YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State’s off week served as a transitional bridge from nonconference play to the start of the Missouri Valley Football Conference slate, and now the Penguins kick off seven straight games in the toughest conference in the FCS. It all starts Saturday at 2 p.m. ...
BEAVER TOWNSHIP — Fresh off its 48-28 victory over Robert Morris this past weekend, head coach Doug Phillips’ Youngstown State team will take a 2-1 mark into Missouri Valley Football Conference play, which begins this week when the Penguins travel to Northern Iowa to take on the Panthers. The next eight weeks will determine if the Penguins are worthy of a playoff bid, a void on the program’s resume since the 2016 campaign. “We cannot allow ourselves to have other people control our outcomes. Each and every day we have control of how hard we play, the attitude in which we play ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The quest for a dominant performance from start to finish will continue, but Youngstown State concluded its nonconference slate in convincing fashion nonetheless. After Robert Morris took a 1-point lead early in the second quarter, the Penguins woke up and rattled off 35 ...
YOUNGSTOWN — Doug Phillips remains a process-driven coach. Following Week 1’s win over Valparaiso, the fourth-year coach said Youngstown State’s focus remained inward as it prepared for its annual Power 5 “buy game” against Ohio State. Now, coming off a 35-7 loss to the vaunted ...
BEAVER TOWNSHIP — Over the past three years, Youngstown State University has either won, shared or finished as runner-up for the Horizon League’s McCafferty Award, awarded annually to the league’s all-sports champion. As defending champions, Penguin executive director of athletics Ron Strollo is hoping for a title defense when all sports wrap up in May. “It is a great feeling to be the outright champion,” Strollo told the Curbstone Coaches during Monday’s first luncheon of the season at Avion Banquet Center. “It’s always tough to repeat but we feel we are up to the ...
COLUMBUS — After Ohio State landed the game’s first punch, Youngstown State was able to counter with one of its own. From there, however, the lights went out. After each team opened with a touchdown drive to begin the game, FBS No. 5 Ohio State scored 28 unanswered points en route to a ...
