Archive for September, 2009
Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Sigh... To dominate a team for three-and-a-half quarters, winning the battle of the trenches, winning the field position game, and ultimately losing to USC, Ohio State has to wonder why they are snakebitten against Top-5 teams in the past few years. The Buckeyes played a much more respectable game than ...
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009
YSU got off to a sluggish start but recovered to take a halftime lead and defeat the Austin Peay Governors, 38-21. With the victory, Coach Jon Heacock ran his home opener winning record to 9-0, and the Penguins won their 14th consecutive home debut.
It didn't take Austin Peay very long ...
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
Brandon Summers is the quiet leader, the guy who wants to show, not say, what he can do on a football field. Summers had a strong finish in 2008 and came in tabbed the starter for 2009. He is settling into his role and thinks that this year's YSU offense ...
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
I wanted to do a profile piece on Ben Carlson about a month and a half ago. When I asked him about it after a Scrapper game in July, he simply told me "we'll see". Today Carlson admitted to me that he was reluctant to do a profile piece back ...
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Jason Kipnis (pictured) is proving why being drafted in the second round of the 2009 MLB Draft was a wise choice for the Cleveland Indians. Kipnis gave Mahoning Valley some breathing room with a towering two-run homer in the third inning and the pitching staff was up to the task as ...
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
It's been a whole week, feels like a year to some and just yesterday to others, since 4-year old Luke Holko was hit in the head with a line-drive foul ball at a Mahoning Valley Scrappers game. Luke is currently at Akron Children's Hospital in a comatose state. Every reaction ...
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Youngstown State is dealing with plenty coming off of the 38-3 loss to Pitt last week. The flu bug has spread pretty rapidly and Coach Heacock hopes a day off will help the ill heal up to prepare for the home opener against Austin Peay this week. Austin Peay (1-0) is coming off ...
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Monday, September 7th, 2009
If anyone reading this saw Happy Gilmore and enjoyed the Bob Barker appearance in the movie, then hold on to your hats because Bob Barker is hosting Monday Night Raw on Labor Day. Barker has been retired for almost two years from The Price Is Right. Drew Carey is doing ...
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