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    17 hours ago, Tiger93 said:

    I agree, but I think they have an easier time getting opponents to come there because it is a part of the country where teams want to travel around that time of year for a tournament/game. St. Mary's is always a win-win opportunity in terms of being a high quality team that you can't damage your RPI/NET playing, and they have better leverage then we do when it comes to scheduling home-and-home.

    I agree with your goals that we all want, but I don't think the program factors are an apples to apples comparison right now. It would be great if they were someday.

    Skerry has to mindful of playing quality teams. The Penn, UNC-Greensboro, LIU and Bryant matchups are all part of one-for-one contracts that just happen to be away this year. The neutral site tournament is part of most teams schedules and takes away three more non-conferences games. Clemson, Northern Iowa and UMass are all pretty solid matchups and teams that would not come here unless we did two-for-ones or a neutral site game and one at their place.

    That leaves us with local matchups (Coppin State) and two one-for-ones (Navy and Albany) at home. If we wanted to trade Northern Iowa, Clemson and UMass for worse games against local teams, non D-1 opponents or low quality D-1 teams at home that was probably the only other option unfortunately. We could also play really good teams on the road with no return of games to Towson. I think UMass and Northern Iowa are good examples of teams that would probably do one-for-ones with a St. Mary's type program but not us.

    I do agree with you and most that I am a little disappointed that Skerry has never leveraged one of his previous coaching connections into at a minimum a two-for-one visit from a high major. TCU or Pittsburgh feel like teams we should be able to get to do that, but that is all easier said then done. 

    The mid major madness twitter account did a CAA preview and had skerry on. On a Twitter space. Skerry talks about how he went to his guys gibson, NT, Charles and asked if they wanted non d1 games at home or go on the road for some tougher matchups, they chose the latter. 

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    4 minutes ago, tualum said:

    Skerryball needs to make a significant jump in the results to gain any leverage into getting what he wants. Yes the program has come quite a way from the moribund hole it used to be in, but neither any statement wins or ncaa tourney appearances to justify anything. Just a decent/average program over the years which happens to come up repeatedly short in big moments..

    But we should take a look at funding since he started to where we are now. Because if the funding has stayed consistent (not grown) over the past decade while he has brought us up from the ruins, I think its a fair point. 

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    1 minute ago, Blazer49 said:

    Then he should not mention it in his post game.  From my knowledge no one knew about it.  Was there a mention of anything happening on this board?  Not that this board knows everything but there have been whispers of things happening in the past.  Did anyone in the press conference press him on it?

    agreed. why bring it up if you dont want to talk about it. 

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    Offense was putrid. For those saying we shouldn't have a program or go to a lower division I think isn't fair to to all the hard work that's still going into the product. Change the coach out. Some schools aim to get into the CAA. We're here. Its possible to do well in the CAA over the long haul to build a serious program into the FBS. 

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    On 9/5/2022 at 10:01 AM, TSU88 said:

    Now, on the flip side of Perkins-Jesus Gibbs, our Senior Bowl watchlist DL, had 2 tackles, none for loss. The only time I heard his name called during the game was when he was flagged for a penalty 

    Yeah thought this would be a great game to get it going. Hopefully Morgan is another tune up game where we are a bit more cohesive. 

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    2 minutes ago, TuTigers2012 said:

    Sigh, If we aren’t trying to be the best (not claiming that’s the case) then what’s the point?

    Yes college is about getting an education. That should be the most important thing but in athletics, especially football that isn’t everyone priority. 

    We can just end this whole thing on this note (I think I know the answer, but maybe for some others) - you are the AD. Do you cancel the program and focus on other sports, or do you keep the football program going? IMO, its okay to consider both options but the clear choice in my eyes is keep the program going. 

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    1 hour ago, TuTigers2012 said:

    Truth hurts and if that’s my “agenda” than so be it. FCS football has been bad for years. That’s a fact.  Most of the programs that cared moved on.  
    We don’t draw. That’s a fact. Football is an expensive endeavor and most lose money. Just because others are doing it, doesn’t necessary make it right. Questioning the long term validity is a legitimate inquiry. Especially when there are some that want to expand the stadium and move up. That is absurd.  

    I thought we would grow as a program years ago when Rob was hired. The energy and buzz was there. The end of his second year you could start seeing the progression in those last few games. A great player landed at Towson and our climb culminated making the championship game. Since then it’s been all downhill quickly. That is unacceptable. 
     

    Next will come the excuses and reasoning why we are at a disadvantage “money, facilities, etc”.  Sure. Let’s go all in and fund this program to the max or not. Middling around isn’t the answer. Maine, URI, Albany, stony Brook shouldn’t have more success than us but they do. 3 of the 4 have won playoff games more recently than Towson has.  What’s the issue??

    See my post above

    Nothing is half truths, sorry.
     

    when have I mentioned that we are the only team losing money?  Never   Almost all do.  Again questioning the sustainability of this is a legit question.

    Rob was the coach when we went to the championship, 9 years ago. 9!  While he deserves credit for that (and has with reckless contract extensions) it doesn’t hurt to have a future nfl running back that you could hand the ball to.  Making the championship shouldn’t give you a lifetime contract right?


     0 playoff wins since  what half truth is in that statement?

    I want Towson athletics to be the best they can be.  With Football or without. Yes I would much rather us to be a basketball school because in the long run, making it to the dance gives much more exposure than the fcs playoffs.  Can we be good at both while also funding a lacrosse program?  That will continue to be difficult.

     

    Damn I thought they were reaching at first but maybe they were right. I get where you are coming from but ultimately its important to keep in mind why they play the game. Its for an education. Dont get it twisted. We aren't JMU or Udel. If it was about the money we woulda been cut already when they did soccer and baseball. 

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