TroyTrojan05

Here's my perspective. We won't be as good as we were last year. We have more and better talent, but at this point, we lack experience at skill positions. We have a Top 25 offensive line (phil steele) but could be neutralized by LSU's #1 ranked DL.

We played conservative at MTSU doing mostly screens and letting dujuan harris run because it was our qb, rb, and two wr's first starts. We'll probably open up more of the playbook this weekend and you will probably do the same. Also, we had 4 turnovers in that game, lost the time of possession battle by over 11 minutes and still beat them by 14.

I think the score ends up LSU, 41-17. Somewhere in that area. Troy fans will blast me, I'm just being a realist. LSU DOES have the #1 ranked defense in america, and they certainly looked like it on tv.

Rhett, 4th year, trumpet.

Yes, we play dixie, but that's pregame, which of course, you won't be seing. We may not do halftime. I hope we do, but many of the big schools we play don't let us do halftime so they can play their entire show. It's kind of shitty, but it happens.

Thanks everyone. Does anyone remember if we brought our entire band in 2004, or is this the first time the full band has came to Tiger Stadium? I wasn't in the band then.

Thanks for the props, 19. We're looking forward to that game too. We have a young QB, so I'm sure your CB's will give him hell. I hear they call you guys Cornerback U.

TigerBandAlumnus82, the full band will be coming to Baton Rouge. It's going to be exciting. We havent had a lot of competition either, even when we travel. MTSU has the best band I've seen in person. I don't know if they brought their band last year or not. JSU is usually pretty solid, though I've never seen them.

No male dancers. That's just nasty. Our AD scheduled both LSU and Ohio State this year. Yes, it's insane. I think it's good to play tough teams so we'll be ready for conference play. I know, you laugh, but people in the sunbelt actually like sunbelt football. The bad thing is that it could cause a lot of unnecessary injuries playing both NC Title teams.

I never said troy's band was better, just that most visiting bands don't sound like us, check out the link. I have heard very good things about you guys so I'm looking forward to hearing your band play.

The football game should be a good one, we'll be competitve for at least two quarters, which is more than most non-bcs teams can say.

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I'll be at the game with the band, in full force. Can't wait to see you guy's stadium. I went to Florida last year with band. That was insane. How would you say the two venues compare? Any thoughts on the game? I know the last time we played the game ended with a called back TD ending the game LSU, 24-20. Any similarities between the 2004 LSU Tigers and the 2008 LSU Tigers? I'll go ahead and say we won't be as good as we were in 2004. With all this App St talk, I thought I'd open up some talk about the Troy game whose teams are actually pretty comparable. We both run the spread and do a good job running it.

Here's an audio preview of what you'll hear at halftime. If you've never heard The Sound of the South, you're in for a real treat.

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