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Towson wideout Demetrius Harrison went over 100 yards receiving in a 49-35 win over Delaware.
“We’d probably have to win out to make the playoffs,” Combs said.
Two years ago, in its first season in the Atlantic 10 Conference, Towson lost all eight conference games — five of them by 24 points or more. Now, at 6-2 overall and 3-2 in the league, the Tigers can at least talk about having postseason aspirations.
The Tigers are now 4-0 on the road, marking the first such success away from home since 1986, the year of Towson’s last playoff berth.
Towson entered Saturday’s game with the seventh-best passing attack in the nation and quarterback Sean Schaefer only padded the stats. He completed 27 of 37 passes for 435 yards and five touchdowns, the latter tying his own school record. Two wideouts, Eric Yancey and Demetrius Harrison, went over 100 yards receiving. Overall, the Tigers’ offense produced 627 yards, fourth-most in program history.
“Our line blocked amazing,” Schaefer said. “I was hardly under pressure at any point all day.”
Towson pulled away from a 21-21 tie at halftime by scoring touchdowns on its first four second-half possessions. In the second half, the Tigers piled up 347 offensive yards and converted all six third-down chances.
Towson hosts William & Mary (2-6, 0-5) Saturday. The Tribe, which beat the Tigers, 44-13, last season, lost to Villanova, 35-31 Saturday.
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Examiner Reader said:
Ryan for the Heisman! Go BC!
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nice Stadium but wheres the team? said:
Stanforrd lost their best hoops coach in the late 80's due to the school's inability to admit legitimate recruits that where academically eligible. now as i look at that joke of a football squad they run out there year in and year out i wonder why they dont recruit the best talent around. ccsf would give the cardinal a run for their money right now. jimmy vegas says ccsf (+7).
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moreNcsarecoming said:
Joe Ayoob...enough said. Loved Hawkins comment about the education at CCSF and Berkley. Same as usual or something like that. No wonder Stanford doesn't want JC players - or Berkley ones!
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Terps Who?? said:
Doesn't matter because on September 1, you go down to the Villanova Wildcats!!!
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Examiner Reader said:
Josh POrtis is by far the best option at QB for the Terps. I've seen all three throughout the summer and Steffy knows the offense more but is just plain limited in ability. Turner is a bookworm with signal calling but is only good on the field between the 20's. He can't complete drives. Portis has trumendous athletic ability and instincts and a trumendous arm for such a shifty signal caller. He is your long term solution to get Maryland where they need to go. Steffy and Turner guaruntee you a .500 mediocre season....bet that!
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Examiner Reader said:
I agree with the posters above. The implication that the ACC is superior at all, much less far superior to the Big East (as things currently stand), is completely BANANAS and undermines the credibility of this otherwise well written piece, IMHO. The ACC hasn't won a BCS game since 1999 whereas the Big East was 32-8 OOC last year and has won its past two BCS games.
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Examiner Reader said:
So ACC teams are superior to Navy, while you imply that Big East teams are not? Navy would be ranked 8th or 9th in a nine-team Big East. Remember, Navy lost by 1 point to Boston College, and by 34 to Rutgers. Geeze...
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Examiner Reader said:
Let's forget for a second that I'm an angry Big East fan. Boston College, who finished second in the Atlantic Division of the ACC (right behind Wake) needed a last-second lucky turnover and field goal with no time left to beat Navy (BY ONE POINT!!!) in their bowl game this past year. Where do you get off saying "The ACC is filled with football teams superior to Navy's." ???
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Examiner Reader said:
That comment about the ACC being better than the BE is ludicrous. How long does the BE have to be better before people wake up. Without going into top-bottom details wouldn't the fact that the BE top teams beat the ACC top teams in 2 bowl games last year be enough to spur you to at least do a little research? The ACC and Big 12 were clearly the worst 2 conferences last year - it is not even debateable. If you look at all OOC results and work your way from top to bottom (Sagarin rankings). The BE had a .500 winning @ against teams ranked in the top 47. For the ACC to reach a .500 winning % you have to include teams all the way down to 119! Please do a little research.
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Examiner Reader said:
I echo what the first poster said. What cave have you been living in for the past two years, Mr Snyder? Do you REALLY think the ACC is superior to the Big East in football? How much did John Swofford pay you to put that paragraph in there?
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Examiner Reader said:
"The Atlantic Coast Conference is filled with football teams superior to Navy’s." Huh? If the Big East were a viable option, why wouldn't the ACC? Check out the Big East/ACC head-to-head match ups from last season.
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Examiner Reader said:
As a Navy fan, i certainly dont want to be in a confernce with the likes of toledo, kent st, and buffalo. I'd rather hold the course were on right now..ask army, they bolted cusa........
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Examiner Reader said:
Airforce is that good?........since when????
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Andrew C. Dahmen said:
Army and Navy should join the Sun Belt conference, Army could join the MAC. It will not happen however what would be great is to have Air Force in the same conference as Army and Navy, the Sun Belt would work but Air Force is way to good.
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NIU Huskie said:
Navy should secure a tie-in with the MAC. MAC teams aren't that far away and there are two (Temple and Buffalo) that are closer than the Sun Belt schools. The Sun Belt's #2 school wouldn't be a very competitive or interesting (national TV crowd) game.
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Examiner Reader said:
If the QB spot has consistency and the defensive backfield learns quickly, Navy will have an excellent year.
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One potential short-term answer for Navy is a playing in a new bowl game in Baltimore in December of 2008. The Camden Yards Sports and Entertainment Commission considers Navy a prime candidate for the game, according to Wayne Edwards, the commission’s sports committee chairman. Sign an agreement with the Sun Belt for their 3'rd place team to play the Navy annually. Good deal for both.
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Examiner Reader said:
The Sun Belt would be perfect. The Navy and Sun Belt are recruiting comparable players today and have two bowl committments. 1) The New Orleans Bowl, 2) A second Bowl has been added effective 2009. The Sun Belt is making a major push to upgrade it conference. Over the next few years we will see an increased number of OOC wins. Sounds like a win-win situation.
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Examiner Reader said:
Kyle Barker from CCSF won't be going anywhere because he didn't make grades in the spring.
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Examiner Reader said:
Go Tigers
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Examiner Reader said:
I live locally and have been attending some of the practices. Josh Portis is the best fit for our offense I've watched this kid and he is everything folks have said he is. Go Terps.
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