FBS OR BUST

JMU has one major problem.  They are in Harrisonburg, VA.  No TV market, which means they bring nothing to the table.  They ain't going anywhere.

They blew double digit leads in the second half to two of the worst teams in the conference.  Inexcusable.

Just because you bloviate on here all the time doesn't make you a bigger fan than others.  

I just think you enjoy being miserable.

23 hours ago, TuTigers2012 said:

Not sure how it’s confusing. NE is a better team and had had very bad luck this year. Charleston is a one man show. Just happens that they had the best shooting day of their lives against us  

Northeastern has been unlucky??  Because your beloved Coach Coen isn't having a good year??  My god man.  How about they blew double digit leads to Elon and UNCW in the final 10 minutes.  That's not unlucky that's choking.  If that happened to Towson you would be screaming your lungs out about bad contract extensions and how horrible everything is. I'm sorry this season hasn't played out to your narrative.  The Tigers are exceeding pre season expectations and it's killing you.

Man up.

Last night was horrible.  Drexel outscored us by 15 over the last 12 minutes.  The whole staff should be fired and all the players exiled to Goucher.

1 hour ago, TuTigers2012 said:

5 win seasons under PK aren't much worse than 12 win season Skerry. The CAA is awful in comparison and the easy D2/D3/NAIA games.

 

So ineptitude for a period time, means we shouldn't try and get better?  SOT philosophy. 

Before the Skerry lovers bite my head off. I AM NOT COMPARING OUR PROGRAM TO THESE.  But Baylor, Charleston, St Marys, just to name a few, were morbid programs and had serious issues within their programs. They got the right coach and look a them all now.

Yes, we don't have the money to replace him now (other smaller schools can but we can't hmmm).

It wouldn't be worse than the coaching is right now. Pats a solid recruiter, Nice guy, Awful X and O coach and Poor at developing players. Prove me wrong.

A young up and coming assistant would take the job. Someone who is hungry for their shot and to prove themselves.  The geezers here will respond "but he will leave in a few years for a bigger job!"  HELL YES! We would love that, because it meant he made his mark here and improved/won. There are good young coaches out there that are on the benches. Winthrop found Kelsey, Charleston found Grant, ETSU found Forbes, Delaware may or may not have found Inglesby. 

Pat Kennedy should have been arrested for theft.  The man spent more time at Joey Chu's lounge then he did at the university.  Any one associated with that sh***tshow should know better than to compare it to Pat Skerry.  If they can't tell the difference they are lost.  By the way, 2 years ago was the highest the CAA was ever ranked.  Ever.

The Liberty game is part of 4 team tournament.  The other 2 schools are Tulane and Akron.

Just now, TSU88 said:

How many times do I have to say this? It’s not a question of needing to win in a dominant fashion & then “hope” we get in. Let me try this one more time...Win Saturday (regardless of the score) and I Joe Willie Namath GUARANTEE we’re in.

ENOUGH SAID ON THIS NON-ISSUE

I agree.

Attendance at playoff games have nothing to do with whether you get in or not.  Teams bid for home games, and whether you draw 50 or 50,000, the NCAA is getting whatever you bid.  My guess, Towson does not bid for a home game.  We will be on the road.

We are currently 10th in the Sagarin ratings.  With one Ivy ahead of us.  So 9th in teams eligible for the playoffs.

We are also currently 12th in the Massey ratings, with 2 Ivy's ahead of us.  So 10th in teams eligible for the playoffs.

In 2012 we were 23rd in the final Sagarin ratings.  Big change, although we did get screwed big time.

We are 16th in both the Sagarin and Massey ratings.  With two more wins we are in.  One loss we are out.  It is that simple.

On 11/9/2019 at 8:08 PM, TigerFan54 said:

W&M will come in with a head of steam. They rolled over URI, which will never be confused with JMU but they had played just about everyone on their schedule tough. So it's an impressive win for the Tribe. They'll be psyched up and eager to knock us out of the playoffs. As for today, we had the ball nearly 40 minutes to SB's 20, so the score should have been more lopsided. Amazingly, if not for two interceptions in the end zone, the game could have been very close. We still can't sack the opponent's QB very often -- though we get close again and again. I guess that's not going to change.

We just beat a team by 17 on the road, who had taken JMU to overtime, beat Villanova on the road, and we are nitpicking because we didn't win by more?? Really?? Half our starting secondary is injured, our best linebacker has been out since the first game, and our stud transfer D-lineman played like half a game before getting hurt.

Oh, and our 1st team all-American running back/kick returner hasn't played since the first conference game of the year.

There are two games left and this team is poised to make the playoffs.  For once can the players get some credit for winning??  Who cares how many you win by. Especially on the road.

We cannot now or ever compare ourselves to JMU.  They are NOT our peer.  In football our only peer in the CAA is Villanova.  Both FCS football in a metropolitan area with the NFL.

In basketball our peers are Drexel and Northeastern and to an extent Hofstra.  Again mid major hoops in a metropolitan area.

JMU is the only game in town.  It's the only game in a 90 mile radius.  Plus, where do their students come from?? I don't have facts on this but I would be that most of their students live farther from home than Towson's.  Thus, more of their students stay on campus most weekends and don't head home to PG and Montgomery County.  Or to Jersey.

Plus, I went to the Madison game and the announced attendance was not what was in the stadium.  And it was their homecoming.  If it was sold out, there were about 5,000 no shows. Or like at Towson, they stayed in the parking lot and never came to the game.

I tailgate with 10 others every week, and homecoming I have never seen the parking lots as packed as they were.  Went in to watch the game, and we all looked around and said where the hell did everybody go??  So, someone, be it the athletic dept or whoever, is getting people to Johnny U parking lots, now they gotta figure out how to get them into the stadium

0 assists 6 turnovers against a D2.  Good riddance.  All he did for us is miss free throws with the game on the line.

BLounge, thanks for some common sense.  According to the latest Sagarin ratings, Towson is 19th in FCS.  Folks around here acting like Towson football is the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  We have been through much worse.  The end of the Phil Albert era, the end of the Gordy Combs era.  In hoops the entire Mike Jaskulski and Michael Hunt eras.

And of course the mother of all disasters the Pat Kennedy era.  A guy who had possibly the greatest player in school history fall into his lap and couldn't get a winning record.  Every coach, manager and trainers during those years should never show their faces at Towson again.   Anyone part of that program should slither under a rock and never be heard from again.

What does that mean?  "Real money spent".  Also, I don't know about this year, but the team has never flown to Stony Brook in the past.

TUTigers2012--  Google is your friend.  Easy to find.

Rundapower-- Travel is not the biggest part of a budget.  Plus, with Towson being smack dab in the middle of the conference, the travel expenses are probably less than most other schools.

Also, Delaware and JMU offer Cost of Attendance to football players which is a huge advantage.  Word is Villanova and William and Mary will follow suit.

Bottom line is Towson is near the bottom in money spent.  Under Coach Combs they were dead last.  Were also dead last in spending when in the Patriot League.

In basketball, Towson is again 9th in a 10 team league. Only Elon's budget is smaller.

Now go to lacrosse, on the men's side Towson is second in the conference in spending to only Hofstra.

The women are third behind JMU and Hofstra.

Of football, basketball and lacrosse, our big 3, which has been the most successful?  Lacrosse.  Who ranks the highest in budget of those 3?  Lacrosse.  Coincidence? I think not.

2018 Football Budgets

JMU           6,986,110

Delaware    6,265,337

Richmond   6,068,055

Villanova    5,921,525                       

W&M         4,971,542

Stony Br.    4,399,966

UNH           4,142,300

Maine         3,756,246

Towson       3,563,136

Rhode Is.    3,559,524

Elon           3,137,246

Albany        2,191,690

According to 2018 records, Towson is 9th in the CAA in football budget.  The only three schools below Towson are Albany, Rhode Island and Elon.

Since 2009 when Rob Ambrose took over as head coach, Towson has finished above 9th 6 times, below 9th 3 times and 9th once.  6-3-1.  

You can look at overall budgets like in professional sports.  Towson under Rob Ambrose is like the Oakland A's in baseball.  They overachieve compared to the money they have to spend.

Incorrect.  The SWAC and MEAC send the champions to the Celebration Bowl.  All others are eligible for the playoffs as at large's.

Not sure where you get your information Waddel

So that's 24/126=19.04%

College basketball 68/353=19.26%

That means it is easier to get into the NCAA basketball tournament than it is to get into the FCS playoffs.  Both are more difficult to get into than the men's lax or baseball playoffs.

There are 126 FCS schools.  Not sure where you get your information