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Title: Youngstown connections at FAU
Post by: ysuguins4 on September 28, 2012, 02:58:42 PM
Someone told me that YSU was trying to schedule FAU in 2013 or 2014, so I was checking out their web site.  I did not find anything to confirm this, but I was surprised at how many Youngstown, YSU, or MVFC connections their coaching stafff has.  I knew local guy Carl Pelini had been hired as their head coach, but thought it sort of odd that so many of these guys have connections to Youngstown.

Pete Rekstis - DC - played and coached at YSU
Brian Wright - OC - coached at YSU
Ross Watson - graduated from Austintown Fitch
Jovan Dewitt - coached at Northern Iowa the previous 3 seasons
Luke Meadows - coached at South Dakota State the pevious 10 seasons
Title: Re: Youngstown connections at FAU
Post by: IAA Fan on September 28, 2012, 04:15:37 PM
Sure could use Pete right now. Always liked him.
Title: Re: Youngstown connections at FAU
Post by: Owlguin on September 28, 2012, 08:21:05 PM
Pelini brought them in.  President is from Cleveland State and AD is from OSU.  As a grad of both schools, I'd love to see YSU down here.  YSU would probably beat FAU this year, but Pelini has them on track to improve.  Haven't heard anything about the scheduling, but they did bring in an FCS school for the first game this year.  Money would be a problem.  FAU's program is financially strapped after building their new stadium and not having a good team.  Kind of like Akron.
Title: Re: Youngstown connections at FAU
Post by: YSU45 on September 29, 2012, 08:16:00 AM
Waton was Carl's GA at Nebraska.
Coach Wright recruited Fitch when he was at YSU.