Countdown to YSU Season Opener!

[IAA Fan]

Yes I grew up in Ytown and went to YSU. I went to Canfield HS and then YSU. My father taught and was a department head at YSU from 1975, until he retired in the early 2000's. He was on the athletic committee almost that entire time, so I was very familiar with the athletic department.

I do pay for the site, but it is not much. When I first created the site in it';s current form I had to paya man to program and that was expensive, but after that it became more time than money. If there is some programming to be done, then it may cost a bit more. Outside of that, it cost about $20-a-month + about $60 a year for the domains. I started the site when I was at an alumni/Penguin club function and a couple of the guys from the Penguin Club asked if I would create a BBS. Some of you may remember that back in the early 90's, Yahoo came out with BBS sites ...that is how we started out. Eventually I learned some programming and made the site.

[The YO Show]

Ah ok, see thats kinda what I figured. It would have been really intriguing if you had been from central ohio and been such a fan, having no ties to the area. But thanks again for your monetary and time donations that make this site possible. Have you ever considered putting advertising on the site so it doesn't cost as much to run?

[IAA Fan]

Yes, but then I would probably have to drop all of the YSU logos and such, that they are nice enough to let me use. The NCAA would not allow me to profit from YSU without paying fees (if at all). If the site had more of a following then I might still consider it; but right now, I like it as is. It would be nice if some of the classes from YSU could step in and help out. We have a very solid computer and comptech programs.

When I was attending YSU (80-85) we started a local radio station that we broadcast on a side band. Within a coup0le of ears, we were broadcasting jazz and news to shut-ins and also Rock music on a wired network that ran through YSU's campus. About 35 students per quarter received credit. We had several news writers/editors, lots of DJ's. It was fun and educational.

The key is that YSU does not want to police the board & I do not blame them, it is very difficult at times. I want the fans to be able to speak what is on their minds & not feel that YSU is "pulling the strings".

[The YO Show]

Ah, well I understand your position. I asked because I assumed there was something I had not considered that was the reason you didn't advertise on here.

[The YO Show]

47 days

[go guins]

1-AA, I think going to advertising is going to make this more work than it's worth for you, but is there a way to get you a donation through perhaps PayPal or some other way?  A post office box might cost more than any donations received, but I wouldn't put my address on an Internet Blog, god knows who might be reading!
You come up with a way to get you the money and I'm "in" as at least one appreciative blogger.

[IAA Fan]

We (as a site) are larger than most people think. This board is the most popular part of the site. It gets over 600 regular readers (does not mean posters) and has over 500 members. However, many of those are probably duplicates, as people have more than one account. SO if you assume everyone has a duplicate, we would have over 250 regulars.

During football, we get about 12k hits a day ...with the average person coming back about 4-times a day. So that means we get about 3k unique visitors a day during football season. The day we hired Pelini, the site had almost 50k hits ...over 20k of them came during the press conference. When we announced the Hiring of Wolf, it was not quite as much, but still pretty high. The day we announced Tressel was leaving was our largest day ever at over 100k.

The difference between this board and the rest of the site is that people come back often to the board and many stay logged in all the time.

[go guins]

We (as a site) are larger than most people think. This board is the most popular part of the site. It gets over 600 regular readers (does not mean posters) and has over 500 members. However, many of those are probably duplicates, as people have more than one account. SO if you assume everyone has a duplicate, we would have over 250 regulars.

During football, we get about 12k hits a day ...with the average person coming back about 4-times a day. So that means we get about 3k unique visitors a day during football season. The day we hired Pelini, the site had almost 50k hits ...over 20k of them came during the press conference. When we announced the Hiring of Wolf, it was not quite as much, but still pretty high. The day we announced Tressel was leaving was our largest day ever at over 100k.

The difference between this board and the rest of the site is that people come back often to the board and many stay logged in all the time.

Very interesting information.  In any case, you deserve all the credit.  Thanks for your efforts on behalf of all good YSU fans!

[The YO Show]

46 days

[go guins]

Yepper Dan, we do appreciate this site and what you have and continue to do.

It's Don

[A Penguin-Husky]

Emails I received in past from 1AA Fan are signed as Dan. 

[The YO Show]

45 Days

[go guins]

Emails I received in past from 1AA Fan are signed as Dan.

Sorry, you're correct

[IAA Fan]

I am Dan ...although most call me Pete because of the site used to be named "Pete's". Although I was born and spent my early years in Cali, I spent my teen through twenties in Ytown. I went to Canfield and YSU. I have lived in Columbus for the past 20 years. My daughter graduated HS from JFK (Warren) and college from tOSU.

My family is all from the Ytown area. My maternal grandmother was an Irish immigrant (thus the name Danny). Her kids all went to Ursuline. My father's family farmed apples off Silica Road (across from the new casino). He went to Fitch & then graduated from Carnegie in Pittsburgh. Interesting story about my dad ...he still holds the Fitch and Ohio state records in intermediate hurdles, because the state discontinued the sport while he held the records ...so he will hold the records forever. My father taught at Carnegie-Mellon (then Tech), Cal-Tech, USC (I am still somewhat a Trojan fan), and then YSU.

My uncle Danny played QB for Ursuline & they won two state titles. I think it was 1944 and 1945. He then went on to play at Marquette, of course they had football back then.

I did not do much in the way of sports. I played frosh football & was on track for 4-years at CHS. No sports at YSU. I played baseball from little league through pony, then coached (8-10) for a few years at McCune Park on Shields Rd. My daughter played HS basketball.

[go guins]

1-AA Dan  or should it be Dan 1-AA?
For now I'm going with 1-AA. Anyway, I'd really enjoy your computer generated 1-AA poll. (they can take their BCS FCS crap and stuff it.  Especailly now that the BCS participates in a FCS! )  Not sure what your social media plans are, but when you get around to it, I'm sure a bunch of us would enjoy your poll.