GFR Friday FLASHback Volume 5: Flashes beat Cards on Cortez walk off
Today on our GFR FLASHback Friday we take it back to late September of 2012. Early in the “One Team One Destiny” dream season of 2012, Kent State had a big home game in front of a great crowd on a beautiful day. Kent State was 2-1 and 1-0 in the young season. Down 43-42,…
Blue & Gold Collective to help KSU retain and attract talent
As fans know, the landscape of collegiate athletics has changed. Through NIL (name, image, likeness) and the transfer portal, mid-major programs such as Kent State are now faced with unique challenges, but also opportunities. The challenge to retain and recruit players to a program has never been more of a challenge than it is now.…
Burns and staff catch up on recruiting this past weekend
The Kent State football coaching staff was able to take advantage of the bye week and catch up on some recruiting this weekend. Kenni Burns and his staff hit the road and connected with members of their current class of 2025 verbal commits and also looked at future talent. I was at Avon, covering the…
Flashes seek return to physicality
The Kent State men’s basketball team continues preparation for the upcoming season, with the first game slated for November 4 at Louisiana as part of the MAC/Sun Belt Conference Challenge. Every MAC team will open up their season that night against a Sun Belt opponent. Over the summer is when individuals work on their game.…
Good shines with KSU staff in attendance
I had a chance to cover the Avon vs. Berea-Midpark high school game Friday night as part of my freelance work with the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram. That means I had a chance to watch Kent State class of 2025 quarterback recruit Nolan Good in person. Good didn’t disappoint as he went 12-13 for 230 yards, two…
Flashes host several for visits
The Kent State men’s basketball program hosted over 25 high school student-athletes and their families this past weekend on campus. The visit included viewing an open practice at the MAC Center of the 2024-2025 Flashes, a tour of campus and the facilities, and it culminated in attending the Homecoming football game with Eastern Michigan. Isaiah…
GFR Reflection: Kent State loses “Culture” game to EMU
Kent State welcomed in the Eastern Michigan Eagles for Homecoming 2024 Saturday in what ended up being a rainy, wet and sloppy game in the second half. And just like the Kent State hopes to pull an upset over Chris Creighton’s Eagles Saturday, it, and the rain washed away as the afternoon turned into night,…
GFR Friday FLASHback Volume 4: Flashes take down Army on Homecoming
Today on our GFR FLASHback Friday we are taking it back ten years to Homecoming 2014, on October 18, 2014. In the second year of the Paul Haynes era the Flashes would finish just 2-9 overall and 1-6 in the MAC but they got some homecoming magic with a win over Army 39-17. Quarterback Colin…
Olds Flashes for KSU
One of the bright spots from the Kent State football non-conference has been the play of defensive end Kam Olds and the front seven for Kent State. Olds, a 6-4, 245 pound Richmond, Virginia native stayed in the MAC after transferring from Buffalo. Olds prepped at Fork Union Military Academy and made an immediate impact…
Creighton and EMU a blueprint for Flashes
Chris Creighton and his Eastern Michigan Eagle football team come to Dix Stadium Saturday for Homecoming. Creighton has been at Eastern Michigan for eleven years and they’ve become consistently consistent in the league after a couple of years of getting his program started. Since starting his first two years 2-10 and 1-11, the Eagles have…
Flashes lose Kargman and Sherrod for season as Homecoming awaits
The 2024 Kent State football season as well as the KentGRIT era suffered a tough blow Monday when Head Coach Kenni Burns confirmed what was feared in that quarterbacks Devin Kargman and JD Sherrod were lost for the season due to injuries they suffered Saturday at Penn State. Kargman underwent hip surgery after the game…
Flashes picked 2nd by Mid-Major Madness, Davis POY
Mid-Major Madness of midmajormadness.com came out with their Mid-American Conference men’s basketball preview yesterday, and in it they pick the Golden Flashes for second place, behind Ohio. Additionally, VonCameron Davis was chosen as their preseason Player of the Year. “Davis has shown continued growth in his time at KSU. He was the key reason they…
Sendy talks non-conference schedule
Last week the Kent State men’s basketball program released the 2024-2025 non-conference schedule. In a post that appeared on social media, members of the team made drawings of each team’s logo on the schedule, and then asked children at the Kent State Child Development Center to guess the logo. Some of the guesses are humorous…
GFR Reflection: Flashes limp into MAC play
Well, non-conference play is over for the Kent State football program. Congratulations to the Flashes on a job…done. After a hopeful week one performance at Pittsburgh, Kent State followed with a woeful loss to St. Francis (PA) of the FCS. Then, KSU was blasted at national championship contender Tennessee 71-0, in a game that was…
GFR Reflection: Flashes pummeled at Tennessee
The Kent State football program and their supporters had a rough night as the Golden Flashes were dismantled Saturday night at Tennessee 71-0, after the ballgame was 65-0 at halftime. I can’t remember a Kent State team being so outmatched in a game before going back over 20 years. Tennessee is a legit national championship…
