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« Reply #120 on: August 04, 2017, 08:39:34 AM »
Vindy's story on first practice today's:


Wells, Penguins open fall camp

Published: 8/4/17 @ 12:10


Wells, entrenched as top QB,

opens camp with Penguins

By Brian Dzenis

bdzenis@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

A few defensive linemen jump offsides, there were a few false starts and some passes landed on the sidelines instead of in receivers’ hands.

The Youngstown State football team was not its polished self when it opened its fall camp Thursday morning, but there are still 30 days to go before the Penguins face Pittsburgh on Sept. 2.

“There was a lot of energy around here and that’s kind of what you want on the first day,” Penguins linebacker Armand Dellovade said. “I know everybody messed up. Me, the entire defense and the entire offense. We got a long way to go, but this is a good first step.”

Head coach Bo Pelini shares the sentiment.

“It’s about evaluation on both sides of the football,” Pelini said of day one. “It gives you a start and then you build things from there.”

BACK ON TOP

Senior quarterback Hunter Wells appreciates the head coach naming him the starting QB at the beginning of camp, but there’s still work to be done.

“It’s nice having that in the back of your head, but I put a lot of pressure on myself,” Wells said. “It’s my senior year and there’s a lot I need to improve and there’s no room for me to ease back as the ‘starter.’”

Wells came out of last year’s camp fourth on the depth chart.

“That was a unique position to be in. It taught me to keep fighting no matter where you are [on the depth chart],” Wells said. “There’s always hope.”

On of those guys ahead of him on the depth chart in 2016 — Ricky Davis — caught a pass from Wells on Thursday. Wells said Davis is making a good transition to wide receiver.

“He’s athletic. I’m not surprised and I don’t think anyone on staff is — that’s why they put him there,” Wells said. “He can play a lot of positions for this university.”

NO PARTICULAR ORDER

Pelini cautioned against interpreting a lot from who got the carries at running back on the first day of practice.

Incumbents Joe Alessi and Tevin McCaster received the most reps with the returning offensive starters, but on the next rung down the ladder, Cincinnati La Salle freshman Christian Turner saw extensive work.

“He’s a good player, but we have a bunch of guys and we’re not concerned with who’s working with what group right now,” Pelini said. “We’re just giving them reps to see where they are.”

NOT MANY CHANGES

Not many Davis-esque position switches appear to be on the horizon, per the head coach. Freshman Jake Cummings — a Canfield graduate — moves from QB to wide receiver in college and sophomore defensive end Ma’lik Richmond (Steubenville) will plant a hand on the ground after spending his high school career as a linebacker.

PREDICTIONS

Pelini’s said his golf viewership had fallen by the wayside with camp starting, but he mustered a prediction for the Bridgestone Invitational, which started in Akron on Thursday.

“I guess I gotta go with [Jordan] Spieth,” Pelini said.

JUST VISITING

Longtime Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mike Tomczak watched the Penguins practice. There’s a chance he could be doing more than that this fall.

“I’ve known Mike for a while and he wants to volunteer a little bit,” Pelini said. “He wants to observe a little and get his feet wet before jumping back into football things.”

Tomczak’s last coaching gig came in 2010, when he was the offensive coordinator for the Arena Football League’s Pittsburgh Power.




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Re: COUNTDOWN TO FOOTBALL SEASON!
« Reply #121 on: August 04, 2017, 05:07:55 PM »
I agree everyone deserves a second chance but when the crime revolves around the word "rape" that's just... Idk. A little uneasy for myself.
You say everyone deserves a second chance, but you apparently don't think everyone deserves a second chance.
Does he, or does he not deserve a second chance?  It should be noted, this kid was on our team all last season, apparently without issue.

Go he wasn't on the team till 2017.

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Re: COUNTDOWN TO FOOTBALL SEASON!
« Reply #122 on: August 04, 2017, 05:08:46 PM »
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Re: COUNTDOWN TO FOOTBALL SEASON!
« Reply #123 on: August 05, 2017, 08:36:49 AM »
People are outraged now because he's on the football team. The kid has been on campus since January of 2016. Haven't heard a peep back then...

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Re: COUNTDOWN TO FOOTBALL SEASON!
« Reply #124 on: August 05, 2017, 08:49:55 AM »
I heard that a few different groups are organizing protests for the home opener on the 9th..Still find it hard to believe that Bo got a tip that Malik was on Campus..Richmond was on Nebraska's radar when Bo was coaching there and before his legal problems began

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« Reply #125 on: August 05, 2017, 09:11:27 AM »
I heard that a few different groups are organizing protests for the home opener on the 9th..Still find it hard to believe that Bo got a tip that Malik was on Campus..Richmond was on Nebraska's radar when Bo was coaching there and before his legal problems began

Protests? Really? Wow.

I guess the University President's comments weren't enough.

I can see not wanting the kid around campus, but like was noted earlier he has been here quite a long time. No one seemed to mind that he was a student but God forbid he walks onto the football team.

Remember folks, just because you are offended, that doesn't mean you are right.

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Re: COUNTDOWN TO FOOTBALL SEASON!
« Reply #126 on: August 05, 2017, 09:39:13 AM »
I heard that a few different groups are organizing protests for the home opener on the 9th..Still find it hard to believe that Bo got a tip that Malik was on Campus..Richmond was on Nebraska's radar when Bo was coaching there and before his legal problems began
Gee, he is a YSU student first and a football player second. Many of my students (past and present) had questionable past and there wasn't any protest against them.
I did not treat them any of differently than all my other students in my classes nor did I ever research into their past. If the university has accepted them as students, it is my job to teach them without exceptions.

Were there any protests against him since he had been a student at the university?

 If you don't want him on the team, don't go to the game.

Give the kid another chance and closely monitor his behavior. Let the athletic dept. and the coaches do their job.

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« Reply #127 on: August 05, 2017, 12:59:49 PM »
Many of the football players had issues in the past  The difference I this social media and instant new times that we live in.  As I said before, I do not condone what these guys have done but they paid their penalty.  They have a right to a second chance.  Need to move on. 

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Re: COUNTDOWN TO FOOTBALL SEASON!
« Reply #128 on: August 05, 2017, 04:15:24 PM »
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Re: COUNTDOWN TO FOOTBALL SEASON!
« Reply #129 on: August 05, 2017, 05:20:32 PM »
It's there right to protest but it's his right to play.  He served his time or whatever the punishment was.  My guess is most of the protestors don't go or support the team.  Pelini is a no nonsense coach.  He also try's to mold these kids into men if they are receptive to what he wants and expects.  They real crime is how Steubenville handled this and the coach is King there in a Paterno sort of way.  I hope this kid turns his life around and ignores the bs.
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Re: COUNTDOWN TO FOOTBALL SEASON!
« Reply #130 on: August 05, 2017, 07:04:11 PM »
I agree with all the excellent points that you guys have made in the past day.  According to local news reports today, a student is circulating a petition to have Richmond removed from the football team.  What utter nonsense.  (And I am not happy that he is here.)  I might be more concerned about the feelings of students if they actually supported our teams.  But they don't.  With apologies to Yo Show and a handful of others, YSU students are the worst sports fans in the Horizon League and probably worse than any other schools in the MVFC except for Missouri State and Indiana State.  So if you do not support the product, just shut up.  You have forfeited your right to complain.

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Re: COUNTDOWN TO FOOTBALL SEASON!
« Reply #131 on: August 05, 2017, 07:38:08 PM »
Amen

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Re: COUNTDOWN TO FOOTBALL SEASON!
« Reply #132 on: August 05, 2017, 07:59:32 PM »
I do not condone what these guys have done but they paid their penalty.  They have a right to a second chance.  Need to move on.

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Re: COUNTDOWN TO FOOTBALL SEASON!
« Reply #133 on: August 05, 2017, 09:56:45 PM »
A student petition has been started to kick him off the football team and it has over 2600 signatures. This may get very interesting. The pressure is on Bo and JT. Do they back down or stand firm and piss off thousands of students ?

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« Reply #134 on: August 05, 2017, 10:34:12 PM »
A student petition has been started to kick him off the football team and it has over 2600 signatures. This may get very interesting. The pressure is on Bo and JT. Do they back down or stand firm and piss off thousands of students ?
They stand firm. I'm sure a majority of those signing the petition aren't even students.