Troy Game 2020

The game is a couple of weeks away but their SOS just got a boost with 2 Sunbelt conference mates beating Big12 teams today.

Beat MTSU 47-14 today

No fans in the stands for Troy or LaTech games now since the Governor just moved Provo/Orem to a orange level on the COVID response.



If you are holding tickets for the Troy game, they now become tickets for the first game to be played at LES this season, whatever game that happens to be. Right now that's the UTSA game on October the 10th at the soonest.

Move the game to SLC and have fans attend.

Stewart Mandel

This comes from his Athletic article with his weekly picks:



Troy at No. 18 BYU (-14) | 10:15 p.m., ESPN

I’m a BYU believer after that Navy showing. QB Zach Wilson is solid, that offensive line could be dominant and RB Tyler Allgeier looks like a star in the making. If it’s not a BYU blowout, then either that Navy game was highly deceiving, or the #Pac12AfterDark gods demand a crazy finish. BYU 41, Troy 14



Article found here: https://theathletic.com/2089610/2020/09/24/stewart-mandels-week-4-college-football-picks-against-the-spread/?source=emp_shared_article





Bruce Feldman, that does picks had this to say:

Troy at No. 18 BYU (-14) | 10:15 p.m., ESPN

Jeff Grimes’ Cougar offense looked really sharp against Navy. Troy blew out Middle Tennessee on the road, but this is a much tougher trip and test for the Trojans to handle because of BYU’s big and talented offensive line. BYU 37, Troy 17

It will be a bit of a test but I expect the Cougars to pull away and win by 14 to 21 points... here is a little preview of the game in this weekend preview...



https://cfbsaturdays.com/what-we-are-watching-in-college-football-september-26-2020-weekend/

Depth Chart. Look at who is out.



https://twitter.com/LoyalCougars/status/1309265209396084738

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/troy-trojans-vs-byu-cougars-prediction-picks-2020



Preview

38 to 7 BYU with 3:50 left in the third. Wilson runs it in.

Wake gets his second td. Where did this guy come from? He's listed at tight end and fullback. At this point he seems to be a throw back to the old fullbacks. BYU now has 100 points to 10 for their opponents!

BYU destroys another decent team. Second string is in.



Makes you wonder how they'd have done this year against the original schedule. Hopefully we can get Army, Boise State, and maybe one more P5 game and have enough to show the team deserves something decent in the post-season.

Army might not happen and that is okay. We could play a PAC team during championship week.

Has anyone heard anymore on Boise State? I'm sure the MWC would like it especially if BYU is still ranked at the time. If Boise is good they could use a higher profile team like BYU to help with their resume for a new years 6 bowl game. Likewise if BYU has any hope of getting a NY6 game they need a few of the teams to have decent records and a game against a good BSU team would help out. I would love to see USU in November as well as BSU.

scott715 wrote:

We could play a PAC team during championship week.

No. PAC-12 is conference only. The games they will play during championship week will be conference games.



The confusion is from a parody account tweet that got retweeted by a bunch of blue-check holding folks.



PAC-12 teams will only play nonconference games in bowls this season.

When their top 2 teams play the conference championship game. There will be 10 teams sitting at home. Maybe some games will be available that weekend.

scott715 wrote:

When their top 2 teams play the conference championship game. There will be 10 teams sitting at home. Maybe some games will be available that weekend.

No, those 10 teams will be playing each other in 5 non-championship PAC12 vs. PAC12 games.

ESPN wrote:
Every Pac-12 team will play the five opponents in its division, plus a divisional crossover game, prior to the Dec. 18 conference championship game. The teams that do not qualify for the title game will play an additional conference game against a squad from the opposite division the same weekend.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29964509/source-pac-12-play-seven-game-slate-starting-november



Again, the PAC12 is only playing nonconference games in the bowls.