Youngstown State

[obc]

Yotes offense did a great job with quick slants and the run game that last drive! Huge!

[obc]

USD's defense is now getting ripped apart. USD just not putting together a complete game once again.

[usdguy99]

I was getting excited that we may just win this game and then the wheels fell off.....

[obc]

USD got all the breaks today and it still was not enough. Replays, penalties, and turnovers went USDs way as much as I have seen in years. Bergener had a great game. The offense is just awful. Sanders and the left side if the OL looked good at times. Earl is too inconsistent and it is a drive killer. The RT got destroyed all game. The defensive secondary has very little awareness. The tackling got as sloppy as I have seen at the end of the game. The return game is nonexistent except when mistakes are made.

Not good enough - not even close.

Unless USD wins next week against WIU this team will be winless in the MVFC.

[bopelini]

A little trivia: In 21 Missouri Valley games, the Coyotes have scored more than 17 points a total of FIVE times.

[sdyotefan]

Obviously in this year's version of the MVFC you need to play a complete game. The Yotes haven't come close to that yet. Today was about 1/4 a game on offense and
3/4 on defense. BTW the one swing pass to Sanders went for 25+ yards.

[vermrat]

Here is the situation in Vermillion right now. Being close to the team for both eras, I can tell you that USD will never be successful with Joe Glenn and Wesley Beschorner in Vermillion. Ya it looked good bringing Joe Glenn to coach, but the man is washed up and doesn't know anything about football any more. Not only that, he does nothing to help the players get ready. He is suppose to be a friendly face to get the boosters to open their pockets. The whole mindset for USD is not to win, but to make money in order to build that dome expansion. The talent USD has right now is not 2-7 talent, but the coaches go into games scared and timid. There is no confidence in this team and it starts from the head coach all the way down to the players. The players want change, they deserve change, because the games aren't being lost on the field. The games are being lost before the kick off even happens. I'm tired of being tied to a losing program especially because they could be much better than they are. This is the Missouri Valley, recruiting offensive line should be the focal point every off season, but it never is. It is easy to find kids that can run fast and catch a football, but it doesn't matter if you can't block anybody. Our offense focuses too much on skill and not the important factors of football. All successful teams win the games up front. Once USD realizes that, maybe they can start winning that again. Meirkort knew that an offensive line was important, and atleast he has players in the NFL. Boosters, take your money from the school until a change is made. That is the only way to get something done. You all got blinded by the hiring of Joe Glenn because he was successful years ago. If you want your money to mean something, have them bring somebody new in and revamp the whole system. They kept way too many coaches from the old regime when Glenn came into office, and Beschorner hasn't done anything to be worthy of his job in the past 5/6 years. Congrats, you beat a terrible Minnesota team. Vermillion is 2 hours from Omaha and all the best Omaha players go up to Fargo, Brookings, or even Grand Forks. Ed may not have been the best coach, but atleast his players were excited to play for him and he could get some big guys to actually block up front. A drastic change is needed, and their are plenty of great coaches out there that can make USD a respected program. Maybe even find a head coach that actually gives pregame speeches and is in the locker room before the game instead of shaking hands and trying to take change out of peoples pockets.

[Coyote Fan]

Vermrat,

Finally a voice with some reason that doesn't think Joe Glenn walks on water. When the Yotes were up 17-7 I was just waiting for the dam to implode and sure enough the Coyotes were all too eager to oblige. I was having a conversation with SD4ever and he wanted me to get on the board and rip on the team. I didn't say I would but he requested it because he is too discouraged to do so himself. This team is fickle, lack confidence and has no leadership to guide them from the coaching staff. As I said before we need an absolute washing of this program from top to bottom. It starts with Glenn and goes downhill from there. Is it really any more encouraging to get close in the game only to efficiently blow the game in convincing fashion or to just get blown out from start to finish. Either way the result is the same old story.

So we move forward with one more loss to move Glenn's record to a staggering 3-18 in the MVFC. How can that even be fathomable. How can Glenn go from a great coach in his heyday into a coach that can barely even field a competitive team half the time. Maybe success and Coyote football just simply don't belong in the same sentence.

Now is the time for the fans to put the pressure on Herbster. If you don't want Glenn to continue next year I suggest emailing the AD and let him know your thoughts. On second hand why not just stay status quo and continue to lose game after game, year after year.

[vermrat]

Its all about money right now.  Winning doesn't matter in the eyes of the administration because people are throwing their money at the school.   I know enough about football to be able to put together atleast a .500 team with this roster.  I don't get why people don't see that it is all on the offensive coordinator. He coaches scared.   His play calling is terrible, especially down the stretch.  Quarterbacks make bad o coordinators by default since they don't full understand the game.  There is nothing wrong with running the ball and just flipping the field.  Just think how different games would be if we didn't waste our time doing stupid pass plays.  Its frustrating, The whole program is a joke.  They also did a really good job protecting a select few players from that whole Tax Fraud situation.  I wonder how many people know the truth behind that whole situation.

[usdlaw]

Oh that is smart lets tell boosters to stop giving money. That will help a struggling program pay more to bring new coaches in. Did you graduate from SDSU with that type of thinking and attitude.

Stop all this talk about Ed. The man needed to be fired PERIOD. And stop acting like his players didn't bring shame to our University. He recruited a couple nice players and really happy they have been successful in NFL but he brought in more thugs than good.

Change needs to happen but I'm not sure it is at Joe's position.

[obc]

Nov 1, 2014 16:23:43 GMT -6 vermrat said:

Its all about money right now.  Winning doesn't matter in the eyes of the administration because people are throwing their money at the school.   I know enough about football to be able to put together atleast a .500 team with this roster.  I don't get why people don't see that it is all on the offensive coordinator. He coaches scared.   His play calling is terrible, especially down the stretch.  Quarterbacks make bad o coordinators by default since they don't full understand the game.  There is nothing wrong with running the ball and just flipping the field.  Just think how different games would be if we didn't waste our time doing stupid pass plays.  Its frustrating, The whole program is a joke.  They also did a really good job protecting a select few players from that whole Tax Fraud situation.  I wonder how many people know the truth behind that whole situation.

I am not familiar with "the truth behind that whole situation." You don't have to use names, but why don't you bring us all up to speed.

[olifer]

I've written about 6 posts to reply today and have erased all of them because I would likely regret my comments later. The fact is that we're not a good football team and I think there's plenty of blame to pass around to the entire bunch...Coaches and players alike. Do you blame the quarterback because he can't throw the ball to an open receiver most of the time? Do you blame the receivers for not being able to catch balls that are catchable don't make the plays? Do you blame the kid that can't tackle? Or does it all lie on the coaching staff for not "teaching" this stuff? We're either not getting the right kids, or we're not coaching them properly. Unfortunately, I think the reality is that it's not only a "little" of both, but a "lot" of both. Coaches....ALL of them need to be accountable for getting their team ready. Players, ALL of them need to be accountable for executing the most fundamental aspects of a game that they've all likely been playing for at least six years or so before they stepped on campus. Like all of you, I have more questions than answers but let's all hang in there because this season is pretty much wrapped up. As for me, I'll still be at the rest of the home games and up to Brookings to support them because I'm a fan and I'm not willing to give up on the Coyotes.

[sdyotefan]

For what it's worth the Jacks after today are 2-3 in the conference and just as easily could be 0=5 if not for pulling out 2 last minute wins. And their program is been D1 for years. The Yotes are not that far away. Remember Youngstown is no slouch team ranked 11th in the country. The Yotes just need to play complete games. The D is world beaters many plays but then give up too many big yardage TDs and plays. The offense just needs to consistently move the ball and not turn it over. Seems that many pass patterns require difficult throws and catches instead of higher percentage pass plays 5-6 yards and let the back or receiver break a tackle and let the QBs get in rhythm. Glenn deserves two more recruiting years before he is judged rebuilding the program.

[sdyotefan]

Fantastic day Miles!! 50 yd FG and a perfect 13 in a row for the year! Also had a net punting average of 43 for the game and all four kickoffs were touchbacks!

[vermrat]

It all starts with the head coach USDLAW. The whole mindset and atmosphere revolves around him. These kids are becoming soft because the head coach is soft. They rarely practice outside any more, and it shows. Ed may have brought "thugs" to the university, but its not like Joe Glenn is bringing great guys to the University either. And when boosters threaten to not donate, change gets made much faster. It did at UNL and continues to be an effective way to get things done. I will continue to support the players as well, but I'm tired of seeing the same coaching mistakes happen over and over. Learn how to keep a lead. Its not hard. Coach to win instead of Coaching not to lose. There is a huge difference.

The whole USD tax scandal has much more to it than just the Florida boys that got in trouble for it. I'm not going to use names, but some of them were used as scape goats to protect certain players and families reputations.