Troy coach Larry Blakeney isn't showing his hand in full, but don't be surprised to see a change at quarterback this week.

After the Trojans suffered a disappointing loss at Arkansas State last week, Blakeney said it might time for "changes to be made."

The logical place seems to be at quarterback because it's about the only position that has been inconsistent this season.

Senior starter Aaron Leak struggled again last week, and touted true freshman D.T. McDowell is waiting in the wings.

"We're going to give him a look and see what happens," Blakeney said, although he didn't indicate if McDowell will start at LSU.

"We've played good defense all year, probably good enough to win every game," Blakeney said. "Our punter has done a great job and our return game has been very good. We just aren't getting it done offensively."

The Trojans (3-3, 1-2) started the season with wins over Marshall and Missouri, but they've lost both of their road conference games.

"When you're acclimated to league play it helps," Blakeney said. "We've bounced around as an independent and maybe we don't understand the magnitude of league play.

"I think we were ready to play last week, but it just didn't happen. Arkansas State played a great game and we weren't up the challenge."

Troy is probably out in terms of winning the Sun Belt title, but Blakeney is hoping some wacky things occur in what has been a wacky league this season.

"We're not throwing in the towel yet, but it's going to be hard to win the league with two losses," he said. "We've got three of our last four at home. I don't know if we'll be motivated for those or not, but we've still got a chance to accomplish a lot of things."

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