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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Life after Wolford

« on: September 22, 2013, 10:19:52 AM »

Naturally they would want to cut that, and then ask for more $$$ in their next contract... That is what some would like, not all. I digress.

Athletics are a tremendous advertising and marketing tool. Anyone who questions that, go look at the interest in places like FCSU, Appy State, NDSU, among others. Marketing alone can't get the publicity those universities have received in recent years due to athletics.

Exactly, most of these guys do not see the importance of athletics in the name recognition of the university as well as the student recruitment process.

Having spend over 25 years as engineering manager in one of the largest corporations in the world, I am just having a difficult time in understanding their mindset.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU vs. Duquesne

« on: September 21, 2013, 08:50:01 PM »

Our secondary had more holes than the Swiss cheese. Our front four could not put pressure on their QB all game. We finally called a corner blitz at the fourth quarter resulting in the fumble.

If we play D like this against SIU next week, we will be in for a long day.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Life after Wolford

« on: September 21, 2013, 12:34:44 PM »

With the budget crisis at YSU, I do not see any possibility for YSU to add much additional funding into the football budget any time soon. Our enrollment is about half of Akron and Kent. The student fees will not generate enough money to have similar athletic $$$ to those institutions.

We actually have been getting more students into the game than previous few years. If we starting losing the conference games, that will drop off also.

In our faculty meeting with the new YSU president, some faculty members have already asked the president to consider reducing the athletic budget. To his credit, he indicated that we would stay in the current D-1 competitions for all sports at this time.

Go penguins.... I hope the rain stops for the game so we don't have to get wet. I hate to see our receivers and PR trying to catch a wet football.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: NDSU 24 Kansas State 21

« on: August 31, 2013, 07:57:19 AM »

I actually watched the whole game on Cable TV. The last drive was very impressive. Their QB made quick decisions and executed the plays well. His passes got to the receivers at the moment when they got the separations. If we do not pressure him in our game, it is going to be a long day.

I also focused on our receivers and Hess during the Dayton game. It was not true that our receivers did not get the separations. The problems were that Hess was very indecisive in throwing the ball. He did not throw the ball to the receivers when they created the separations. He held on the ball and kept looking until the receivers were covered again. A few times that the receivers were truly open, he either over threw them by 10 yards or 5 feet over their heads.
I do not know if it was him or the coaching to cause him to hold on to the ball for that long. When he finally decided to throw the ball, he was often pressured resulting in inaccurate throws. He also had troubles and difficulties in reading the defense to pick up the secondary receivers. This should not happen to a 4 year starting QB.
In the Dayton game, the game plan must have called for not throwing to the TE or RB. This was so different from last few years. It must be done internationally so not to reveal all our plays.
I hope we will keep improving so we will have a good match up against NDSU at the end of the season. Our DB and safeties were so lost out there during Dayton’s TD drive. It was truly pathetic.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: All charges dropped against Dale Peterman

« on: August 28, 2013, 07:51:54 PM »

We can use him after the second game when he recovers from his injury. Hope Wolf re-instates him.... We need DB.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Dayton Game

« on: August 28, 2013, 01:47:47 PM »

I think the Dayton guys must have mistakenly thought that we are playing a basketball game. What have they been smoking?

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: How did Cook look playing with the Browns?

« on: August 25, 2013, 07:14:28 PM »

Kosar did not forget his home town. The camera followed Cook (with closeup) on the sideline while Kosar commented that Cook was from the Penquins of Youngstown State couple of times.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: How did Cook look playing with the Browns?

« on: August 25, 2013, 12:52:00 PM »

I watched the entire game. He played almost the entire second half. His first run was over 10 years for a first down. It was called back because of holding. He did well in running the ball. He also caught all 3 passes thrown to him. He did not miss any blocking assignments.
I looked up the stats. In the game, he led the yards/run average at 5.5 and he also had the most pass receptions (3).

Unfortunately, because of the number of backs on the team, I don't think he will make the team. Hopefully, he would make the practice squad.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: New players on roster who could make impact

« on: August 01, 2013, 09:48:50 AM »

Moore is still listed on the roster.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: New players on roster who could make impact

« on: August 01, 2013, 09:35:11 AM »

Did not see him (Freeman) listed on the roster this morning on the YSU football website.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Tressel to be in YSU HOF

« on: July 30, 2013, 07:31:11 PM »

Tell the coach not to burn all those timeouts in the first quarter

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Penguins Drop Overtime Battle With Kent State, 85-78

« on: November 30, 2012, 08:10:58 AM »

I really do not want to blame the refs for our lost although they were awful. Allen was fouled on a driving fade away jump shot. The shot went in and the ref disallowed the basket and we got the ball for an in- bound. We did not score on that play. Many Kent charges were not called.

I thought the turning point was at the end of the game when the game was tied. Perry drove down the left side and was trapped. In the last ditch effort, he found Belin on the right side 5 feet from the basket all by himself (it happened right in front of me). Belin was ready to drive in for a easy layup or to get fouled or both to put us  ahead. He never got the chance since coach called a timeout from the bench. The diagrammed play did not work since Allen missed the jump shot.

I still think this team is better than last year. The freshman players are encouraging and are better. Hain and Weber have been impressive. They need more confidence. This will come with more playing time. 

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Penguins Drop Overtime Battle With Kent State, 85-78

« on: November 29, 2012, 04:30:10 PM »

We had a terrible mismatch between one of our guards and their #5. He was big and physical. We had to double up on him opening it up for 3 point shot. It looked like the coach strategy since Kent is not very good i shooting 3s. Well, they made them and we didn't. We had several wide open lay ups under the basket and our freshmen did not take advantage of that. Eargle played a great game. Some of his shots were amazing (not his typical step back shot). Although missing some shots, Bobby Haines and Weber looked good. Weber was tough on defense. I estimate about 3000 people (with about 200 from Kent in Yellow Shirts) in attendance. Darn, we should have won this game.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Penguins Drop Overtime Battle With Kent State, 85-78

« on: November 29, 2012, 01:40:26 PM »

I was at the game. If we could have made one more 3 point shoot or if Eargle did not miss the 2 FTs at the end of the game, we could have won it. As I have said before, if we don't make 3s and FTs, we are in trouble. However, I was encouraged by our ability to get the ball inside the paint more. But, our inside guys have to learn to finish at the basket.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU vs Kent

« on: November 26, 2012, 12:16:51 PM »

After watching the team this year, I still believe this is still primarily a 3 points shooting team. We are not very good in posting inside. We will win games if we can shoot 40% outside the arc and shoot 75% free throws. If we cannot do that, we will be at best a .500 team. Defense played well if the starters were not tired.