YSU football plays Southern Illinois

By JOE SCALZO

scalzo@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

YSU football coach Eric Wolford believes there’s a time and place to treat a game like it’s the Super Bowl.

Today isn’t it.

“When you start approaching it like that and make it out to be too big, maybe guys get tight,” said Wolford, whose Penguins play host to defending conference champion Southern Illinois in their Missouri Valley Football Conference opener today. “I think there’s a certain looseness that you need to have.

“And there’s a period of time where you want to tighten the screw down and make sure you’re focused and ready to go.”

Read the story in Saturday’s Vindicator.