Troy has been plenty good in the second half of the first two games, a goal of new head coach Jon Sumrall going into the season.
But if Troy is to have success at Appalachian State on Saturday, Sumrall understands his team must erase the slow starts offensively as witnessed during the opening 28-10 loss at Ole Miss and 38-17 home win last week against Alabama A&M, where the Trojans led just 7-3 at the break.
People are also reading… The offense has opened it up more with downfield passing in the second half each week, taking advantage of the strong throwing arm of quarterback Gunnar Watson, who passed for a career-high 351 yards against A&M and tied a career-high with four TD passes. Appalachian State and Troy match up very well on both sides of the football statistically. The Mountaineers are averaging 483 yards per game of offense per game and have given up an average of 376.5 yards per game during a 63-61 shootout loss to North Carolina to open the season followed by the 17-14 upset win at Texas A&M last week. Troy averages 434 yards of offense per game and has given up an average of 394.5.
“They’ve been the most consistent defense in the Sun Belt in the last eight years. I think one of the more impressive things about App is they’ve had the opportunity to win both their games and they’ve really been different types of games. They’re game against North Carolina was a shootout and they’re game against Texas A&M was a fist fight a little bit.
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