Coach Phillips said, “We have to go to our first game on the road, in a dome with fans, so we will have to get ready for that.” Yeah. He’ll be thrown into the deep end as YSU opens their season at #1 North Dakota State on Sunday. The Penguins’ first-year coach Doug Phillips has had a weird start to his run in Youngstown, but his guys are ready to get on the field and show what they can do. Coates is receiver by trade but made this team in his capacity as a kick returner. Junior tackle Dan Becker and senior wide receiver Jake Coates were the honorees. In fact, a pair of Penguins made the list. YSU is the first team on this list to feature a member of the preseason All-MVFC team first team. MSU hosts Illinois State in their opener on Saturday.Ĩ.) Youngstown State – 36 Points (2 First Team, 1 Honorable Mention): Coming in just ahead of the Bears and Leathernecks are the Youngstown State Penguins. They looked quite competitive against a good squad in their two games against Central Arkansas in the fall, so Petrino might have them surprising some people. 500 league season would be a hell of an accomplishment. The Bears wont sniff the postseason, and a. MSU also needs a new QB this year, which after a 1-10 season last year might not be a bad thing. The two honorable mention players are junior wide receiver Damoriea Vick and senior corner Zack Sanders. MSU played a pair of games with Central Arkansas (both single-digit losses) and one with Oklahoma (a 48-0 loss) in the fall. When MSU takes the field for their spring opener, it will not be their first football game of the academic year. If you believe in second chances you still may have run out of patience with Petrino, but he lives on as a head football coach now getting his shot in Springfield. Talk about a story that has been swallowed up by the pandemic. How many of you forgot that Missouri State’s head coach is Bobby Petrino? I will admit I definitely did. T9.) Missouri State – 23 Points (0 First Team, 2 Honorable Mentions): Joining Western Illinois in the preseason cellar is Missouri State. ![]() We’ll see them revved up and ready to go by fall. ![]() Playing so many games in one calendar year seemed to be a concern as well. The decision seems to have come from head Coach Curt Mallory, who says that Indiana State will have regular spring practices in preparation for the 2021 fall season instead. They are only two years removed from a 7-4 season, but also three years removed from an 0-11 campaign. They probably didn’t feel too good about their chances, anyway, coming off a 5-7 season in 2019. NR.) Indiana State – N/A Points (N/A First Team, N/A Honorable Mentions): The Sycamores opted out of the spring season on January 11th, citing heath and development concerns. ![]() Check back each week because I’ll be putting up new power rankings like I’ve done with MVC basketball. For this list I will also indicate how many players each school has on the MVFC preseason team. What I am going to do is list the teams in the order they were picked in the MVFC preseason poll and add what little information I can find about them. With so many teams losing players between fall and spring due to transfer and the NFL draft, and such little information out there about each team, it will be tough to give a quality preview.
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