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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: SDSU Week

« on: October 20, 2016, 02:30:32 PM »

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Au contraire.  USD is 2-1 in conference play.  Our opponents are collectively 4-6 in conference play, so I do think they're legit stats, but its true the -DSUs are a different breed entirely.

WVU is exceptional by FBS standards, and I'm excited to see how they match up with TCU.  I don't think any MVFC team can match up with the level of play WVU provides.

SDSU will be the strongest foe we face all season, and I wouldn't be surprised if we play them twice this year.  In the MVFC, its the -DSU's and then there's everyone else.  This game will decide if we are now in the MVFC elite.  If Cal Poly can beat them in Brookings, so can we.
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I looked right at the stat and misread it.  They don't have a winning record overall, but do in the conference.  Sorry.
 I do believe the teams in front are far tougher than the teams we've beaten.  UNI was ranked #3 preseason?  That team is terrible offensively.  The QB was awful. 
I still believe S is not as good as N DSU regardless of last Saturday.  New England will lose again, but the team that beats them will NOT be better, just have a better day.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: SDSU Week

« on: October 20, 2016, 12:42:14 PM »

I think we need to run the ball and control the clock and keep their offense off the field.

For sure.  We have the #1 rushing offense in the conference, and SDSU has the second worst rushing D.  Their passing D isn't much better so hopefully Davis can use that to unload the box.  They have the best passing offense, but we have the best passing D, total D, and rushing D.  We are the sack leader also, so hopefully Rivers and Moss are very disruptive.  Our special teams has been on point.  We lead the Valley also in TOP, so if we don't get fancy and mostly ground and pound, I really like our chances.

Your MVFC stats look OK to me, as far as it goes.  But we should note, we have 3 MVC games under our belts, and yes, we have 3 wins.  NONE against teams with a winning record in MVFC and NONE against teams with a winning overall record.  We have some tough teams in front of us and that WVU pass defense is still fresh in my mind!

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: SDSU Week

« on: October 20, 2016, 12:28:31 PM »

I think we need to run the ball and control the clock and keep their offense off the field.

That would be nice, agreed, that's what everybody, every coach, always says.  But with -0- credible passing attack, how would you propose to do that?  We were 3.7 yards per carry against UNI.  That's 11 yards per 3 downs.  That is going to lead to a whole lot of "3 and out" punts against a team that is stacking the box on D.  If we don't come out and throw on early downs, and they don't have to be deep balls, but they do have to be early downs, and complete a good percentage, then IMO you are going to get blown out by 3 TD's or more.
SDSU has 2000+ passing yards so far this season and we will have to do 3 times better than last week just to get to 1000 after 7 games.  I do agree with those that say we have the best or second best D in MVFC, but at some point you have to move the ball and score some points.  You also, as you note, need to get the D off the field. 
We'll see, but this QB situation is cause for concern. 

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: SDSU Week

« on: October 20, 2016, 10:53:39 AM »

Mays will be the backup. Wells ran scout team today.

SDSU has over 2000 yards passing this season.  Having Mays run the scout team would be pretty silly. (BTW at last week's rate, YSU will get to 1000 yards passing in only 2 MORE GAMES!) 

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Quarterback Situation

« on: October 20, 2016, 10:45:10 AM »

i wonder if we could flip the stow qb from his buffalo commitment

Wait a minute, I thought Mays was the second coming of Payton Manning? 

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Pelini & Purdue?

« on: October 20, 2016, 10:42:52 AM »

Hey Dana, this isn't Hillary's e-mails or Donald's groping.
You call yourself a "journalist" and the job covering this "story" apparently started locally by YOU, is abysmal.   Anonymous sources to say he has no interest?  You don’t even ask the person the question directly?   I would expect better from a freshman high school reporter, working on the yearbook!

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: SDSU Week

« on: October 19, 2016, 04:56:35 PM »

YSU 3.5 point dogs. over/under 56.  If 56 points are scored, then we are getting pummeled.  Massey gives us a 43% chance of winning and predicts a score of 31-28.  I am bullish on the Penguins and say YSU 24-17.

To be seeded, we need to beat an -DSU, but we could lose both (and one more) and get in the playoffs.  Win at SDSU, and there is no reason to not think we are going to Frisco.

Agreed 56 is way to many.  We can't score more than 24 if their D didn't return at halftime, so that would be 32-24  I simply don't see our D giving up 32 to a 1AA team, no way, no how (well, 2 pick 6's might do it)
I'm more like 10-24 SDSU.  I just don't see enough YSU O to keep the D off the field.  We aren't getting any 20 running play drives against SDSU.  If Davis isn't 100% and I don't think he is, then it isn't going to be pretty.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: What would you do?

« on: October 19, 2016, 04:48:52 PM »

Starting this year, once inside the 2-minute mark, the game clock will not start until after the snap. We now need our timeouts or take a knee; where last year we could run down the clock and take the delay penalty. Why risk the fumbled snap or player injury?

That is a big change because least year we could have run all but 20 seconds off the clock then taken the delay on 4th-down. Thus the clock runs out and the ball is never snapped.

So you are going to snap the ball, take a knee in what, 3 seconds.  Run off 24 seconds, so you burn 108 seconds and leave SDSU with the ball (albeit deep in our territory) and 12 seconds on the cloce in a 1 point game?  Sorry, I'm taking the 7 and giving them the ball. 

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: What would you do?

« on: October 19, 2016, 04:31:05 PM »

Okay here is a new feature that will help us take our minds off the game, Bo and QB worries. It is called "What would you do?"


Okay last night I was thinking that the Guins would drive for a late TD be up 21-20 with just about 2-minutes left. SDSU (actually any opponent) is starting from their own 25, when the QB throws what seems to be a pick-6. Suddenly the Penguin defender does not score; instead he takes a knee at the 1-yard line. YSU has all three time outs remaining and SDSU has none. The YSU offense takes the field. Would you call this a mistake, or a brilliant instinctive move by a veteran on defense? Part-2: if YSU was up by 4-points would you feel any different?

Not enough info.  Is Davis or Mays the QB?
KIDDING!

You NEVER take points off the board, and taking a knee is the same as taking points off the board, so I go up 7, kick the point for 8 and force them to go the length of the field and still require the 2 points if they score the TD and look to win in OT if they do all that. 
Your scenario of taking the knee has too many things that can go wrong, before scoring.

In your response to your own question, why the hell would you/YSU call 3 timeouts??

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: SDSU Week

« on: October 19, 2016, 02:59:46 PM »

Our defense is as one-dimensional as our offense ...maybe even more so. I just have concern that SDSU receivers are going to get behind us if Moss and Rivers cannot deliver the pressure quickly enough. Thos team has an RB-WR combination that we have not faced since WVU. Two WR's, a big back and a small back.

I see us needing at least one win off of the xDSU's ...too many unknowns in ISU, MSU and SIU. Yes we do match up better with NDSU ...but SDSU is up first and I do not want to see what could be a must-win for both teams at NDSU.

I agree.  The secondary situation that was so exposed at WVU still exists, although Bishop seems to be playing a little better.  The fact that that kid from UNI made Davis and Mays look OK doesn't mean anything if the kid from SDSU can play.  The good news is we do have Rivers and Moss, and they can get pressure!

I disagree on needing a XDSU win.  I see losing to both, if for no other reason than they're out west.  I see wins at ISU MSU and SIU and a playoff birth IF Davis is completely healthy.  Frankly I see 1-4 with Mays starting.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Pelini & Purdue?

« on: October 19, 2016, 02:27:19 PM »

Dana hosts Penguin Gameday tonight at 7pm.  Hopefully he'll ask Bo about the Purdue job tonight.

No denial from Bo so far is significant.  Not good for recruiting.

So when a coach says, "oh, there is nothing to that rumor" we are to take his word for it?
C'mon man, every coach denies and denies right up to the press conference introducing him as the new coach.  I appreciate Bo NOT lying!

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: SDSU Week

« on: October 19, 2016, 02:13:15 PM »

This is my biggest fear for right now and especially this weekend:

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OH sh**!!  I thought we had SDSU this Saturday, now you tell me we have to play WVU again??
Wazup with that!?!?!?

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Pelini & Purdue?

« on: October 19, 2016, 11:28:59 AM »

"For Dana to Tweet that speaks volumes."
If he were breaking the news maybe, but the story is all over the internet.  Much of it out of Nebraska as funny as that sounds.  teeeting means nothing if it is a follow-up to a viral story.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Pelini & Purdue?

« on: October 19, 2016, 10:44:17 AM »

JT back on the sidelines at the Castle?

http://athlonsports.com/college-football/if-bo-pelini-leaves-jim-tressels-next-hire-youngstown-states-head-coach-jim-tressel

There's no way.  If he leaves his job as YSU's prez, it'll be for elected office.

Agreed
He was the best coach we've ever had, he is the best YSU President we've ever had, and I think he'd be the best Governor we’re ever had!  Run JT Run! 

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Pelini & Purdue?

« on: October 19, 2016, 10:26:25 AM »

I would normally think there is nothing to this, but the tweet from Dana Balash was ominous.  A HC can express interest in another job in a clandestine way, and no one except the inner circle ever knows.  Maybe Bo is letting the FBS world know he's on the market, even if Purdue isn't his objective?  Maybe he's using it as leverage at YSU?  Seems doubtful.  Either way, it appears clear that he's willing to bolt YSU prior to the end of the 2018 season when the NE $$ runs out.  I hope he leaves Carl here to become the next HC, but I suspect Carl will be his DC wherever he goes.

Leverage against YSU?  Leverage for what?  Certainly not a pay raise.  Not statium improvements (already scheduled) What?