Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
For years, the Jambar has turned out a quality product featuring objective viewpoints from student writers and photographers at Youngstown State University. Lately, technology has allowed a few of the Jambar student-writers freedom to be more imaginative and try their hand in video-journalism. Joe Catullo Jr. has spent a ...
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Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
The Youngstown State football team will open the 2012 season at Pittsburgh on Sept. 1, then have a three-game homestand, featuring contests against two FCS playoff squads, the Athletic Department announced on Monday. YSU also has three consecutive games against teams who reached the postseason this year.
YSU has previously traveled to Heinz Field (above) to ...
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Saturday, November 26th, 2011
In Eric Wolford's second season as football coach at Youngstown State, he gave some great quotes, things that will be repeated and remembered throughout his tenure as the head Penguin. Respectfully, this guy is a quote machine when asked a question that triggers a unique response more times than not. ...
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Saturday, November 26th, 2011
The time has again come to say goodbye to a number of Youngstown State University football players, a couple of cheerleaders, and a few band members. Marc Kanetsky (above) was part of a class that got caught in a transition from the Jon Heacock Era to the present day Eric ...
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Saturday, November 19th, 2011
Somewhere around 3 p.m., Missouri State scored their second touchdown of the third quarter to cut Youngstown State's lead to 27-24. At the same time, Northern Iowa had just kicked a field goal to force overtime at the end of regulation against Illinois State. YSU, meanwhile, was trying to take ...
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Friday, November 18th, 2011
Missouri State has owned Youngstown State the last few seasons. The Bears have given coaches and players fits even putting up some double-digit wins along the way. This year, Missouri State is much in the same position that Youngstown State was in last season - close but no cigar. Last ...
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
At first glance, the above picture would not say much. Some photographers would even say it is a wasted shot and delete it. The fascinating things going on in the above picture are guys in red uniforms knocking around guys in white uniforms. If you look to the left, you ...
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Sunday, November 13th, 2011
Youngstown State sophomore quarterback Kurt Hess (Dayton, Ohio) was named the Missouri Valley Football Conference's Offensive Player of the Week while junior placekicker David Brown (Ojai, Calif.) was tabbed the Special Teams Player of the Week, the league announced on Sunday.
Hess completed 20-of-24 passes for 237 yards and two touchdowns ...
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