Youngstown State Runs South Dakota Over, 47-28
344 rushing yards on 47 carries. That is the whole story of this one, and Youngstown State's 47-28 win over South Dakota barely needs another paragraph. South Dakota ran 37 times for 186, a perfectly respectable number on a day when the other guys ran for almost double it.
It was tied once, at 7-7 in the first quarter, and South Dakota never led. Lynn Wyche-El's 41-yard run made it 20-7 midway through the second (the extra point failed, so call it a very polite 20-7). Tysen Boze caught a 9-yard touchdown from Austyn Modrzewski to cut it to 20-14, but Andrew Lastovka kicked a 23-yard field goal with two seconds left in the half to make it 23-14.
South Dakota got within 23-21 on a 22-yard Jackson Proctor run in the third, and Youngstown State answered with a field goal to lead 26-21 going into the fourth. Then it put the game away with three touchdowns in about eight minutes of game clock: a 4-yard pass to Alex McDonald, then 9 and 7-yard runs from Beau Brungard. Carson Fletcher's 1-yard run with 32 seconds left made the final look closer than it was.
The turnovers did not help the visitors. South Dakota gave it away three times (two interceptions from Modrzewski and a lost fumble) and Youngstown State gave it away zero. Add two sacks for the home side and you have a 503-333 yardage gap. Both teams are 3-1.
Fantasy takeaway: Brungard, again. 47.4 points is a fine Saturday for most quarterbacks and a down week for him.