Points piling up in MVFC games

By JOE SCALZO

scalzo@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

As everyone knows, the Missouri Valley Football Conference is a bruising, blue-collar, defense-oriented league.

Except that it isn’t.

Through the first three weeks of conference play, seven of the league’s nine teams are averaging at least 26 points per game. Only one — Western Illinois — is holding opponents to fewer than 22 points per game.

Surprised?

“Coming into the season, I probably thought it was going to be more of a defensive grind,” said YSU coach Eric Wolford, whose team is averaging 28.3 points in conference games and 32.2 overall. “The offenses have performed pretty well.”

Read the story in Saturday’s Vindicator.