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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Guins vs. NDSU - in Game Thread

« on: November 18, 2013, 09:08:32 PM »

Let the Bison fans enjoy their time in the sun. We know it can end quickly.  All the  ND fans I met seem like good people & fans.

I agree, Georgia Southern had their turn, YSU Appy now NDSU, a nice 3-6 year run then back to reality.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: South Dakota State

« on: November 18, 2013, 09:05:43 PM »

I do not see the improved talent-level at all. Certainly a "changed" talent level. We sacrificed at every position in order to make up what we wanted, the result was we did not get what we needed to compete in our conference.

Examples. We went for height in our lines, because we are not going to be able to get quality Big & Tall at our level. Wolf's predecessor would get a quality big and tall athlete and work extensively with him to make him a DLineman. Wolf does the same in his skill positions, but I do not see the coaching craftsmanship molding these guys in the stable positions. We are all speed in our RB's ...no sense of power outside of when Carson has the ball. Then he does not have years of experience reading gaps which is so pivotal to a FB. Look at Wolf chewing on Whery after the overthrow and INT by Garry. Now I did not hear it. Yes the WR should have turned his head once & knocked that corner into the cheap-seats. It is easy to say that, but difficult to do ...I am not convinced these things are taught.

Lets drop back to the UNI game ...our DLinemen were hitting so hard and low, that they had their heads down and missed the play because they had no idea where the ball was. However, it was the only way they could get any penetration. Again where is the strength to get off your block?

I still do not believe that we recruit (at least on defense) for this conference. This is why we all watch NDSU (a 100% YSU of old clone) and feel so bad. Again I decided to give Wolf a chance and even if we do have this change in style, I will accept it. However, we are not winning, so why accept it?

YSU local recruits are from 2 counties ...NDSU's locals include 2 states. You can argue that population is smaller all you want, but you are not going to see OSU or Michigan scouring the Dakotas. The Mahoning Valley is going to see recruiters from all big-6 conferences ...and down.

Heacock's best years were when he first started using Tressel's recruits and when he took numerous I-A recruits for his 2005-2007 run...

If you only knew how he handled recruiting IAAFan... I played with some individuals recruited by him. They were not impressed with how he handled recruiting. I can say unequivocally the recruiting situation is NIGHT AND DAY better now than it was under him.

You can continue to defend Heacock, but he could not cut it as a head coach. He was a great defensive coordinator, but some folks cannot cut it as a head coach. Jon Heacock was one of them. He is a decent guy that did his best, but he could not recruit and he followed in the footsteps of a legend.

In Heacock's defense "IF" he had the funds the Ad is pumping into the FB program plus /assistants the new facilities I think YSU would be in better shape right now. I don't like Wolford something is WRONG with him and I just can't put my finger on it. Is # 25 hurt? damn shame this kid gave 4 years and you don't even see him.

Not so sure Heacock would have done any better with more money, I think he is a great guy and wanted it more than anyone could imagine but something just did not click with him, no confidence showed. Not saying Wolford is burning up the place either, he is more of a car salesman that could use a little more self-control and organization.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Life after Hess

« on: November 18, 2013, 08:57:25 PM »

I am very happy with what I saw out of Tanner. Showed leadership and composure. Lots of arm work to do off-season ...but the tools are there to work with.

I agree, not happy with the int but it seems to me that the O picked it up a notch when he came in. He did not seem shy!

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: 2014 Football Commit - Ryan Moore (York, SC)

« on: November 18, 2013, 08:52:42 PM »

I like it I really like it welcome aboard Ryan.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: 2014 Football Commit- Brandon Peters (Tampa, FL)

« on: November 18, 2013, 08:51:23 PM »

Seems that he feels he can start right away, I like it, welcome aboard Brandon happy to have you.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Not cool

« on: November 17, 2013, 09:29:51 PM »

I am a huge Bison fan.  I don't like it at all.
Its all in good spirit, but should not happen.

It will be almost impossible to stop it at this point though, so I tolerate it.

A very reasonable post, best of luck to you and your team in the playoffs.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Marketing Department

« on: November 17, 2013, 08:30:58 PM »

If the solution was simple I have no doubt that our marketing dept would have done it by now. I believe that there are multiple issues that affect attendance and in no particular order -

population loss in the greater Ytown area
bulk of students still commute and have to work, hard to justify going back to campus on a free day
less students then years ago
price of tickets - slam the ones who will come anyway or lower price in hopes of getting more to come
game time, pick a single starting time that is easier to plan around
osu
win, not only number of wins but folks want to feel confident they will see YSU kick butt that day

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Not cool

« on: November 17, 2013, 05:55:29 PM »

Go, Nation and a couple of others, nice posts. Seems that they have been doing this so long that they just cannot see through it and understand what they are really doing. Some eluded to the fact that they have a "right" to do it. It is correct they do have that right, heck this is a great country, but to try and use that as an argument to justify doing it, sounds like something my kids tried when they were little.

Maybe not a major deal in the greater scheme of things, but it does reflect badly on them and their school and they do not understand it.

Time to move on.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Not cool

« on: November 16, 2013, 10:11:39 PM »

Had you won we would not be discussing this.  Is it disrespectful?  Not intentionally.  Can I see why you think it is.  Sure.  Fargo and the state of North Dakota is more patriotic than more states than you know the capital cities of.

Not so sure about this "more patriotic claim" I have sat at a lot of games over the past 40 or so years with teams from quite a few different states and today was the first time I was offended during that song. For now you rank about 50th.

I will say this one last time, who won the game has nothing to with this thread, rather simple.

Best of luck to you and your team the rest of the season.

BTW - I know all of the capitals.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Guins vs. NDSU - in Game Thread

« on: November 16, 2013, 09:53:32 PM »

Please get a defensive coordinator that knows how to hit people in the mouth like we used to in the good ole days!

May make the playoffs but defense needs to improve to make any kind of run.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: NDSU @ YSU. lets pump it up!

« on: November 16, 2013, 09:50:55 PM »

Lakes - probably the only city in Ohio that isn't overwhelmingly Ohio State is Cincinnati.  And there are a lot of Buckeye fans there as well. 

 Youngstown, Kent, Akron doesn't matter - OSU comes first with most people.  its part of the challenges of selling tickets.  The local school is the #2 school in most of the state and people would rather stay home and watch the Buckeres on TV.  You will see a lot more Ohio State garb this weekend outside of the game.  People love a winner at the highest level - and that's tO$U.

As Pita said, enjoy your visit, spend lots of money, travel safe but go home unhappy with the result. 

I am not happy about it, have never had any interest in osu but you have pretty much hit the nail on the head.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Not cool

« on: November 16, 2013, 09:43:09 PM »

Game comments aside, I thought that it was very rude and really not cool what the NDSU fans did at the end of the National Anthem. Right at the end of the song most of them chanted something over the words of the song, could not understand what they said but it does not matter.

Do not mess with things like the National Anthem.

Not looking for anything to complain about, has nothing to do with the game, you have a nice team a nice fan base. It is just an ignorant unpatriotic thing to do during the National Anthem. I guess it may be cute for kindergarten kids but not for adults that should be old enough to understand the meaning of the song.

The fact that you have been doing it for a long time only makes it more pathetic.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Guins vs. NDSU - in Game Thread

« on: November 16, 2013, 06:06:11 PM »

Several of the NDSU fans around seemed to take exception to the pronunciation of bison. Seems they prefer bizun.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Fire Montgomery Thred!

« on: November 16, 2013, 06:02:37 PM »

I was ticked at Wolf for his triad in the 3rd qtr that got us a penalty and killed a nice drive.  We had a little mo going and then he lost his cool. You just cannot do that kind of thing in a big game. Head coach needs to be under control at all times during the game, watch some film on John Wooden wolf.

 

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU NDSU game Prediction

« on: November 16, 2013, 05:57:46 PM »

My Heart says 24-20 YSU (Jekyll team)

My Brain says 38- 20 NDSU (Hyde team)

35-17

Damn BRAIN makes sense toooo often 

Pretty darn close there red, Guys played hard but NDSU was the better team.