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No butts in the seats and tailgate lot was just as bad!
penguinpower:
--- Quote from: nova75 on November 02, 2014, 11:28:03 AM ---Outside of only a few places, FCS football is largely irrelevant. I was at Nova's homecoming last weekend. Only about 6,000 in the stadium to watch a top 5 team. There were probably twice that at the local bars getting ready for Penn State and OSU. Just the reality.
On another note I have never or will never pay for a YSU ticket. They are just too easy to get free. I could call 5 random people and get tickets.
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There are like 100,000 more things to do in Eastern Pennsylvania, and that area does not claim to be a hotbed for football like Youngstown and the Mahoning valley. Yet they still getc a decent turnout
ScarletRook:
The one thing that a major college program, or even HS for that matter, is atmosphere that makes you get into the game and want to be in the stands and a part of it. I look around the Youngstown area and there is very little in YSU clothing lines in the stores, no stores flying Penguin flags or playing the fight song. I have a granddaughter at State Penn and the atmosphere there is electric - heck the same can be said at Akron. Youngstown does very little to promoter their university yet they have no problem reaping the benefits.
ysufan0505:
Remember last year, 8-2 coming off a tough loss against UNI....
1. AT HOME AGAINST #1 NDSU
2. Inducting Jimmy T in the HOF
3. There were probably 12,000 people there.... Maybe.
BarstoolCleveland:
I'm a young alumnus of YSU (24 years old) and live in Cleveland. I make it to every game. We can spend hours complaining, but it won't matter.
YSU's marketing is quite good. Way better than Cleveland State, Kent or Akron. Go to any of those towns, and you won't know a University even exists.
YSU lacks on its media side. The sports info department is very poor at getting the word out to media outside of the Youngstown market. I think we need to find a media member from the Pitt or Cle market to replace some of the dead weight that gets our media coverage out there.
There's no life in the Youngstown area. No new industry. No jobs. Smart graduates like myself are forced to leave the area. If you're going to blame anyone, blame the politicians. They've buried this area, and have done next to nothing to grow jobs. Alums like myself will continue to move away. There will be no young people like myself left in the area to support this school. I see a lot of politicians walking around the tailgate lot, asking for votes. They are the reason the area is dying. Tell them this. Elect new people. Instead, you welcome these losers with open arms. You get what you deserve. There's no jobs.
Penguin Nation:
^^^^Bar Stool is right on!!
I love Youngstown....but the mental slavery there is unreal.
You get the government you deserve.
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