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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Question for Any Tennis Experts
« on: March 25, 2014, 11:29:54 PM »
Tennis.....???

Really???

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Wolford gets extension
« on: March 25, 2014, 11:28:08 PM »
No Comment.

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I too would like to congratulate Grace on that accomplishment. And I think, if asked, that Bobby would thank the Strength and Conditioning staff (Wilie Danzer and Bryan Sklenar) for the power he developed over the last 3-4 years.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Lady Pens Fall to UIC 73-65
« on: February 28, 2014, 09:21:18 PM »
Anyone have the average attendance figures (per game) for ladies basketball over the last 3-5-10 years???

Just curious. When watching TV sports highlights it looks like just mom and dads are there.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: The Tressel Movement
« on: February 22, 2014, 08:04:35 AM »
What this country needs is LESS academics.......running our academics!!!!!!

Tressel for President!!

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Football News
« on: February 22, 2014, 07:50:44 AM »
If that speed is real, and the TB's do not mind, I would not mind having a dedicated return man.

The kid dominated in those highlights. But against bad D6/D7 high school teams.
Best of luck to him.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: 2014 Football Recruiting Master List
« on: February 06, 2014, 10:01:02 AM »
Someone named Stewart from Florida has committed on Twitter. Can't find the full name just yet. Looks like a LB.

Jonathan Stewart. LB from St. Cloud high school in FL

http://www.hudl.com/athlete/o/2257563/jonathan-stewart

Must be fun to play in a defense where you don't have to fight off blocks and all you have to do is run to the ball. The game definitely has changed. While this kid certainly attacks well , I'll be curious to see how well he fights off 320lb guards at the D1 level.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: NDSU in a class by itself
« on: December 21, 2013, 07:05:53 AM »
I respectfully disagree that YSU was not every bit as dominant as NDSU or App State during the span from the8th game of the 1991 season, through the Championship Game in 1994.

4 straight 1AA Championship Games
3 NC's in 4 years
Lone loss was by 3 points, to Marshall, in what was essentially a home game for Marshall
93 Title, YSU beat Marshall, at Marshall
Record during this stretch: 46-5-2
Nov/Dec record: 26-1-1
Playoff record over this span, 15-1, with the lone loss being 31-28 in the 92 Title game against Marshall.

93 and 94 teams were especially dominate in the playoffs. Every game was won by 10 or more points. YSU beat Marshall 17 - 5 in NC game at Marshall.... YSU scored on each of their first 3 possessions. Game was never really in doubt after that. None of these games were ever in doubt.

In 94, the only playoff game that was in doubt, was the rematch with EKU. The other 3 were won by 14 or more points, and YSU could have scored more on both Boise and Alcorn, had Tress wanted to run up the score.

Something else to remember, is that Tressel's style of coaching did not lend itself to a "wow" factor, especially in the regular season. The regular season was used to get the team ready for the playoffs. Not that Tress wanted to lose any games, but he knew 1 or 2 losses would not keep YSU out of the playoffs.


I was at all but 2 home games, and at several road games. Watched other road games on TV. YSU was dominate, and so was Marshall. YSU though was a just bit more dominant than Marshall in the playoffs during that stretch.

I agree.
But maybe the blowout wins and huge margins of victory was something he was talking about too. We won a lot of playoff games back then by 1,3,5,7 points.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Berassa gets extra year
« on: December 21, 2013, 06:59:54 AM »
Good kid.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Fun to watch
« on: December 20, 2013, 09:37:41 PM »
Man that NDSU defense is fun to watch. It has to be demoralizing if you are the opposing team. They don't let you score unless they allow it in garbage time. That 7 point UNH got was on a pick 6. 

Love to watch that kind of defense.

They also ran "Dave" to the left side. Love that play.

Agreed.

The playoff committee should be ashamed of themselves. The 3 teams NDSU has played are embarrasing. Yes, yes, yes.....we lost to NDSU badly.......and yes, yes, yes we blew our chance by tanking in the last 3 weeks. But YSU is clearly better than the 3 teams NDSU has played in the playoffs.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: NDSU in a class by itself
« on: December 14, 2013, 07:51:05 PM »
NDSU is awesome! They totally controlled the game with Coastal Carolina who beat Montana last week. NDSU ran through, around and over them. Then passed when the runners needed a rest.  Bohl's play calling was great and the team executed the plays well.

Brock Jensen had plenty of time to see his open receivers and connected. I don't believe the other FCS teams are at their level; they should win their 3rd straight championship.

Great playcalling. YES. Reminded me of USC back in the day when Pete Carroll had the Trojans rolling. Strong inside run game. Well timed outside runs, and the best play in football, the "naked" bootleg for run or pass that really slows down a defense when they start cheating.

The game at it's simplest and finest.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: While watching Towson/EIU Quarterfinal Football
« on: December 14, 2013, 07:45:35 PM »
We were probably at or near the top 24, which is why we missed the palyoffs. Totally disagree with Pizza's conspiracy victim viewpoint. We obviously were in the playoffs if we win just one more game; no need to win the conference but we must stop tanking every November.

Tanking is something we "can control". Votes we can't. So you are correct sir.

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Pizza,
   
I realize that the couch potatoes of the world think that the only sports that matter are the ones that they see on ESPN, but college sports is much more than that. The only people making money off college football are ESPN, the beer advertisers, maybe some of the Big Five conference schools, and I don't think all of them, and perhaps a smattering of others.
   
In some schools, especially small privates, the minor sports are seen as making money or at least breaking even: Their rosters are filled with partial and non-scholarship students who are contributing to the university by paying tuition and room and board, and they are drawing students to the university who otherwise might not consider attending there, especially when the student is from a high-income or upper middle-income family. Over the last decade schools have actually been adding lacrosse, crewing, and equestrian because these students tend to come from better-off families who will pay money to let their kids to continue in their sport. In addition, the minor sports tend to attract better students (after all, education is the reason universities exist in the first place), and these students don't create the campus disciplinary problems that come with the inflated egos of football players.
   
In the current budget crisis, some ADs mistakenly think that the solution is to dump the minor sports and divert the money from the minor sports to big-time spectator sports, but hardly anybody has made this work in football.  It's like pouring a bucket of water on a house fire. This does sometimes work in basketball, because one basically needs only five good players and one or two good subs, and the equipment costs are much less. It's easy to lose sight of the impact of minor sports on school enrollment and finances because those metrics are not part of the athletic operating budgets, but if one looks at the big picture, it's rather astounding.  (This is why small schools understand this more--these facts get lost in large universities.) Some of these FBS wannabes, if they keep going down their current path, will soon be left with nothing more than frisbee golf.
 
This is why I think Strollo is doing such a decent job.  The minor sports are definitely bringing students to the university that otherwise wouldn't come to Youngstown, and many of the sports are now competitive among the mid-tier universities. Not sure if the break-even theory works at YSU because the tuition is low relative to its peers and the salaries for minor-sport coaches, as low as they are, are higher than low-tier schools.

Well said. And I agree.

But I still could care less about "crew".

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: While watching Towson/EIU Quarterfinal Football
« on: December 14, 2013, 12:46:55 PM »
Watching Coastal Carolina v NDSU. 17-0 NDSU with 3 minutes left in the 1st. It's early still, and anything can happen (injuries/trick plays/hell freezing over), but it appears Coastal does not belong in the playoffs.

We were clearly one of the best 24 teams in the country. We are purposefully being kept out whenever possible for past success and transgressions whether real or perceived. If the selection process (or the people selecting) doesn't change, we will never get in on a vote.

We have to win our League, which is a daunting task.

In the NCAA D1 wrestling tournament, the BIG TEN gets many, many more athletes in the National tournament, even if they place 4th, 5th or 6th in the BIG Ten qualifying tournament because it is recognized ( and clearly obvious to anyone paying attention) that the BIG 10 has vastly superior wrestling to every other conference in the country.

It's obvious in wrestling and should be with 1-AA football as well.


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More evidence that the second-tier FBS schools are losing the sports financial arms race: Temple is dropping seven sports. This is a downward spiral. 

http://articles.philly.com/2013-12-08/news/44908784_1_temple-university-the-inquirer-american-athletic-conference

Mens gymnastics got cut?? OMG..... :'(.   And mens and women crew???....My God the inhumanity!!! :'(

I mean..... all the "tens of people" nationally who care about "crew"......must be emotionally crushed. All 10 of them will have to go a group help class to overcome this devastation. And what is ESPN gonna do without the ability to televise "crew'??? Think of all the "tens of dollars they will lose".

Political Correctness has a lot to do with this. Socialism rearing it's ugly head under the banner of "fairness" and womens "right's". >:( ;) :) :o

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