Mollica: New look for Penguins this fall

Youngstown State football coach Jon Heacock has placed a lot of emphasis this fall on conditioning, putting the team through a lot of running drills to help get them into shape.

And he has been doing it all for some very good reasons.

The Penguins are employing a no-huddle offense this season, which is probably reason number one for the extra conditioning. They need to get on and off the field quickly and to the ball quickly this fall.

“It is really not all that new to us since we’ve been doing it now for a while, but now it will be every down and they’ve worked on it very hard since spring, especially hard over the summer,” Heacock said.

The Penguins also will be using a new offense, a spread formation.

“It is not a power offense like we’ve used in the past, but you will still see a lot of the same plays run off of it,” he added.