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YSU Penguin Athletics / Baseball
« on: March 23, 2022, 08:38:13 AM »
The guys have picked up wins over Pitt and Penn State
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Women WNIT
« on: March 08, 2022, 08:25:07 PM »
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – The Youngstown State women’s basketball team has accepted an invitation to play in the WNIT later this month.
Finishing as Co-Horizon League champions, YSU earned an automatic bid to the WNIT.
First-round play of the tournament will begin March 16 through 18.
The Penguins will learn their opponent, game date, time and location on Sunday night.
Finishing as Co-Horizon League champions, YSU earned an automatic bid to the WNIT.
First-round play of the tournament will begin March 16 through 18.
The Penguins will learn their opponent, game date, time and location on Sunday night.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Oakland
« on: March 03, 2022, 08:50:31 PM »
This is just like the mens game.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Ladies canceled
« on: January 05, 2022, 10:05:13 PM »
This weeks women's games at Wright State and Northern Kentucky are cancelled. Covid-19 at both schools.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / The wolf man
« on: January 01, 2022, 02:32:20 PM »
In the first half the tv did a little talk about Eric W. being the O line coach for Kentucky. Seems he is doing well and he looked happy!
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YSU Penguin Athletics / playoffs
« on: November 21, 2021, 01:14:04 PM »
Looks to me that every team we beat this year made the play-offs.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Women's BB
« on: November 19, 2021, 08:09:44 AM »
Nice start to the season, go ladies
https://www.wkbn.com/sports/ysu-women-win-third-straight-game-to-start-season/
https://www.wkbn.com/sports/ysu-women-win-third-straight-game-to-start-season/
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YSU Penguin Athletics / ND game day
« on: November 06, 2021, 01:40:06 PM »
Not sure why we thought about going for two on the first td, but it worked out
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YSU Penguin Athletics / All about the money
« on: October 12, 2021, 09:31:32 PM »
Per Dana Balash
YSU athletics will pocket more than $3 million in football "money games" through 2027
The biggest payday was this season at Michigan State & YSU received $750,000.
Since 2005 the Youngstown State football team has been playing the so called "money games" against Power Five schools and received millions of dollars for the athletic department and the majority of time a loss.
Since their first "money game" at Pittsburgh, September 24, 2005 the Penguins have played 15 payday games and have only one win, 31-17 against the Panthers on September 1, 2012.
"Our community stuck by us and this win was for our community," said then head coach Eric Wolford following that game.
Now, these games are an every year occurrence for the Penguins. (So far no "money game" is scheduled for 2023)
From this years game at Michigan State, in which the Penguins were paid $750,000, through scheduled "money games" through 2027, Youngstown State will bring home $3.6 million dollars.
The breakdown includes:
2021 Michigan State $750,000
2022 Kentucky $550,000
2023
?
2024 Pittsburgh $450,000
2025 Michigan State $725,000
2026 Kentucky $575,000
2027 Maryland $600,000
(The contracts for each game was obtained through the Freedom of Information Act)
Youngstown was scheduled to play at Akron in 2020 and were guaranteed $300,000. That game was cancelled due to covid-19.
In comparison, Akron, an FBS school earned $3.6 million in two games this season. The Zips brought home $1.8 million each for games at Auburn & Ohio State.
YSU officials say the money earned in these games goes to the athletic department to help all sports.
YSU athletics will pocket more than $3 million in football "money games" through 2027
The biggest payday was this season at Michigan State & YSU received $750,000.
Since 2005 the Youngstown State football team has been playing the so called "money games" against Power Five schools and received millions of dollars for the athletic department and the majority of time a loss.
Since their first "money game" at Pittsburgh, September 24, 2005 the Penguins have played 15 payday games and have only one win, 31-17 against the Panthers on September 1, 2012.
"Our community stuck by us and this win was for our community," said then head coach Eric Wolford following that game.
Now, these games are an every year occurrence for the Penguins. (So far no "money game" is scheduled for 2023)
From this years game at Michigan State, in which the Penguins were paid $750,000, through scheduled "money games" through 2027, Youngstown State will bring home $3.6 million dollars.
The breakdown includes:
2021 Michigan State $750,000
2022 Kentucky $550,000
2023
?2024 Pittsburgh $450,000
2025 Michigan State $725,000
2026 Kentucky $575,000
2027 Maryland $600,000
(The contracts for each game was obtained through the Freedom of Information Act)
Youngstown was scheduled to play at Akron in 2020 and were guaranteed $300,000. That game was cancelled due to covid-19.
In comparison, Akron, an FBS school earned $3.6 million in two games this season. The Zips brought home $1.8 million each for games at Auburn & Ohio State.
YSU officials say the money earned in these games goes to the athletic department to help all sports.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Sam Houston home/home
« on: September 05, 2021, 02:59:27 PM »
Football: Penguins & Sam Houston State have home and home series
The Bearkats host the Penguins, August 30, 2025 and the two teams play in Youngstown, September 4, 2027.
https://www.wfmj.com/story/44668404/football-penguins-and-sam-houston-state-have-home-and-home-series
The Bearkats host the Penguins, August 30, 2025 and the two teams play in Youngstown, September 4, 2027.
https://www.wfmj.com/story/44668404/football-penguins-and-sam-houston-state-have-home-and-home-series
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Softball - this is positive
« on: July 08, 2021, 11:27:00 AM »
Megan Turner, a former Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year, USA Today High School All-American, Flo-Softball High School All-American, and MaxPreps Small School All-American, has signed a grant-in-aid to join the Youngstown State softball program for the 2022 season, Head Coach Brian Campbell announced.
"We are extremely excited to add a player of Megan Turner's caliber to our program," Campbell said. "She brings a wealth of experience to our team and has been a part of a championship-winning high school program from our area."
A transfer from Kent State, Turner will have two more years of eligibility with the Penguins.
In 2021, Turner was named All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) Second-Team after batting .336 with team bests eight home runs and 41 runs batted in. She also scored 17 runs with six doubles and posted a .565 slugging percentage and a .404 on-base percentage.
As a freshman in 2019, Turner was named to the MAC All-Freshman team after batting .300 with a double, six home runs and 14 RBIs. She ranked second in the MAC in conference-only games batting average by a freshman (.351) and was third in slugging percentage (.541).
A native of Champion, Ohio, Turner was named All-Ohio First Team, All-Region First-Team, All-District First-Team, All-American Conference Player of the Year, All-American Conference First-Team, NFCA Northeast All-Region First-Team, and Vindicator Softball Player of the Year as a senior. That year, she hit .612 with 54 runs scored, 49 hits, 54 RBIs, seven doubles, three triples and 12 home runs.
Turner was selected as an NFCA High School All-American Scholar Athlete, NFCA First-Place All-American Team member, Wendy's High School Heisman School Award Winner, All-American Conference Student of the Week.
She ended her prep career Ranked sixth in state history in career runs scored (188) and career home runs (38), 14th in career RBIs (167) and 21st in career hits (197).
"We are extremely excited to add a player of Megan Turner's caliber to our program," Campbell said. "She brings a wealth of experience to our team and has been a part of a championship-winning high school program from our area."
A transfer from Kent State, Turner will have two more years of eligibility with the Penguins.
In 2021, Turner was named All-Mid-American Conference (MAC) Second-Team after batting .336 with team bests eight home runs and 41 runs batted in. She also scored 17 runs with six doubles and posted a .565 slugging percentage and a .404 on-base percentage.
As a freshman in 2019, Turner was named to the MAC All-Freshman team after batting .300 with a double, six home runs and 14 RBIs. She ranked second in the MAC in conference-only games batting average by a freshman (.351) and was third in slugging percentage (.541).
A native of Champion, Ohio, Turner was named All-Ohio First Team, All-Region First-Team, All-District First-Team, All-American Conference Player of the Year, All-American Conference First-Team, NFCA Northeast All-Region First-Team, and Vindicator Softball Player of the Year as a senior. That year, she hit .612 with 54 runs scored, 49 hits, 54 RBIs, seven doubles, three triples and 12 home runs.
Turner was selected as an NFCA High School All-American Scholar Athlete, NFCA First-Place All-American Team member, Wendy's High School Heisman School Award Winner, All-American Conference Student of the Week.
She ended her prep career Ranked sixth in state history in career runs scored (188) and career home runs (38), 14th in career RBIs (167) and 21st in career hits (197).
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Two players removed from football team
« on: April 15, 2021, 08:55:59 PM »
Two YSU football players removed from team following undisclosed incidents
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – The Youngstown State Athletic Department confirms that a pair of football players has been removed from the program following recent yet separate off-the-field incidents.
The school could not confirm the identity of the players.
A spokesman for the YSU Athletic Department sent the following statement to WKBN Sports Team 27:
“The football team’s leadership group came to Coach Phillips and asked for a player to be dismissed from the team. The other is dealing with a University Conduct issue so we can’t comment on that one.”
Youngstown State finished the spring season with a record of 1-6, and canceled Saturday’s spring finale against North Dakota.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – The Youngstown State Athletic Department confirms that a pair of football players has been removed from the program following recent yet separate off-the-field incidents.
The school could not confirm the identity of the players.
A spokesman for the YSU Athletic Department sent the following statement to WKBN Sports Team 27:
“The football team’s leadership group came to Coach Phillips and asked for a player to be dismissed from the team. The other is dealing with a University Conduct issue so we can’t comment on that one.”
Youngstown State finished the spring season with a record of 1-6, and canceled Saturday’s spring finale against North Dakota.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Season over
« on: April 14, 2021, 07:41:43 PM »
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – The 2021 spring season is over for the YSU football team.
Saturday’s home game against North Dakota has been canceled. A release from the Missouri Valley Football Conference says that YSU determined today they could not play the game on Saturday after playing a league-high seven games.
The Penguins finish the campaign with a (1-6) overall record. They are one of the four teams in the league to manage just one win this season.
Wednesday’s announcement means that no team in the Missouri Valley Football Conference will complete the full 8-game regular season as planned.
Illinois State opted out after just four games, and Western Illinois after 6 games to “protect the health and safety of the players and ensure their readiness for the upcoming 2021 fall 11-game slate.”
South Dakota had their final four games cancelled due, in part, to COVID concerns.
All fans who purchased tickets for Saturday’s game have the option to request a refund or donate to YSU’s World Penguin Day Campaign for Athletic scholarships and championship rings. To confirm your option please call the ticket office at (330) 941-1978, or visit the Athletic Ticket Office in Stambaugh Stadium.
YSU opens the fall slate on Thursday, Sept. 2, against Incarnate Word from the Southland Conference at Stambaugh Stadium.
Saturday’s home game against North Dakota has been canceled. A release from the Missouri Valley Football Conference says that YSU determined today they could not play the game on Saturday after playing a league-high seven games.
The Penguins finish the campaign with a (1-6) overall record. They are one of the four teams in the league to manage just one win this season.
Wednesday’s announcement means that no team in the Missouri Valley Football Conference will complete the full 8-game regular season as planned.
Illinois State opted out after just four games, and Western Illinois after 6 games to “protect the health and safety of the players and ensure their readiness for the upcoming 2021 fall 11-game slate.”
South Dakota had their final four games cancelled due, in part, to COVID concerns.
All fans who purchased tickets for Saturday’s game have the option to request a refund or donate to YSU’s World Penguin Day Campaign for Athletic scholarships and championship rings. To confirm your option please call the ticket office at (330) 941-1978, or visit the Athletic Ticket Office in Stambaugh Stadium.
YSU opens the fall slate on Thursday, Sept. 2, against Incarnate Word from the Southland Conference at Stambaugh Stadium.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / New transfer rules ?
« on: April 13, 2021, 04:36:17 PM »
Whether it is the start of free agency in college sports or simply the fair thing to finally do for the athletes, the NCAA is about to make a monumental change to its transfer rules.
The Division I Council meets Wednesday and Thursday, and the agenda includes voting on a proposal that would grant all college athletes the ability to transfer one time as undergraduates without having to then sit out a season of competition.
College athletes may soon be able to be paid for endorsements
All indications are the proposal will pass. When it does, athletes in football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and men’s ice hockey will for the first time be immediately eligible to play after switching schools without asking for special permission.
For decades, the penalty of giving up a year of eligibility helped deter athletes from transferring, at least in those high-profile sports. In all other NCAA sports, athletes were allowed to switch schools once before graduating and play immediately.
The exception will soon be available to everyone — which is likely to mean more transfers than ever.
South Dakota State athletic director Justin Sell, a member of the council, said the lack of uniformity in the rules across sports had become difficult to justify.
“Trying to create opportunities for students that are equitable across the board, it becomes much more difficult to create a case of why a football student-athlete should be sitting out when a volleyball student-athlete doesn’t have to,” Sell said.
The NCAA has been examining its rules regarding athletes who transfer seemingly forever. But three and a half years ago Sell was put in charge of a working group tasked with making substantive changes.
From that, the transfer portal was created and athletes no longer had to ask for permission to be released from their scholarships if they wanted to switch schools and receive financial aid. No longer could coaches stand in the way if a player wanted to leave or dictate where they could go.
Sell’s group considered the idea of lifting the year-in-residence rule, which forced athletes to sit out the year after transferring, but never quite got there.
“We walked right up to this question … but the Rice Commission report (on college basketball) came out and they asked that no further action be taken on transfers at the time,” said Mid-American Conference Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher, who was part of the working group. “So boom, we walk up to the question and then we stop.”
Instead, the waiver process was tweaked to allow athletes to receive immediate eligibility by showing a hardship of some sort that necessitated the transfer. That led to problems.
Some high-profile players such as quarterback Justin Fields, who transferred from Georgia to Ohio State in 2019, were granted waivers by the NCAA, creating an expectation that all players would be cleared to play right away.
When that didn’t happen, players, coaches and fans criticized the NCAA and claimed the waiver process was inconsistent and unfair. A working group led by Steinbrecher concluded that waivers were no solution.
“There was a broad segment of the membership that recognized that ultimately, what we needed to get to, is a legislative solution. Not a patchwork of waivers,” said Steinbrecher, who is also a member of the DI Council.
The council was set to vote on the legislative solution in January, but the Justice Department warned the NCAA its rule changes regarding transfers and name, image and likeness compensation might violate antitrust laws. NIL reform is still bogged down, but there is optimism the council can move forward on transfer rules.
If not, the council is prepared to pass a blanket waiver that would give all athletes transferring this year immediate eligibility. That is not the preferred route.
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“I think the messaging or the language that I’ve heard from the council is they are looking to get to a permanent solution if at all possible,” Steinbrecher said.
The main issue still to be hammered out are deadline dates for athletes to notify their schools they intend to transfer. Dates under consideration now are May 1 for fall and winter sport athletes and July 1 for spring sports.
“Transfers affect the other kids on the roster, too,” Sell said. “Kids want to know who their starting point guard is. Or their starting shortstop.”
Conferences typically have their own rules that require athletes to sit out a season when they transfer within a league, but those are starting to disappear. The American Athletic Conference on Tuesday followed the Atlantic Coast Conference and Mid-American Conference in eliminating its intraconference transfer policies to abide by NCAA rules.
The Division I Council meets Wednesday and Thursday, and the agenda includes voting on a proposal that would grant all college athletes the ability to transfer one time as undergraduates without having to then sit out a season of competition.
College athletes may soon be able to be paid for endorsements
All indications are the proposal will pass. When it does, athletes in football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and men’s ice hockey will for the first time be immediately eligible to play after switching schools without asking for special permission.
For decades, the penalty of giving up a year of eligibility helped deter athletes from transferring, at least in those high-profile sports. In all other NCAA sports, athletes were allowed to switch schools once before graduating and play immediately.
The exception will soon be available to everyone — which is likely to mean more transfers than ever.
South Dakota State athletic director Justin Sell, a member of the council, said the lack of uniformity in the rules across sports had become difficult to justify.
“Trying to create opportunities for students that are equitable across the board, it becomes much more difficult to create a case of why a football student-athlete should be sitting out when a volleyball student-athlete doesn’t have to,” Sell said.
The NCAA has been examining its rules regarding athletes who transfer seemingly forever. But three and a half years ago Sell was put in charge of a working group tasked with making substantive changes.
From that, the transfer portal was created and athletes no longer had to ask for permission to be released from their scholarships if they wanted to switch schools and receive financial aid. No longer could coaches stand in the way if a player wanted to leave or dictate where they could go.
Sell’s group considered the idea of lifting the year-in-residence rule, which forced athletes to sit out the year after transferring, but never quite got there.
“We walked right up to this question … but the Rice Commission report (on college basketball) came out and they asked that no further action be taken on transfers at the time,” said Mid-American Conference Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher, who was part of the working group. “So boom, we walk up to the question and then we stop.”
Instead, the waiver process was tweaked to allow athletes to receive immediate eligibility by showing a hardship of some sort that necessitated the transfer. That led to problems.
Some high-profile players such as quarterback Justin Fields, who transferred from Georgia to Ohio State in 2019, were granted waivers by the NCAA, creating an expectation that all players would be cleared to play right away.
When that didn’t happen, players, coaches and fans criticized the NCAA and claimed the waiver process was inconsistent and unfair. A working group led by Steinbrecher concluded that waivers were no solution.
“There was a broad segment of the membership that recognized that ultimately, what we needed to get to, is a legislative solution. Not a patchwork of waivers,” said Steinbrecher, who is also a member of the DI Council.
The council was set to vote on the legislative solution in January, but the Justice Department warned the NCAA its rule changes regarding transfers and name, image and likeness compensation might violate antitrust laws. NIL reform is still bogged down, but there is optimism the council can move forward on transfer rules.
If not, the council is prepared to pass a blanket waiver that would give all athletes transferring this year immediate eligibility. That is not the preferred route.
Ohio State’s E.J. Liddell to enter NBA Draft, maintains college eligibility
“I think the messaging or the language that I’ve heard from the council is they are looking to get to a permanent solution if at all possible,” Steinbrecher said.
The main issue still to be hammered out are deadline dates for athletes to notify their schools they intend to transfer. Dates under consideration now are May 1 for fall and winter sport athletes and July 1 for spring sports.
“Transfers affect the other kids on the roster, too,” Sell said. “Kids want to know who their starting point guard is. Or their starting shortstop.”
Conferences typically have their own rules that require athletes to sit out a season when they transfer within a league, but those are starting to disappear. The American Athletic Conference on Tuesday followed the Atlantic Coast Conference and Mid-American Conference in eliminating its intraconference transfer policies to abide by NCAA rules.