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       Towson
   DIR By: Campi47
       Date: November 4, 2019, 6:03 pm
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       I know many of you are angry with the way we played against
       Richmond however if we have any hope of making it to the
       playoffs then we need a big crowd on Saturday to urge SBU on.
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       Re: Towson
   DIR By: Chairman of the Board
       Date: November 4, 2019, 7:06 pm
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       im a believer in that some wins can cover up a bad loss.
       upsetting nova helped smooth over the new hampshire debacle at
       home.
       win the next two and we are right back in the mix- especially if
       elon slips up, maybe we beat ualBAny.
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       Re: Towson
   DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
       Date: November 5, 2019, 2:26 am
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       If we win out we're in. Period. No real margin for error though.
       We can definitely win these last three games though with two of
       them being at home. Lets get it done gentlemen!
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       Re: Towson
   DIR By: guest369
       Date: November 9, 2019, 1:14 pm
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       The attendance is shameful. That’s all I have to say. Absolutely
       embarrassing. I’m so ashamed of this student base.
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       Re: Towson
   DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
       Date: November 9, 2019, 1:22 pm
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       I know it's not new, but I don't really like the blue alternates
       and this overall blue push throughout the athletic department.
       I'd rather have a silver/gray return as the accent color with an
       anthracite alternate uniform as opposed to these blue ones.
       --- Quote from: Green Baron link ---
       >
       > The attendance is shameful. That’s all I have to say.
       Absolutely embarrassing. I’m so ashamed of this student base.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Attendance after mid October has always been pitiful. Save for a
       couple playoff games and a game or two against Liberty back in
       the Big South days attendance late in the season is always bad.
       We're in playoff contention, so it's not even like we're a bad
       team. The student attendance is putrid though and I'm really not
       sure how in the world they can improve it at this point. What
       were we doing right 7-8 years ago compared to now? The weather
       doesn't help though.
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       Re: Towson
   DIR By: ry1nik
       Date: November 9, 2019, 1:23 pm
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       --- Quote from: Green Baron link ---
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       > The attendance is shameful. That’s all I have to say.
       Absolutely embarrassing. I’m so ashamed of this student base.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       This is why FBS football would not be successful here. The
       football fan base and appetite for college football simply isn’t
       present at SBU, and won’t ever be.
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       Re: Towson
   DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
       Date: November 9, 2019, 1:30 pm
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       --- Quote from: ry1nik link ---
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       > [quote author=Green Baron link=topic=801.msg28071#msg28071
       date=1573326872]
       > The attendance is shameful. That’s all I have to say.
       Absolutely embarrassing. I’m so ashamed of this student base.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       This is why FBS football would not be successful here. The
       football fan base and appetite for college football simply isn’t
       present at SBU, and won’t ever be.
       [/quote]
       Both of those would improve if we were FBS as they would for
       every other school that moved from FCS to FBS. The only
       consideration I have is that if we have such a hard time getting
       fans out *right now*, then should we be considering FBS at all?
       That's a fair question when our attendance is as underwhelming
       as it is. We don't need to have 10k every game before moving,
       but we should be much better than we are. A healthy program like
       ours playing a defacto playoff game like we're in today should
       have at least 7k in the stands.
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       Re: Towson
   DIR By: ry1nik
       Date: November 9, 2019, 1:35 pm
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       Attendance might improve but not enough to avoid the program
       being a huge financial drain. Think UMass.
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       Re: Towson
   DIR By: NoVA_Seawolf
       Date: November 9, 2019, 1:52 pm
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       --- Quote from: ry1nik link ---
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       > Attendance might improve but not enough to avoid the program
       being a huge financial drain. Think UMass.
       >
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       UMass is a special case in stupid. They refused to join the MAC
       for all sports and are now marooned as an independent because of
       it. If they joined the MAC they'd be in much better shape
       overall. As for being a financial drain, that's not the point of
       college athletics. Only a couple dozen programs are a net money
       maker for the university. Turning a profit isn't the point of
       having athletic programs. That isn't to say sports should burn
       money with reckless abandon, but making money isn't really the
       point.
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       Re: Towson
   DIR By: guest152
       Date: November 9, 2019, 2:36 pm
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       --- Quote from: Green Baron link ---
       >
       > The attendance is shameful. That’s all I have to say.
       Absolutely embarrassing. I’m so ashamed of this student base.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I’m sure the cold temps kept some fans away today but I agree. I
       attended the game vs. Delaware last year and there was virtually
       no representation from the student body. (Not counting the
       marching band)
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