Category: Football
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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‘Rockstar’ Glass back to anchor kicking game for Flashes
Coming off a 1-11 season and 0-8 in the Mid-American Conference, it wasn’t surprising to say that Kent State had a lot of question marks heading into the off-season. Getting everyone in alignment, solidifying a coaching staff, navigating the transfer portal, as well as sorting out personnel issues were among the top priorities. One question…
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Good relieved, ready and healthy for senior year with Avon
The first Friday night of the OHSAA football season is one week from Friday. Class of 2025 Kent State quarterback commit Nolan Good is gearing up for his senior season with his Avon High School football team. After missing the end of the OHSAA playoffs last year with a broken collarbone injury, Good is back…
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Flashes look to ride 1-2 punch of Thomas & Garcia on the ground
As a former running back himself and a longtime running back coach, Kent State Head Football Coach Kenni Burns knows a little something about the position. Him and the rest of the Flashes feel like they have a way to control the clock, the game, and the tone of a game with an expected two…
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Kent State Football Roundtable
Continuing with our coverage of the Kent State football program as we get ready for the 2024 season, today we bring to you our Kent State football roundtable. We talked to those that cover and follow the Golden Flashes on a daily basis, to get their answers on some of the most pressing questions facing…
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Kent State with “luck of the draw” in MAC schedule
Kent State fans know the routine by now for the Golden Flashes football program. Play three money games against Power Five opponents each and every season in the non-conference. Head into MAC play hoping the team is physically, mentally and emotionally OK and not too beat up for the rest of the season. The money…
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Top 10 wins in Kent State Football since 2004
As the 2024 college football begins with Kent State reporting for camp on Thursday, August 1, let’s count down the top 10 wins by the Kent State football program since 2004. Why 2004? Twenty years seems like a good time period. Also, I was a freshmen at Kent State since 2004, so this is all…
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Burns identifies 3 keys for improvement in 2024
The 2023 football season was one to forget for Kent State, like so many others have been in the last several decades. Faced with the most attrition in the country, then first year Kent State Head Coach Kenni Burns called it “Year Zero.” Athletic Director Randale Richmond acknowledged it as well, giving Burns a one…
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Kent State’s Billotte to be right at “home” in non-conference
Growing up in the small town of Clearfield in Central Pennsylvania, Kent State junior defensive linemen Oliver Billotte shined brightly for the Bison on both the gridirion and on the wrestling mat. While also playing quarterback in addition to defensive line, Billotte totaled 34 touchdowns between passing and rushing, with 99 tackles on defense, 9.5…
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Flashes need defense in high flying MAC
In a league that has been dominated by offense for two decades, with made for television MACtion moments and high scoring affairs, spread offenses and basketball on grass style games, Kent State knows they will need their defense to compete in 2024. Given the struggles of the offense last season, it’s safe to say that…