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2 hours ago, mat1992 said:

 

Didn't they just announce him as the interim coach earlier this week?  Kind of clumsy if they do that Monday and then tell him later in the week he is out of the running to be permanent.  Good luck to him. 

2 hours ago, TuTigers2012 said:

Nick farrar who transferred to Charleston late year from nc state just transferred to Uncw..

How many years of eligibility does he have yet?  There are still a number of schools in Carolina he has not transferred to yet!  Who is next?  Charleston Southern? East Carolina?  How about an HBCU, A&T or Central?

DAWN STALEY IS COMING TO TOWSON!  Come on Steve-O get her done!  Looking for the sarcasm button here can't seem to find one.  But it was fun to type.

Ouch.  Good for her, bad for us!

The best 30 minute team in the country.

The team got comfortably behind before it started to play well last night. Actually had to hold my breath last night as I took Wake Forest -8, just did not like how they played in DC and although Wake may have been disappointed in not making the field of 68, it is not like they are a perennial tournament program so I figured they play well. 

What a dizzying down spiral to end the season.  Kind of wonder how the season would have played out if the last 18 minutes of the Delaware game happened when it was suppose to happen how would things played out.  Kind of seems looking back that the season kind of ended there for some.  On to football now as lacrosse seems like it will be a lost season.  

On 3/11/2022 at 9:53 PM, mat1992 said:

Lost two assistant coaches a few seasons back in Dan Cocchi and Anthony Gagliardi. The replacements have not been quite as good. Also, trying to live on transfers to replenish on offense. shows that the recruiting has not been stellar. However, Nads is not going anywhere and nor should he. Have one of the best recruits in the history of the program coming in next season in Michael Weisshaar. Now the staff might see changes if they continue on this broken down roller coaster of a season. Also, if you don't have a quality face-off guy, it's tough to win.

That might be part of the reason but unfortunately as lacrosse continues to grow, Towson's position as being a perineal type program will continue to fade.  There are so many more options now for lacrosse players to go compared to 10, 20, 30 years ago and we will NEVER be able to compete with Big 10 schools in any sport on a long term basis.  We need "one of the nest recruits in the history of the program" to pan out and hopefully start to bring others here.  Towson was fortunate in the past that if a player did not draw interest from the Hopkins, 'Cuse, Duke, and Twerps of the world then they could come to Towson and play for a quality program.  Now if the lacrosee "blue bloods" don't want them, Towson now competes with Penn State, Ohio State, and Michigans to name a few.  The once shining light of our athletic department has been in a slow fade for a while and now it seems it is barely a glimmer.  Add this to an already large list of challenges for Stevie E. when he takes over the reins.

It is great to be nervous for a March Towson basketball game.  Let's hope I have the same anxiousness this time tomorrow!

A W for Towson Lax. a W for Mat and his great work an another huge L for Flosports.  Great stuff CAA!

On 2/26/2022 at 10:41 PM, TuTigers2012 said:

Lol nit bid happens if we win Monday.  No shot otherwise.  They take the regular season champs of smaller conferences and then 14-18 power 5 teams 

 

Nope. The best teams for espns audience get the nit. Does the caa play on espn networks?  No.  It’s auto bid or bust and has been for years 

What Flosports has no pull? 

Full speed from the tip off er uh I mean inbound.  This reminds me of 2008 World Series Game 5 when they resumed 2 days later in the bottom of the 7th.  

Ugh, did not see any of the game, knew we lost in 3OT.  Went to this thread to get a sense of the game wish I didn't!  Every post from Mat had our lead growing and growing all the way up to 9-1.  Then I started to doubt myself and thought "How the hell did they lose this game?"  Unfortunately I kept going.  Good job by Mat to get the feel early on during Richmond's comeback that he did not feel good about the way the game had turned.

Terrible, terrible loss obviously.  Believe it or not is that Towson covered.  Not sure what is more shocking to me 1) you can bet on college lacrosse (I didn't), Draftkings has lines or 2) and I know things are dirrefent now but how the heck should Towson lacrosse be an underdog at home to Richmond?

Good start, someone needs to work on the pronunciation of Towson with him as I sensed a few Towsens in there but I have seen worse introductory press conferences before in my life!  Mat thanks for getting the TV/streaming question in there.

6 minutes ago, mat1992 said:

FCS football as we know it won't be around in five years. 

Hopefully, if he is successful this guy will still be around in five years and not use us as a stepping stone.  More than likely the case though.  If he does good here it benefits his future.  Take all the good he potentially brings up and maybe create a road map for others to follow here. First true fingerprints of his probably will not be seen until the 2022-2023 academic/athletic year.

Anyone know how this class stacks up with others in the conference?  I know class recruiting rankings are crap shoots but just to get an idea of how we compare to other schools would be nice.  Any sites that track it?

Not sure what to make of this message.  There was really nothing said that was new or anyone that care or follow Towson sports did not already know.  It was almost as if someone just copied and pasted portions of each sports preview and review articles.  Obviously there is not that much he could say about the true future of the department as long as he has the interim tag in front of his title, but then again why bother with a "message"?

2 hours ago, mat1992 said:

So a bit of good news after a rough night. Hopefully, by next Thursday’s late signing day, we have added a QB transfer from FBS, several starting caliber OL from various FBS and FCS schools, an FBS TE and a LB or two.

I don’t want to call the QB a game changer like Flacco was, but he’s a major upgrade. 

Nice carrot dangle there!  Hopefully it comes through

22 minutes ago, mat1992 said:

Not sure I’ll make this but at least we’ll find some answers. Good move for Joe to do this

 

It should be on Flosports so everyone can watch it.  Oh wait...

Wow how random is that?  A dollar to the host of the show if he can guess where Towson is located.  I'd even give him a two state cushion. 

13 hours ago, TuTigers2012 said:

4 point favorite somehow… Vegas likes us for some odd reason 

11-4 ATS

Might be best to not schedule anything and then the morning of just send an email to schools within a 90 mile radius asking "Hey anyone able to play today?"

Good need to get back on the floor at some point.  Not sure how they are going to play after the layoff, but decent chance of a win against a Big East school.  

50 minutes ago, Blounge said:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/foxbaltimore.com/amp/news/local/towson-university-requires-masks-limits-attendance-for-home-sports-games
 

now we have an easier number to hit to “sell out” SECU lol

I saw this mentioned too and laughed to myself.  Unfortunately there are too many jokes that can be made here.  Like "Oh I thought there was always an attendance limit at SECU." 

34 minutes ago, sr16 said:

I dont get why we dont do 2 for 1's with the likes of nova / rutgers / umd / etc

I am sure we would LOVE to do 2 for 1's with those that you mentioned among others but it is those type of teams that don't want to come to the SECU.  We've played at Pitt twice in the last few years?  I won't expect them to visit us anytime soon.  We have also played Villanova a few times but I am not holding my breath for a return trip.  Home or away I am kind f surprised we have not played Rutgers yet.  Would have been ideal to play them this year, talk about a vulnerable BIG10 squad.   

The only way such schools make visits to the likes of our arena usually is if there is some sort of relationship that the visiting coach has with the school.  Skerry's relationship with Pitt I guess only has garnered two trips to the 'burgh.  UVA's loss last night to JMU have many of the Power 5 schools nodding their heads and saying "See that's why we play at home until conference."  

No Collins?