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Hatred prevails and rivalries boil over: College Football Week 14 recap

Hatred prevails and rivalries boil over: College Football Week 14 recap

Gage Wellman, Reporter December 8, 2024

This is what college football is all about. Rivalry week -- when a team walks itself into a stadium composed of hallowed grounds to do battle with the most hated enemy of all, and this week was no different.  Michigan...

Who did the football team sign on National Signing Day?

Who did the football team sign on National Signing Day?

Demetri Manousos, Reporter December 4, 2024

Year three of the Kenni Burns era has begun with 23 commits and 156.15 points, which is good enough for fourth in the Mid-American Conference, according to 247Sports. The average point value for each recruit...

Wide receiver Chrishon McCray (2) tries to avoid getting tackled by Ball State players at the football game Oct. 12, 2024.

Transfer portal hits football hard with seven departures

Demetri Manousos, Reporter December 2, 2024

It has not taken long for multiple impact players on the Kent State football team to hit the transfer portal in search of greener grass. After the program’s first 0-12 season in history, the 2025 campaign...

Kent State Football team celebrating touchdown by Luke Floriea in the first quarter against Akron. Nov 19, 2024.

Football makes history in Buffalo, 0-12 for first time in program history

Demetri Manousos, Reporter November 28, 2024

A season to forget for the Kent State football team came to a conclusion against Buffalo (8-4, 6-2) with a 43-7 road loss, solidifying the program’s first 0-12 season in history and extending its losing...

Madness, field storming gaffes ensue after exciting week: College Football Week 13 recap

Madness, field storming gaffes ensue after exciting week: College Football Week 13 recap

Gage Wellman, Reporter November 27, 2024

What a season, what a time to be alive! This week of college football perfectly encapsulates the 2024 season as a whole. Dramatic upsets that seem impossible on paper, not one, but two field stormings...

CJ Young a Kent State sophomore and safety preparing for the play to begin in the second quarter against Akron. Nov. 19, 2024.

Football completes first 0-12 season in program history

Demetri Manousos, Reporter November 26, 2024

The Kent State football team has tied a program record of 21 consecutive losses after losing to Buffalo (8-4, 6-2) 43-7 in the final game of the season Tuesday. The Flashes’ offense gained just 208...

Kent State Seniors huddled up before they play against their rivals Akron. Nov 19, 2024.

Preview: Can football avoid its first 0-12 season in program history?

Demetri Manousos, Reporter November 25, 2024

For the 20th time in a row, the Kent State football team lost when it played the Akron Zips (3-8, 2-5) last week on senior night, losing 38-17. The loss clinched last place in the Mid-American Conference...

Kenni Burns, Kent State's 23rd football coach in program history, gives his opening remarks at his first Kent State press conference Dec. 16, 2022.

Kenni Burns, Kent State’s football coach, owes $24K to Kent bank in credit card debt lawsuit

John Hilber, Sports Editor November 20, 2024

Kent State football coach Kenni Burns is in nearly $24,000 of credit card debt, as determined by a default judgment Nov. 13 in a lawsuit filed by Kent’s Hometown Bank.  Burns owes the bank $23,852.09,...

Kent State Football team celebrating touchdown by Luke Floriea in the first quarter against Akron. Nov 19, 2024.

Football comes up empty on Senior Night, loses second straight to Akron

Demetri Manousos, Reporter November 20, 2024

The Kent State football team came out swinging in Tuesday's match again rival Akron, scoring three plays into the game to go up 7-0. But then, the team was outscored 38-3 over the next 39 minutes. Ultimately,...

Kent State Football huddled up for a quick talk before the start of the first quarter in their rival match against Akron on November 19,2024.

Football unable to take back Wagon Wheel, falls to 0-11

Demetri Manousos, Reporter November 20, 2024

Senior night against the rival Akron Zips (3-8, 2-5) did not go the way the Kent State football team wanted, as it lost by a score of 38-17. The Flashes are now 0-7 in conference play. As it did against...

At the Oct. 12, 2024 football game, redshirt senior running back Ky Thomas dodges a Ball State University defender.

Preview: Football attempts to create bright spot in rivalry game against Akron

Demetri Mnaousos, Reporter November 18, 2024

The Kent State football team played the second of four games of its MACtion schedule Wednesday against the Miami RedHawks (6-4, 5-1). The Flashes claimed their first lead of the season when they cashed...

Here is how The Kent Stater’s sports department predicts the major college football conferences will end

Here is how The Kent Stater’s sports department predicts the major college football conferences will end

Sports Department November 16, 2024

With the last weeks of the 2024 College Football season closing in on fans and committees alike, the end is still in doubt. Games are close, results are surprising, nothing is set in stone and final...