Pelini: YSU has things to change and do better

YOUNGSTOWN — With a play made here or another made there, Bo Pelini realizes the Penguins — losers of three straight — could be sitting pretty.

See, of Youngstown State’s four losses this season, one is by eight points, another is by two points and last week’s came by seven points in overtime at Southern Illinois. But as the first-year coach warns, don’t let those near misses fool you.

“Really, the reality of where we’d be [with wins] wouldn’t be much different than where we are right now,” said Pelini, whose Penguins are 3-4 overall and 1-3 in the Missouri Valley Football Conference (ninth out of 10 teams). “We’d feel better about it. But I guarantee there would still be things — if our record was different — that we need to change and need to get better at as we go forward.”

Visit Vindy.com later and read Wednesday's Vindicator sports section for complete details from Pelini's Tuesday news conference.