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    1 hour ago, Blounge said:

    The marketing department should honestly pay for FloFootball for the local bars and downtown. Yes it is paying for people to watch but something needs to be done to boost interest.

    Like maybe market/advertise tomorrows game even 1/8th of what they did for the Villanova game. 

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    On 9/23/2019 at 2:32 PM, Tigerfan said:

    Having followed football attendance the last 10 years I wonder what our Marketing department does for the return on investment. We have averaged 6-9 thousand  a game for 10 years .

    Would be nice for the road games to have a Towson Bar stream the game for alumni.

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    EVERYONE can be and needs to do better. I feel like this team a little like the Browns, in the fact that we were hyped up this season and play has been stagnant at times this year. Feels like we aren't getting into second and third gear much.  

    Injuries are a part of the game and we have them every year. Hopefully the bye week helped and that we can get a decent crowd (not hopefully, looking at tickets available)  on another beautiful night.

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    Not sure how to edit my post but below is the official preseason order.

    1. Hofstra (14) 331
    2. Charleston (18) 323
    3. Northeastern (4) 291
    4. James Madison (3) 253
    5. Delaware (2) 241
    6. Towson 194
    7. William & Mary 131
    8. Drexel 125
    9. UNCW 118
    10. Elon 48 

     

    I would have went: Good coaching> non

    1. Northeastern 
    2. Charleston 
    3. Hofstra 
    4. Delaware 
    5. JMU
    6. Towson 
    7. Drexel 
    8. William & Mary 
    9. UNCW 
    10. Elon

     

    Good coaching>>>  Not sold on Pemberton carrying Hofstra. He always came up small in big games and moments (sounds like a TU player).  Honestly think 12-6 will win the conference and separation from 1-8 will be non existent. Knight is still the best all around player in the league.

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    11 hours ago, mat1992 said:

    Sanders was out there as was Timberlake so not serious obviously.

    No doubt, TJ would be a good sixth man with his streaky shooting. I think the addition of Gary Neal to the staff is huge, even if he's just a Grad Assistant. He'll be the best shooting and one of the most involved grad assistants in the nation. I think he can help guys, especially the guards in terms of getting open. The little tricks he had curling around screens. 

    Gibson is just getting started. Nothing against the other two but I'd be surprised if he's not starting on opening night. They don't have his vision and can't create for others off the dribble. He also is not bad offensively. He can create his own shot and can drill 3's if left open. Gibson doesn't have Dottin's size or Howard's experience. Defensively, it's probably going to be a struggle but the fact that he put on 12 pounds of muscle is significant so he can handle getting through the screens. There's no reason why he can't be somewhat similar to the kid from UNCW, Kai Toews, who is a little bigger at 6-2, 185.

    We would all take that last statement. We, unlike UNCW, have enough other players to help pick it up on defense if one isn't so strong.  As good as Toews was offensively, he gave up a lot defensively (but expected from a little freshman, coming to the US).

    Depth can be great, hopefully everyone can accept their roles, which is a big problem in college hoops.  It would be good for the young guys to see two R-SRs in Tusntall and Harris, to come off the bench, bring energy and do their job.

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    11 hours ago, mat1992 said:

    I'm not going to get into the name-calling but there is an interesting point that is brought up. Women's coaches, though probably because they've been underfunded, are given much more time to get things together and if you win, you can stay a very long time. Metil has won a ton of regular season games, went to the Volleyball version of the NIT and won a game but has struggled in the tournament. Look at Lisa Costello, the softball coach, who has never won a CAA title. She's been coaching since 1996. She's won over 600 games. They probably can't remove her.

    We are a mid-major in Maryland. The only sports that "count", (sorry, its true and needs to be said) are the "money" programs, Basketball, Football, Lax and Womens Lax. Is it fair? No, but those are the big sports and the ones where the coaches make the most.

    Sorry Griggey, but every program/job if they don't reach their pinnacle after a while becomes stagnant. The ones that are in the spotlight (see above) are the ones where the pressure is. Building a program/foundation like Pat did is great, but with the mixed results recently, it is fair to ask the question is he the right person to take us on the next step?  Matt Brady, Monte Ross, Todd Bozeman, all took over "doormats" made the NCAA's and were later let go. Sorry for calling you an ass hat as well. 

    However, I am fairly optimistic on the hoops team this year, the CAA is down, we have so many returning veteran players, and an OOC schedule that will hopefully challenge us for later on in March.

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    31 minutes ago, TowsonTiger11 said:

    I am very optimistic about the program as a whole but I just wish some on the field things would change a little. Corners playing off all the time has been a something that has been happening since the start of the Ambrose era. I guess it's just a defensive philosophy but man it gets frustrating when we are up against an offense that picks us apart short over over and over again. 

    As for the program, we have made ourselves a perennial fringe playoff team (other then riding the TWest train). Just want keep seeing improvement in the program to be a consistent playoff team. The question is can Ambrose and his philosophies do that? I don't know. But I will say that we shouldn't assume the grass is always greener. I don't think people would be beating down the door to coach at Towson.

    The soft coverage against FCS teams with average quarterback play is maddening. I would love to see teams try and beat us deep, as the chances for that are likely less than them completing 8 yard passes with another 4-5 yards of cushion.  I mean we have a very good QB, and Villanova played with 1 safety out of the box most of the game and we had trouble connecting on the deep ball, and we tried numerous times. Their qb was short and did not have the arm strength to chuck in 25+ yards down the field.  Giving such a soft cushion with little to no pass rush does not equate into a good defense.

     

    I AM NOT SAYING TO FIRE ROB.  But everyone assumes we wouldn't get a good coach here, if he were to leave and I disagree with that. Towson is in a competitive conference, with above average stadium/facilities, a competitive/but not out of this world admission standards, average level fan support for an FCS program (not compared to the university size, but still), that has almost unlimited job security (4 coaches in 50+ years), outside of a major metro area, good recruiting area, nice place to level (who wants to raise a family in Fargo, Missoula, Bozeman, Jacksonville AL, etc) and average to above average salary in comparison to other FCS programs.

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    1 hour ago, griggey20 said:

    If they don't win the CAA you think they should fire the coach?

    Probably not, as he has something like a .700 win % at Towson, and its Volleyball. They just always (and not just under him) choke in the CAA's.   Really good question though ass hat.

     

    A legitimate question though, do teams pay to host the conference tournament? If so, wouldn't be a bad idea for us. Can give them a nice home court advantage and are centrally located in the conference, not to mention an arena in the better half. 

     

     

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    On 9/28/2019 at 9:03 PM, TSU88 said:

    Your last post raises an interesting question in my mind-assuming we make the playoffs, would we be 1 & done again? Is it premature to pose this question? Perhaps, but it does beg the question whether we’re content as a program to scratch & claw to make the playoffs, only to get summarily bounced once we do. 

    We are.  There are some that are just happy with a team.  Not expecting us to be JMU or NDSU, but when 25% of teams at the FCS level make the playoffs, we should be in more than we aren't.

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    2 hours ago, Tiger93 said:

    I get the premise behind this, but I have to disagree. Whatever level we play, our goal should be trying to win the conference title and then trying to get as close to a national title as we can. Those are the most important accomplishments on our list in my opinion.

    While beating Maryland or a top 25 team would be huge in the short-term, the next week to a month, maybe even the rest of the season, building a consistent program is more significant. I get from a publicity and fan standpoint a lot more people will care, but it would be better if we could build something that can last in the long-term here. I would take a CAA title (and of course an FCS Championship) over any of this because that is really what our players are out there trying to accomplish week in and week out.

    I would be really excited if we can giving Florida a great game, and being in Baton Rouge when Towson took a 9-7 lead in the second quarter was one of more favorite in-person football moments. However, I really want to be able to expect to be a contender in the CAA and a top 20 team on an annual basis. We have done this sporadically, but if we are doing right we should be able to be more consistent with those goals. Other good things will come with that. 

    Not disagreeing. It is more important to have a consistent winner and making the playoffs and all of us would like that. But as far as exposure and notoriety go, its not even close, Beating a Top 25 team or anyone like that is bigger and creates more of a buzz.  We can play 5 straight first round games in a row the rain against Duquesne on the app known as ESPN +-*/ o, but I feel it won't push the needle like the other would. Unless you are in the middle of nowhere (NDSU, JMU, EWU, Jacksonville State, Montana)  FCS football does not have a big following outside of loyal alums. To which we do not have, I mean there's a thread to try and make a Towson Bar in Baltimore, for the fans that don't want to go the homes games... Towson is 8 freaking miles from Baltimore. On a nice Saturday there is no reason not to show up to a few a year.

    One of my tops in person moment was when Athens hit Brian Dowling on a 3-15 for 50 yards or so, leading to a 4th down Terrance TD to go up 26-10 on UCONN

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    20 minutes ago, Blounge said:

    While playing a Florida or LSU is a cool experience for the players, I think we would be better off scheduling the bottom of the barrel FBS teams. I think the exposure and coverage that would come from beating a team in a higher conference would do more than just showing up to an SEC game.

    We would be better suited for a matchup with Liberty, UMASS, Charlotte, Akron, Bowling Green, or Coastal Carolina. 

    I don’t think UConn would make the mistake of playing us again.

    Those teams (except Liberty) don't pay as well.  We have played those G5 teams before and still have gotten smoked (WVU, MD, USF, WAKE). If we are going to lose, we might as well make what we can off of it. I don't understand SDSU in 2021. Whatever we make, will be spent in travel to get out there. I don't think a game against SDSU pushed the needle for a Cali recruit to come to Towson, but who knows.

     I would like a local FBS/FCS Double Header.  Towson, JMU, UMD/WVU/UVA/Vtech/NAVY, at a neutral site, M&T or FedEx. But along with the bigger schools not agreeing, can't play two games in a day on those grass fields.

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    38 minutes ago, Tiger93 said:

    I went to that LSU game (was hoping to swing this weekend's game), and it was an absolute blast to see our team physically battling LSU tooth and nail. I am fine with these games. I just don't want us to ever repeat what we did in 2012 when we played both Kent State and LSU (and I know we probably never will). Also in 2012, we scheduled LSU the week before a big game at James Madison and lost that game. That was a scheduling loss and even though we got ripped off out of playoff spot that year we also did a bad job of scheduling even though it was fun from a fan standpoint. 

    This year I think we did it right playing Florida before home games against Albany and Bucknell. Nothing against those teams, but I hope we can win those games no matter what happens this week. The other part about playing top 10 teams compared to decent teams like Maryland and USF is that the top 10 teams take us much less seriously. I mean when Alabama is tied with The Citadel at halftime and we are almost beating No. 3 LSU halftime, you know they are not 100 percent dialed in. Let's roll with the experience, see what happens and use it to our benefit going forward. 

    Playing top 10 teams helps get exposure too. Seeing the school name up there on the scoreboard and or on ESPN is a big deal, especially now a days. Playing on ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN2, SEC Network is legit and a place recruits, alum and casual fans can see the Towson name without tyring to sign up and stream a Flo-sports subscription.   I'm not advocating moving up to FBS, but Citadels win over a bad Georgia Tech team probably gave them more exposure nationwide than they would get by winning an FCS championship game that starts at the host stadium 11 AM local time and on ESPN2 a week after "Bowl Season" ends.

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