Kent State Golden Flashes

Golden Flashes Ground game key to victory

Game Report Posted: July 29, 2009 02:52  

Imagine this, your heavily outmatched on paper. Opening kick off return, your starting Wide Receiver, Aaron Robinson goes down with a leg injury. Three plays later , Your Senior and Captain Running Back, Andre Flowers goes down with a foot injury. Its not looking good for the young Kent St football team. Its one of those things where you ' had to be here to believe it' as assistant coach said after the game. Both teams were neck and neck heading into the 4th Quarter when Sam Kirkland brought back a 55 yard INT with 1:08 left in the 3rd Q and they never looked back. After the game, Head Coach Gave the game ball to Dri Archer, who was the main reason why Kent St beat Boston College.

Golden Flashes Defense shows up big time.

Game Report Posted: July 29, 2009 16:23  

Kent States defense is young, to say the least. So young that only 2 Seniors march on the Field for the now 2-0 Flashes. Kent St took a close 17-14 lead going into the half, but never looked back. Kent St had a couple Goal line stands, one leading to a Forced Fumble and a recovery, and one a INT. The Golden Flashes are now 2-0 on the season. Conference Play starts next week against 1-1 Ohio Bobcats.

Golden Flashes win in heroic fashion

Game Report Posted: July 29, 2009 16:42  

Down 27-17 going into the 4th Quarter, things were not looking good. Kent St was just manhandled all game, on offense and Defense. Down 37-31 with :26 left on the clock in the 4th Q, Kent St had the ball on the 37 yard line. Morgan Dropped back, ran out of the pocket and connected in the end zone with Freshman Tight End Matt Collins to go ahead 38-37. Kent St is now 3-0 ( 2-0 Conference) . Eastern Michigan, 1-3 ( 0-0 )Comes to Kent Ohio next week

Flowers leads Kent to victory

Game Report Posted: July 31, 2009 23:38  

Coming off a last second win last week against Ohio, the struggling Eastern Michigan Eagles flew into town riding a dismal 1-3 record. Kent scored on their first 4 possessions, including a safety. Andre Flowers gained 222 all purpose yards leading the Golden Flashes to a 36-21 Victory. Kent St will host Mississippi St in two weeks.

Offense in the first half Defense in the second

Game Report Posted: August 01, 2009 02:58  

The way the game started it, it looked as if the final score would be in triple digits, but that was not the case. Kent and NIU were neck and neck going into half with the score 28-24 with Kent winning. The players came out of the locker room with all intentions of keeping the 1st half pace. However, both teams defenses picked up the intensity by forcing each team to go 4 and out the whole 3rd quarter and into the 4th with the game still tied 28-24. With 6:06 reaming, Star runner Aaron Flowers beasted his way for a 23 yard TD, breaking many tackles on the way. Not to be out done though, NIU had marched to Kent St 10 yard line, where Mike Brown ran a 10 yard run, and a 2 pt conversion. The Golden Flashes milked down the clock to bring their record to 5-0 ( 2-0 )

Kent State Players Fans and Coaches left heartbroken

Game Report Posted: August 01, 2009 03:12  

Nothing was going right for your Golden Flashes. Penalties were getting called. The defenders were in the right place at the right time. Add this all up, and you find yourself down 31-13 going into the half. The undefeated Golden Flashes limped into the locker room with a look of defeat on their faces. Coach of the Golden Flashes must have gave the players on hell of a pep talk, because it was night and day with the performance. The Flashes looked unstoppable. Scoring 5 times in a row, before kicker A.Miles kicked a 44 yard FG into the wind with 1:00 left in the 4th going ahead 32-31. Game over right? Wrong. The Red Hawks marched right down the field before Kicker R.Roberts kicked a 23 yard Field Goal with only a second left on the clock to give them the go ahead lead 34-32. Everyone who was just jumping on the sidelines, was now in a daze wondering what just happened.

Tough outing for Over matched Flashes

Game Report Posted: August 05, 2009 02:23  

Its pretty hard to come ahead from a 20 pt first Quarter. But the Flashes are accustomed to big deficits if you remember the Miami(OH) game. Trailing 34-14 going into half, coach Gallo gave the players a pretty angry half time speech, " Were better then these Owls... you guys going to let some owls beat you?" The answer was yes, they were. Nothing went right today. Fumbles, Pick 6's, Over turned calls, a safety, you get the picture. Kent St will try to recooperate when they host rival Akron next week.

Defense key to Victory

Game Report Posted: August 05, 2009 02:16  

Battle for the Wagon Wheel

Game Report Posted: August 05, 2009 02:47  

t's time once again for two college teams that are 10 miles apart and both wear blue and gold to play a football game for a horse-drawn wooden wheel.

Maybe it doesn't get national recognition, but the Battle for the Wagon Wheel is the only thing close to a historic football rivalry here at Kent State.

Notre Dame has Southern California, Ohio State has Michigan and Kent State has the Akron Zips.

In case you don't know, a blue-and-gold wagon wheel is the prize given to the winning team in this annual contest, hence the name. To get you up to date, here is a bit of history about how the contest evolved.

As legend has it, Akron founder John R. Buchtel was traveling about Northeast Ohio in search of a place to build a college. It was 1870, so Mr. Buchtel was at the disposal of a horse-drawn carriage. While traveling through Kent, his wagon got stuck in some mud. And when his horses tried to pull him out, the whole thing broke to pieces.

Fast forward 32 years and Akron and Kent State are just a carriage ride apart from each other. Unbeknownst to Buchtel, one of his wagon wheels was left behind in pristine condition buried in the mud. Kent State Dean of Men Raymond Manchester found the now-legendary artifact and decided it would make a great trophy for a yearly football contest.

This will mark the 50th meeting between Akron and Kent State all time and the 37th battle for the Wagon Wheel. Akron owns a 27-20-2 advantage in the all time series, winning eight of the last 10. If history repeats itself, then the 24-7 halftime deficit was coming true. " ...This is a big rival" said Senior QB Morgan before the game. Whatever Coach Gallo told the players during halftime worked. The players stormed out of the Locker room jumping and screaming like they won the National Championship. Senior WR Robinson Connected with Giorgio Morgan with a 10 yard pass in the opening minutes of the 3rd Quarter to make it 24-14, right back in the game. Next possession after the Defense stopped them was a 5 yard run by Adam Flowers. After Shutting Akron down in the 3rd and 4th Quarter, Kent St had one more shot to win it. On the 35 yardline on 4th and Long, Kendrick Pressley ran a button route on the right hand side, looked back as the ball was on its way, bobbled it and retrieved it, broke not one, but two tackles on his way to the game winning touchdown.