{"id":7872,"date":"2025-04-16T20:40:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=7872"},"modified":"2025-04-16T20:40:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:40:51","slug":"trojan-fans-get-first-look-at-football-team-during-t-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2025\/04\/16\/trojan-fans-get-first-look-at-football-team-during-t-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Trojan fans get first look at football team during T-Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 Over the weekend, <a href=\"https:\/\/troytrojans.com\/sports\/football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trojan football<\/a> fans got their first taste of the upcoming season during Troy Athletics&#8217; annual T-Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This was all about our families, our players. and the fans,&#8221; said second year head ball coach <a href=\"https:\/\/troytrojans.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/coaches\/gerad-parker\/1933\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gerad Parker<\/a>. &#8220;My thoughts on today are that it went perfectly. Exactly what we wanted today and certainly happy to have everybody here and appreciate the support.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the Men of Troy took the field, Troy football hosted a kid&#8217;s camp and a Lunch with Legends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We had over 180 kids out here from ages five to 12 to have an hour with them and have a football camp with them,&#8221; Parker told TrojanVision. &#8220;We had a brunch this morning and a pregame meal and got to celebrate our family and our players.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/troytrojans.com\/sports\/football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TROJANVISION SPORTS: Troy forward Zay Dyer earns postseason title<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to dawning the cardinal and white for the first time this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/troytrojans.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/tae-meadows\/10925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tae Meadows<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/troytrojans.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/dj-epps\/11573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DJ Epps<\/a> were both put on athletic scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to reward the players that serve this university and serve our football team the right way and put them on scholarship when they&#8217;ve earned that right and those two guys have earned it,&#8221; said Parker. &#8220;One of the coolest parts of my job is things like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Men of Troy open their season inside Veterans Memorial Stadium on Aug. 30 against <a href=\"https:\/\/geauxcolonels.com\/sports\/football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nicholls<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 Over the weekend, Trojan football fans got their first taste of the upcoming season during Troy Athletics&#8217; annual T-Day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was all about our families, our players. and the fans,&#8221; said second year head ball coach Gerad Parker. &#8220;My thoughts on today are that it went perfectly. 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