to OK State by 3, but they lost to South Carolina by 45 and, as was already mentioned, only beat 2-10 Bowling Green by 3.
  
  Agree that OU just didn't show up tonight. Troy is definitely the better team, but they aren't 31 points in 1 half better.
• Mulva

  

  jordo212000;605660 wrote:Troy is so much faster than OU and it's not even funny. OU looks like a high school team out there.
  
  That cutback TD by Jernnigan at the beginning of the game showed me everything I needed to know

  
  In fairness, Jernigan is 10x better than anyone else on the field for either team. He's probably going to be a top 3 round pick in the NFL draft.
• jordo212000

  

  Mulva;605663 wrote:In fairness, Jernigan is 10x better than anyone else on the field for either team. He's probably going to be a top 3 round pick in the NFL draft.

  
  It's not just Jerrnigan though. Nearly every skill guy they have is shifty, athletic, and fast. I don't think OU matched up very well with them
• queencitybuckeye

  Writerbuckeye;605635 wrote:Troy, like their SEC neighbors, likes to oversign classes dramatically -- and then simply not renew scholarships of those who may not be as good as the new recruits coming in. It's a pretty despicable practice, even though all scholarships are only guaranteed for one year; kids take it on faith when they sign that they'll be there 4 years if they stay clean and try hard.

  
  Commonly known as the Urban Meyer approach to ethical program-building.