2012 Game vs. Towson

Yeah there's gotta be something else at play here. I go to LSU but I'm from Maryland less than an hour from Towson a lot of my friends from hs go there. Everyone I've told about this game has responded with a big WTF? Why?

It's a mediocre commuter school filled with kids who couldn't get into UMD with an awful team and I'm not sure but I'm pretty sure they're not in the FBS.

What I'm saying is there has to be something behind the scenes going on for them to book this game. There's really no reason to help pay for this school to come all the way from the east coast for a tune up game. There's plenty of schools in this area that would gladly get towson for a tune up game and plenty of schools much closer to LSU that would be easier to get to come play a game.

I gurantee you besides some people who have Louisina connections there will be virtually NO turnout from any Towson fans, take whatever the lowest visitng turnout you've seen in tiger stadium and cut if in half

My only wish is that I wasn't graduating this may and I could be in town to see Towson get a major arse whippin. Epic Tiger Victory

Didn't Jermon Bushrod (Saints) play for Towson? I think that was the first time I heard of them. Is this the 2012 homecoming special?

Yes he did.

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THe purpose of course, was to keep the monies in-state.

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I've never understood that argument.

If we pay a lower tier school from Louisiana or we pay a rent a win from pout of state we pay the same money. If the state school plays LSU or some other BCS school they get paid.

Unless LSU pays too much for cupcakes it doesn't matter as we play and they play the same number of games.

NSU playing Bama or LSU should be the same for NSU, Troy playing LSU or Bama should be the same for Troy.

Bama has proved this year that an SEC team need not play a killer schedule to win it all.

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I hate the mentality behind this line that seems to get spouted in every one of these threads.

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I'm not excited about Towson, but I'm not going to bitch about it either. Playing Washington plus the SEC slate is good enough for a BCS, and that's what the goal is.

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Also, in fairness to Bama, they did have a road OOC game scheduled against a preseason top 10 team

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I know it isnt Bama's fault that PSU wasnt that good, but that's still how it turned out and it did not hurt Bama in any way.

They used to be Towson St. back when Dave Meggette (NY Giants return man in the 80s/90s), but I have no freakin clue why we would schedule such a ridiculous game. If you want to play a small school, play Southern or Grambling, but personally I think we North Texas and Idaho on the schedule there is no need for another cupcake. We usually sleepwalk through games against light competition anyways!

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If you want to play a small school, play Southern or Grambling, but personally I think we North Texas and Idaho on the schedule there is no need for another cupcake.

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agree 100% or ULM, Tech, or ULL - keep the money in-state.

I don't see why the consternation here. We hardly got any play for the ridiculous schedule we played this year. I've completely changed how I feel about playing a very difficult OOC schedule. I used to be all for it. Now, I don't see any reason for it. Does anyone remember people discussing prior to both the Arky and Georgia games how we would be left out of everything if we lost either one of those games when we had accomplished BY FAR more than any other one loss team? Actually, the best thing to do would be to schedule four cupcakes in November so you can assure that any loss you might have will have occurred early in the season because of how moronic the media is. But, then, all they do is bitch about how no one plays good OOC games any more. They are hypocritical, shallow, no-thought idiots.