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Hate to say it but I kind of hope we do not win tomorrow night.  Reason?  If we somehow play Charleston in the tournament be it semis or oh god even the finals, there is no way we beat them twice.  My cynical Towson fandom is scarred from past situations.  18:55 and then the tournament last year is a great example of that.  I am just excited that I can watch them tomorrow night as I am anti- Aunt Flosports.

Rough weekend for the Towson 9.  I know the program was in critical condition a few years ago as the plug was almost pulled, but is this program growing or will it stay muddled in mediocrity?  Mediocre might be an overstatement.  I love baseball and would love to see them be somewhat respectable.   

7.5 point favorites

Love the win but before I get excited, do we have a chance to be THAT good, is Mount truly awful this year or is it something in between?  Either way it is usually rare for any Towson team in any sport whether they are supposed to be good or not or playing an inferior D-1 school to hand a beat down like that.  

I'm sorry, I just don't get it.  Everyone who tries to explain the CBS/Flo deal uses the excuse "Well that is the only way we can get on national tv 3 to 4 times."  I'd forfeit those "3 to 4 games" on CBS Sports Network to be able for me to see the OTHER 20 TO 25 GAMES on ESPN+.  Trust me I have seen some ESPN+ broadcast that are flosports level of production, but I have said it before and I will say it again: even though espn+ does not provide the team I prefer to follow it gives countless number of other viewing options to make the money that I spend on it worth it.  A question for those who have flosports.  How many times when Towson is not playing do you turn it on to see what else they are showing?  My guess the % of that happening is higher with those with ESPN+ than with flo which means that no one is exactly tripping into a CAA game.  If you want to grow your organization, program, conference what have you, you have to go where the people are.  People are not coming to you with the product the CAA puts out.  While most conferences are shopping on Amazon the CAA continues to send checks for $19.95 plus $5.00 for shipping and handling to some PO Box in Pueblo, Colorado and expects 6 to 8 weeks for delivery.

1 hour ago, Blounge said:

Anyone else nervous this is a trap game? Winless Fairfield beat us, now a hungry Monmouth team is coming in after losing 8 in a row is desperate for a win. Are they gonna come to town and punk us?

P.S. has anyone had Raising Canes? I saw towson was trending on Twitter cause they just opened a location uptown and the college kids were waiting out in the cold in a long line to get some chicken tendies and fries.

maybe the athletics program would be wise to post up there and hand out tickets to all the students in line for chicken.

Good teams have to worry about trap games, we are not good.

Yes, Dr. Dave Zang, loved his classes, he was a HUGE Phillies fan which fueled our relationship as well!

2 minutes ago, Bay Area Tiger said:

In an age where we get so much information about a team it is puzzling that coach Skerry won’t discuss the status of Gibson’s injury and of Cam’s specific reason for being away from the team or did I miss his explanation?

Just be honest and tell us if Jason has any chance of coming back later this season and what exactly Cam did or didn’t do to miss the last 3 games.  
 

Cause as a fan I’m getting more angry with our coach because he’s been acting like Larry Brown since this whole semi-collapse started..  “I gotta play some other guys” “Our Seniors have to play the bulk of the minutes” 

I like Pat but he’s been all over the place past month with his comments.  
 

Obviously we aren’t in the locker room to know exactly what is going on daily but if you clip together his post game comments with the Spiro weekly shows etc and he’s all over the place with this team I sense.  He knew what he had coming back and who he was adding and yet we still look so thin in a transfer portal smorgasbord era. 
 

I know we will smack Monmouth at home to make us 3-2 at least and keep us afloat. 
 

That scene from Major League when Willy Mays Hayes gets picked off in the first game and the NY sports writers give Harry Doyle the blowjob gesture..   that is what it has been for us Towson State/Towson Unversity fans for 30+ years.  
 

I want to dance someday damn it.  

If Bay Area Tiger has reached this point, then the ship has truly sunk.  BAT is the silver lining positive one on this board.  The Bob is less than 30 minutes away from my house and I had no schedule conflicts and I had no desire to go to the game.  Drexel is not too far away either and I do not anticipate heading to University City for that game either.  Changes need to be made but it sounds like the only changes that can be made would be at the assistant level since PS contract still has years on it.   

Simple solution.  GO TO ESPN.  If on ESPN at worst the game would be on ESPN+ a streaming service that is viable and offers a lot more extra programming than flosports ever would.  CBS Sports Network has one station so yes if a once in a blue moon game like this comes up there is nothing they can do.  If the CAA was with ESPN it would have a better chance of moving things around and getting this game on 'The U" or ESPNNEWS or like I said the last option of ESPN+.  

I am sure it would be impossible to find but I would love to see the subscriber numbers of each.  As an ESPN+ subscriber I cannot tell you how many games I "trip" into just by searching.  I guarentee you no one "trips" into anything with flo.  Those that have it watch the team they subscribe for and that's it.

19 minutes ago, TuTigers2012 said:

+1

+1 although trying to figure out what my man Wayne was looking at!

11 hours ago, mat1992 said:

He didn't play tonight. Maybe we took care of the ball better because of it. He handles the ball 75% of the time and hasn't taken care of the ball.

Kind of a cryptic message here from coach.  Seems like whatever happened with him possibly involved coach/coaches.  Whatever it is, it needs to be addressed quick as possible, back next game, two more games, not coming back decide and announce soon.

Best of both worlds for me, thanks to that late three by Drexel.  Towson wins but doesn't cover!  You have to continue to fade this team when favored for the time being.

Towson -6, have to keep fading them until they prove something

1 hour ago, sr16 said:

I think our expectations of being a true #1 team has let us down. If we had been picked 10th, we'd be having a different conversation right now. CofC is doing what WE wanted to see our Tigers do. Im glad someone from the CAA is in the top 25... But I was thinking the same thing TTigers2024 said. We have a what is wrong thread after going toe to toe with the #23 team in the country? We lost by 5 at Clemson... This team has something. Would be nice if we had Gibby back. 

That is part of the problem however.  We ALWAYS go "toe to toe" "lost by 5" against teams that are better than us.  Look at the headlines on the Towson site for those games:  Towson "Battles" to Force Overtime..." Towson "Hangs Tough...".  Even in past seasons almost beating Pitt or Maryland you name it.  Those headlines are just like a friend who tells you about a girl and you ask if she is good looking and the response is "She has a great personality

Thursday we should have some answers.  Did we play closer to our potential on Saturday or did we get hyped up to play the best team in the league?  Right now I think it is the later.  Let's see how they play against Drexel.

14 hours ago, mat1992 said:

Young kicker with a big leg

 

Williams Caden, got to get the name of the school you just received correct.  At least "State" was not included! 

I supplement my following Towson by fading them while betting.  If they are going to disappoint me might as well make a few bucks doing it.  Can we go back to the start of the season when we "thought" we were good?  Reality is becoming a bitch.

Nice crowd for a Thursday 12 noon start.  

It's probably happened in lacrosse a few times, but can anyone think of the last time where a Towson team has beaten a team in the regular season and that team ended up in the Final Four.  Obviously thinking of the volleyball team beating Pitt this year.

I like the fact the Locks reached out.  

2 hours ago, tualum said:

Like him already then.. lol

9 hours ago, sr16 said:

Not sure how I feel about this but he runs a "no cussing pg mentality" type of style. Expects that of his guys too.. 

 

 

I hate to stereotype but in all honesty when I first saw his picture on Sunday I thought he appeared to be a "Gosh darn it" "Oh fiddlesticks" type of guy.  Time will tell but if no "F" bombs increases our "W" total I'm all for it.   I wonder how the first meeting with the team went as it is all about buy in right now.

Towson gonna Towson, no matter the sport or who is playing it.

Going into this thing I was not sure what I was expecting and after this hire I am not sure what to think.  Never going to happen but it would be nice to have had a crystal ball or something to look at the top 3 finalist to compare.  I think someone on this thread, probably Mat eluded to money in terms of what other candidates may have wanted.  Hiring a D2 coach means he is definitely making less than what Rob made.  Does the coaching pool for assistants stay the same or does that go down as well?  Hoping he was chosen because he was the best candidate and not a budget move to save a few bucks

Ugh, just another game where Towson was thisclose to beating a Power 5 team.  I don't care if it is from a middling P5 team.  Remember how happy we were when we beat Oregon State?  Frustrating, you get over the hump in this type of game it garners momentum to help you get over the hump in March.    

What the heck happened in the Morgan State game?  No Towson team should ever get beat that bad against any Morgan team in any sport.  Hopefully bounce back tonight.

WOW!