Category: Kent State Football vs. Pittsburgh
GFR Reflection: The case for complimentary football
If Kent State has any chance to be competitive in and ultimately win games in the Mid-American Conference this season, they must play true complimentary, team football. This version of the Flashes will not win games the way the ‘FlashFAST’ Sean Lewis era did, with shootout scores of the 48-42 variety. This is the KentGRIT…
Kent State’s “R” better, but work to be done
Kent State fell 55-24 Saturday afternoon from Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh to the ACC’s Pitt Panthers. There were bright moments, flashes of building blocks and glimmers of hope. There were also things that reminded Kent State football fans of decades of losing and difficult moments. And a lot of moments where it was a Group…
Flashes prepare for Pitt pace
Kent State opens the 2024 season on Saturday at Pittsburgh with kickoff set for 12:00pm in a game that will be televised nationally on ESPNU. They’ll be facing a Pittsburgh offense led by a new offensive coordinator and a new scheme completely. Kade Bell, at just 34 years old is the new Panthers OC after…
Kent State heads to fertile recruiting territory Saturday
Kent State’s non-conference schedule has a distinct Pennsylvania flare in 2024. With games at Pittsburgh and Penn State, and a home game with St. Francis, the Flashes get three opportunities against the Keystone State. For Kent State, it’s a chance to make an impression in recruiting. To sell their brand of KentGRIT football in a…
Williams to get start Saturday at Center
Kent State will start true freshmen Elijah Williams at Center in the season opener against the ACC’’s Pittsburgh Panthers Kent State Head Coach Kenni Burns announced Monday at his press conference. Williams brings youth to an O-line that will also feature veterans on it this year after taking some bumps and bruises last year. Burns…
Kargman and Ulatowski both set to play Saturday
As reported a couple weeks ago by some national outlets, Kent State is going with Junior Devin Kargman at quarterback in Saturday’s opener at Pittsburgh and moving forward. The 6-3, 217 pound Camden, New Jersey native impressed Head Coach Kenni Burns this offseason after recovering from a minor injury that limited him in the spring.…
Garcia lost for season
The Kent State football program has unfortunately suffered a major injury before the regular season even began Head Coach Kenni Burns announced Monday at his weekly press conference as the Flashes prepare to open the 2024 season Saturday at Pittsburgh. Running back Gavin Garcia, who was expected to be apart of a two headed monster…