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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Congrats...YSU Coaches / Staff

« on: April 06, 2024, 08:45:19 AM »

Italian Penguin and Pita…where have you been! Good to see you back!

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU Beeghly facilities upgrade

« on: April 01, 2024, 12:29:34 AM »

Divider-in-chief?

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Horizon League Coaches/Portal

« on: March 20, 2024, 12:14:04 PM »

The NCAA should have learned from Major League Baseball. For years, MLB used the reserve clause to keep their players for as long as they wanted them. The NCAA restrictions weren’t as bad as Major League Baseball but considering that the players received just room, board and tuition when millions were being reaped in by the NCAA and the colleges was extremely unbalanced.

The NCAA when confronted with the amount of money being made by the NCAA and the colleges made no effort to compensate the players. When the courts ruled in the players’ favor, it became like free agency in Major League Baseball…players going to the highest bidder…my team be damned.

If the NCAA had developed a better compensation plan before it went to the courts it may have been able to avoid the runaway freight train it has become.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Nit

« on: March 18, 2024, 01:05:47 PM »

The visibility of the CBI and CIT is so low with the NCAA and NIT playing at the same time. Last year vs Oklahoma State was a great experience. As diminished as it is, it’s still the NIT. If you have a team with a lot of returning starters maybe the CBI and CIT are worth it. But with one and done seniors, it’s probably not worth the money. If the NCAA Tournament expands to 76 teams, maybe the NIT will bring back the mid-majors.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: GB Saturday

« on: February 11, 2024, 12:08:22 PM »

Thank you Double T for the link. It reinforces how coaches prepare for situations but it still comes down to execution.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Big game today

« on: January 28, 2024, 06:36:12 PM »

4099 vs Oklahoma St in NIT with stands filled last year and 6001 today with them pushed in?

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Ysu vs IUPUI

« on: January 06, 2024, 07:01:06 PM »

Sadly the FCS championship will have to compete with NFL tomorrow at 2:00. I can’t imagine what that game’s audience will be.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / No Automatic Bids for Regular Season Champs in NIT

« on: October 27, 2023, 08:37:49 PM »

Last year YSU’s men’s team received an automatic bid to the NIT because they were regular season champions. It was a great night for the basketball program as YSU hosted Oklahoma State in the first round. It won’t happen this year as the NIT has eliminated the automatic bids for mid-major regular season champions. The major six conferences will receive two automatic bids and will be offered the option to host the opening games. Just another widening of the gap between power  conferences and mid-majors.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: South Dakota Week

« on: October 15, 2023, 07:07:57 PM »

When you’re ranked #20 and you’re playing #10 on the road and lose by a field goal…isn’t that almost expected? I think some fan’s expectations are really unrealistic.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: March Madness should be our focus not football.

« on: March 24, 2023, 01:48:47 PM »

The FCS championship drew an audience of 1.07 million-opposite NFL playoffs. That was a little less than the average. When Sam Houston played in finals almost 3 million watched because of Houston market. The lower bowls averaged between 1-2 million this past bowl season. There is very little interest nationally for football under the Power 5 Conferences. I agree that the move up is probably not worth the amount of money it take to be even mildly competitive. Eventually I hope the MAC realizes the futility of trying to be relevant at that level and joins the FCS.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: NKU

« on: March 16, 2023, 11:54:06 PM »

NKU was 3-17 vs YSU in Horizon Tournament. Brandon is such a force on the boards. Good representation by Horizon in NCAA and NIT. IUPUI and Green Bay being rated two of lowest rated teams in DI hurt league’s overall rating.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Calhoun press conference and the future

« on: March 16, 2023, 03:03:18 PM »

Let’s assume 15 home games with 500 students a game(which is a big assumption.) That would be an additional $37,500. I think the students should get in free. We went 14-3 at home and could have easily won each of the three games we lost. I believe the students are integral part of crowds and would not start charging for them. Almost all major universities allow their students in for free.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Oklahoma State

« on: March 16, 2023, 01:56:41 PM »

Mutual Ohio paid for all the students-which much have not counted toward attendance. And if the go by tickets scanned who knows. My ticket is rarely scanned and I could have literally walked in for free.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Oklahoma State

« on: March 16, 2023, 10:32:00 AM »

If capacity is 6,300 and the crowd was 4,100 that meant the was room for 2,200 more fans last night.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Oklahoma State

« on: March 16, 2023, 10:30:06 AM »

Whoever counts attendance needs to find a new job. I would bet my life there was at least 6k there last night. That's embarra$$ing to say 4100.

We have been inflating crowd sizes all year. No harm in that. We were not cheating anybody.  The biggest joke was claiming that there were 5500 in attendance for the Detroit game when the 1380 seats in the west stands were not even pulled out.

This was different. A big chunk of the proceeds, perhaps all, had to be given to the NIT.

If capacity is 6,300 and the crowd was 4,100 that meant there was room for 2,200 more fans last night?