YSU Football Profiles: David Rach

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Last season David Rach played in all 11 games for Youngstown State.  Not only was he a valuable component of a fast-maturing defense, but he participated in 155 snaps of special teams, second most on the team.  Rach is the typical small town success story as he prospered at North ...

YSU Football Profiles: Stephen Meadows

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

Stephen Meadows is one of the Youngstown State Football players that carried over and made the successful transition between a new coach and an old one.  In the interview with Meadows, he touches on the differences between Coaches Heacock (2009) and Wolford (2010).  We also discussed everything from tattoos to ...

Magnified Intensity

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

The Youngstown State University football program has a full plate this season.  On September 4, the Penguins travel to Happy Valley for a visit with the #14 team in the country, Penn State.  The Penguins will play every Missouri Valley Conference game with a chip on their shoulders after being ...

New YSU Women’s Basketball Coach, Bob Boldon, Knows Nothing Is Easy

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Nothing is easy. Taking over something that never worked right in the first place and trying to fix it is even harder. Bob Boldon has accepted the challenge of reviving a deflated YSU Women's Basketball program with open arms.  In fact, Boldon expects to win, as soon as ...

Penguins Tidbits

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

With Youngstown State on the cusp of starting the Eric Wolford Era, here are some notes from the university: The Missouri Valley Football Conference announced this week that the Youngstown State at Western Illinois game on Oct. 16 at Hanson Field in Macomb, Ill. will be a part of the league's ...

Pete Mollica Sighting

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

This past Winter, one of the true legends of the Youngstown area stepped away from being simply the best at what he did.  Pete Mollica was a writer for the Youngstown Vindicator newspaper for 33 years, and well-respected by those he wrote with and about.  I had the pleasure of ...

YSU Football Profiles: Defensive Coordinator Rick Kravitz

Friday, June 18th, 2010

Rick Kravitz has been around the game of football for a long time.  He has coached on the big stage with experience at Western Michigan and North Carolina State, and also at South Florida where he helped a program jump to higher levels.  Coach Kravitz will serve as Defensive Coordinator ...

Penguins Tidbits

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Ahhh... Warm weather, festivals, golf, gardens, swimming, and YSU Football just around the corner.  September 4 is less than three months away and soon the Penguins of Youngstown State will be sweating in preparation for their trip to Happy Valley.  The YSU ticket office is open and there are some ...