{"id":2762,"date":"2011-08-05T08:28:51","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T12:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2011-08-07T20:11:50","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T00:11:50","slug":"towson-tigers-2011-jmusb-caa-football-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=2762","title":{"rendered":"Towson Tigers: 2011 JMUSB CAA Football Preview #6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things are getting really exciting here at JMUSB HQ.\u00a0 We’re officially under the one month\u00a0mark till the Dukes kick off the football season, there’s a field hockey scrimmage to attend at American University in couple weeks (what?), ESPN is mentioning former Dukes <\/a>like Scotty McGee in training camp updates, and the bittersweet moment when the webcam<\/a> shuts down is nearly upon us as New Bridgeforth is just to about to open her sweet new doors for her first practice.\u00a0 Seriously, as excited as I am for the new stadium I have to sheepishly admit it will be a tad misty in the office when they close down the webcam after two solid years of knowing regardless of what’s going on at work, I could always sneak a quick peek and go to my happy place.<\/p>\n

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You know you're in trouble when your O-lineman is your star player. Oh wait, scratch that, it's really cool and that's why the Dukes also have no skill position players in preseason promo materials.<\/p><\/div>\n

But alas, in the interest of completing our annual previews, we still have to cover\u00a0the Towson Tigers.\u00a0 Well sort of.\u00a0 Because really, do you want to hear about their annual quest for a single CAA win (can you say ODU?!\u00a0 man, now that’s gonna be a game) and their continued wasting of a large, athletics-interested student body and sweet facilities?\u00a0 JMU did almost achieve their lowest moment in years when they needed some good breaks to sneak by the Tigers 17-10 last year in a game that nearly ruined a weekened in St. Michael’s with the Mrs. when I was losing it following this hideous affair on the cell.\u00a0 Almost ended up in the serious doghouse when she returned from the bathroom at dinner to find me clutching the tablecloth and muttering curses to the horror of the table next to us.\u00a0 That said, the worst thing about the upcoming season is that Towson is not on the Dukes’ schedule.\u00a0 Urgghhh, big-time bad break.\u00a0 But this year’s Towson team starts with Morgan St. and has Colgate in Week 3.\u00a0 Better get a W by then or they are in serious trouble of going\u00a0for another winless season.\u00a0 Not that a healthy Tigers squad led by fiesty second-year Coach Rob Ambrose (poor guy) couldn’t compete with that team from Norfolk this year, but healthy’s going to be a tall order after TWO FBS games.\u00a0 Yes, the money will be amazing and likely life-sustaining for a program with very little revenue from football and basketball (though Lax is nearly a revenue sport in suburban B’more), and playing Maryland should be fun for their fans, but adding LSU, yes the Geaux Tigers LSU, to the schedule two weeks prior to the matchup with the Terps, is more than Iwould wish on anyone.\u00a0 Could be a tough second half after those two demoralizing Saturdays.<\/p>\n

What we Think for 2011 Towson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not much.\u00a0 Dukes aren’t playing them and their is zippy chance they’ll be in contention late.\u00a0 But hopefully they can steal a game or two from other CAA foes to help JMU’s cause and it would be SWEEET if we could mock ODU for losing to Towson after all the nonsense coming offf the peninsula.<\/p>\n