Windhorst set to return to MAC Center
ESPN NBA sports writer and Kent State alum Brian Windhorst is set to make an appearance at the MAC Center in Kent this Saturday for a Q & A session for all Blue and Gold Collective Gold or Blue status members. The men’s team will work out at 1:00pm and all members are invited to…
Kent State gets their guy in Woidke
The Kent State men’s basketball program secured a verbal commitment from one of the top lead guards in the state of Ohio in the class of 2025 on Thursday when Cleveland Saint Ignatius’ Quinn Woidke pledged to play for the Golden Flashes. The 6-1 dynamic guard took an official visit to Kent State this past…
GFR Friday FLASHback Volume 3: Kent State snaps losing streak with win in Oxford
Today we FLASHback 18 years to September 16 of 2006. Kent State went to Miami (OH) in their MAC opener and beat the RedHawks 16-14. The win snapped a 12 game losing streak for Kent State dating back to the 2005 season. Julian Edelman’s first win in a KSU uniform was a memorable one, as…
Kalocay commits to Kent State
The Kent State women’s basketball program secured a verbal commitment for the Class of 2025 from guard Rylee Kalocay from Upper St. Clair High School in Pittsburgh. Kalocay is a dynamic three level scorer who thrives on dishing out contact in the paint and playing physical. She’s also an excellent shooter from the three point…
Flashes “stay the course” and prepare for Tennessee
The Kent State football season moves on this week with a trip to SEC Country to take on the #7 nationally ranked Tennessee Volunteers at 7:45pm in a game to be televised by the SEC Network. The Flashes will look to bounce back from their disappointing loss to FCS St. Francis on Saturday 23-17. In…
Woidke talks Kent State visit
Saint Ignatius High School, Class of 2025 guard Quinn Woidke is one of the top combo guards in Ohio and all of the midwest. The 6-1 reigning state champion was in for a visit at Kent State this past weekend. “My visit was awesome,” Woidke said Sunday evening. “Everyone who helped out did a great…
GFR Reflection: Flashes waste opportunity
Let’s tell it like it is. The Kent State football program was out played, out coached, out competed, out toughed and ultimately beaten on the scoreboard against FCS St. Francis (PA) Saturday in the home opener at Dix Stadium by a score of 23-17 in a game that didn’t even feel that close. It was…
Kent State welcomes in St. Francis for home opener
Kent State welcomes in St. Francis Saturday for the 2024 home opener at Dix Stadium. Kick off is set for 2:30pm. The Flashes will look to show progress and bounce back from their 55-24 setback last week at Pittsburgh. Offensively, the Flashes will look to establish a running game that was held in check by…
Kent State Men picked 4th by Blue Ribbon, Davis on 1st Team
The Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook is out digitally and is a must have for college basketball fans. With 420 pages, its the most thorough, complete guide out there with in depth quotes from each coach in the country. The publication picked the Kent State men’s basketball team fourth in it’s MAC preseason poll, while…
GFR FLASHback Friday Volume 2: KSU throttles Howard for first win in FlashFAST era
Today in our GFR FLASHback Friday we go back six years to September 8, 2018. Kent State got their first win in the FlashFAST era under Sean Lewis with a 54-14 win over Howard at Dix Stadium. Jo-El Shaw ran for 105 yards and three touchdowns while Kent State scored 50 points or more for…
Townsend commits to Kent State
The Kent State men’s basketball program received a verbal commitment Tuesday evening from class of 2025 wing Jaymen Townsend. Townsend is a 6-6 prospect from Marion, Indiana. Townsend chose the Flashes over offers from Northern Illinois, Valparaiso and NJIT among others. Townsend joins J.D. Tyler (point guard from Chicago) and Landon Vandenwarker (forward from Delaware…
Kargman earns respect, looks to continue to lead
Kent State quarterback Devin Kargman earned a lot of respect with his teammates, coaches and the fanbase Saturday after a tough performance Saturday at Pittsburgh in which the junior signal caller took big hit after big hit in the pocket, and bounced back up every time. As we wrote yesterday, the team broke down film…
Flashes watch together to help accountability
Kent State Head Football Coach Kenni Burns and his staff did something different Sunday with the Golden Flashes, following Saturday’s 55-24 loss at Pittsburgh. They watched the game film together as an entire team. Typically teams will break off either as a unit, or as a position group to watch their specific unit. Watching as…
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…
