College Football

By Brenda June Temple Youngstown State senior wide receiver Bryce Oliver has been tabbed a preseason third-team selection on the 2023 Stats Perform FCS Preseason All-America Team, presented by FedEx Ground. It marks the second preseason All-America accolade for Oliver, who was also tabbed to the third team by Phil Steele recently. Oliver was joined by Ryan…

By Brenda June Temple Youngstown State Athletics is proud to announce promotions for the 2023 football season. YSU plays six home games this fall starting with an August 31 contest against Valparaiso. Tickets for all contests are available by calling (330) 941-1978 or visiting the Tickets and Gameday tab at YSUsports.com YSU vs. Valparaiso •…

By Brenda June Temple                                 Former Youngstown State standouts Jaleel McLaughlin, Derek Rivers and Andrew Ogletree were named to the initial 53-player rosters of the Denver Broncos, Houston Texans and Indianapolis Colts the organizations released on Tuesday. McLaughlin made the Broncos squad…

By Brenda June Temple Youngstown, Ohio — An electric, four-touchdown third-quarter led the Youngstown State football program past Valparaiso, 52-10, in the Penguins’ season-opener at Stambaugh Stadium Thursday evening. YSU’s 28 third-quarter points matched the Penguins’ record for most points scored in the third quarter of a game. This impressive quarter was fueled by three fumble…

By Brenda June Temple 9/4/2023   Youngstown State senior tailback Tyshon King was named the Missouri Valley Football Conference’s Newcomer of the Week following an impressive debut in the Penguins’ 52-10 season-opening win over Valparaiso last Thursday. Joining King as Players of the week were QB Nic Baker of Southern Illinois (Offense); S Cole Wisniewski of North…

By Danielle Daniels

By Brenda June Temple Doug Phillips Youngstown State head football coach Week 2 Media Press Conference playing at #5 Ohio State.mp3 YOUNGSTOWN STATE GAME NOTES https://ysusports.com/documents/2023/9/5/Game_Notes_vs_OSU.pdf OHIO STATE GAME NOTES https://ysusports.com/documents/2023/9/5/2_OSUvsYSU.pdf   Youngstown State at Ohio State Sept. 9, 2023 | Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio | Noon Ticket Information Broadcast Information TV – Big Ten…

By Annie Walker   Week 1 Thursday, Aug. 31 No. 14 Utah 24, Florida 11 Saturday, Sept. 2 No. 1 Georgia 48, UT Martin 7 No. 2 Michigan 30, East Carolina 3 No. 3 Ohio State 23, Indiana 3 No. 4 Alabama 56, Middle Tennessee 7 No. 6 USC 66, Nevada 14 No. 7 Penn State 38, West…

By Annie Walker   RANK SCHOOL POINTS PREVIOUS RECORD 1 Georgia (58) 1,569 1 1-0 2 Michigan (2) 1,485 2 1-0 3 Alabama 1,424 4 1-0 4 Florida State (3) 1,384 8 1-0 5 Ohio State 1,308 3 1-0 6 Southern Cal 1,255 6 2-0 7 Penn State 1,212 7 1-0 8 Washington 1,107 10…

  By Annie Walker   We’re in Week 2 of the college football season. In the new AP poll, Florida State jumped to No. 4 after crushing then-No. 5 LSU. Duke also entered the top 25 at No. 21 after beating Clemson. Saturday, Sept. 9 No. 1 Georgia vs. Ball State | 12 p.m. ET…

By Melville Van Buren Tom Allen Indiana FTB coach 9 2 2023 Postgame after 23-3 loss to #3 Ohio State.mp3 Postgame Notes Ohio State at Indiana September 2, 2023 TEAM • Indiana is 12-79-5 all-time against Ohio State. • Indiana opened the season with a Big Ten game for the fourth straight season (Illinois, 2022;…

By Danielle Daniels   September 2, 2023 ALMA, Mich. — Ohio Northern opened its 129th season of football on Saturday, dropping a 52-7 decision at No. 24-ranked Alma (Mich.) The Basics Records: Ohio Northern (0-1), Alma (Mich.) (1-0) Venue: Bahlke Field, Alma, Mich. The Game Sophomore Brennan Norris (Stuebenville/Indian Creek) completed 11-of-26 passes for 72…

  Postgame Notes Ohio State at Indiana September 2, 2023 TEAM • Indiana is 12-79-5 all-time against Ohio State. • Indiana opened the season with a Big Ten game for the fourth straight season (Illinois, 2022; at Iowa, 2021; Penn State, 2020) and the fifth time in Allen’s seven years as head coach (Ohio State,…

By Melville Van Buren BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – For the fifth time under head coach Tom Allen, the Indiana football team will open a season against a Big Ten opponent as No. 3/4 Ohio State across I-70 for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff on CBS. The Hoosiers will meet a ranked team to start the season for the third…

By Melville Van Buren BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award watch list will include Indiana football’s Cam Camper for the second straight season the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce and SPORTyler announced on Thursday (Aug. 17). Camper finished as the leading Hoosiers receiver in 2022, despite missing the final four games of the season. He…

By Melville Van Buren BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Bednarik Award is bestowed upon the nation’s best collegiate defensive player and Indiana football’s redshirt senior Andre Carter is among the preseason candidates for the award. Carter enters his first season in Bloomington after five seasons at Western Michigan that included 47 games played. The defensive lineman produced 132 tackles,…

By Melville Van Buren BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – A third national watch list has tabbed Indiana football sophomore Jaylin Lucas as a preseason candidate for its award, this time the Walter Camp Football Foundation has the running back/return specialist among the 45 preseason candidates for the national player of the year award. Lucas is now among the preseason candidates…

By Melville Van Buren BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana football redshirt senior Aaron Casey is among the preseason candidates for the Butkus Award, awarded to the most impactful linebacker in college football. An Indiana graduated with a degree in public financial management, Casey earned honorable mention All-Big Ten from the conference media panel and was a third-team All-Big Ten…

By Melville Van Buren BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Allstate and the American Football Coaches Association has announced the 2023 Good Works Team nominees and Indiana football’s Kahlil Benson is one of the 136 student-athletes selected for the prestigious team. He is one of 73 Division I student-athletes to be nominate for the honor. Along with attending the upcoming B1G…

By Melville Van Buren BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference announced its 2024 and 2025 football home/away opponents for each school on Thursday (June 8). As the conference moves to the 16-team, no division format, the Indiana football program will host five games during the 2024 season and have four conference home contests in 2025.…