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YSU Penguin Athletics / Crazy Theory: Braxton Miller Transfers to YSU

« on: November 29, 2014, 05:13:29 PM »

I know it's nuts, but hear me out.

He's got to transfer anyway, if JT recovers in time, I doubt he can win the job back from him. So why not come dominate at a lower division? Here are some reasons it's plausible (okay maybe plausible is a strong word)

1) Tressel connection, Tressel recruited him, maybe he could sell him on the merits of being a penguin.
2) Guaranteed starting job.
3) Basically guaranteed national championship (well... that may be the most disputable)

Yes, it's totally ridiculous but at least fun to think about, mostly because of the Tressel thing. 

I think if we can get it some traction on social media and a little momentum we can get this to turn into a legitimate albeit ridiculous discussion in mainstream sports news.

I know all the reasons it wouldn't work... what we need is more reasons it COULD work! Here's our opportunity for a grass roots revitalization of the program!

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Official: Head Coach Search Thread

« on: November 24, 2014, 09:53:15 PM »

Not sure if LL would be a good coach at a higher level, but I don't take my local expert title lightly darn it.

Two years ago UWW fell off and didn't make the playoffs but their conference rival made it all the way to the d3 semi finals. That's pretty impressive for any conference.

Also d3Fb.com usually ranks the WIAC as the toughest conference in the country and their pretty much the most reputable source for D3 football information.

Also John Carrol, Mount and BW all being ranked in the top 10 has Never happened. They've all been ranked but I don't think any conference in D3 has ever had 3 top 10 teams, there are twice as many teams in d3 as d1 so it's extremely hard to get very many teams from one conference ranked at all.

-Anyway that's enough D3 talk, just wanted to share some of my knowledge with you all.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Official: Head Coach Search Thread

« on: November 24, 2014, 09:08:20 PM »

Don't see Kehres coming here. Especially after just taking over for his father.

I don't really see it either... but a guy can dream.
I was thinking that since he's only in his 2nd year as had coach he'd be more likely to move on
than if he'd really settled into the role.

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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Official: Head Coach Search Thread

« on: November 24, 2014, 08:57:26 PM »

Darn it, I just couldn't resist jumping in once I saw the discussion about D3. D3 football is a subject i've got a bit of expertise in, I was a play by play announcer for mount union's student run station and covered Mount's playoff runs a few years ago... Anyway just a few corrections and thoughts to the Lance Liepold suggestion.

1) LL did not build Whitewater's program from the ground up, he inherited a program that had been to the national title the two previous years when he took over as coach in 2007.

2) Wisconsin's conference the WIAC, is like the SEC of D3, the OAC is a bit topheavy with mount.

Obviously I'm biased but I'd rather see Mount Union's Head Coach Vince Kehres go to YSU.

Vince took over for his dad, (11 time national champion coach Larry Kehres) last year. Though he has a lot of ties to Mount Union he's still a pretty young guy who I could see wanting to move up.

Reasons he'd be a perfect fit at YSU
1) Ohio guy, not a Youngstown native or anything but knows the Northeast Ohio football culture, not to mention he is very familiar with recruiting local schools.

2) Has a winning mindset. Comes from literally the most dominant dynasty in all of college football. I'm not sure how much of it will translate to D1, but you've got to think that this guy won't tolerate mediocrity for very long.

3) Tressel's Alma Mater is Baldwin Wallace, another OAC team. Not sure if it means much but I'd like to think it means tressel will respect a coach from that level.

4) Defensive minded - Before becoming HC at Mount Vince was the defensive coordinator for years. It seems like D has been the weaker side of the ball for YSU lately.