YSU to play Pitt in 2015 and 2017

[ysuindy]

Dana Balash reporting via Twitter that YSU will play Pitt in 2015 and 2017.

so

2014 - Illinois
2015 - Pitt
2016 - ?
2017 - Pitt

correct?

[ValleyTalk]

Dana Balash reporting via Twitter that YSU will play Pitt in 2015 and 2017.

so

2014 - Illinois
2015 - Pitt
2016 - ?
2017 - Pitt

correct?

Important to lock these games up with the B1G boycotting FCS teams.

In other news:
@DanaBalash21: @21WFMJSports  YSU Athletic Director Ron Strollo tells me expects Eric Wolford to be the head football coach for a "very long time."

Important for recruiting.

[ItalianPenguin]

Dana Balash reporting via Twitter that YSU will play Pitt in 2015 and 2017.

so

2014 - Illinois
2015 - Pitt
2016 - ?
2017 - Pitt

correct?

That is correct Indy. 2016 could be problematic. The rotten Big 10 not playing FCS is making it very difficult to schedule the money games.

[ValleyTalk]

Dana Balash reporting via Twitter that YSU will play Pitt in 2015 and 2017.

so

2014 - Illinois
2015 - Pitt
2016 - ?
2017 - Pitt

correct?

That is correct Indy. 2016 could be problematic. The rotten Big 10 not playing FCS is making it very difficult to schedule the money games.

Time to get $300k from a MAC school.

[paladin]

WVU, Syracuse , Marshall ?

[ysuindy]

Wouldn't think Marshall could pay as much as the others?

WVU is what came to mind for me.  Cuse would make some sense.

[ItalianPenguin]

WVU won't return our calls. To this point, they're a big "not interested"

[DavedS]

WVU won't return our calls. To this point, they're a big "not interested"

Didn't realize that they had phones in that country

[Spiderlegs]

In other news:
@DanaBalash21: @21WFMJSports  YSU Athletic Director Ron Strollo tells me expects Eric Wolford to be the head football coach for a "very long time."

If true, I take this to mean that reaching the playoffs is not as big a priority as we have been told. Many expenditures hard to justify if this is the case.

[rayI09]

Strollo has separation anxiety. He can't stay away from bad coaches (heacock, wolford, slocum).

[ysuindy]

In other news:
@DanaBalash21: @21WFMJSports  YSU Athletic Director Ron Strollo tells me expects Eric Wolford to be the head football coach for a "very long time."

If true, I take this to mean that reaching the playoffs is not as big a priority as we have been told. Many expenditures hard to justify if this is the case.

I wouldn't expect Strollo to say anything else with less than two months until signing day. 

The real proof will be in the contract extension - how long and most importantly what are the buyout terms (which we probably will not know unless the media requests a copy).

If there is no contract extension, recruiting will likely be a disaster and there could be coaching defections as guys look for more stable spots.  And good luck attracting capable replacements if a coach is in the last year of his contract.

[Wick250]

Indy, all your points are true, but the same was said to justify the extension to Heacock.  When do you just have to bite the bullet, admit Wolford was a big mistake, and move on?  I don't know.  I do know that interest in the program is now actually below the level it reached when Heacock was shown the door.

[jjysuwin]

I find it very funny how people say Heacock was not a good head coach. Imagine if he were coach under a 24  team playoff system? Woulda made the playoffs in 01 (8-3) 02 (7-4) 05 (8-3) 07 (7-4)

[ysuindy]

Indy, all your points are true, but the same was said to justify the extension to Heacock.  When do you just have to bite the bullet, admit Wolford was a big mistake, and move on?  I don't know.  I do know that interest in the program is now actually below the level it reached when Heacock was shown the door.

Wick - I don't disagree - simply pointing out that by not already making a decision to move on from Wolford, that is where we are.

[ysuindy]

I find it very funny how people say Heacock was not a good head coach. Imagine if he were coach under a 24  team playoff system? Woulda made the playoffs in 01 (8-3) 02 (7-4) 05 (8-3) 07 (7-4)

Perhaps - of course a lot more automatic bids now and more conferences involved for at-large bids.  Not a slam dunk in all of those years.  I don't recall enough about all the other contenders for the bids in those years.