Football Tonight: Okla State At Troy

NT80 · September 14, 2007

Is Troy for real this year and can they beat another Big12 team at home?

Stan R · September 14, 2007

Thanks for the update. Gonna fire up the tivo!

KRAM1 · September 14, 2007

I sure HOPE NOT! I am also an OSU grad and Georgia already beat us "between the hedges" (easy on the comebacks and comments on that one folks!), so we don't need another away loss. But, Troy is a good team, and they could certainly win the game, and I don't think a Troy win would surprise that many people. But, I'll be pulling for the Cowboys in this one. I think we should schedule OSU rather than OU if we want a Big 12 game...I think it could build into a really nice home-home situation once we have our new stadium. Before that, we would hagve to go to Stillwater as I doubt OSU would want to play at Fouts...just not big enough. We used to play OSU and I watched us (UNT) beat OSU one year...I think it was at Texas Stadium.....we (UNT) can do it. GO MEAN GREEN...BUT TONIGHT...GO COWBOYS! GO BLACK & ORANGE....

A little OSU trivia....do you know why OSU's colors are black and Orange? Well, I'll tell you...thank you for asking....originally they wanted to be " Princton on the Prairie"...Princton's colors are black and orange....and at one time the mascot was the tiger...ala Princton Tigers. There you have it, sports fans! :rolleyes:

FirefightnRick · September 14, 2007

One of the very best road trips, EVER was our trip to Stillwater back in '94. Super nice people, plus the fact that we nearly, and should have got out of there with a win made it memorable for sure.

Rick

DallasGreen · September 14, 2007

Games like this on a home and home basis are possible now, if we just give up this stupid stance of NEVER playing in TX Stadium, C B, or Jerry's World!!f I see no merit of the stance on this. If it's just to appease Dentonites or students then it's just plain stupid. Why go on the road every year to prostitute for a pay check when local venues are avaialble that would give us at very least a one for two?

Edited September 14, 2007 by DallasGreen

adman · September 14, 2007

Games like this on a home and home basis are possible now, if we just give up this stupid stance of NEVER playing in TX Stadium, C B, or Jerry's World!!f I see no merit of the stance on this. If it's just to appease Dentonites or students then it's just plain stupid. Why go on the road every year to prostitute for a pay check when local venues are avaialble that would give us at very least a one for two?

Well with OU & Texas moving over Arlington way in a couple of years why not have a NT/OSU State Fair Throwdown?

Smitty · September 14, 2007

Well with OU & Texas moving over Arlington way in a couple of years why not have a NT/OSU State Fair Throwdown?

That's a tremendous idea. Schedule a big pre-game party in Dallas the night before, in uptown maybe (UT used to have a big party in uptown the night before the Texas-OU game, with a huge tent, live music, and food and drink). Get a bunch of people in green and orange going to the fair, going to Dallas restaurants, etc. OSU might do it because it would give them recruiting exposure in Dallas every year that they currently don't get.

And it would be a lot better than a generic home game in September in that sweatbox Texas Stadium.

KBJ · September 14, 2007

Games like this on a home and home basis are possible now, if we just give up this stupid stance of NEVER playing in TX Stadium, C B, or Jerry's World!!f I see no merit of the stance on this. If it's just to appease Dentonites or students then it's just plain stupid. Why go on the road every year to prostitute for a pay check when local venues are avaialble that would give us at very least a one for two?

You do not understand that this school must go to the big schools for the MONEY. We can pay every year in Texas Stadium but we would never get $500,000 to $725,000 from the gate. This is what we will receive for going to LSU, Texas, OU. Now if we could sell trickets for about 50,000 tickets at $25.00 each maybe that would offset the cost of the stadium cover travel cost and leave $700,000 for the fund.

UNTFan23 · September 14, 2007

We should never ever play in the Rotten Cotton Bowl. It is such a horrible place to watch a game. I don't care about the 2 million years of pageantry it has, until they change out those seats I don't want NT to cast a shadow on that field until some true stadium renovations take place (and at the pace Dallas is on, it'll be never).

Tramp96 · September 14, 2007

If you build it, they will come.

Do you think Tech would've ever agreed to play at SMU before their new stadium? Hell, no.

You build a nice, 40-45K stadium and you can attract some money games without having to take your "home" game to Arlington, Irving, or the Ghetto known as the Cotton Bowl.

Varsity · September 14, 2007

Rotten Cotton Bowl. It is such a horrible place to watch a game.

Hyperbole. The Cotton Bowl is not that bad of a place to watch a football game.

UNTFan23 · September 14, 2007

For those of you that want us to play in the Cotton Bowl or Texas Stadium, etc. I'd endorse it if and only if we get our standard 5 home games at Fouts on top of the game at the aforementioned stadium. We should never ever be outnumbered by the visiting team's fans (see aTm and TTU games in Texas Stadium) in a "home" game.

Something else I'd like to see our athletic department start doing ... 6 home games every year. The way we start doing that is by having higher attendance numbers for every game which allow us to start paying teams to come play us instead of us always traveling to some distant school for a game.

NT80 · September 15, 2007

Ok. State @ Troy kickoff delayed until 7:40pm for severe weather.

NT80 · September 15, 2007

7-3 Troy in the first quarter. Could have been 14-0 Troy but Troy throws an interception from the 7 yard line.

GoMeanGreen1999 · September 15, 2007

One of the very best road trips, EVER was our trip to Stillwater back in '94. Super nice people, plus the fact that we nearly, and should have got out of there with a win made it memorable for sure.
Rick

I wouldn't mind getting a home and home started with Okie state.

Those of you watching the game, please keep those of us updated that can't watch it.

chrisfisher · September 15, 2007

Troy just scored another touchdown.... Troy is up 20-3!

NT80 · September 15, 2007

I wouldn't mind getting a home and home started with Okie state.
Those of you watching the game, please keep those of us updated that can't watch it.

Troy returns a punt 74 yards for a TD. Now 20-3 Troy 2nd quarter.

chrisfisher · September 15, 2007

Is it me or does the lead announcer sound bored or uninterested in this game?

Edited September 15, 2007 by chrisfisher

SUMG · September 15, 2007

Strange call by Troy Coach Larry Blakeney: Up 20-3....from deep in Troy's own end of the field....he calls for a fake punt (on a 4th and 10).

Didn't get it.....OSU took over at around the 20-25.....and now the score is 20-10 Troy.

GoMeanGreen1999 · September 15, 2007

Strange call by Troy Coach Larry Blakeney: Up 20-3....from deep in Troy's own end of the field....he calls for a fake punt (on a 4th and 10).
Didn't get it.....OSU took over at around the 20-25.....and now the score is 20-10 Troy.

You're right - that is a STRANGE call considering the circumstances.

DeepGreen · September 15, 2007

Not one of his stellar coaching decisions. Dumb in fact.

emmitt01 · September 15, 2007

Beautiful trick play by Troy!

27-10 Troy now.

chrisfisher · September 15, 2007

Is it me or does the lead announcer sound bored or uninterested in this game?

Now that Troy is starting to clearly dominate OSU, he seems a little more energetic.... he probably figured Troy would screw this up somehow and was waiting before jumped on the wagon...

Edited September 15, 2007 by chrisfisher