YOUNGSTOWN — All season long, even through eight wins, Youngstown State has struggled to put together a full 60-minute game on both sides of the ball, especially on defense.

On Saturday, it came back to bite the Penguins at the worst possible time.

Yale completed an epic second-half comeback, scoring 29 straight points and pouncing on a complete meltdown by the Penguins, to hand YSU a backbreaking 43-42 defeat in the first round of the FCS playoffs at Stambaugh Stadium.

“You see a pattern there, coming from last week into this week, where you’re playing great defense, great offense and you jump out to such a big lead,” YSU head coach Doug Phillips said. “That’s probably the most difficult thing as a head coach because you feel like you not only let your players down, but you let your ci

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