KENT STATE GOLDEN FLASHES RUMORS & GOSSIP
Northern Illinois entering 2013 with high expectations
QB Lynch has Heisman buzz following record year for MAC It was a banner season for the Mid-American Conference in 2012. With a league-record seven schools receiving bowl invitations, the conference set a record for six teams winning eight or more games. One of the bowl team was Northern Illinois, which became the first MAC team to play in a BCS bowl game. The Huskies fell to Florida...
Exclusive Interview: Kent State WR Eric Adeyemi
Wide receiver Eric Adeyemi is a Kentucky transfer that maximized his vast potential at Kent State. After serving mostly as a kick returner as a junior for the Golden Flashes- and logging 406 return yards- Adeyemi became more of a weapon on offense as a senior. He had 18 catches for 242 yards and 3 scores in a varied offense mostly focused on RB Dri Archer. After a strong Pro Day...
Video: Kent State kicker hits nothing but net with trick kick
A couple of weeks ago, we saw Texas A&M Aggies QB Johnny Manzeil join Dude Perfect and pull of a bunch of trick throws. Just about everything he did was impressive, but not nearly as impressive as what Kent State kicker Freddy Cortez pulled off on the basketball court. Watch this high-arcing kick tickle the nylon: He is the all-time leading scorer in Kent State history, and might...
WEIRD, WILD STUFF
Kent State wears retro helmets for bowl game
Kent State’s first bowl game in 41 years ended in disappointment with a 17–13 loss to Arkansas... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Purdue hires Darrell Hazell to be head coach
Kent State had not reached a bowl game in 40 years, and were one win away from probably clinching themselves a spot in a BCS Bowl. As the runner-up in the MAC to Northern Illinois, the 11-2 Golden Flashes had to settle for GoDaddy.com Bowl against Arkansas State. That is quite an accomplishment for a [...]
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Brian Winters, OT Kent State
HGT: 6-4 WGT: 311
Brian Winters has started every single game (49 to date) since stepping foot on the Kent State campus as a true freshman in 2009. Since 2010 Winters has been an All-Conference performer. This season Winters was selected to be an Offensive team captain, and is on the Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List along with the Senior Bowl Watch...
Bowl projections: Kent State sneaky BCS Buster
Even though there is now more certainty about the BCS Championship, there are still plenty of BCS Bowl berths up for grabs. After Louisiana Tech lost to Utah State in week 12, the hope of a BCS Buster looked to be over, but then Kent State snuck up on the BCS. If the Golden Flashes win on Friday, the BCS Bowls could look a little awkward. Florida could end up playing Rutgers or...
Northern Illinois goes all out on Jordan Lynch Heisman campaign
NIUhuskies.com The picture above is a screen shot of the Northern Illinois Huskies football website home screen. Let's just say they want you to vote Lynch for Heisman. Northern Illinois quarterback Jordan Lynch (6-0 216 Jr) is a dual threat with gaudy numbers this year and has accumulated a nice highlight reel, but he is still virtually an unknown in the overall landscape...
Kent State Stuns (18) Rutgers
Kent State had been 0-22 against ranked teams in their program’s history. Not anymore.
The Golden Flashes 1 moved to 7-1 on the season as they forced seven turnovers and knocked off undefeated Rutgers 35-23 in New Jersey this evening. Spencer Keith threw for two touchdowns, and Trayion Durham ran for 131 yards and 1 touchdown. The Flashes have now won six games in a row. The box...
Rutgers vs. Kent State football: A homecoming showdown between two winning teams
45, 41, 31, 41. These four numbers are the point totals that the Kent State Golden Flashes garnered in their last four games, all wins. Kent State is 6-1, and will not lay down for Rutgers in the Scarlet Knights’ Homecoming game at High Point Stadium tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.
The MAC teams have established impressive legitimacy by beating three Big East and three Big Ten teams...
Watch Kent State’s Andre Parker return a punt the wrong way (VIDEO)
Yeah, we know it’s not the NFL, but this is about as bone-headed a play as you’ll ever see on the football field, so we had to share.
From opening night of the college football season, watch Kent State linebacker Andre Parker alertly scoop up a muffed punt return, and return it 58-yards … in the wrong direction:
Almost as awesome is that two players from the opposing...
Kent State Andre Parker runs wrong way on fumble return (Video)
It only took the first day of the 2012 College Football season to have moment that most of us will laugh at for years to come.
The blunder happened during the Kent State/Towson game when Kent State's Andre Parker recovered a fumble on a punt return and instead of scoring a touchdown, Andre decided to take the scenic route away from the endzone.
Watch as Andre doesn'...
KSU's Parker makes 58-yard, wrong-way return
KENT, Ohio (AP) -- Andre Parker's wrong way run didn't count, but it grabbed plenty of attention on the first night of the college football season.
The Kent State linebacker's moment of confusion became an instant internet sensation when he scooped up a loose ball in the Golden Flashes' 41-21 victory against Towson and ran 58 yards toward the wrong goal line Thursday...
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August 31, 2012
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TURN AROUND!
Kent State player returns fumble the wrong way
Kent State dominated Towson in the first half of their season-opening game on Thursday, but that doesn’t mean they displayed an overall mastery of the game of football. Take for instance what occurred in the play seen above. Kent State was punting to Towson, and the ball touched the returner, making it live. Kent State’s Andre Parker recovered the ball at the six-yard line...
Golden Flashes streaking down the home stretch
A month ago it looked like the Golden Flashes' season was going nowhere.
Kent State had lost six of its first seven games and was 0-3 in the Mid-American Conference. The offense was struggling, the line couldn't protect the quarterback or generate a running game. Making matters worse, there were hints of dissension between the offense and the defense, whose players were...
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November 14, 2011
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