Post by PantherU on Apr 6, 2010 21:41:04 GMT -6
I'll tell you this, valpofan: I'm a lot happier to have you on board than YSU.
Here's the text from my FB group's info for those of you without FB:
I love Youngstown State. It's a great school that does a fantastic job despite modest surroundings. Their football program is phenomenal. They have a dynamite track team, and their basketball coach, Jerry Slocum, has over 600 wins. Their Penguins mascot, and logo, are the best in the conference.
However, the decision to bring YSU into the Midwest Collegiate Conference, now Horizon League, was a mistake. They have not competed in the only revenue sport that the conference has, men's basketball, and many of their other teams have been a joke at the bottom of the standings. Here are some of their finishes this season:
Women's basketball: 0-30, 0-18 Horizon, 10th
Women's soccer: 4-10-3, 1-6-1 HL, 8th tie (last)
Volleyball: 7-21, 5-11 HL, 7th of 9
Men's Basketball: 8-22, 2-16 HL, 10th
Men's Track Indoor: 3rd!
Women's Track Indoor: 5th of 8
Women's swimming: 6th of 8
So, this season, they have a whopping 2 points in the McCafferty race!
Youngstown State has some serious issues. Their basketball program constantly schedules crappy teams to inflate their bad record so Jerry Slocum can keep his job. The problem is, they only schedule low-majors and D-II schools to do so.
They can't recruit basketball players to that campus. How do you do it? The great night life of Youngstown, Ohio?
They fit the Horizon League geographically, but their trips in the NEC would be far shorter, as they're on the eastern side of Ohio.
They could compete in most NEC sports, and dominate in football if they so wished.
Let's make this happen - Youngstown to the NEC!
Here's the text from my FB group's info for those of you without FB:
I love Youngstown State. It's a great school that does a fantastic job despite modest surroundings. Their football program is phenomenal. They have a dynamite track team, and their basketball coach, Jerry Slocum, has over 600 wins. Their Penguins mascot, and logo, are the best in the conference.
However, the decision to bring YSU into the Midwest Collegiate Conference, now Horizon League, was a mistake. They have not competed in the only revenue sport that the conference has, men's basketball, and many of their other teams have been a joke at the bottom of the standings. Here are some of their finishes this season:
Women's basketball: 0-30, 0-18 Horizon, 10th
Women's soccer: 4-10-3, 1-6-1 HL, 8th tie (last)
Volleyball: 7-21, 5-11 HL, 7th of 9
Men's Basketball: 8-22, 2-16 HL, 10th
Men's Track Indoor: 3rd!
Women's Track Indoor: 5th of 8
Women's swimming: 6th of 8
So, this season, they have a whopping 2 points in the McCafferty race!
Youngstown State has some serious issues. Their basketball program constantly schedules crappy teams to inflate their bad record so Jerry Slocum can keep his job. The problem is, they only schedule low-majors and D-II schools to do so.
They can't recruit basketball players to that campus. How do you do it? The great night life of Youngstown, Ohio?
They fit the Horizon League geographically, but their trips in the NEC would be far shorter, as they're on the eastern side of Ohio.
They could compete in most NEC sports, and dominate in football if they so wished.
Let's make this happen - Youngstown to the NEC!