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• Reality Strangles Fiction mixdown: This is Gunnar Watson, two-time Sunbelt Champion, and you're now listening to the Troy Boys podcast. All right, everybody, welcome back to the Troy Boys Podcast. I am Trojan Joe, very excited to welcome you in. we need to celebrate a big win against the James Madison Dukes and get ready for homecoming against La Tech coming up on Saturday. I'm not here to do it alone. Let me welcome in the only Trojan this week who cast his vote from a moat, C Bass. How's it going, C Bass? Hey Joe, this has been one of the most wild ten days I can rec recall in Troy Trojan football in the last decade or so. This has just been an absolute roller coaster of emotions. and I look forward to breaking this one down and looking ahead to homecoming. You are absolutely right. in college we would have referred this like this is like your mom showing up to the tailgate, right? you're in one mode, you're having a good time, and all of a sudden you gotta you know, get your get yourself in order. Hey, the saxophones keep getting louder. Exactly. So so definitely understand what you're saying. The Birdman's out this week. miss you birdman, look forward to seeing you at the homecoming game and welcoming you back on the airwaves next week. let's talk about this James Madison game. Troy was down 21 to 7 at halftime in a sold-out Bridgeforth Stadium. I wanna just give up I mean, I get it, like Troy tells our attendants based on how many tickets we sell, the that's the job is sell tickets. But man, by the second half of this game, apparently there was a lot of important stuff to do in Harrisonburg because people were not in this stadium. MT they were look yeah, they were getting ready for their eight AMs. I mean, it was time to go. Yeah, I mean I saw a poor We talked about moms already. I saw a mom on the Sunbelt Uncensored page, which mom, meatloaf, don't come on that page. but she like people were giving JMU students a hard time because it was obviously empty, the student section after the halftime. and her argument was, hey, it they had to get back to study, okay? They had early classes on Friday. you know? Because we all know college students. The one thing they will never sacrifice is study time. they're gonna they're gonna get that in. the the Trojans, while we were down 21-7, scored 17 unanswered, stuffed the Dukes on fourth and one in overtime and walked out of Harrisonburg with a 24 to 21 win over the team that beat us in the title game just 11 months ago. that puts Troy at four and four, two-and-two in the league. and the weeping and gnashing of teeth has been replaced at least for one week, by a fan base that forgot how to act like it's been there before. Troy fans are certainly very excited about getting this win over James Madison, a team that's kind of been a thorn in our side. through several coaches now, not just Jared, even Summerall had issues with James Madison. So let's break it down, Bass. Go ahead and tell us about that Trojan defense. Yeah, man, look, this defense showed up against a formidable offense and kept him behind schedule, especially in the second half and there in overtime. Troy held James Madison to twenty one points and four hundred and eight yards of total offense. and the Dukes were averaging over fifty points a game and almost five hundred yards per game at home. So we really kept him behind what their standard of excellence is at home. James Madison Scored on its first three possessions and then nothing for the final 38 minutes and 41 seconds. five takeaways, which is the most since the magical 2022 Cure Bowl against UTSA, where the Trojans came back and took care of business in that one. Three interceptions by Justin Poe, which ties for our school record, and includes a 37-yard pick six. And we forced a couple of fumbles, one by Jordan Perry and another by Doug Nelson, which is Nelson's first career fumble. The Mighty Trojan Death Machine picked up two sacks, one each from Donnie Smith and another by Delvin Whitaker. four tackles for loss, 49 solo tackles, Keno Jones leading the way with 13 total tackles in this game. And there was some serious late game magic with our defense. Poe knocking down that Hail Mary at the end of regulation. Keno Jones stopping Seth Cromwell from a fourth and one at the five yard line in overtime that kept James Madison out of this one. I don't know what Billy Napier was thinking, trying to go for it on fourth and one. Just kick the field goal, man. and and but you know, he he he rolled the dice, went for all the marbles, and all Napier had to say about our defense after the game is you're not gonna win games when you give the ball five times. and you're right about that, coach. and head coach Jared Parker did talk about that at the Trojan talk last week. that the turnover margin was gonna be a big deal this week. Could we steal the ball away from them and keep them for ourselves on offense? And that actually turned out to be a real good thing for us. It worked out in our favor. defense with big, big moments there, especially in the second half, is what kept us in this and gave our offense the opportunity to put points on the board, which is what we talked about last week. That's all we needed. We needed our defense to show up. keep them out of the end zone and give our offense an opportunity. Excellence. I this was an A plus game for me, particularly in the in the final thir three quarters and overtime. You know, the first couple drives were kind of get right, we're trying to figure ourselves out. But after that, man, it was lights out for our defense. Very proud of their effort. Great game. Yeah, I mean, and you gotta figure that maybe for Coach Napier, being down on the field, you can feel that momentum. he can feel the weight of the criticism even from when he was at Florida about kind of what he did in big games and big game situations. and so I definitely, you know, I I'm not, you know, sending him to the pit of misery for going for it on fourth and one. you know, I I I understand that, the thought behind it. but in hindsight, you do start to go, man, you kick it, put the pressure on Troy. not exactly an offensive juggernaut right now. and who knows who knows what kind of mistakes are made when Troy comes out if they if they feel that pressure. So we'll never know. so thankful for that. on the offensive side of the ball, Brantley, Alabama's Tucker Killcrease started and went 15 of 30 for 179 yards. Jaheem Meriwether ran 13 times for 84 yards. Including the 28 yard touchdown that tied it. That was a great run, by the way. Mega Chung would have been proud of that run. It was beautiful. Gavin Griffin added a score, his third touchdown of the season. and Troy ran for 170 yards as a team, getting very close to that 200 rushing yards number that John Summerall kind of made a a magical line for Troy. it wasn't pretty late down efficiency, Bass. You're gonna love this. Still a real concern. four of sixteen on third down, zero for three on fourth, no touchdown passes. Very difficult to win games in this league with those kind of numbers. but the offense did what they had to do. They ran the overtime possession deep enough for a chip shot. Goose Crowder was available and came in briefly as a decal decoy in the second half. As I told my wife while we were watching it, you know, Billy Napier got remember the Titans. because he you know they they brought him in and all of a sudden they started going, It's a quarterback. Everybody back up, it's a quarterback. you know, and then they they had that run that just, you know, they let our guys kind of waddle down the field to the first down. So good job on Goose for that. the Trojans have won twelve of their last sixteen games when rushing for a hundred or more yards. so you know, we've gotta keep that in mind as the season continues. now to my real you know, wheelhouse, what I love the most, special teams. We've gotta talk about a young man, some might say a lone wolf, Hayden Wolf. Hayden came out the first time replacing Ethan Head. he missed a 49-yarder with 321 left in regulation. that would have won it. would have been his first career field goal, but wasn't kind of destined to be. the 27-yard game winner was in overtime. he also was three for three on extra points. Evan Crenshaw averaged 45.6 yards on five fronts with a long of 56, but had one blocked in the first quarter. Michael Scott, who leads the nation in return yards, was held to 25 yards on four pump returns. and there was not a single kickoff return in the whole game. So, you know, I've talked a lot about special teams this year. We've had some games where we've kind of they've gotten in the way. we haven't had a lot of games where they've been a big positive. in this one, I think special teams pretty much handled their job. they did what they were supposed to do. and Hayden Wolfe, obviously with a lot of pressure for a young man that was trying to make his first kick for a squad, came out and absolutely did what he had to do. So very proud of the Trojan effort all the way around. while the bird is not here and we will not have a best in the nest, we are gonna throw it to Seabass, who unfortunately is gonna kinda be like one of those lifeguards in the Olympic pools, because this week we do have the chief of the reef, the bet the best player in the game. Unfortunately, anyone who even stumbled past this game on their Roku device, would be able to tell you who this was. So Bass, go ahead, show this young man some love. Yeah, let's give the safety some love. Justin Poe, three interceptions, again, tying Troy's single game record set back in nineteen sixty-eight, thirty-seven-yard pick six, two pass breakups, including that Hail Mary that put us into overtime, six tackles in the game. He's the first FBS player with three picks, two breakups, and a touchdown in a game. in almost 10 years. 2017 was the last time that that's happened. And this week he swept almost all the defensive awards he could have picked up in the week. Sunbelt Defensive Player of the Week, the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week, the Bronco Nagersky National Defensive Player of the Week, and the Jim Thwarp Award for DB of the week. And to top it all off, you are the Troy Boys Chief of the Reef. Justin Poe Congratulations. Make room on that mantle for about a dozen awards you just picked up this week with a hell of a game. Congrats. Absolutely. and he even inspired the, you know, kind of B team ESPN announcers that we always get. you know, I don't love those guys. I wish I could listen to Barry. I just don't have the patience to sync things up. but right when he broke up the Hail Mary, when the play was still going, the color announcer when it looks like JMU's about to win the game. I'm I'm having PTSD flashbacks to App State. the the announcer says, and Justin Poe says no. And I was like, now that's a great call. I mean, don't like this guy, but that is that is a fantastic call. So congrats, Justin. Well deserved award. Yeah, congrats. Congrats to you. Yeah. And and something else I wanted to bring up because you talked about the announcers and yeah and Look, I th I feel like they did a pretty good job at remaining neutral. I in the beginning they were very much JMU homers and it was very annoying. But when the game started to kinda go sideways, they they were like, Okay, this is a game, right? Let let's let's let's actually call this. next, officiating, that touchback, end quote, that was like in the second quarter or something. That was bizarre. That was a hundred percent of safety. Yeah. Without without a doubt from every angle you could get on that. That was a safety. And they they absolutely let that go, but you know, they they just couldn't let James Madison lose that game. You know, they they they had to keep them relevant. so, you know, i I God worked out everything worked out the way it was supposed to. The Trojans take home the W. Yeah, no, I'm glad you brought that up. I had forgotten about that. s you know, pushed it back into the recesses of my mind, but that was a very, very odd call, particularly when they showed the officials Making the signal for safety signal. No, no, no, no. So very, very, very, very odd. all right, before we turn the page on last week, let's take a look around the Sunbelt Conference and see if the Sunbelt has indeed continued rising in this week's edition of the Rising Report. All right, so just a little look around the league. JMU has now lost two straight both in overtime, both on Thursday night. and the East belongs to a four and four Georgia Southern. La Tech is four and in the league, two games clear of five two and two teams in the West. and of course, we are going to welcome them to the vet on Saturday for homecoming. as far as the individual results, we're all playing each other now, so it's pretty simple. Georgia Southern beats App State 19 3. Marshall beats Old Dominion thirty-six to twenty-three. Coastal beat Georgia State thirty-one to twenty. La Tech beat those Alley Cats and Mobile thirty-five to twenty. and Southern Mists beat ULM thirty-five to twenty-one. all right, Bass, other than the Troy game, which of these Sunbelt results surprised you the most? Yeah, I'm gonna take the thirty ninth edition of Deeper Than Hate, Georgia Southern taking care of App State nineteen to three. This was supposed to be a close game on paper, and it wound up being not the case. App State, who had just beaten the unbeaten James Madison in overtime. sound familiar? th they were five and two going into this game. they went to Statesboro, had the ball for sixteen minutes and six seconds. You know, it's a time of possession actually mattered in this game. Georgia Southern held on to the ball. for 43 minutes and 54 seconds and held hap to only 222 total yards. Max Johnson was 36 for 47 for 318 yards. Alex Taylor ran for 93. Trip Bryant was four for four on field goals. He was the Sunbelt Special Teams player of the week. Unfortunately App Center's App State Center Jaden Thomas was carted off before halftime so that kind of disrupts some things. yeah, a and so I th I'm not gonna say that that's what did it for but that was certainly an an element in this game, kind of throwing off the offense's rhythm. And w what to me is surprising in this is that Georgia Southern started the season one and three and now they lead the Sunbelt East outright, three and one in conference. and that's four straight wins over AP State. So this this rivalry is becoming tilted. yeah, James Madison now with two losses and overtime has got to be upsetting. so hopefully the Trojans don't find themselves in the position that App State is in last week, this coming week against Louisiana Tech in a in a potential letdown game. Let let's let's keep our nose focused and and yeah, sa celebrate what you did, but you know, that's in the past now. The game in front of you is Louisiana Tech. Let's take care of business at home and not become the App State. Yeah, speaking of the Bulldogs. they're my most surprising result beating those kitty cats thirty five to twenty. you know, the the Foo Foo Sacley's crew. outgained LaTeX 397 to 315, outrushed them 205 to 121, and led 14 to 7 after the first quarter. then the Bulldogs woke up. They scored 21 in the second quarter, including a 27-yard double pass trick play from Trey Coco to Jalen Mickens and a 35-yard tunnel screen to Marcus Cowwise Jr., and allowed nothing in the second half. to our enemies from down there in the Bay City. it's surprising, you know, mainly because, and this is becoming a tradition in the Sunbelt, you know, this is a brand new team to the league. a team that when it came up, people wondered, you know, how competitive will they be given the league they were coming from. But new teams just seemed to do really well. I mean, and Troy's not om omitted from that. You know, we came into the Sun Belt And won five conference titles in a row, which is pretty ridiculous. I'm sure if there was a Arkansas State podcast at the time, you know, something like that inconceivable report, they would have been talking about the same thing, you know, that here they were, you know, running the league, and here comes this Troy team that they're supposed to be beating and and they're winning five championships. so that's just a little it's a little surprising. It's a weird kind of tradition in the league. but I think teams come in, they've got a new offensive standard, and and they do very well for their first couple of seasons until people sort of figure them out. and so that's that's why that one is my most surprising one for last week. now it is time, Bass, for us to turn our attention to the mighty Bulldogs of Louisiana Tech because this Saturday is homecoming at the bet. Yeah, absolutely. three PM ESPN plus. but you don't need to be watching on no ESPN plus. You need to be down on the mighty walls of Troy. You need to be you need to smell a hot dog. you need to drink a a three dollar bush light and yell at the sound of the south for trying to do the wave. Like these are things that need to happen for you. Everybody listening to this, get down to the vet. Troy, as always on Homecoming, we're honoring everyone. most specifically the 1996 Southland Conference Champions. and on top of that, this is the first football game ever between these two schools. That doesn't even sound right. just given the the prestige and legacy of these two institutions, I cannot believe we have not played before, but that is what I'm seeing. So La Tech is six and two, four and in the league. they're on a five game winning streak. you know, Bass, go ahead, give us some thoughts on these La Tech Bulldogs that are about to come into town. Yeah, like I talked like we talked about earlier, Sonny Cumbe is in his fifth year with the Bulldogs. He started the season one and two. And they just they haven't lost since. They they beat Army, Louisiana, ULM, ODU, and just took care of South Alabama on the road. they score an average of thirty-two point six points a game and they allow an average of twenty point nine. They have twenty two sacks on the season and they're plus eight in turnover margins. So that's dangerous. please be careful. quarterback Blake Baker is the engine of this team, seventy-one percent completion rate. That's impressive. 1,327 yards, 13 touchdowns, and only one interception on the season. zero turnovers in conference play. That one came in a non conference game. Jalen Mickens has 43 catches, 618 yards. And the tight end Eli Finley. We don't talk about tight ends a lot, but they they really rely on this cat. he's 41 receptions this season for 477 yards. So watch out for the tight end Eli Finley. Yeah, they're the big targets. Andrew Burnett leads in the backs right now for them. Their quarterback has the backup, Trey Cocook. he likes to run trick plays as well. So when he's out there, be alert. on defense, Alonzo Jackson Jr. has seven sacks and leads the team in tackles. Jordan McCray has three interceptions, so watch out for him to be their ball hawk out there in the secondary. The soft spot for this team is gonna be their special teams. kicker Keegan Kent, he's only two for six on field goals. I understand that pain. It's not very comforting. and the team is roughly five for thirteen overall on field goals. Not very comforting. so that they're gonna just they're probably gonna go for it on fourth a lot. You know, whenever they're putting it in a difficult spot, expect them to go for it on fourth whenever they're in a position for it to make sense. tech is only two games cleared in the West. They still got four to play. Troy has got to win this Saturday to even have a shot at a tiebreaking opportunity with Louisiana Tech, and we're gonna need some help from somebody else to give them their second loss in conference. so it it's our responsibility to take care of business right now in the league, give Louisiana Tech their first loss and hope someone else does it as well for us to even have a shot at at the conference championship. You know, last week we talked about that that was out. it was probably a dunzo deal. but this James Madison win has put us back in the conversation. You know, we are now in a position where we can. So let's do. Let's take advantage of of the laurels that we earned last week and and do something with that and give Louisiana Tech the proper greeting to the Sun Belt. Yes, absolutely. A belt mitzvah is in order for our friends down from Rustin. if you listen to that. And got pretty fired up and are looking to put a little bit of your paycheck towards the Trojans winning or losing. we want to provide you that information. Obviously, we can't here in Alabama, because those things are still frowned upon. at least, you know, maybe till Coach takes office. but until then, we throw bass into the Tom Bigby River. and have him swim down until he gets to Pascagoula to figure out what the wise guys in Vegas are saying in this week's edition of Making Moolah in Pascagoula. All right, Bass, go ahead. What about what are you seeing out there in the desert? Yeah, the line for this game opened with Louisiana Tech being favored sixteen and a half points. That line has shifted now in favor of the Trojans. The line now sits with Louisiana Tech as a four and a half point favorite, and that money still continued to lean towards Troy. the overunder right now in this game is forty-seven and a half, and that's pretty safe and secure right now. Money line, the Trojans plus 158. Not quite as good as last week. but there there's there's an opportunity to make some money if you feel like the Trojans are gonna take care of it. ESPN is giving Louisiana Tech a 65.5% chance to win this game. Vegas predicted score, Louisiana Tech 26, the Trojans 21. And if you're curious about last week, James Madison was a 17 and a half point favorite, and they lost. so Troy won that one outright. Money line was 900. So man, you could have made some money if you put some cash down there. and we hit the we hit the under as as we probably have every game this season, we've hit the under. so Vegas was wrong on that one again, and the Trojans took care of business. You know, they they proved him wrong. Yes, we are the Iowa of the Sunbelt this season. all right. One last bit of work for you this week, Bass. and that is when I invite Trojan Nation to gather around on the banks of the pond where you live and throw in their favorite lures in an attempt to catch a sea bass in this week's edition of the tackle box. All right, bass. So this might not seem fair, but this is, you know, some hooks have barbs. and this is a multiple barbed hook here. Two weeks ago, the listener question was who should replace Jared Parker? Then obviously Troy goes into Harrisonburg, 20-point underdog, and beats the champs. so here's the question that's coming after that game. quote, Tucker Kilcree started, didn't turn it over, actually, sorry, submitter, but he did have a fumble where he turned it over. and one Is Tucker the starter the rest of the way, even when Goose is healthy? And did Thursday night change your answer on Parker at all? so I'm gonna start with with the Tucker. Look, Goose, I love you. You're so injury prone. And we put so many eggs in your basket. And then when the basket breaks, we got no eggs. so I I feel like we do need to lean on Tucker more and then have goose as an alternative option whenever we need something fresh. Kinda like we did with Deggy. yeah, I feel like we should do something similar there with Goose. and and just to maximize his health and potential for us as a as a as an option. Rather than just keep throwing him at the wall and hoping he doesn't get hurt again. so I I feel like that that's a logical move. I I mean, to be frank, I don't really like either of their quarterback play right now. I I've I've hashed all that out. I'm not gonna go back there again. I'm still not pleased with how that's developed. but I if you're asking me what what do we do, I think we just lean on Tucker. We need to do what we did at James Madison. Lean on Tucker and when Goose is healthy, have him as an option. Did the game Thursday night change my answers on Parker? I I mean, you can't ignore everything that's happened though, right? I mean, i if you if you have a dog, right, let's say you have a dog, and that dog right, and that dog poops in your house all the time, and then one time it actually goes outside, you you can't ignore that everything else has happened. You still have to assume that at some point your dog is gonna come back in the house and take a crap. Right? And so I I'm I'm I'm optimistic that things are changing, but I'm I'm living life cautiously knowing that there's there's room for letdown, there's room for disappointment right now. And I feel like I feel like everybody should just shut up and let it play out and just watch what happens. Because he he he is in position to have a a great rest of his season and say, Man, we really dropped the ball at Monroe and we learned some stuff and we fixed it. And we had a great season. We went bowling. Hope we don't lose to JSU again. Or, you know, we have that one get right game and then we just implode again. And I hope that's not what happens. I don't want everybody like Sea Bass is so pessimistic. I I just I'm I'm I refuse to ignore any and all of the other warning signs that we have seen already this season. I'm pleased with what happened last week, but I'm Hesitant. So there it is. That's my position on all that. Yeah, you know, and I I think part of part of the question helps to answer the other one, which is you know, if you're if you're that confused about if Tucker is better or Goose is better, if either of them are good, then what is it that Parker is doing? Because he's had these same guys. So, why aren't these guys improving? I mean, you get you know, the the famous story now in Trojan lore is John Summerall showing up and Gunnar Watson can't even do a pull up because of you know Chip Lindsay's style of developing him. And then obviously John and his staff work with him and Gunnar Watson becomes a two time Sunbelt champion. why isn't that happening if you believe If you really are in the Parker camp, which I think is very, very rare, I think this is somebody asking this just to kind of be a troll. but if you are, I think you have to ask yourself why is it that an offensive guru hasn't developed either of these guys, really, into something better than they were two years ago? So and like an offense was still wasn't stellar last week. You our our our defense is really what won us that game. you know, and and we did some we did some things offensively that that worked. You know, more worked last week than didn't work in like in comparison to the Monroe game. Monroe was it was atrocious. That there was nothing can you know, redeeming about that offensive performance at Monroe. This game had some moments, particularly in the rush game, that were brilliant. they they shown moments of this this is more reminiscent of what I want to see. And if we're gonna like, you know, live and breathe and just say, Screw it, we're a we're a running team now, whatever. I don't care. But just be good at what we do and be secure in what we're doing to where we're not asking these stupid questions ha more than half like we're in the back third of the season. Yeah. And we're still asking who should be the starting quarterback. Right. So about guys that didn't just get here. Yeah, right. They've been here. They've yeah, th Tucker probably has a degree from Troy by now. so I mean it's definitely one of those situations where you've got to start going, if if the proof is in the pudding, why is this pudding not ready after all these years? all right, last bit of work tonight is mine. although it has started warming back up here in the Grandes Valley in Alabama, it is time for me to wander into the hottest corner of the internet and bring all of Trojan Nation, the TroyFans, dot com. Hot take of the week. go, ho, go, ho, go. To the porch, everybody, to the porch. Absolutely. Yeah, a nice place to to quench the flames. so look, I know some people are gonna say this isn't fair. Troy wins a game they aren't expected to, and you're gonna dig back into Troy fans, like your freezing cold takes, you know, and mock somebody for thinking that we're gonna lose when we're down 14 to nothing. and to you I say, I'm absolutely gonna do that. because I find it hilarious. and so this week's winner posted nine minutes after kickoff. Alright, and that's those these are TV minutes. So, we have not done much. the game just started. Just started. I mean, we are, you know, literally advertising MailChimp or something at this point. and we get this week's winner, which is quote, I see we are in all black. Seems appropriate for the funeral we are about to attend. Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. man, maybe give like give it a quarter. I don't know. Like I mean, I don't know, man. Maybe yeah, I don't know, man. That one quarter might have been enough for me to say he was right. Maybe. Yeah. I mean, would just I would say take it easy. You know, I mean, that we're out there, you know, just give it a chance. You never know. I will say that I feel like Troy does not do well in black. And I I thought it when I saw the game. I said, Why are we wearing black? I I did say that. I texted a couple people. I was like, dude, we're in black. Like, what are we doing? We're we're just accepting it at this point. I mean, I have a friend of mine who does not watch football at all, does not care, just knew that it was a Tuesday game and they flipped to it and I got a text that said, Hey man, why are we in black? 'Cause they knew that we just d we don't do well in black. So I I find it hilarious that this week's TroyFans.com Hot Take of the Week is referencing something that I also felt and thought probably nine minutes into kickoff. Yeah, and I mean if had a runner up, it would definitely be I don't know if you watched the behind the wall for this week. No, I didn't. Jared Parker's explanation for why we wore black If I told it to you right now, you wouldn't believe me. Look, I don't believe half the stuff. So just go what he says to the team is that they're wearing black because wolves come out at night and the only way that we're gonna win is if there's a blood moon. And then just continually yells about needing a blood moon or like we're supposed to cause a blood moon. I mean, I thought the Wi Fi thing was dumb. I love the Wi-Fi thing now. Now this is This is like Mike Leach meets inconceivable guy. Like just that's what this is. Are you serious? yeah. Yeah, you need to watch it. It's I'm gonna watch it. It's it's a piece of cinema. and really all of it is good except for this one part where if you really break it down, you're like Excuse me, sir. What was that? This is a wendy's. Yeah, I was about to say you're going to line. This is a wendy's. I was about to say We we do n we can't cause a blood moon, nor are we wolves. And there's literally a wolf school in our conference. So but hey, winner, congrat congratulations. put this up on your manual. You are this week's TroyFans.com. High take of the week. all right, Bass. We have done it. We have drug Trojan Nation through the mud, reliving the beauty of the James Madison win, scaring them about the possibility of a homecoming loss, and getting them ready for another Saturday in the most beautiful city in the Wiregrass. Sebasti, go ahead, hit Trojan Nation with some closing remarks. Yeah, absolutely. It's homecoming, everybody. Find your way down to Troy. I know that there's an An epic slate of football games going on this weekend. Who cares? It's homecoming. Come home, support these Trojans. They've been down and out this season. They showed up, showed out on a weekday game for y'all. G come home and support homecoming, like I said, parade rolls at ten a.m. in downtown Troy. The court presentation's gonna be during pregame this year, beginning at two forty PM. Kickoff is set for three PM. Like Joe said earlier, we'll be honoring the 1996 football team. We'll be honoring the 1976 men's golf national championship squad. and there are tons of tickets still available. It's almost embarrassing to look at. Go get you some tickets. Troytrojans.com. Come join us in section 116. We'll be loud. We'll be proud. Go, Trojans. Yeah, absolutely. very excited for this game. Always excited for homecoming back in Troy. Hope to see everybody around campus. maybe make your way down to Pell Avenue, relive some of the more questionable decisions you made in college, and then get into the vet and enjoy rooting for your Trojans. Birdman, we missed you this evening. Bass, thank you so much for joining. And all of you, thank you so much for listening. I am Trojan Joe, and until next week, go Trojans, and God bless you, Blaze Brown.