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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: TELEVISING YSU vs PITT GAME

« on: August 25, 2012, 02:36:04 PM »

or you could just do the smart thing and dump armstrong for DTV and save a bunch of money

agree with you 15 ...AT&T cable (if available) has ESPN3 (the channel) as part of their regular line-up. I just switched last weekend. Installation in 2-days. Although I am still going to the game.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Class of 2013 Men's Basketball recruiting targets

« on: August 25, 2012, 02:32:50 PM »

are we just going to field a team of PGs in the future? 

Just as we have always done in the past 

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU releases depth chart

« on: August 25, 2012, 02:31:36 PM »

This is the two-deep for Week-1. We have a new depth-Chart for each game. This is your Pitt crew.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU releases depth chart

« on: August 25, 2012, 11:17:27 AM »

Only two true freshmen on the depth chart.  That is a monumental improvement from Wolford's first season. I was also surprised to see D'Alesio back at safety.  But Wolford and the new dc must be stressing that work ethic and the self-discipline to perform assignments outweigh pedigree.  Perhaps the same can be said about Pace on the offensive side of the ball.  And that is fine with me.

I think Wolford became tired of losing players with the "best-player-plays" atmosphere of the past couple of seasons. Even a peewee coach knows that is backwards. You will NEVER be able to keep recruits ...at least the ones worth keeping. So when you see guys like Sharbaugh, Radakovich, Main, Sinko, Shaw, or Pace ...tip your hat to them and thank them for their efforts.

Being a player means teaching others, kicking in on special teams, giving up playing time every now and then. This gives me hope for the program. I have some good feelings about this year!

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Horizon League announces men's basketball schedule

« on: August 23, 2012, 10:22:02 PM »

I think with the addition of George Washington ...we are complete.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / North Dakota State begins season at No. 1 in FCS Coaches Poll

« on: August 23, 2012, 05:56:45 AM »

 SPARTANBURG, S.C. – North Dakota State finished the 2011 football season as the No. 1 team in the FCS Coaches Poll, and will begin the 2012 campaign in the same spot. The defending national champions received 19 of the 26 first-place votes to earn 640 points overall.

The Bison have 13 returning starters, led by All-America corner-back Marcus Williams. On offense, quarterback Brock Jensen and 1,100-yard running back Sam Ojuri highlight the returnees. The Bison finished 14-1 last season and defeated Sam Houston State in the 2011 national championship game.

Sam Houston State, who also finished 2011 with a 14-1 record, received six first-place votes (623 points) and will start the 2012 season where they left off, at No. 2.

Georgia Southern received one first-place vote after advancing to the national semifinals and begins the year ranked third. Montana State was tabbed fourth, while three-time champion Appalachian State rounded out the top five.

After finishing 10th last year, Old Dominion makes its first appearance in the preseason top 10 at No. 6. Northern Iowa, James Madison, Towson and Montana complete the top 10, respectively.

Ten conferences are represented in the poll. The Colonial Athletic Association has the most ranked teams with six, followed by the Missouri Valley with five teams. The Big Sky, Southern Conference and Southland all have three ranked teams. The MEAC, Ohio Valley, Big South, Patriot, and Ivy make up the remaining conferences.

The FCS Coaches Poll is based exclusively on a voting panel of head coaches in the FCS under the cooperation of the Collegiate Commissioners Association (CCA) and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and is administered by the Southern Conference.

Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Final 2011 Record	Points	Final 2011 Rank
1	North Dakota State (19)	14-1	640	1
2	Sam Houston State (6)	14-1	623	2
3	Georgia Southern (1)	11-3	592	3
4	Montana State	10-3	540	7
5	Appalachian State	8-4	504	11
6	Old Dominion	10-3	470	10
7	Northern Iowa	10-3	466	5
8	James Madison	8-5	456	14
9	Towson	9-2	454	9
10	Montana	11-3	425	4
11	Lehigh	11-2	371	6
12	New Hampshire	8-4	337	12
13	Wofford	8-4	322	13
14	Delaware	7-4	294	20
15	Eastern Washington	6-5	248	NR
16	Maine	9-4	232	8
17	Stony Brook	9-4	228	16
18	Youngstown State	6-5	184	NR
19	Central Arkansas	9-4	157	15
20	Illinois State	7-4	148	22
21	Eastern Kentucky	7-5	127	21
22	Harvard	9-1	113	17
23	Norfolk State	9-3	72	18
24	Stephen F. Austin	6-5	69	NR
25	Indiana State	6-5	66	NR

Dropped out: No. 19 Tennessee Tech, No. 23 Albany, No. 24 Jackson State, No. 25 Liberty.

 

Others receiving votes: Jacksonville State 54, Liberty 48, Murray State 32, Jackson State 30, Bethune-Cookman 21, Tennessee Tech 20, South Carolina State 15, Florida A&M 14, Grambling State 13, William & Mary 12, North Dakota 10, Albany 9, Northern Arizona 9, Cal Poly 8, Chattanooga 7, Portland State 7, Alabama A&M 3, Idaho State 3, Cornell 2, Pennsylvania 2, Alabama State 1, McNeese State 1, San Diego

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Scalzo: Penguins break camp prepped for Pitt

« on: August 22, 2012, 05:25:54 AM »

By Joe Scalzo

scalzo@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

Two years ago, Youngstown State coach Eric Wolford left training camp with a two-deep chart he wasn’t sure was one-deep at most positions.

He lost his voice by the end of practices and lost his patience by the end of film study and, all too often, lost his leads by the end of games.

Two years later? He can’t hide his confidence.

“We feel like we finally have the depth and the talent that there’s no excuses for not winning here,” Wolford said after Tuesday’s practice, the last of fall camp. “We’re practicing better. I don’t have to poke and prod as much. I don’t have to yell and scream like I used to.

“They’re getting it.”

Wolford went 3-8 in his first season, with five losses by a touchdown or less. He went 6-5 last season, with four losses by a touchdown or less. Now he enters his third season with a “playoffs or bust” mentality, believing his team finally has enough talent to win a conference title — and enough leadership.

“Our coaches are doing a better job of leading their positions, our player representatives and our captains are doing a better job and I can see it,” Wolford said. “That we feel really good about.”

The Penguins wrapped camp relatively healthy — starting wideout Jelani Berassa tore his ACL in the only major injury of the summer — and there’s a quiet confidence that they have a team capable of pulling off an upset against an FBS foe.

There’s also a confidence that beating any of their FCS foes won’t be considered an upset. YSU does have a tough schedule — its first three conference games are at home against UNI, then at North Dakota State and Illinois State, the league’s three best teams last season — but if the Penguins can win two of those games, they will be in terrific shape entering the second half of the conference slate.

“We’ve talked about championship effort,” Wolford said. “You can go out and give good effort and probably win six or seven games. But championship effort is another level. That’s what I want to see.”

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Antush to Stay with YSU Baseball Program as Director of Operations

« on: August 21, 2012, 08:46:57 PM »

Very, very good decision!!! He is such a great coach ...and a player favorite. Great pitching-coach, defensive-coach, and pitcher-recruiter ...but we have to let Gillispie "do his thing". Heck, they could not pay coach Antush, and he volunteered for a couple of years, just to be with the program. This is exactly the kind of commitment any new coach would want. I am already excited about baseball & we are just getting started with football.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Antush to Stay with YSU Baseball Program as Director of Operations

« on: August 21, 2012, 08:39:43 PM »

Youngstown State University head baseball coach Steve Gillispie has announced that longtime Penguins assistant coach Craig Antush will remain with the program as the director of operations.

Antush has been on the Penguins coaching staff, including the past two seasons on a volunteer basis, each season since 2000. Gillispie is the third head coach he has worked with.

"Craig has more than two decades of Division I experience as a player and a coach," Gillispie said. "His 13 years here at YSU will provide great stability for our program as we make this transition, and I know our student-athletes are happy to see him on staff."

Antush will assist with camps, operational duties, defensive positioning and evaluating practices and games.

Primarily working with YSU's pitchers during his previous 13 seasons, Antush has seen six Penguins pitchers drafted and four others sign professional contracts. Phil Klein is the most recent, taken by the Texas Rangers in the 30th Round in 2011. Other daft selections include fourth-round pick Justin Thomas in 2005 and first-round pick Brad Hennessey in 2001. Antush also saw Thomas, Hennessey and Aaron Swenson all earn conference pitcher-of-the-year accolades.

Antush came to Youngstown with a wealth of baseball experience. He was the head coach at Marshall from 1996 to 1998, and he served as the Thundering Herd's pitching coach from 1991 to 1995. Antush pitched at Alabama and helped the Crimson Tide reach the College World Series title game in 1983.

He earned his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Alabama in 1983 and his Master's Degree in health and physical education at Marshall in 1995.

Antush is a teacher at Hickory High School in Hermitage, Pa.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Scrimmage Photos

« on: August 21, 2012, 10:01:48 AM »

Here are some shots of the scrimmage:

http://ysupenguins.com/2012_Fall_Scrimmage_2/

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: 2012 Captains

« on: August 20, 2012, 02:47:17 PM »

Nice choices on Rich and Stanton, to go along with Hess and Cook.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / 2012 Captains

« on: August 20, 2012, 02:46:02 PM »

Youngstown State Head Coach Eric Wolford announced on Monday that seniors Jamaine Cook and Aronde Stanton and juniors Kurt Hess and Dom Rich have been selected as the Penguins' 2012 captains.

It marks the second straight season that Cook and Hess have been named team captains while Stanton and Rich are first-time selections.

Cook, Hess and Stanton started all 11 games a year ago. Rich, who had a solid spring and has had an impressive fall, was sidelined following the third game last year with an injury. He has worked his way back and is now the starter at SAM linebacker. In 2011, Cook and Hess were first-team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference picks and already this year are on the preseason Watch List for the Walter Payton Award which honors the FCS's top offensive player.

The Penguins worked out for a little more than two hours in full pads on Monday morning in what was their 20th practice of the fall. YSU worked on individual situations and spent the final 30 minutes holding offense vs. defense team situations. Highlighting the period was a long touchdown pass from Hess to wide receiver Andre Stubbs.

YSU is set to resume practice on Tuesday at 10 a.m. The first day of classes on campus is set for Wednesday.

The Penguins open the season on Sept. 1 at Pittsburgh. The contest will be available on ESPN3 and 570 WKBN will provide radio coverage.

Season and individual tickets for the 2012 campaign are on sale by calling the YSU Athletic Ticket Office at (330) 941-1978.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Saturday's Scrimmage is Closed to Public

« on: August 20, 2012, 02:44:01 PM »

I was at the scrimmage. A few things I noticed:

1. By YSU standards ...we are stacked at receivers ...and not just WR. TE's, X, and RB's as well. If Wheary is not red-shirted ...you will really like him. He can be another Bryant. Caver looks great as well. Disher looks about 2" taller than last year. JUCO Antuan Williams looks like an over-achiever ...could be something special.

2. You will not even recognize Angle. He looks like he grew, and he reads much better ...deeper and quicker. Very good stroke on the pass.

3. Kicking looked very good both times I have visited this summer. Brown looking better than ever ...as is Liste. Liste is leaning much further back & getting real height on the ball. The most hang-time yet. Coverage was always blown dead before it did much more than develop ...but I am still not impressed. Both times the return man was whistled down off of a touch in the back ...in a real game that would be a huge gain.

4. Hymes, Belamy, and Pace seeing most reps at tail. Unlike last week ...Pace looked very tough yesterday. The kid from Farrell adds a different style of running & he has hands. So he may not red-shirt, as this adds a nice weapon for Hess. Needs to bulk-up if he plans on a career at x-back or TE. He is not the 200lbs he is listed at.

5. People must still be playing for positions, as it seemed like the hitting was fierce at times.

6. That Kyle Bryant (transfer from BG) is not as fat as I expected for 310lbs ...Extremely tall.

7. The LB out of Ravenna looks like a nice pick-up. Does anyone know anything about him? Why is he a soph? Maybe an injury with no medical year? Maybe I missed him last year?


I took video of these guys and more. I am just learning video so it may be the weekend. I can tell it looks bad already.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Baseball recruits

« on: August 17, 2012, 03:50:27 PM »

Another nice find Indy. I could not find any video. I do see where he was 1st-team all-area and second team all-region. That is a big and mixed area. Lot's of Dominicans ...who just live for baseball. Any time we can pull in a west coast player ..it is opening a serious door. My father worked in nearby Downey.

There is a pitcher that looked like him in an area all-star game video ...but it does not say. If so, he hangs his arm very low ...like a big-time pitcher looking to conceal. He is a southpaw & throws very hard. More to the side than top on arm motion. Very wide stance. His stats show him hitting over .300 ...very interesting. He also is on Max Preps for basketball.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Penguin Club membership prizes

« on: August 16, 2012, 04:18:16 PM »

Here is the page with the winner:


http://www.ysusports.com/penguin_club/releases/2012-13/30_days_winners

I am holding out for those Loge tickets