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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Transfer Portal

« on: May 08, 2023, 04:51:34 PM »

The portal and the recruits we received got us to where we are.  It got us to be the number 1 seed.  We did that ion a budget of peanuts.  Think of that.  It accelerated our rebuilding the program.  It took us out of the laughing stock of basketball. 

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YSU Penguin Athletics / YSU Women’s tennis in NCAA tournament loses to Michigan

« on: May 06, 2023, 02:50:05 PM »

Give them credit but it wasn’t even close.

https://mgoblue.com/news/2023/5/5/womens-tennis-michigan-shuts-out-youngstown-state-in-ncaa-opener

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Transfer Portal

« on: May 06, 2023, 03:57:45 AM »

College basketball was wrecked  before the portal.  Actually I feel  the portal is what’s helping programs like YSU have a chance with slim recruiting and coaching salary budgets.  With the kids able to transfer now and now not have to sit out this the equalizer. 

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Possible rule change

« on: April 22, 2023, 07:45:35 PM »

Looks like it passed. 

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Transfer RB

« on: April 15, 2023, 12:11:21 PM »

https://nmuwildcats.com/sports/football/roster/tyshon-king/5253

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU extends Calhoun

« on: April 01, 2023, 07:13:17 AM »

At least if he does leave the buyout money will help with the new hire.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU extends Calhoun

« on: March 29, 2023, 01:39:53 PM »

Seems like At Youngstown everything is always a secret. 

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Calhoun

« on: March 27, 2023, 08:47:26 PM »

Buffalo actually has made the NCAA tourney 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and made it to the second round twice and won the MAC conference or division they are in a few more times than that.  Plus the MAC Basketball conference is rated higher than the Horizon.  So yes it would be a step up. 

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: March Madness should be our focus not football.

« on: March 24, 2023, 04:23:04 PM »

Last time I checked schools are if they can going to to FBS not running to go down to FCS.  The only way I see that happening is the economy tanks and forces a few schools to drop.  I feel with all that money in FBS nothing is going to change.  Yes the MAC had a contract for week nites but it’s ESPN prime time and it’s a professionally done production.  Not with students  etc as I’ve seen with most of the MVFC.  It’s some bad TV.  Heck, even the FCS championship game is played in a soccer stadium what a joke.  Maybe the ncaa should play The FCS, D2 and D3 games in Canton after they are done with the renovation at the HOF.  I know there’s cold weather but they doesn’t stop football fans never stopped me.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Transfer Portal

« on: March 21, 2023, 03:22:39 PM »

Due to our economically challenged athletic Department. The portal and Calhoun are a gift from god! It has kept the stockpiling of players at the majors and gave the mids a fighting chance.  The bigs didn’t want another Butler and with transfer rules eased up were cherry picking good players and recruits.  The portal fixed it.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: March Madness should be our focus not football.

« on: March 20, 2023, 10:32:10 AM »

Motor City Classic

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: March Madness should be our focus not football.

« on: March 19, 2023, 09:42:21 PM »

Watching FDU and Florida Atlantic playing for a bid to. The Sweet Sixteen and listening to the fans in the Ohio St arena  makes me feel even more adamant that we need to invest more into Basketball.  Calhoun said college basketball has changed and we needed to improve facilities and NIL.  With the portal being as it is YSU can be the next FDU.  We cannot miss a chance to get to the next level.  We need to use our success in both basketball ball programs to get what we need.  Let’s not miss out like we did in football. 

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: March Madness should be our focus not football.

« on: March 19, 2023, 08:09:14 PM »

I have always said the way FCS is set up it’s not an equal playing field you have non scholly conferences partial scholly conferences and the big boys like Dakota and Montana and Delaware.  Their FB budget is what 2 or 3 times than a school in the Patriot conference or the NEC.  We are beating our heads into the wall trying to compete in the MVFC and our budget my guess is bottom half.  Why not go to a lower tier conference and be the big fish make the playoffs people will especially in Youngstown come out for a winner and then invest some more bucks in Basketball.  Just saying

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: March Madness should be our focus not football.

« on: March 19, 2023, 01:54:14 PM »

Good point about playing another money game.  Right now I’m giving Phillips time to rebuild but will that translate into enough wins to generate interest with the fans. 

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: March Madness should be our focus not football.

« on: March 19, 2023, 01:29:29 PM »

I live below Gainesville, Fl.  Ocala is the city.