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…
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…
