BUZZER BEATER: Towson Moves On In CIT From 55-Feet

((HT:Dustin Semonavick))

The short version is Four for three with two seconds left for one win...

The Towson shooter knocked it down for the 66-63 win in the first round of the CIT over USC-Upstate...


The Tigers are now 24-10 on the year...

Is Division I Football Sure About This Whole UConn Thing...???

((HT: AKM Sports Media))

Especially after Towson beat an NCAA division I team for the first time as UConn lost 33-18 at home to the Tigers...

There was certainly a great deal of optimism with opening night...
((HT: WTNH-TV))


But that was squashed for most of the evening at Rentschler Field as Terrance West ran for 156 yards and two touchdowns- both in the fourth quarter. QB Peter Athens threw for 192 yards and another score. Running back Sterlin Phifer caught a 23-yard touchdown and ran for another.

The Huskies had not lost to an FCS team since 2001, when they were making the transition from Division I-AA to Division I.

Here's your Towson postgame with Towson head football coach Rob Ambrose, West and defensive lineman Jon Desir


UConn now gets Maryland and Michigan before a game against Buffalo. If the win doesn't happen there, it may not happen until the season finale against Memphis.

Kent State Runs The Wrong Way

And that's the only thing to go wrong this evening in the game against Towson State...

This is what happens when you recover a fumble and it's bouncing around...

Right, Andre Parker...???
((HT: TSN/BSORobertLittal))


Where's Jim Marshall when you need him...???
At least Parker realized it at the :35 mark...

Towson State Stops 41-Game Losing Streak

((HT: Towson State their ownselves))

Congrats and huzzahs to the Towson State Tigers as they put their 41-game losing sreak to bed with an upset win over UNC-Wilmington...

Here's how it happened...


And here's how it looked inside the locker room afterwards...


The HQ congratulates head cpach Pat Skerry for putting that monkey some place else than on his suit coat.