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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: NCAA Playoffs Week 1: Duquesne at YSU Saturday 11/25 at 5pm
« on: November 27, 2023, 09:56:22 PM »
It has been stated in the past if you make a run in the playoffs you lose money.
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First play-off game in 7 years and so so quiet on this board!
If we win next week at Murray State we are likely in the playoffs based on how the schedule will likely play out. If we get in, we will do damage. We will probably win the first 2 games. That would mean we would finish in the top 8.Power with the diluted conference schedule we should make the playoffs. Wolford or Pelini never had this easy of conference schedule.
If and when this does happen, I don't want to hear anymore bullsh** about the team and coach. He's building a great program here. Hes got to work with his coordinators and coaches. They need development and that takes time.
Direct your anger at the AD for keeping Heacock who couldn't recruit but could coach. For the record, dynasties are usually once in a lifetime events. That's just reality
So if we go 5-3 we will either be the 4th or 5th best team in the conference.
I know the top team the jackrabbits best Northern Iowa by 35 pts. We lost to them.
I don’t know if Phillips is the answer but he needs a huge talent influx to get to the next level in our conference.
We will see. But I said earlier in the year our D wasn’t great after I watched Ohio st and you said heck no we are so much better. We aren’t on D and honestly that’s been our Achilles heal other than 2016.
Murray St should be an easy win. Then it’s up to the asshats that pick the teams.
We are better on defense this year than we were last year. Our problem is on the DL. The secondary also has issues, but many of those issues are caused by the lack of pass rush.
Look at where we are statistically this year vs last year defensively. We are better, we're just not good enough to beat the top tier teams. We need more recruiting on the DL and OL. We have to be able to run the ball against anybody.
Here's what people need to keep in mind.....SDSU will not be the same team next year. They graduate a ton of people. I expect that there won't be such a dominant force in FCS next year.
If we win next week at Murray State we are likely in the playoffs based on how the schedule will likely play out. If we get in, we will do damage. We will probably win the first 2 games. That would mean we would finish in the top 8.Power with the diluted conference schedule we should make the playoffs. Wolford or Pelini never had this easy of conference schedule.
If and when this does happen, I don't want to hear anymore bullsh** about the team and coach. He's building a great program here. Hes got to work with his coordinators and coaches. They need development and that takes time.
Direct your anger at the AD for keeping Heacock who couldn't recruit but could coach. For the record, dynasties are usually once in a lifetime events. That's just reality
People need some perspective here, so I will give mine.
1. I don't think anyone beats that team this year (SDSU).
2. What people need to realize is we are better than 90% of the FCS. The problem is that we play in a conference that's the absolute best of the best. In general, whomever wins the MVFC is the likely winner of the national championship.
3. That had a team full of 6 year seniors and we are playing mostly Freshman and Sophomores.
4. I heard that Phillips was willing to speed up the transformation of the team, but was limited by the AD. In addition, His first recruiting year was shorted scholarships due to NCAA rules violations by Pelini.
5. If we get into the playoffs, and there's a chance we will (look at the remaining schedule) we would do a lot of damage in the playoffs. We would finish in the top 15 easily.
6. We weren't aggressive enough against SDSU. It looked to me that we were trying to keep it close and get it into the 4th quarter, but they were able to shut down the run game completely. Then we were doomed.
7. We have legitimate complaints about the referees in this game. When they took that TD off the board, it was the turning point.
Keep the perspective. We need a couple more kids. We win will 2 more on offense and 2 more on defense (on the lines).