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The Youngstown State football team held an efficient scrimmage on Saturday morning at Stambaugh Stadium. Head Coach Eric Wolford was pleased with the starting units, but YSU is still looking to solidify some back-up spots as spring ball continues.
The scrimmage was the ninth practice conducted by the Guins this spring. The workout started with 25 minutes of individual work, before the offense and defense clashed for just over an hour.
The offense started off strong in the coming-out senarios. Pinned at their one-yard line, quarterback Kurt Hess came out throwing finding Andrew Williams on a 12-yard pickup. After a Hess throw away, Demond Hymes picked up 15 yards on a nifty run.
With the ball back at the one-yard line, Torrian Pace busted loose for a 19-yard pickup and then Dante Nania found tight end Carson Sharbaugh for 12 yards.
YSU then held seven red-zone situations with the offense scoring twice and the defense preventing a score on the other five occasions.
The first play of the red-zone sequence saw Hess toss a 20-yard touchdown pass to Marcel Caver. The defense held on the next four possessions, including a David Rivers fumble recover of a botched hand-off between Nick Wargo and Michael Wheary. On the next possession, Wargo and Wheary redeemed themselves by connecting on an 18-yard touchdown pass on a 3rd-and-8 play. The defense sacked Nania on the final play of the red-zone drill.
During the moving-the-ball segment, the defense had interceptions on two of the final three snaps. Donald D'Alesio intercepted a Kurt Hess on a third-and-long play and then Josh Garner snared a Nania pass and returned it 38 yards for a score.
The Guins first and second-team units worked on third-down situations for the next 10 plays. The first-team offense picked up a first down four of the five plays. Hess was sharp finding Kintrell Disher on a 20-yard pickup (third-and-1), Wheary on a 10-yard gain (third-and-7) and had a nice pitch-and-catch to Andrew Williams for a 53-yard gain (third-and-10).
The second-team offense picked up a pair of first downs. Zach Miller picked up two yards on third-and-1 and Wargo found Carson Sharbaugh for a 16-yard pick up.
During the four-minute offense segment, Hymes helped the offense run out the clock carrying five straight times. He had gains of six, 10 and 13 during his first three carries to help time melt off the clock. In the second four-minute drill, the defense stopped the drive when Dubem Nwadiogbu intercepted Nania.
YSU capped the scrimmage with a two-minute drill. Hess moved the offense down the field for a score finding Wheary on a 25-yard pass with 12 seconds left. Hess found Wheary for a 22-yard gain on the previous play.
Nwadiogbu had his second interception
YSU returns to practice on Tuesday.
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Was at scrimmage today---two most impressive players I saw were Hymes at RB and Wargo as 2nd team QB. His arm is very strong and accurate.
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IP,
Did you notice who received the most reps with the first team O and D lines?
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IP,
Did you notice who received the most reps with the first team O and D lines?
No 4, can't say that I did. My bad.
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IP,
Did you notice who received the most reps with the first team O and D lines?
No 4, can't say that I did. My bad.
That can be your assignment for this week's scrimmage.
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IP , if you were not hanging out in a loge you could have paid more attention to what was happening on the field! :-))
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IP , if you were not hanging out in a loge you could have paid more attention to what was happening on the field! :-))
You're right....VIP treatment can have its drawbacks!!!
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Both lines look big, very mobile and athletic. The offense seems to be ahead of the defense, especially on run plays. The pass rush is much improved in that the quickness on the edges is noticeably better.
The first unit OL is: LT-Bryant, LG-Herdman, C-Elkins, RG-Eisenhuth, RT-Strickland (Sinko is out with a broken collarbone).
The DL rotated frequently with DE-Cox, Coleman, Rivers, Myers and DT-Moss, Kromah, Brown and Zaborsky.
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Thanks for the report. Because of the numbers we lost on both lines, these two units concern me the most. I am surprised Strickland is the first one in for Sinko, as he was just moved to tackle after the season.
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where is the Bell kid from Hermitage fitting in..?....heard the future is extremley bright for him...moved from Defense to Offense..?....
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Wolf has said in an interview that he feels this OL will surprise us all. He even intimated that they may be better than last year. They are more athletic, more mobile, a tad smaller, but just as strong. Strickland is big and mobile! He seems to "get" offense but needs to learn a lot. Without the freshmen, and now Sinko, we are a little lean in depth at tackle.
The left side of the line looks solid, especially with Elkins at center. Bryant is big and is very athletic as we saw last year. Herdman was the #3 guard last year and backed up an all conference first teamer and a guy that we hope we will see in the NFL in the fall. Herdman is very aggressive and athletic and is knocking a lot of people down. Bell and Colucci are to backing up the left side, but there is a lot of interchanging of positions on the second team. Time will shake this out. Eisenhuth is backed up by Harris at RG and that seems to be an on-going battle for the starting spot. The young guys need to learn the offense and when they do...look out!
I will give a more in depth report on the DL after Saturday's scrimmage.
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Wolf has said in an interview that he feels this OL will surprise us all. He even intimated that they may be better than last year. They are more athletic, more mobile, a tad smaller, but just as strong. Strickland is big and mobile! He seems to "get" offense but needs to learn a lot. Without the freshmen, and now Sinko, we are a little lean in depth at tackle.
The left side of the line looks solid, especially with Elkins at center. Bryant is big and is very athletic as we saw last year. Herdman was the #3 guard last year and backed up an all conference first teamer and a guy that we hope we will see in the NFL in the fall.
Herdman is very aggressive and athletic and is knocking a lot of people down.
Bell and Colucci are to backing up the left side, but there is a lot of interchanging of positions on the second team. Time will shake this out. Eisenhuth is backed up by Harris at RG and that seems to be an on-going battle for the starting spot. The young guys need to learn the offense and when they do...look out!
I will give a more in depth report on the DL after Saturday's scrimmage.
Muskie44 = Fred Herdman... ;D ;D ;D ;D
No seriously, I think Herdman is a great kid a will be huge for this line.
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I think our DE's will be a lot better than last yr. Especially with the pass rush. I'm excited to see these guys
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For those that attend the scrimmages thanks for the reports. Very encouraging.
Do we look any better in the secondary?
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Also, let's not forget that this is spring ball. There are going to be HS, prep, and JUCO players that are still in school; which is where they belong, so they can help us in the summer.
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The experience, athleticism and teamwork in the secondary has shown through this spring. This unit, and their very strong backups, intercepted three last Saturday. In addition, they dropped one interception and took one of the INT's to the house. How long has it been since you saw that many take-aways in a 50 play sequence? By the way, our line-backing corp is attacking and disrupting on just about every play. They get to their hook and flat zones much better this year. The secondary defense should not be in question this year. Now, let's eliminate the occasional mental breakdown and this could be the best secondary we have seen in sometime.
Okay, Pizza, no attempt to remain anonymous. I will always call it the way I see it, even if it involves my own. There is never an attempt to mislead, but I love the penguins and will let those on this site know what I see since they may not be able to do so themselves. I don't have the longevity of most of you, but hope to always remain a staunch supporter of the Guins even after mine moves on.
In addition, I am attempting to increase the noise around this years' squad. They look very, very good and everyone should be ramping up their enthusiasm. Go Guins!
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Welcome Muskie. No worries, you are not far from the only one. That is part of what makes this board the best place to get Penguin info. Heck I am not an "old-timer" yet, and I have been a fan since I was just a kid back in the 1970's.
Warning, sometimes you need a strong constitution ;) to be a board reader/poster, and a fan.
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Thanks for the report Muskie. Very encouraging so far!