mat1992

Ugh no

https://caasports.com/news/2021/10/21/-caahoops-preview-towson-mens-basketball.aspx

The mistake was corrected

We’ve won four straight and seven of nine against them.

They are a very good running team, averaging 5.1 yards per carry. Donavyn Lester leads with 388 yards and two TDs. They have a dual-threat QB in Darius Wilson who has 249 yards rushing (6.4ypc) and three TDs. Has 684 passing yards with four passing TDs and five INTs. They have 16 sacks led by Nate Lynn (5.5) and Will Kiely (5).

https://towsontigers.com/news/2021/10/16/flying-defense-leads-football-to-win-over-12-rhode-island.aspx

https://thetowerlight.com/tu-football-upsets-university-of-rhode-island-in-homecoming-game/

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/sports/college/2021/10/16/uri-upset-towson-28-7-first-loss-season/8492268002/

Injured. At least Young is. I thought Folley was close to returning from injury.

Not to look ahead, because you can't with this schedule. But to me, as we continue to improve, we're just as good as anybody in the league. Maybe Villanova is better and of course, JMU is always the team to beat. But again, we can't turn it over and we have to basically play this vanilla offense. In the Zoom press conference. RA said he had to change the offensive game plan after URI struggled in the rain on the first drive. That was wise considering the struggles of both QBs in the rain. But again, I've been saying we have receivers. Nice game by Thompson tonight as he got more run after Darian Street got injured. Caleb Smith made a great catch down the sidelines. And we know what Jabari Allen is capable of. We're going to need the passing game to improve because teams stack the box and Howard can only do so much. He's a North-South runner as is Matthews. We don't have that little change-of-pace back, but I guess we're trying to do that with Hunter.

Umm, URI was ranked 12th in the nation. They beat everyone on their schedule and they were 5-0. I'm sure the rain slowed them down some, but it's possible that we are actually getting better on D, which makes sense since we have so many new pieces and Lumor and Okombi have rarely played.

Ok, where do I start? On a personal note, it was nice to be in the press box, unlike last week where I had to sit out due to being under the weather. About the game, really impressed that they were able to hold on. It shows that we finally have a defense and just as I said, getting Lumor and Okombi on the field at the same time since they had missed three games was huge. They still don't appear to be 100% because Tramar Reece is still starting at OLB/Rush end and it's not really his position. It was nice to see Brandon Shuman get that last pick, because I thought he's a better number two corner than Peoples. SJ Brown is just laying the wood out there and Christian Dixon played his best game this year with 11 tackles and four sacks. He was everywhere and I thought we blitz Hill a little more. He's obviously not the same player athletically since Maryland due to injuries, but he's still a dangerous runner. Ferguson really struggled in the weather in the first half. He was throwing low passes and behind some guys, but give him credit. He made some big throws in the second half, including one down the middle to Daniel Thompson that help put the game away. Also great throw in the corner of the end zone to Jabari Allen. Caleb Smith made a great adjustment on that long catch. How about that trick play in the third quarter on third-and-five? We've doing direct snaps mainly to Matthews, but this time it was Howard. He got the snap and Ferguson lined up wide. Gave it to Hamilton who gave it back to Ferguson who hit Howard for the first down. That play doesn't work if you don't block it and I think the O-line played as well as they've played since 2019. Maybe it was Roman Warheit moving in as the starter at right guard where I think we've used four players this year. Even DeMarcus Gilmore moved inside and Warheit outside when they were inside the five. Warheit had played some right tackle, but he seemed pretty comfortable at guard. I think that first drive after the Rams punted was huge. We were actually moving them up front and dominating (sort of). Nice to see Jerry Howard run for 106 yards and Devin Matthews rush for two TDs. My big worry is that we don't have a lot of depth there. We can't end up with D'Ago Hunter as the prime back. He's a tough little guy, but damn he's small. I still like to see Howard hit the hole with more explosion. I think Matthews does that, but then he doesn't have the extra great to do much in the second level. Howard has that and it was nice to see him finally hit a semi-long one for 19 yards. Overall, you can't ask much more for this team tonight considering the circumstances. Shame the weather cost us a big crowd (3,300). Rob was very emotional at the end of the game for those who heard the on-field interview. They just need to keep winning. Can't dwell on the W. BTW, Delaware lost to Stony Brook tonight. Wish they were on the schedule.

RA On what it takes to beat W&M "Show up to work tomorrow. Keep doing it every day until they tell us that we can't do it anymore. See how good we are. It's nice looking at this team and know that's it's an entire different team than the ones that lined up against Morgan State. That's what you want to do is see your team get better." On trick play (direct snap to Howard,d, double reverse to Ferguson pass to Howard for first down) "We put it in this week. We had a run a whole bunch of stuff from the heavy set. We had Ferguson lined up at WR with Luke going in motion so it was a natural set up." Offensive line "They wanted it last week. But having an undefeated team like that in your league. And having the No. 12 team in the country come to your stadium for Homecoming? It was personal for them. They got made at me when I threw the ball." On offense in the rain "Did you see their first series? I'm glad they had the ball first. Going back and forth with how we would do in the rain and they showed how poorly they did. I didn't want to give your kids the chance to fail. Having them have the ball first actually changed the way I called the first quarter. Getting 28 points? Teams in the Big 12 it's like 59-58. The number you only care about is a win. That was a really good football team. They are going to raise some hell in this league and I wouldn't be surprised if they were a playoff team. We did just enough to beat them." On Lumor and Okomibi being on the field late in the game "If you manage to get up on somebody and force them to be one-dimensional and that one dimension is throwing it? We have a chance.

https://towsontigers.com/news/2021/10/14/towson-football-challenges-no-12-14-rhode-island-for-homecoming.aspx