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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: SIU Week
« on: October 10, 2023, 01:01:23 PM »Not sure what you mean with (with the right wins) We have 2 now, so assuming we go down to SDSU that requires 5-0 in the balance of the season. Frankly that's pretty optimistic. I agree with you often but not always. Never further apart than (the obviously stronger saluki d-line) I couldn't disagree more. First three drives obviously established ysu as superior inside on both sides of the ball.IAA, I am thinking YSU gets another signature win this week against SD, even if it is ugly because we do poorly in domes (hope I'm wrong and it is a clear victory but we will see). If we win out then lose to SDSU, I think we make playoffs at 8-3 and do some damage.
I still like our odds against SDSU if only because this team is hungry, and SDSU is playing us the week after the Dakota Marker game.
Could not agree more. 8-3 YSU (with the right wins) should still be a "lock" for the play-off. My fear is the SIU coaches "lack of fear" for YSU & what that shows other teams. I mean, we were not able to do anything for much of Q2 and all of Q3 against the Saluki D. Not once, but twice, the SIU coach (still with 2 TDs of a win went for it on 4th and long ...deep in their own territory. He was looking to shake the game loose and saw that we could do nothing. He was absolutely right. We had a missed FG and a made FG. This FG was after we had a great INT and returned it to the 1.5 yard-line. What did we do with it? We kicked a FG from the 4.5 yard-line after being pushed back 3-yards on 3 plays. No fumbles, no penalties... we were just driven back by the obviously stronger Saluki D-line.