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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Athletic Budget
« on: November 09, 2021, 04:07:18 PM »
The problem is where do we go? We’re on an FCS island. The nearby programs are only limited scholarship programs.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: OH NO!! NOT ANOTHER THREAD ABOUT THE MAC
« on: November 05, 2021, 04:11:50 PM »Heard a pretty good theory the other day that once the P5 break off from the NCAA, the NCAA will realign with G5 and big FCS conferences forming a new NCAA D1. Apparently there is a conference coming up with the NCAA that could accelerate this process. I think the YSU conference issue is going to solve itself in the next 5-10 years with major CFB realignment
Remember the BCS? Did not work then and will not work now. The NCAA is king. No matter what you were taught in High school; people cannot govern themselves.
The playoff system already is it’s own thing outside the NCAA
No it is not. The CFP is a tournament, conducted by and for the NCAA. It is their way of making sure the BCS does not happen again.
The only football championship run by the NCAA is the FCS championship.
Per the CFP website: the playoffs are run by CFP administration LLC. Which is not a$$ociated with the NCAA, the NCAA itself does not recognize an FBS national champion.
CFP Administration, LLC, manages the administration operations of the College Football Playoff. Members of the company are the 10 FBS conferences (American Athletic, Atlantic Coast, Big Ten, Big 12, Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain West, Pac-12, Southeastern and Sun Belt) and the University of Notre Dame.
Revenue from the CFP doesn’t go back to the NCAA.
https://businessofcollegesports.com/college-football-playoff-payouts/
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: OH NO!! NOT ANOTHER THREAD ABOUT THE MAC
« on: November 05, 2021, 03:53:09 PM »Heard a pretty good theory the other day that once the P5 break off from the NCAA, the NCAA will realign with G5 and big FCS conferences forming a new NCAA D1. Apparently there is a conference coming up with the NCAA that could accelerate this process. I think the YSU conference issue is going to solve itself in the next 5-10 years with major CFB realignment
Remember the BCS? Did not work then and will not work now. The NCAA is king. No matter what you were taught in High school; people cannot govern themselves.
The playoff system already is it’s own thing outside the NCAA
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: OH NO!! NOT ANOTHER THREAD ABOUT THE MAC
« on: November 05, 2021, 10:07:29 AM »Heard a pretty good theory the other day that once the P5 break off from the NCAA, the NCAA will realign with G5 and big FCS conferences forming a new NCAA D1. Apparently there is a conference coming up with the NCAA that could accelerate this process. I think the YSU conference issue is going to solve itself in the next 5-10 years with major CFB realignment
I agree that the P5 will soon break away from the NCAA. But can the NCAA then survive? The bulk of their money comes from the basketball tournament. With the P5 gone and starting their own basketball tournament, the network money will follow them. The NCAA will be devoid of funds, devoid of prestige, not capable of running championships for what is left. I hope that you are right and that my doomsday vision is wrong.
Actually, the costs to run D1, D2 and D3 championships isn't really that expensive in the grand scheme of things:
about $231 million total to run all the championships for all of the levels NCAA currently. The NCAA makes $177 million in championship ticket sales... it's quite a shortfall but I could see the numbers working out.
But I'm guessing the P5 split would only take place for football and the rest would stay in basketball. The college football playoff system already exists outside of the NCAA.
Either way, college athletics will need some form of governing body to run championships so it'll find a way to exist regardless
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: OH NO!! NOT ANOTHER THREAD ABOUT THE MAC
« on: November 04, 2021, 10:28:06 PM »
Heard a pretty good theory the other day that once the P5 break off from the NCAA, the NCAA will realign with G5 and big FCS conferences forming a new NCAA D1. Apparently there is a conference coming up with the NCAA that could accelerate this process. I think the YSU conference issue is going to solve itself in the next 5-10 years with major CFB realignment
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Fighting ??? Forget what they are called now?!?!?
« on: November 04, 2021, 06:19:07 PM »F’in Hawks favored by 11.5 points. Hawks cover it IMHO.
https://madduxsports.com/college-football-lines.php
Read more about the “At Least We’re Not The Worst MVFC Program Bowl” here:
https://www.ysusports.com/sports/fball/2021-22/releases/und-preview
I find the name “Hawks” insensitive. Change it to protect my feelz.
did UND change their name from something?
Don’t you find it offensive that YSU is misappropriating the culture of birds dressed in tuxedos?
Ahhh so you’re just like upset with the concept of teams changing names to try and not offend groups?
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Fighting ??? Forget what they are called now?!?!?
« on: November 04, 2021, 01:52:26 PM »F’in Hawks favored by 11.5 points. Hawks cover it IMHO.
https://madduxsports.com/college-football-lines.php
Read more about the “At Least We’re Not The Worst MVFC Program Bowl” here:
https://www.ysusports.com/sports/fball/2021-22/releases/und-preview
I find the name “Hawks” insensitive. Change it to protect my feelz.
did UND change their name from something?
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: Eric Wolford? Why was he let go?
« on: October 31, 2021, 04:56:28 PM »
He also had an atrocious record in November, his teams would look like playoff contenders but then drop the last 3/4 and miss them completely. The momentum of the season always felt like it ended on a disappointing note
Both 2013 and 2014 teams lost 3 straight games to finish their seasons which was super depressing. It made me feel like he was underperforming
Always felt like his teams looked great against cupcakes when they had 100% health but couldn’t grind out ugly wins when they really needed them
Both 2013 and 2014 teams lost 3 straight games to finish their seasons which was super depressing. It made me feel like he was underperforming
Always felt like his teams looked great against cupcakes when they had 100% health but couldn’t grind out ugly wins when they really needed them
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: ISU
« on: October 25, 2021, 12:32:01 PM »We have reached a very low point. Losing to Western Illinois and Indiana State in the same season. Would need a supreme effort to win any of the final four. Looking at a 1-6 spring, 2-8 fall. If we lose all 4, Coach Phillips 3-14 first two seasons is pathetic. Pelini didn't leave the program in this bad of shape.
We are slow, small and lack athleticism other than McLaughlin. On another note, why did he disappear the final part of the fourth quarter on Saturday?
Sure he did, we were 2-6 in conference his last year, and things were not looking optimistic towards the end.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: ISU
« on: October 24, 2021, 10:16:59 PM »Do you think Crenshaw is the answer? His pa$$ing game will never be their because his height. You will be worried every single time he runs as to whether or not he is going to get up again.
The play-calling is sub-par. This is not going to change for some time to come. You do not mind a young team when you have experienced staff; but when your staff is just as inexperienced...what are you going to do?. I mean we are happy because the coaches finally see the need for some thunder in the backfield and then we put the QB in at shotgun depth? The back should have run up the middle with Craycratft pushing him from behind; or he should have been making a whole for Craycraft. In either case, THE QB SHOULD BE UP UNDER CENTER. This is HS fundamentals.
Did anyone else notice that the receivers could not catch many of Craycraft's more powerfully thrown pa$$es? Maybe this is something that will change with regular exposure, but it does make me kind of wonder if we have the improved receiving corps that we were thinking.
Line improvement is hard to call. ISU always has huge linemen and we struggle early.
First of all Crenshaw was a Pelini recruit… but also height being a limiting factor for QBs has pretty much been debunked in modern college football. Sure it helps, but no reason a shorter QB can’t be a great pa$$er at our level, Devlin Hodges was 6-1 and set records at Samford. Not to mention Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray, Johnny Manzel etc
But I agree the play calling was bad
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: ISU
« on: October 24, 2021, 01:14:23 PM »Small time coaches. They will not be successful here. This is not John Carroll....
As for recruiting, yes you may hit a few small time kids if you can develop but the staff has not shown they can do that either. Especially O and D line. They are recruiting mainly D2 players.
To be fair... our last coach was big time and was also not successful here. Don't forget DP was hired in early 2020 and is still mostly working with a roster built from the last coaching staff. The decline of this program is just an extension of the trend we saw happening during Pelini.
If we're giving Wolford's recruiting credit for Pelini's 2016 title run than we should give Pelini's recruiting credit for DPs 2020 and 2021 seasons. I still think it's way too early to criticize this staff from a player and recruiting standpoint.
I was just reviewing 247 sports recruiting ranking and saw that we have a 3 star commit at linebacker from the cla$$ of 2022, 6-4 202lbs. That looks like D1 recruiting to me.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: ISU
« on: October 23, 2021, 07:39:42 PM »I am still at a loss on how Craycraft is ahead of Wade on the depth chart.
I couldn’t find him on the roster in this weeks game notes, which isn’t surprising after he entered the transfer portal. They moved him to tight end over the summer anyway if I remember correctly.
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: ISU
« on: October 23, 2021, 05:38:07 PM »Defense needs to step up today. Defense was a pleasant surprise in the spring but has been a disappointment this fall especially pa$$ defense. One of the worst in the FCS. Can't continue to give up 40 points a game. Average QBs leave games with us with highlight films.
This pre-game post turned out to be prophecy! We are indeed among the worst defenses in FCS. We allowed the worst offensive team in the league, led by the worst quarterback in the league, do whatever they wanted to us.
Even with the terrible defense and the injuries, we would have won this game if not for that boneheaded play call on 4th and inches. If you are going to let a defensive tackle carry the ball, fine....give him a chance. Place the quarterback under center with the tackle right behind him. Send the tailback in motion to remove a linebacker from the middle. Then ram it straight down their throat. Did our coaches seriously believe that ISU would not get penetration against our o-line when the tackle receives the ball five years behind the line of scrimmage. Ridiculous.
Think about it. The bungled fourth down try against a bad Western Illinois defense. The bungled play design against this bad defense. With better coaching, we might actually be 4-2 (3-1) instead of heading toward oblivion.
Very good point on the 4th down calls. Like I said before I like giving it to a 300 pounder, but don’t put him in a situation where he’s in the open field… we tried to way to cute on that play
But besides the defense it’s turnovers… gotta take care of the ball
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: ISU
« on: October 23, 2021, 04:10:06 PM »Where’s McLaughlin? Are we resting him for the 5th quarter?!!
He got injured. Both he and Crenshaw are injured
Thanks I didn't see him get hurt
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YSU Penguin Athletics / Re: ISU
« on: October 23, 2021, 03:54:22 PM »
Where’s McLaughlin? Are we resting him for the 5th quarter?!!