TGIF Troy Fam. There’s some phone calls and moments you never forget. For Coach Blakeney, this is one he’ll never, ever forget….

What all do we have stirring in One Troy Today? Check it out below!

📞 The Hall Call
🏀 Total Team Takedown
🛣️ Road Ws
⚔️ And much, much more!

📞 THE HALL CALL

A forever legend at Troy, Coach Larry Blakeney will take his rightful place among college football’s greatest names as this week, he was named to the 2025 Class of the College Football Hall of Fame.

The all-time winningest coach in both Troy and Sun Belt Conference history, Larry Blakeney led the Trojans to eight conference titles while becoming one of only two coaches in history to guide a program from Division II ultimately to the Football Bowl Subdivision. The Birmingham, Alabama, native now becomes the first-ever player or coach in Troy history or Sun Belt Conference (tenure came during SBC membership) history to enter the College Football Hall of Fame.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Total Team Takedown. One look at the boxscore is all you need to see to understand the total team effort that led the Troy women’s hoops squad to a fifth straight victory, blowing past in-state rival South Alabama, 99-60 on Thursday night.

11 different Trojans found the scoring column led by 19 points a piece from Ashley Baez and Emani Jenkins, both of whom knocked down four 3-pointers a piece on the night.

As a team, Troy hit 13 three-pointers on the night, the highest single game total this season.

🏀: The Full Recap

🔼 Clipping Their Wings. Road wins are always big. Conference road wins are even bigger.

The Troy men’s hoops squad did exactly that and did so in dominating fashion on Wednesday night, rolling past ULM, 77-58, thanks to a lights out performance from the Trojan backcourt.

Tayton Conerway continued his hot stretch with his second double-double of the season, scoring 10 points and dishing out a career-high 12 assists. On the other side of several of those assists was Cooper Campbell, who tallied a career-high 16 points on 7-of-13 shooting.

🏀: The Full Recap

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE

Clear the calendars, Trojan Fans.

Troy’s Annual Baseball and Softball Fan Day is set for January 25 in Trojan Arena, prior to the showdown with two of the Sun Belt’s top teams as Troy welcomes South Alabama to town for a men’s basketball battle.

In addition to Fan Day taking place, Troy Athletics is pulling out all the stops as Trojan Nation needs to Pack Trojan Arena for the in-state showdown against the Jags.

Tip time is set for 5 p.m.

Today’s Trojan Top Performance, brought to you by Conecuh Sausage, is freshman guard Cooper Campbell, who in his first career road start, poured in a career-high 16 points in Troy’s decisive 77-58 victory at ULM on Wednesday night.

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🤔 TROY TRIVIA

During his legendary career at Troy, Coach Blakeney led the Trojan to five bowl games. When was Coach Blakeney’s first bowl game victory?

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Friday, Jan. 17th
👟 Track & Field at Samford Multis | Live Results
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Samford @ 1pm | Live Stats

Saturday, Jan. 18th
🏀 Men’s Basketball at South Alabama @ 3pm | ESPN+ | Listen
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Louisiana @ 3:33pm | Tickets | ESPN+ | Listen

Sunday, Jan. 19th
🎾 Men’s Tennis at Mississippi St. @ 12pm

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: The 2006 New Orleans Bowl

⚔️ Have a great weekend, y’all!