Category: Youngstown State Penguins
Penguins Will Miss QB Tom Zetts
Last year's Penguin QB talks about the incoming crop of quarterbacks looking to talk the helm in 2008.
Youngstown State senior Tom Zetts was at the Penguins spring practice last week, but for the first time in five years the standout quarterback was… more »
For FCS QBs, Football Will Finally Hit Home
The expansion Louisville Fire of AF2 have a quarterback battle brewing between FCS quarterbacks.
The Louisville Fire opens its arenafootball2 season tonight against the Iowa Barnstormers at Freedom Hall.
The Fire is beginning its eighth season in… more »
Another Ohio St. Opener for YSU
For the first time, the Penguins will play eight Gateway games.
YOUNGSTOWN — For the second consecutive season, Youngstown State will open the 2008 football season at Ohio State.
The Buckeyes-Penguins rematch is part of the 12-game schedule releas… more »
YSU's Mason signs deal with Redskins
The Washington Redskins have gone through a whirlwind of change in recent weeks with the retiring of Hall of Fame head coach Joe Gibbs, the firing of coordinators Greg Williams and Al Saunders and then the hiring of their replacements, Jim Zorn and Greg… more »
Super Fat Tuesday
Sure it's "Super Tuesday" and it's "Fat Tuesday". But only one day before high schools ceremonies where their players sign national letter of intent on National Signing Day, many followers of college football had their own "Super Fat Tuesday" compiling… more »
Taylor selects Youngstown State
"I like what the defensive line coach (Antoine Smith) has planned for me," said Noah Taylor, who selected YSU over schools including Akron, Duquesne and the University of Pittsburgh.
"He got me really excited about the whole situation. Youngstown is… more »
AAFL Draft Features 47 FCS Alumni
The All-American Football League, a for-profit, professional football league, held their inaugural draft on Saturday, January 26th. In that draft were 47 alumni of schools who played Football Championship Subdivision football (formerly known as I-AA fo… more »
Virgina Recruits Visiting FCS Schools
Virgina recruits are visiting FCS schools this weekend.
With college football's National Signing Day less than three weeks away, several local players are lining up their final visits before making their choices.
Bethel cornerback Marcus Coope… more »
Tressel Argues Against Playoffs
If Jim Tressel could subtract one personal foul for each time he was asked during the last month about the feasibility of a college football playoff, his brain-belching Buckeyes still would have lost the BCS title game to LSU. But they wouldn't be the n… more »
ODU Lands Local Linebacker
Their first season is going to be in 2009, but ODU is already stacking up the blue-chippers, beating out Norfolk State and Youngstown State in this case.
For Stephen Meadows, it was all about a fresh start.
The James Monroe High School senior stan… more »
College coaching is a Youngstown thing
NEW ORLEANS -- When he crumbled to the canvas after a flurry of punches from middleweight champion Jermain Taylor in October, Kelly Pavlik looked like a palooka going down in the second round. But his next move was predictable to those who know somethin… more »