Troy’s defense has lost a dozen players, but as odd as it may sound, Trojans defensive coordinator Vic Koenning believes his 2018 unit could be even better than the 2017 version.
“No offense to anybody who played for us last year and was a senior, we feel like we were good. We weren’t good enough,” the veteran coach said. “One stat was the only one we were No. 1 in the country in, and that was red zone (defense), so we’ve got room to improve. It was Ricky Bobby that said, ‘Second is the first loser,’ and we’re striving to be great.