is troy (+25) really this bad?

rivercitybirdie · Oct 27, 2014

shocked to see this line. and the movement of the line... is there news?

troy is 3-1 last 4 ATS.... some horrible ATS results to start the year and their on ATS loss in their 3-1 record is a horrible (40+ point) ATS miss....

seems like an area of the country with limitless talent pools therefore should be able to plug holes/improve in short order.......... contrast that with MAC teams where maybe they have to go massively undersized when starter goes down.

anyway, looks too obvious................ mid-week game with troy on road (I think). not sure how that factors in.... I thought mid-week good for home UD's. not sure home FAVEs. and I'm thinking that's espn. will have to check if this game is on.

thecruncher · Oct 27, 2014

It's a horrible match up for Troy, who have a bottom 5 run defense, versus GASO and their run game that runs all over weak run defenses. Teams that have a huge advantage in their run offense match up can cover big numbers because they can still control the ball and score later in the game. So no, not surprising to see this number go up. Troy should have some success with their pass offense, but will it be enough to cover? The line is dead now after all the action, anyway, not worth playing.

sendacash · Oct 27, 2014

Troy is bad mmkkkkayy... I have them as the 6th worst team out of 128, right there with SMU.

GoSooners · Oct 27, 2014

With Blakeney announcing his retirement at Troy after this season just a couple weeks ago, I'm not sure that Troy like SMU earlier with Jones quitting on his team, that they aren't just mailing it in for the rest of the season. I've never seen anything good come out of these mid season retirement notices. Smellyburger did this a couple years ago at FAU and they never won another game. The players no longer care.

coitus_maximus · Oct 30, 2014

The only true question is Southern going to get up and whoop up on Troy, or is there going to be a backdoor. Hate those high spreads. You never know when the B team comes in.

JeffPerry · Oct 30, 2014

Georgia Southern averages 7.5 yards per rush and 404.8 rushing yards per game. Troy lets up 5.7 yards per rush. Georgia Southern is +30.9 winning margin at home and Troy is -30 losing margin on the road. Line actually could be a little higher imo.