Impactful Troy seniors help secure Dollar General Bowl victory

Troy quarterback and Dollar General Bowl MVP Sawyer Smith completed 31 of 44 passes for 320 yards and four touchdowns in Saturday's 42-32 victory over Buffalo.In the minutes after Troy’s 42-32 Dollar General Bowl victory over Buffalo on Saturday night, Troy coach Neal Brown couldn’t help but take a bittersweet look back.

“Being at full strength, I think it kind of gives you a glimpse of what maybe we could have been,” Brown said, referring to the decimating injuries that crippled his team’s championship hopes late in the regular season.

After a four-week layoff and throwing to a fully functioning receiver corps – along with the addition of speedy defensive back Marcus Jones – quarterback…