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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU and the Portal

« on: December 08, 2023, 10:15:29 PM »

I have to think that with NIL and the ability to transfer and play immediately that the FCS level will be basically dead. If you’re a Big 10 looking for playing time there’s probably dozens of FBS schools that will come calling. And with money. No reason to even think about transferring down a division.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU and the Portal

« on: December 06, 2023, 08:58:12 PM »

Pure money in the pocket

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU and the Portal

« on: December 06, 2023, 06:48:41 PM »

The portal and NIL will kill this level of football. My brother teaches at Fitch. Pitt was there visiting some recruits. They give each scholarship player a minimum of $22k per year. It has always been hard to recruit at the FCS level. But why would anyone choose an FCS school over FBS? Nova has rarely been able to out recruit the likes of Temple and Rutgers. NIL and the portal will make that impossible going forward.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: NCAA Playoffs Week 2: YSU at Villanova Saturday 12/2 at 12pm

« on: December 03, 2023, 10:08:48 PM »

With unlimited transferring, is getting someone from the portal even going to be a viable option for teams at this level going forward? I saw that JMUs QB is transferring to his 3rd team. Unlike years ago he can stay in FBS and not sit out. I don’t see the portal being a resource much for FCS teams in the future.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: NCAA Playoffs Week 2: YSU at Villanova Saturday 12/2 at 12pm

« on: December 02, 2023, 05:19:33 PM »

YSU needs to stop the BS that they don’t have money. Pay people well and your team will get better coaching. Phillips has a good thing going but if YSU insists on paying assistants $40k-$50k then you’ll always have young under qualified people as assistant coaches.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: NCAA football

« on: November 29, 2023, 01:11:16 PM »

I like it. Keeps the regional rivalries. Good competition. You should be the commissioner

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: NCAA football

« on: November 29, 2023, 12:33:48 PM »

That would be a nice conference

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: South Dakota Week

« on: October 16, 2023, 06:56:56 AM »

No offense if you have a family member on the team jcrum, but the talent level now is nowhere near the talent level YSU had in the 90s. The YSU teams of the 90s were loaded with legit D1A/FBS level players. I don’t see very many on the current roster that could play at that level.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Dan Rivers local media radio questions why we are in MVFC? His Facebook post.

« on: December 04, 2022, 12:00:15 PM »

I don’t think the NCAA cares at all about the lower levels of college sports. No money to be made.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Dan Rivers local media radio questions why we are in MVFC? His Facebook post.

« on: December 04, 2022, 11:55:28 AM »

YSU is kind of in a geographical no man’s land for this level of college football. No regional rivalry. When my brother played in the late 90s we got excited for W Kentucky and Northern Iowa. But very few causal fans around town cared. A local YSU grad is highly unlikely to live or work with anyone from a MVFC school. That in my opinion is what feeds rivalries and interest. There are still plenty of locals that don’t even know YSU is division 1. And even less that are interested that Missouri State is coming to town. As a Nova guy we have Delaware and Towson as regional rivals. But even that interest is tepid. YSU in the CAA would be nice, but would the casual Youngstown fan care that Stony Brook was coming to town? And vice versa. YSU is now 25 years removed from national power status. The kids playing now weren’t even born when YSU had the glory days. Nova has some recognition because of basketball, not really for football. I really think that as the years go by the lower levels of college football are sadly becoming an afterthought with so much emphasis on the power teams and now NIL.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Doug Phillips

« on: February 07, 2020, 07:57:57 AM »

The financial constraints are self-imposed. If it was important they would find the money to compete. Keep funding at a D2 level and that what you’ll become. Most of the programs perform at that level already.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: The next YSU Head Football Coach

« on: February 05, 2020, 09:17:46 PM »

Tyrell’s qualification is that he is willing to work for the absurdly low salary paid here. It’s a step up for him. If the university insists on running a bare bones athletic department they should drop all sports to D II.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: The next YSU Head Football Coach

« on: January 29, 2020, 12:46:05 PM »

Marrow was recently named assistant HC at Kentucky with a salary of $650k. Is a head coaching job at a lower level worth that kind of a pay cut?

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Attendance reality

« on: October 19, 2019, 10:18:42 AM »

There are plenty of 1aa schools that would like to have the disappointment of only drawing 10,000 fans.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: YSU Athletics to Add Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Lacrosse Teams

« on: February 27, 2019, 07:39:36 AM »

Wrestling at YSU would do well and draw crowds. The majority of schools in Ohio are playing club level lacrosse at best. Wresting here could be a legit D1 sport.