YSU falls to South Dakota State

October 23, 2010 at 8:33p.m.

By Joe Scalzo

scalzo@vindy.com

BROOKINGS, S.D.

There was no “What if?” this time. No last-second heartbreak or laments about turnovers or penalties.

For the first time since the season opener, the YSU football team lost to a clearly superior opponent and, in the process, eliminated any lingering hope of a playoff berth.

Saturday, “Wait ’til next year” became this year’s slogan.

Behind a dominating performance from senior running back Kyle Minett, South Dakota State beat the Penguins 30-20 at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium, handing YSU its fourth straight Missouri Valley Football Conference loss.

Read the story in Sunday’s Vindicator.