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Towson - Military Appreciation Day

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Big Saturday Pre-game and Halftime event planned coming up.
On 11-24-14, Wardell Turner an former Towson State football player died in action in Afganistan.
Saturday tickets will be on sale for $11.24. Many people including Chris Kyle's widow will be there.
The team will be sporting these helmets too(unsure if uniforms will be different)

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:thumbdown: Helmets are stupid.
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89Hen wrote::thumbdown: Helmets are stupid.
Do you mean the idea of football helmets is stupid? :dunce:
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ASUG8 wrote:
89Hen wrote::thumbdown: Helmets are stupid.
Do you mean the idea of football helmets is stupid? :dunce:
Yes, bunch of pansies. 8-)

No, I really don't like teams fucking with their school colors. The notion that a stars and bars logo is somehow showing appreciation to anyone is a crock of shit. It's nothing but PR that really won't do anything, so why do it? :coffee:
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andy7171 wrote:Big Saturday Pre-game and Halftime event planned coming up.
On 11-24-14, Wardell Turner an former Towson State football player died in action in Afganistan.
Saturday tickets will be on sale for $11.24. Many people including Chris Kyle's widow will be there.
The team will be sporting these helmets too(unsure if uniforms will be different)

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More if interested.
http://towsontigers.com/news/2015/9/16/ ... 55905.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The dude sounds like a stud. College grad, stays enlisted and reaches E-9, highest enlisted pay grade. :thumb: :notworthy:
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89Hen wrote:
ASUG8 wrote:
Do you mean the idea of football helmets is stupid? :dunce:
Yes, bunch of pansies. 8-)

No, I really don't like teams fucking with their school colors. The notion that a stars and bars logo is somehow showing appreciation to anyone is a crock of shit. It's nothing but PR that really won't do anything, so why do it? :coffee:
I agree that the stars and stripes thing is getting overcooked, although honoring a fallen former football player is a much better reason than most schools have.

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Go big or go home. :coffee:

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Grizalltheway wrote:Go big or go home. :coffee:

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All I had was my crappy phone, but I think this was the same game! :thumb:

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89Hen wrote:
ASUG8 wrote:
Do you mean the idea of football helmets is stupid? :dunce:
Yes, bunch of pansies. 8-)

No, I really don't like teams **** with their school colors. The notion that a stars and bars logo is somehow showing appreciation to anyone is a crock of ****. It's nothing but PR that really won't do anything, so why do it? :coffee:
I'd rather have a flag helmet logo as a 1 time thing or 1 game a season at most instead of the wearing black unis when black isn't one of your school colors gimmick that has swept the country in the last decade (including JMU). Its not a question of who's done it anymore. Its a question of who hasn't..
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Anyway cool thing TU is doing :thumb: I mentioned it on the CAA Week 3 prediction thread on the JMU board..
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BDKJMU wrote:
89Hen wrote: Yes, bunch of pansies. 8-)

No, I really don't like teams **** with their school colors. The notion that a stars and bars logo is somehow showing appreciation to anyone is a crock of ****. It's nothing but PR that really won't do anything, so why do it? :coffee:
I'd rather have a flag helmet logo as a 1 time thing or 1 game a season at most instead of the wearing black unis when black isn't one of your school colors gimmick that has swept the country in the last decade (including JMU). Its not a question of who's done it anymore. Its a question of who hasn't..
While I agree with the wearing black even when it's not one of your colors, that trend seems to have run it's course. As does the mono color BS. The new thing seems to be wearing grey. This ain't baseball!
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