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2 hours ago, TU2018 said:

Are the lacrosse teams moving there games from Unitas to the soccer complex. I’ve seen Towson mention on twitter and elsewhere that it will be used for lacrosse, but not sure if they just mean for practice? Seems like a lot of top tier lax schools that have a big football stadium do not play at the football stadium and have a lacrosse specific stadium. Ex. Penn State, Michigan, Duke, Virginia, etc

Phase 2 of the project will start after Soccer season.  This phase will add A new 2,000 seat stadium , press box, concessions/bathrooms and service buildings for football/lax practices. Eventually,  both men’s and women’s lax will play a few midweek games per season there.

4 hours ago, Blounge said:

I Hope the O-line is ready for Florida. That defense was in the backfield all night against Miami 

You do know that Miami started a 17 year old true freshman at left tackle and a redshirt freshman at RT, right?  With Florida’s experience on the DL, they had better be in the Miami backfield all night!  I thought the Florida QB looked bad and the OL did not get much push against a good but not great Miami DL.  Also, Florida did not tackle well and missed a bunch of assignments.  I’m sure they will get it right this week.

Thanks for the update Mat .So, it sounds like the staff is still tweaking the depth charts.  I would expect lots of rotation this week in practice for the 2-deep.  The D has been preparing for the Citadel TO since spring . With the move to an odd front and a deeper rotation along the line, I expect the D to be improved against the Bulldogs.  

I’m predicated a run toward a National Championship.

Ok, I’ll play.  What if Brent doesn’t drop the Winning pass for a last second TD against UD?  Maybe we get a seed and don’t have to play Duquesne 😊! 

Do you know which kid is replacing Carbone?  They don’t have a transfer QB and the young kids they have had a rough Spring. Not addition by subtraction.  That only works on Madden...Also, I guess you are forgetting that we put 450 yds of offense on them!  That is their Defenses fault!  Hmmm  

WM is not Bucknell in any way shape or form. WM tripped over themselves and still beat them 14-7 last year(1st game).  Bucknell didn’t have 100yds of offense until late in the game.  By the end of the season the Bison didn’t have a starter over 250 on defense last year.

Well,  SB has essentially the same D as last year minus their top two players.  They gave up 50 to us last year. How could they possibly hold us to 16pts? They also have a new qb and new OL.  Logic would tell us that you are wrong here.  Elon,  lost RB and OT’s. on D they lost a bunch too.  Also, new coach and the fact that we put up 45 on them last year leads us to you being very wrong here.  Bucknell willl not be a trap game.  They are woefully outmanned in every game they play and Joe Susan has been replaced by Cecccini (Valpo and Lehigh)

Did you do any research while making these picks?

Ok, I will stop with the sarcasm .  I truly believe that this team is built to win a National Championship this year.  Look at the roster, an amazing amount of talent . A deep an talented OL and DL along with an abundance pro level skill position players .  You will be shocked at the amount of size and speed that will step on the field this year.  No joke.

Yeah, I also heard that Flacco may play some safety this year .  Probably just 3rd and 4th down and long situations.  With the fact that he’s a know entity on offense and is obviously getting older, it may be one of the only ways he can impact the outcome of the game. They could always use Cheripko at QB for a couple of snaps each game.

Also, Flacco is getting older now and his speed must have been impacted over the past 12 months. All those 350lb linemen probably eat too much and will likely effect the football budget this year(that should cost us a game). oh, almost forgot about the D lwith all those 3/4* transfers  ... they could get homesick and have to call home during halftime every game.   

I did hear they bought new balls this year.

Tough schedule, Flacco will be a known element this year and 4 star transfer  players on D are small and very slow.

2-10 wins over NCC and Bucknell

Well done by TSN.

Thanks Mat! Seems like camps injuries are making different to evaluate the OL competition. Hope to see them all back in action this week.

Uniforms will stay the same as last year.  New helmets are in ADDITION to the black helmets.  Not a vent system... new concussion /impact system.  Allows for individual programming to fit and monitor each player.

Not rooting against him.  Wishing he was still in the  NFL.  He will always be regarded as one of the greatest Tigers of all time.   

Gotta win the CAA outright.  Towson has to be a one or two seed in order to avoid having to travel throughout the playoffs. WAY TOO EARLY TO BE TALKING A OUT SEEDS!  I think the Tigers have a great opportunity to knock off JMU this year.  We know the Elon offensive/defensive schemes. No surprise.  UDEL with Jammer as OC and call TWEST for plane fare and tix to UFLorida.

13 minutes ago, TSU88 said:

Expectations are high. Season starts 4 weeks from today. Opening on the road vs a triple option team in Citadel hopefully won’t be a trap game. I know we rolled them last year, but that was at home. 

I assume no more newcomers, beyond those already mentioned?

Wrong,  got a much better D front in 2019. The move to a multiple set will allow the Tigers to use the 3-4 against The Citadel.  I believe we can shut down that TO and cause some turnovers.  The Cit ain’t Navy.

also, I would always expect additional newcomers in upper echelon FCS/CAA programs. Check the roster.. over 20.  @300+ lbs . This is a whole different team than the one that lost to Dusquene in 2018.

BTW..There are a couple of  players on this team that BP over 500lbs and squat 600! 

On 7/23/2019 at 5:10 PM, TigerFan54 said:

I'll be surprised if TF has the same success as last year. I'm sure DC's are already planning how to stop or slow him.

Logicallywhat would make you think that he would take a step back? As Mat stated, there will be more tweaks to the offense this year as he has more familiarity with the system and his players. Couple that with the addition of impact personnel along the OL and skill positionsand you have an offense that’s close to impossible to stop(if executed properly).thats the beauty of the RPO, the offense always has one extra skill player at the point of attack.

4 hours ago, TuTigers2012 said:

Hopefully they use the embarrassment of getting blown out the last two games, 69-27 at home!, of last year as motivation.  The offense and special teams should still be good, but as always the defense is the concern. 10th in points allowed 28.8/game, Dead last in yards allowed, 390/game, and 11th in Turnovers with just 16.  If the defense can just get a little more aggressive and force a few more turnovers it will put tons of pressure on other teams.

This years schedule is extremely tough. If you take out Bucknell, this years opponents were a combined 71-50 last year.  We also play (some polls) @#1, @#4, H#12, @#19, H#24, H#25 and also @ FBS #8.  That coupled with long road trips to Charleston, Maine, & Florida, makes for a very difficult year.

Reality, whole different team from 2018! Added skill position players and bigger, stronger , deeper OL.  OL will average over 315lbs. I hope everyone understands that the defense played with only 1scholarship interior DL and just two additional walkons.  The D will be much bigger, faster and stronger with the multiple additions of 4 star kids.  Watch out for Topps in the secondary and a (finally healthy) #7.  Also,  think about the new DC and his multiple scheme.  Suppppp

13 minutes ago, TSU88 said:

Surprised to see UNH at 7 & Nova at 9 in the preseason poll. Is Richmond at 10? Also a bit surprised to see Rhode Island, which was pretty decent last year, at 8. I also wonder if Maine is sustainable as a top tier team now that their coach bolted for JMU. Maybe there’s enough leftover talent for now, but will that talent pipeline dry up?

The UMaine coach  Harasymiak moved to U Minnesota not JMU.  Cignetti moves from Elon to JMU.  URI has to replace the QB and there play in conference play was mediocre. Richmond is struggling with a new coaching staff that seems to be in over its head. Villanova May have to replace its HC too.  UNH and Maine will find it more difficult to play top tier 1AA FB in the future.  COA is the next major hurdle for most schools.

They really played 2018 with 1 true interior DL.  Injuries and a departure in week 4 were the reasons.  I expect a much better front and an overall much better defense.

I suppose this kid must be a high level player.  I don’t think the staff would add a forward  that would not make a huge impact right away.

Like I said before,  No way Sam can play at this level.  He’s a 6’5 four that is not athletic enough to create his own shot.  Could never defend the block in the CAA.  Low major, PL is where he fits.

Ef ‘em ! I wouldn’t put them on the schedule.