Fordham @ Towson

[clenz]

Montana with a sparse crowd as well, according to that thread.

I'm going to all of the games to try to get screen shots/pictures of the crowds

Cameras at EIU have yet to leave a very tight zoom of the field....even on punts they just scan the field to the returner instead of zooming out like normal

The camera at EIU is so focused on not showing the crowd they focus on the QB's face the entire time between plays instead of scanning anything else.

Must be about 1000 people there. Sounds like it as well

[93henfan]

Like I said, I don't see anything unusual in the shots you're taking of Towson. They have never been a huge fanbase or historical football power. It's a decent turnout for them on a nasty day.

Crappy attendance at Montana would be a bigger concern for FCS. That's where the NCAA would notice less revenue.

[clenz]

Maine's visitor side is full...all 500-1000 seats on that side.

Yet to see home side but my guess is it's probably pretty good

[clenz]

Montana still had a decent crowd but end zone seats are pretty empty

[93henfan]

35-21 Towson late 3rd.

[JoltinJoe]

Well, that's that. Game was closer than the score. I hope to never see a MEAC officiating crew again.

[93henfan]

Well, that's that. Game was closer than the score. I hope to never see a MEAC officiating crew again.

MEAC crews are great. They're thinking about cornbread by the middle of the first quarter.

We are spoiled by the CAA/PL/Ivy ref consortium. They're pretty darned good at what they do.

[JoltinJoe]

Well, that's that. Game was closer than the score. I hope to never see a MEAC officiating crew again.

MEAC crews are great. They're thinking about cornbread by the middle of the first quarter.

We are spoiled by the CAA/PL/Ivy ref consortium. They're pretty darned good at what they do.

They killed the pace of the game, checking replay over and over on plays that were obvious. Sort of kills a hurry-up offensive scheme. And twice we had the ball inside the 15 and got hit with dubious flags. Both times came up empty. It might have been a much closer game at the end. But we didn't stop Towson much at all all day. And we killed ourselves with the worst turnover I've ever seen.

[Mvemjsunpx]

Montana still had a decent crowd but end zone seats are pretty empty

The north endzone wasn't.

[YoUDeeMan]

21-7

Towson taking care of business. Surprising when you consider Fordham is the best team in the east this year.

Towson almost blew this game out in the second quarter...some silly holding call negated the punt return that would have sealed the deal early. Towson then blew the game open later...an inevitable result. Fordham couldn't stop Towson from doing anything. Run, pass...it didn't matter Fordham couldn't man up and they got destroyed. And 1 yard rushing? You can't be the best team anywhere, not even in the Patriot in a bad year, unless you can at least threaten to run.

The only thing that kept Fordham in the game was Towson's silly penchant for shooting themselves in the foot. this game was a mismatch from the start...20 point victory...and it could have been much worse.

[Vidav]

Montana still had a decent crowd but end zone seats are pretty empty

The north endzone wasn't.

That is the South endzone. It was the only area that wasn't pretty well full.

[93henfan]

21-7

Towson taking care of business. Surprising when you consider Fordham is the best team in the east this year.

Towson almost blew this game out in the second quarter...some silly holding call negated the punt return that would have sealed the deal early. Towson then blew the game open later...an inevitable result. Fordham couldn't stop Towson from doing anything. Run, pass...it didn't matter Fordham couldn't man up and they got destroyed. And 1 yard rushing? You can't be the best team anywhere, not even in the Patriot in a bad year, unless you can at least threaten to run.

The only thing that kept Fordham in the game was Towson's silly penchant for shooting themselves in the foot. this game was a mismatch from the start...20 point victory...and it could have been much worse.

Towson is explosive, but they get lazy for a quarter here and a quarter there and it may burn them along the line in the playoffs.

That being said...

Delaware>Towson>Fordham

[andy7171]

It was a pathetic crowd. More excitement for Del State. The game was in hand the whole game regardless of the touchdowns the refs called back. Bring on EIU!

[JoltinJoe]

21-7

Towson taking care of business. Surprising when you consider Fordham is the best team in the east this year.

Towson almost blew this game out in the second quarter...some silly holding call negated the punt return that would have sealed the deal early. Towson then blew the game open later...an inevitable result. Fordham couldn't stop Towson from doing anything. Run, pass...it didn't matter Fordham couldn't man up and they got destroyed. And 1 yard rushing? You can't be the best team anywhere, not even in the Patriot in a bad year, unless you can at least threaten to run.

The only thing that kept Fordham in the game was Towson's silly penchant for shooting themselves in the foot. this game was a mismatch from the start...20 point victory...and it could have been much worse.

Did you actually watch the game, or do you just not understand football?

BTW, the hold on the punt return happened nearly right at the spot where the punt receiver caught the ball. He's downed almost right at that spot without that (flagrant) hold.

[YoUDeeMan]

Well, that's that. Game was closer than the score. I hope to never see a MEAC officiating crew again.

Can't blame the refs, Joe, your boys got slaughtered.

[YoUDeeMan]

Did you actually watch the game, or do you just not understand football?

BTW, the hold on the punt return happened nearly right at the spot where the punt receiver caught the ball. He's downed almost right at that spot without that (flagrant) hold.

Joe,
I’m still waiting for Fordham to stop Towson. Oh wait…they punted one time. Once, Joe. You had no answer against Towson…none. 48 points Joe, and it could have been much, much, worse. Athens was 13-15 and they averaged over 20 yards per catch. Your players were bouncing off Victor (105 yards) – he averaged 8.8 yards per carry, Joe...think about that. Not once did you stop Towson in the second half...the game wasn't close. And in the first half, the only reason Fordham was in it was because of simple Towson mistakes...not anything that Fordham forced.

1) Running into the kicker - not Fordham's doing. That cost Towson a possession and ended up with one of your team's scores.
2) Fumbling the punt. Ditto.
3) A freak squib kick unintentionally hits a Towson player and gives Fordham the ball back.

Those are three possessions that Towson's offense would have been on the field to score again. That's football, and teams make mistakes, but don't confuse those unforced errors with any idea that Fordham could have stopped Towson, because the reality was that it simply wasn't happening.

I mean, you do realize that Towson had 21 points in the first half on only 25 snaps, right? And they were not stopped on any of their second half possessions (and were easily driving the field on their last possession - see Rams bouncing off Victor again - before they took a knee).

ESPN has the game on for review. Watch reality smack Fordham in the face. Fordham was outclassed by a mile. Decent passing offense, zero running offense, zero defense. You might have won some games against Big Fluffy teams, but Towson would win any rematch...and win big, again and again.

Oh, and check out that punt again, on your HDTV.

[vutomcat]

Well, that's that. Game was closer than the score. I hope to never see a MEAC officiating crew again.

MEAC crews are great. They're thinking about cornbread by the middle of the first quarter.

We are spoiled by the CAA/PL/Ivy ref consortium. They're pretty darned good at what they do.

CAA refs were horrible this year in a handful of games I watched this year. Don't agree that "they're pretty darned good at what they do". Two games in particular come to mind (e.g.Delaware-Richmond, Maine-Nova).

[YoUDeeMan]

MEAC crews are great. They're thinking about cornbread by the middle of the first quarter.

We are spoiled by the CAA/PL/Ivy ref consortium. They're pretty darned good at what they do.

CAA refs were horrible this year in a handful of games I watched this year. Don't agree that "they're pretty darned good at what they do". Two games in particular come to mind (e.g.Delaware-Richmond, Maine-Nova).

You're the guy who said nova had a shot at the playoffs...and who disagreed with your QB's own words as to why they won a game.

= ZERO credibility.

[vutomcat]

So Cluck, you thought the CAA refs did a darn good job this year? Just checking.

[andy7171]

So Cluck, you thought the CAA refs did a darn good job this year? Just checking.

All refs make mistakes, but the officiating in the Fordham-Towson game was ridiculous!

[YoUDeeMan]

So Cluck, you thought the CAA refs did a darn good job this year? Just checking.

You griped about the refs in the nova-UNH game (you left them out of your two game sample above), but where were the blown calls? Looked pretty clean to me. I sure don't agree with every call, but I also don't have any factual information about whether the CAA refs are better/worse than any other set of refs...although anecdotal evidence suggests the MEAC refs are among the worst. In a related note, that Fordham-Towson ref was fat, as have been several of the MEAC refs. I can't recall many fat CAA refs...and I believe you need to be in shape in order to keep up with the plays...especially some of the oddball plays that cover a lot of ground.

In the end, everyone makes mistake...including me. There was this time back in '67...but you probably don't want to hear about that.

[vutomcat]

I thought the refs were worse than usual this year. I never make mistakes, you just interpret my posts incorrectly.

[JoltinJoe]

Did you actually watch the game, or do you just not understand football?

BTW, the hold on the punt return happened nearly right at the spot where the punt receiver caught the ball. He's downed almost right at that spot without that (flagrant) hold.

Joe,
I’m still waiting for Fordham to stop Towson. Oh wait…they punted one time. Once, Joe. You had no answer against Towson…none. 48 points Joe, and it could have been much, much, worse. Athens was 13-15 and they averaged over 20 yards per catch. Your players were bouncing off Victor (105 yards) – he averaged 8.8 yards per carry, Joe...think about that. Not once did you stop Towson in the second half...the game wasn't close. And in the first half, the only reason Fordham was in it was because of simple Towson mistakes...not anything that Fordham forced.

1) Running into the kicker - not Fordham's doing. That cost Towson a possession and ended up with one of your team's scores.
2) Fumbling the punt. Ditto.
3) A freak squib kick unintentionally hits a Towson player and gives Fordham the ball back.

Those are three possessions that Towson's offense would have been on the field to score again. That's football, and teams make mistakes, but don't confuse those unforced errors with any idea that Fordham could have stopped Towson, because the reality was that it simply wasn't happening.

I mean, you do realize that Towson had 21 points in the first half on only 25 snaps, right? And they were not stopped on any of their second half possessions (and were easily driving the field on their last possession - see Rams bouncing off Victor again - before they took a knee).

ESPN has the game on for review. Watch reality smack Fordham in the face. Fordham was outclassed by a mile. Decent passing offense, zero running offense, zero defense. You might have won some games against Big Fluffy teams, but Towson would win any rematch...and win big, again and again.

Oh, and check out that punt again, on your HDTV.

Funny, but the ESPN radio report commentator in New York said the game was closer than the final score; Fordham had more first downs, and Towson only out-gained by Fordham by about 60 yards. But what do the professional commentators know?

Towson is an excellent team, but we held our own and we bring back pretty much the same team next year.

Oh, and Nebrich has been given another year due to his injury next year. We have him for two more seasons.

We had a great year and in no game did we give up 62 points.

[93henfan]

Delaware beat Towson and would have beaten Fordham by more. We gave up 62 to a Maine team, at Maine, when they were peaking, and when turnovers led to almost 30 points before the game really got started.

Once we learn to play some semblance of defense under our new staff we should be fine.

Fordham and CCU were both flash in the pan schools for 2013, and maybe 2014, and then they'll fall back to their traditional suckitude. Enjoy your brief moment.

[JoltinJoe]

Maine dropped 62 points on the Blue Hens. If we played Delaware, we would have had the second string in by the middle of the third quarter. No use risking injury against the bottom half of the FCS.