Troy Takes Unbeaten Road Record to Florida Atlantic
By: Josh Rultenberg
Updated: October 26, 2012
From Troy Media Relations:
TROY,
Ala. - Troy football head coach Larry Blakeney has taken his Trojans on
the road three times in 2012 and all three times the visiting locker
room saw apostgame
celebration. The Trojans will look to make it four in a row on Saturday
when they travel to Boca Raton, Fla., to take on Florida Atlantic in FAU
Stadium with kickoff scheduled for 4 p.m. (CDT).
The
Trojans are one of just 15 teams in the country to carry a 3-0 or
better road record into this weekend's action and nine of those 15 teams
will put their
perfect mark on the line on Saturday. Troy's road success should come as
no surprise as the Trojans are 19-8 since the 2005 season away from
home in league games, which is by far the best record in the Sun Belt
over that time period.
Quarterback
Corey Robinson is expected to return for the Trojans after sitting out
lastweek's 38-37 victory over FIU with a concussion. With Robinson on
the sideline,
the Trojans were faced with a situation that they hadn't encountered in
31 games - another quarterback starting a game.
Deon
Anthony quickly put aside any fears as he accumulated 360 yards of
total offense, accounted for all five of Troy's touchdowns in the game
and posted the
most rushing yards (115) by a Trojan quarterback since 1997.
The
Allstate Sugar Bowl named Anthony the Manning Award Player of the Week
after he beat out candidates such as USC's Matt Barkley, Georgia's Aaron
Murray and
Kanas State's Collin Klein.
The
Trojans have won eight of the nine meetings with the Owls including the
last four by a combined score of 155-52. This will be Troy's first
visit to Florida
Atlantic's new stadium, which opened last season.
On
paper the Trojans hold all of the advantages heading into Saturday's
contest, but as Blakeney and his players know none of that matters.
"Well
we don't need to be stupid," Blakeney said at his weekly press
luncheon. "If you look at the tape and check these cats out, you can see
they can win a game,
they can beat us and they can beat anybody the play. We're 4-3, I don't
know how you could look over anybody. We're trying to get bowl-eligible
and to championship-caliber."
The
Trojans are averaging 28.0 points per game while the Owls are allowing
31.7 points per contest. On the flip side,Florida Atlantic has scored an
average of
16.1 points per game this season while Troy is third in the Sun Belt
allowing just 25.9 points per contest.
