College Football Team News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
With the bye week, the Youngstown State football team was able to rest up, get some rehab, get into the weight room and have an extra week to prepare for the Western Illinois Leathernecks. In the Spring, the Penguins were up big, but a costly kick and punt return gave the Leathernecks the momentum, winning […] READ MORE
The FCS spring season is coming to the end of a challenging experiment, to say the least. The cancellations so far in 2021 are still ongoing. In total, there have been almost 50 total cancellations and postponements. All since the start of 2021. COVID-19 has reared its ugly head to disrupt a FCS season that […] READ MORE
No one saw this coming. A Missouri State Football team that went 1-10 in 2019 had little expectations for this shortened Spring 2021 football season. But there is no doubt anymore. This team can contend for a Missouri Valley Football Conference title. The supreme heavyweight division of them all. The Missouri State Bears are Contenders […] READ MORE
Resilience. Love. These are just some of the words coach Deion Sanders used in his post game presser on Saturday. Not to mention, his Jackson State squad broke a 16-game losing streak to Grambling. The streak stood as the longest in FCS to date until the win over Grambling 33-28. Deion Sanders has Jackson’s Back […] READ MORE
After a tough loss last week in Coach Phillips debut at the FargoDome, the Youngstown State Penguins welcomed the limited 3,500 fans as they hosted the fifth ranked Northern Iowa Panthers, who were coming off of a 24-20 loss last Friday to South Dakota State. Someone was going to get their first win of the […] READ MORE
In what seemed like an eternity since the last game Youngstown State falls to NDSU. It was 457 days since the last game. Now, Youngstown State and FCS football finally returned to the spotlight. The new-look YSU Penguins with a brand new coaching staff led by first-year head coach Doug Phillips took the field at […] READ MORE
For people outside the state of Missouri, there are many who aren’t familiar with the Missouri State Bears. That’s right. Not the other team playing in the SEC. Also, the university isn’t near Kansas City, Missouri either. The Missouri State Bears are a part of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The same conference as North […] READ MORE
This recruiting class was going to be a different one from the others that we have seen from past seasons at Youngstown State. Part of this was from the 2019 season as the Penguins finished with a 6-6 record. But, it was also when Bo Pelini announced he would be leaving the program to head […] READ MORE
While most college football fans are grieving after Monday night’s College Football Playoff Championship game, there is an alternative remedy out there this year only in the spring. With the onset of the COVID-19 Virus affecting the 2020 college football season — the FCS postponed the start of the season till February. The NCAA Division […] READ MORE
The GRIT is back with Doug Phillips as the head coach of Youngstown State. The goal was simple this signing day, don’t only go local in Ohio, but expand a bit in the state. And bring the future of winning back to Youngstown or as it’s called, GRITU. It was a different experience this year […] READ MORE