Thursday, August 9, 2012

Troy football preseason scrimmage and Fan Day a few days away


Troy Trojans continue to work in preseason camp as they prepare to hit the field this fall to show that they are the all time Sun Belt Champs.

The Troy University football worked out for over three hours Wednesday morning in Veterans Memorial Stadium as the Trojans continue working towards their first scrimmage of the fall on Saturday at 11 a.m.

The Trojans will go through a pair of practices on Thursday at 8:15 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. and one Friday morning before Saturday’s first scrimmage of fall camp.

Troy will hold its annual Fan Day on Sunday beginning at 1 p.m. on the west concourse of Veterans Memorial Stadium. The Trojan Warriors Club will be providing free food and drinks to all those in attendance.

“We’re dragging a little. It’s about that time where their mind is tired, their body is tired and they won’t push their way through things. You get bad habits when you get like that. We are trying to encourage them to get back where we’ve had it the whole time. We’ll try and see what happens tomorrow morning, we’ll probably lighten it up a little bit, and try to get ready to feel like scrimmaging Saturday morning at 11, said coach Larry Blakeney.

Troy has won a share of five of the past six Sun Belt Conference titles and is the only school to represent the league in five bowl games. Troy has 11 more Sun Belt victories than any other school in the league since the Trojans joined the Sun Belt in 2004. The Trojans also have a Sun Belt leading 84 all-conference selections and 38 first team all-conference selections over that same time period.