Current Eastern coach Aaron Best, seen here in his playing days, recalled the last time Youngstown State came calling.
When the Youngstown Penguins last visited this part of the country, Dec. 13, 1997 to face the Eastern Washington Eagles, Cooper Kupp was 4, Gage Gubrud and Samson Ebukam were each 2, the latter likely still in his native Nigeria.
One guy who still remembers it all well - the Pens' 25 -14 escape from a cold and snow-covered Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane in a semifinal-round playoff game - is Aaron Best, then an Eagles offensive lineman for head coach Mike Kramer.
"The memories from that game are few and far between but as a player remembering how dang cold it was, don't mess up any short or long...
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