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Most points scored in a CAA game since the UNH win in 2012 (64-35). Just trying to see if anybody is up or cares that I put "edged" in the title.

Good to see we’re not overreacting off the first game. No such thing as a bad win. If the sky is already falling after game 1, then I’m gonna stay away from the misery around here. I’m surprised we haven’t called for any firings yet.

I’ve always rooted for guys who left for greener pastures. Leaving to go to a conference rival. F that. He can kick rocks

You could be Boise State or TCU this morning and trying to figure out what THAT was. Or Auburn and Georgia Tech, thankful that your stupid basketball IQ didn't cost you a buy game. Expectations is the dirtiest word in the sports dictionary because it will skew your thinking on everything that happens. Having a first game against someone like Loyola allows for the wiggle room to figure out a rotation and see where the chemistry is. My eyes went to FG% defense and 3-pt FG defense in the box score and liked what I saw, especially from 3 which has been something our defenses have struggled with annually. Houston is not going to be a fun trip on Saturday because they play a brand of ball that sometimes belongs in a back alley more than an arena. However, maybe there's something on that Lehigh game tape that we can learn from to keep us in the ballgame.

I would be remiss if I didn't give a quick shout-out to my local friends at Kennesaw State University for clinching FBS Bowl eligibility earlier this week. What a tremendous story and accomplishment. Football program launched from scratch in 2015. Notable success at the FCS level over a several years, take a leap of faith into FBS in 2024 and become bowl eligible in their first season in which they could do so. Their success and path should be the blueprint for Towson. Eigenbrot, Ginsberg and staff should fly to ATL for in-person conversations with KSU's longtime AD, Milton Overton and KSU's President Kat Schwaig for a deep dive into how they've achieved what they've achieved so quickly. All of that, of course, assumes that Eigenbrot and Ginsberg even care about the long-term success & viability of TU's football program. Will KSU ever compete for an FBS Playoff spot? Highly unlikely. However, playing nationally televised games on reputable networks against teams people have heard of with the chance of making one of dozens of bowl games seems like a fun and rewarding existence. Go Tigers & Go Owls.

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Still here ..*SD. Why does every post you make have to be a sarcastic, childish comment. We get ityou want football dropped. You are constantly make fun of other posters, the players, coaches and staff( all programs). You have your opinion, but we’re entitled to have ours as well. I’m calling BS on you… enough.

The whole purpose to the play-in games should be for all those mediocre big conference teams who couldn't do better than 7-11 in their conference and get whacked before the quarters of their tournament. Oh hey, you're Texas or North Carolina so by name, here's a pass into the big Tournament no matter how terrible you were this year. And let's make sure while we're doing this, let's penalize the low-budget teams who have to take 4 or more guarantee games just to keep the athletic department afloat and EARNED their way into the Tournament. It's not about the competition anymore, it's about how much money we can make. Just goes to show that people in power often don't have the faintest clue what they're doing.

For context those D1 matchups were Towson's win against a mediocre Patriot League, Hampton losing to Milwaukee who is picked to win the Horizon (still can't make excuses against other mid-major leagues), Hofstra losing to a low-level Big 12 UCF (who we will get a shot at later), NC A&T losing to the predicted worse team in the SEC in South Carolina, Campbell losing to a middle-of-the-road Big Ten team in Wisconsin and an alright Big 12 West Virginia team, and Northeastern dropping a close winnable game (and one where they were favored) to a team picked second in the Patriot League. Not exactly stellar, but the Northeastern one is the only game you could argue where a CAA team should have won. Hofstra was +9.5 Campbell was +21 against Wisconsin and +16 against West Virginia Towson was -9.5 NC A&T was +22.5 Hampton was +6 Northeastern was -2.5

https://towsontigers.com/news/2025/11/2/towson-mens-basketball-opens-season-against-loyola-at-cfg-bank-arena.aspx https://towsontigers.com/documents/2025/10/31/Loyola.pdf Love the new game notes. List wingspan and projected starters (only because it was St. John's).

https://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=610233&_gl=1*y6mqly*_ga*MTAzNzU3MjY0MS4xNzU2MzkwNDA1*_ga_2ZWVK1X7BJ*czE3NjIyMjEwMjMkbzQzJGcwJHQxNzYyMjIxMDIzJGo2MCRsMCRoMA.. Tyler Tejada scored 24 points on 8-of-14 from the field in 39 minutes to lead the Tigers over Loyola 67-56 on Monday night. It was an ugly first half where both teams shot poorly in the first half as the game was tied at the half 28-28. But Towson, who went 0-for-4 from three-point land in the first half, made 3 of 7 in the second and hit 14-of-18 free throws to take the game by 11. Towson shot 43.9% from the field and held the Greyhounds to just 34% shooting and 4-of-22 from the three-point line The Tigers outrebounded the Greyhounds 40-29 and committed just. 10 turnovers (nine assists). Dylan Williamson had a solid game with 14 points and five assists, with 3 turnovers. Jack Doumbia did not start, but started the second half and wound up with 13 points and 7 rebounds in 30 minutes. "There's nerves, expectations. Excellent second half. Really guarded them. We fouled too much. Got the ball to Tyler and Dylan. Still figuring some things out," said Pat Skerry after the game on Monumental. "We took care of the ball, defense looked good, Ndefo and Womack did some good things as a freshmen. Liked the second half. Threw us off with some zone stuff in the first half. Embeya is a key guy. Has to stay on the flor. Mor Seck did a nice job. Trying to figure out the rotation." "Trying to find a rhythm. Started out slow," said Tyler Tejada after the game. "This one was for real. There were some nerves and once we settled down, we played our game".

Don’t think anyone said the sky is falling. Simply not happy with the result. We are a good enough program to expect more than just a tight win against a Ken Pom 200 team.

I'll say this. Ndefo whiffed that dunk earlier and then Tejada had him for an ally oop in the second half and Embeya clipped him. We were all out of sorts and Embeya's offense is just dreadful at times. I know PS loves him but Seck is a little more aggressive on offense. Yeah, I get it. This doesn't look like a top team in the CAA. Same thing last season. We looked like dreck in November. We just have to keep getting better before conference play and win a few non-conference games against middies. We have to play a lot better than we did tonight, especially in the first half, to beat anybody decent. I think, until guys like Womack, Schmid and whoever steps up, it's Tyler and Dylan's team with Doumbia contributing as a 3rd option.

I've been complaining about the website for years, especially the facilities page that shows one picture from about 10 years ago. Check out every website in the nation, even the mid-majors, low-majors, almost every one is very braggy about their facilities and are not to be kind. They have videos, pictures, stories, etc. This is not 1990 when I was there and we had nada. We had our largest margin of victory since 1983 yesterday. That was in their recap, but it should have been all over social media. Is it a big win or that important? Not really in the grand scheme of things, but you need to brag when something spectacular happens. BTW, I don't think anything was posted on Twitter/X about our MBB tomorrow against Loyola. I mean a preview. I had to check the website and it's up there.

I think the way the athletic department handles their social accounts is below average. The main athletics page should be reposting EVERYTHING that each sport individually posts. But that doesn't happen. I don't follow the women's soccer or field hockey accounts so I had no idea that they both had elimination games in their final regular season games until I looked at the CAA standings page. Regardless of result, those things need to be reposted by the main athletics page. So I can certainly see why there'd be zero connect between the sports.

Maybe I'm just getting old, but I don't agree about giving bulletin board material to the opponent, whether it's calling Delaware "Chickens", which is not why they beat us. The A&T tweet was dumb but irrelevant and not why we EDGED them. I'm sure it didn't start a fight, but we were running up the score in the fourth quarter. Not very Shinnick-like and calling a timeout with 5 seconds let to get the players on the bench to the locker room to avoid another fracas at midfield. Something happened. I'm not lying or bullshitting. They also have more things to worry about than a Tweet.

ESPN+ is also included in a number of streaming bundles. Hulu, Disney, Fox etc with and without commercials. Flo is not. Add Flo as an option to Paramount+, then maybe I'd consider upgrading. But as a standalone not integrated into smart TVs, it's just so small time. Yes! M-F tournament was much better.

I’m stunned. A legit P5 kid , with all of the measurables. Alabama camp time was 4.61! He held offers from Texas A&M, Houston , Cal, K State, Arkansas, App State, Arkansas State, Tulane, Oklahoma State , Texas Tech, Baylor, Colorado State, S Miss. UMiss , TCU and Towson. Strong interest from U Alabama and LSU. Grant is 100% committed and will be here in January. There are no games being played this late in the recruiting period. Commitment is solid.

The optimist in me says that Shinnick has a knack for recruiting talented freshmen QBs and that Grant Smith likes the idea of being a very big fish in a very small, algae-filled CAA pond. The pessimist in me says that Grant Smith is only verbally committed to Towson and is playing some kind of bizarre game of poker with other programs and will ultimately sign somewhere, much bigger and more notable, on signing day.

They need to win. They need to get better games at home. Attendance always upticks for Saturday games and ones in Feb for obvious reasons. There is a DJ for what it’s worth. My issue is the student being next to OUR bench with the actual seats, instead of near the opponents bench. Towson did a great job with marketing and promotion last year. There were some good changes from the past. This coming from me.

Disclaimer: I did not watch the whole game. What I did see was a lifeless team, which is especially disappointing given the off week. I guess Kent made it interesting at the end, but too little, too late. I’m not so sure Indorf starts next week. If I’m Shinnick, I want to puff up my record with a chance to beat another HBCU. Remember, of his 15 W’s, 8 are vs HBCU’s. Speaking only for myself, it’s hard to muster a great deal of enthusiasm about next week, or the remainder of the season for that matter. No running game; special teams that aren’t special; uneven play at QB; and a defense that’s offensive. The sad train 🚂 rolls on. Next stop, Fayetteville

I think after 13 games and the likes of Wilson College and Notre Dame of MD it will all even out. Thank god we play Houston & Kansas.

I’m not sure why Elon is so good at destroying our perfect seasons, but it isn’t a big surprise that this team got caught on a rough day and dropped one. Despite a pretty rough loss on Sunday wherein the Tigers were up 14-12 in the 5th set, they still remain in first place in the conference. They will pick up two free wins on the road at Hampton next week, and will go into Stony Brook and Hofstra sitting at 11-1. Not a bad place to be.

CAA closing the gap on the top conferences in basketball. Unfortunate football side of things are disastrous, but CAA basketball seems to be making headway.

Look, Monmouth is really not a good football team. This is what happens in a watered down FCS and a horrible CAA. Yesterday’, We allowed Monmouth ( yes, Monmouth) to run for 200+ yards at 5.0 per carry! How could the coaching staff think that giving the ball back to “the #1 offense in FCS football”😉with 5 minutes remaining, was gonna give us a chance to win?

I wouldn't call it a tight win, but that's your opinion if you thought we'd win by 30. We were up 14-16 points most of the second half, which is comfortable to me against a bad team. Should have won by 14 had Doumbia just held on to the ball at the end, but really not a big deal whether it was 11 or 14. Not saying it wasn't flawed, which is what you'd expect from five new players in the rotation (Ndefo, Doumbia, Seck, Womack, Schmidt) and three new starters (counting Embeya) in the first game in an empty arena. Hopefully, they gradually get better as the season goes on, which is what everyone wants. Houston beat Lehigh by 18 points last night.

UCF, JMU away, idk. Will know more after Saturday.

Never in favor of teams talking crap before the game or posting stuff on their other accounts to come and watch their teams at 4pm after they beat Towson. So the Tigers took care of business and destroyed the NC A&T Aggies 62-9 on Saturday afternoon. Ift was the first complete game of the season and one of the easiest wins in CAA history. https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=604756 There were several stories 1)Andrew Indorf bounced back from a rough first half last week against Stony Brook to complete 18 of 24 for 294 yards and two TDs. 2)Pete Shinnick called a timeout late in the game to let most of his team walk off the field to the locker room to avoid another confrontation since there was a pregame melee'. 3)Best defense of the Shinnick/Dulin era. Held A&T to 116 passing yards and 135 rushing yards. Yes, Kevin White was terrible at QB but the Tigers forced him out of the pocket several times and harassed him into two interceptions by Ben Kumpon and Myles Brodie. 4)Good to see most of the roster play and for K-State transfer Trey Engram to get in the end zone. Also, Nathan Kent, Sean Brown and Winston Watkins, who threw a great pass to Cleveland Charlton for a TD, got in the game. 5)Running game wasn't special but did have 145 yards with a TD from Engram (5 yards), Kemarion Battles (31 yards) and AL Wooten (27 yards). 6)Special teams blocked a punt for a TD, did a great job on kick coverage and the defense forced SEVEN punts.

I haven’t seen or heard anything behind what was post here. Not saying something didn’t happen but events like that usually spread like wild fire. If it means a performance like yesterday, we get all the athletics department to Tweet something like that before games next year … 😂

I don’t always agree with you, but if your thesis is that football has been irrelevant since Frisco, you’re right. We’re in our 11th season since Frisco (2020 season was cancelled due to Covid). Our record in that time is 59-63. If you look up “mediocrity” in Webster’s, it’ll read “see Towson football post-Frisco.” And this is over a decade, so it’s not a small sample size. And Mat is 100% correct; this is on Eigenbrot and Ginsberg (at least the Shinnick phase of this extended period of crappiness). If Shinnick is an example of the quality of their coaching hires, I hope Skerry outlasts them both.

Can’t beat anyone worth a damn. Awful strategy. Terrible defense. Rinse wash repeat. Another year of “football” garbage. It’ll soon be 15 years since Frisco without sniffing a playoff win. Another year of a drop in attendance and dwindling fan support. Pioneer League anyone?!

Seems like we need to double our football budget to stay competitive with our conference rivals

Our boy is official! Congrats, Carter!

Towson (3-4, 1-2 CAA) Team stats in the CAA Scoring Offense 10th in scoring offense 22.71 points per game 10th in total defense 395.4 yards per game 6th in scoring defense at 26.7 points per game Last (14th) in Total offensive plays at 325.43 12th in Total offensive yards per game at 325.43 10th in total offense at 325.4 yards per game 13th in rushing offense per game (98.1ypg) 13th in rushing TDs (5) 4th in pass efficiency (145.40) 7th in rushing defense (159.1ypg) 8th in pass defensive efficiency (133.36) 12th in yards per rush (3.17) 3rd in pass completion S% (62.2%) 10th in pass defense (236.3ypg) Penalties 3rd with 45.9 yards per game 8th in red zone defense (83.87%) 13th in red zone offense (76%) LAST (14th) in sacks by with 1.14 per game (8). Individual Passing Andrew Indorf is completing 61% of his passes for 1,458 yards with nine TDs and three picks at 208.3 yards per game. *Has 43 yards rushing (lost 122) Rushing Al Wooten II has 306 yards rushing to lead the team with 3 TDs *Averaging 3.6 yards per catch and 43.7 yards per game (one fumble). Has 6 catches for 49 yards. Kemarion Battles has 227 yards rushing with one TD *Averaging 4.1 yards per carry, Has 8 catches for 75 yards and a TD. Receiving John Dunmore leads with 31 catches for 338 yards and four TDs *Has one passing touchdown to Battles Jaceon Doss leads with 453 yards receiving (18 catches) with three TDs and averages 25.2 yards per catch Nobody else has more than 13 catches (Lukkas London had 13 for 140 yards and 2 TDs). No tight end has more than six catches. Tackles Jasin Shiggs leads with 44 tackles *Has an INT and PBU Ja'Mez Drummer adds 41 tackles and two sacks with 2.5 TFLs and 3 QB hurries CJ McClendon also has 41 tackles with 5 TFLs, 1.5 sacks and 1 PBU LB Aldred Thomas leads the team with 4 QB hurries and has one fumble recovery. LB Rodney Roane has 26 tackles, 3 TFls, 2 sacks and 2 QBH in four games. Has misse the last three with an injury. Special teams Bryce LaFollete is averaging 44.3 yards per punt with 9 inside the 20 Kicker Caden Williams is 9 for 11 on the season with a long of 50.

That ref with the white hair must have been Pitino’s cousin or something. Strange technical foul called on Chike for flexing and getting too excited after a play? T’d up Embaya for talking back to him early on in the game. That guy was paid to make sure the Johnnies didn’t get beat. Mor Sek looks like a towson tiger already. Aggressive rebounding, 4 fouls, not much offense Doumbia played great Schmidt, Tejada, Williamson all played well but missed a lot of 3’s Coleman looks lean and ready to defend and rebound. Bad turnover, but otherwise a good putting wish we had more gold towson Tiger jerseys in the crowd good experience leading into Loyola and Houston!

Talk about liftoff! He probably needed an air traffic controller to clear him before he took off. The 25-26 season hasn’t started yet, but I can’t help but think about what a 1-2 punch Sajid & Womack might make in 26-27

Hope Monmouth beats up Stony Brook a bit and we get healthy during the Bye week. The show must go on.

We’re down by a TD with 5 minutes left in the game, deep in Monmouth territory. He calls a terrible running play (when we’ve been successful passing the ball all day) and then kicks a meaningless FG on 4th down. Even with the FG, we still would have needed a TD to take the lead…knowing we had no realistic chance of stopping their offense in order to get the ball back. As far as I’m concerned, he threw the game and is a quitter. If I were one of his players, I’d have no confidence/respect for him. F’ing disgraceful

Spin. Just hope they didn’t copy and paste another weeks story in..

I mean the quality of the broadcast is an issue on ESPN+ too. Once you are not on one of the over-the-air/cable networks it is kind of the school to do whatever they can do to make things look good. Honestly, Power 5 schools were awful at this until about 10 years ago. When I worked at a university, the Big Ten Network started and tech staff did an amazing job of putting together a large amount of equipment that they sent to schools. The schools were individually responsible for hiring, staffing and training students to work the broadcasts. This was how they broadcast anything that wasn't over-the-air and didn't have a production truck. There were a lot of bumps along the way, but there are a lot of talented students out there, and if you set them up to succeed they do well. A lot of mid-majors sync up their radio broadcasts to video broadcasts, and even when the announcers are good there are hiccups. Scan ESPN+ for their programming and you will see just as crappy interface as FloSports. The only difference is the ESPN brand already has so many other things that people are already paying for it, and it isn't and extra cost like FloSports. Also, FloSports rates are too high considering most people are on there for one thing. Being a mid-major fan is so challenging. This is why I appreciate the efforts and Spiro and others to do what they can do bring us games and content, and that Mat creates a community where we can all share opinions, ideas and content.

Save us Towson MBB 🙏🙏