DT97

Your argument is specious.
The "Star" system you refer to s a joke. Future NFL Hall of famer and Troy Univeristy alum Demarcus Ware was a zero "star" player out of high school. Yes you pretentious douche, a ZERO star recruit! So just because Troy or UCF, or Boise is not loaded with 4 or 5 star recruits doesn't make them untalented.

The staff at these schools have to take the "2 and 3 star" athletes and develop them into good (sometimes great) football players. They put them in the weight room, teach them, and get them to play with a chip on their shoulder because they didn't have 40+ offers from the P5 schools. So just because Troy was not loaded with a dozen or more 4 and 5 star recruits, doesn't mean they don'y have young men on the team that can't compete.

My original statement was that Troy's starters were better than LSU's backups (which I don't think can be disputed being as they whipped LSU's 1's for more of the game). I went on to say that some of the Troy starters were better than LSU starters at certain positions. A point that I can argue by saying, Troy's senior QB (Silvers), RBs (Chunn and Anderson) are better than LSU's Etling/Brennan at QB and RBs Williams and Dillon (and yes Guice was out, but that is football-"next man up"). And Silvers and Chunn are both being looked at by pro scouts.

You then refer to the NFL prospects on LSU's roster. Well a handful of NFL prospects among 85 scholarships on a college football team does not mean every position is better. I had a Alabama friend tell me and actually believed that recent Alabama teams could play in the NFL as a "team" and compete and win consistently. He actually believes this. It is that kind of delusional thinking that gets all the big boys beaten by the "little ole Troys" of the world. Think about that statement: Alabama could beat/compete against teams in the NFL. They would go 0-16! They would lose to the Cleveland Browns by 30+ points! But yet because LSU has more "4 and 5 star" players and more NFL prospects they are some how invincible against a G5 school like Troy. Once again I call BS and say "pride comes before the fall."

When your opponent is talented (and Troy was), works hard, comes out with a good game plan, out coaches you (and Troy did), and their players (albeit only 2 and 3 star scrubs as you would suppose) are hungry for respect, and "want it" more - well you get a lose in Death Valley to a team that on most nights might compete well but still lose, but on September 30, 2017 that team (Troy) was the better team on the field.

You sir, are a moron!