2007 Kent State Golden Flashes Additional Information

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Additional Information

Coaching Staff

Head Coach:
Official School Bio - Doug Martin

Assistant Coaches:
Official School Bios - Assistant Coaches
Jerry McManus - Associate Head Coach
Pete Rekstis - Defensive Coordinator
A.J. Pratt - Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Scott Booker - Assistant Coach
Matt Edwards - Assistant Coach
Larry McDaniel - Assistant Coach
Jason Nichols - Assistant Coach
Terry Tilghman - Assistant Coach
Zane Vance - Assistant Coach
Matt Horton - Graduate Assistant
Casey Wolf - Football Operations Director
Toby Jacobi - Strength Coach​

Recruiting

Starters Returning: 19 (Offense 8, Defense 8, Special Teams 3)
Letterman Returning: 44 (Offense 23, Defense 17, Special Teams 4)
Notable Returners:
Shawn Bayes WR, Julian Edelman QB, Eugene Jarvis RB, Joe Marafine OL, Travis McGraw OL, Augustus Parrish OL, Joshua Perry OL, Tom Sitko TE, Larry Brown DL, Colin Ferrell DL, Kevin Hogan DE, Fritz Jacques S, Jameson Konz OLB, Cedrick Maxwell LB, Stevon Moss LB, Jack Williams CB, Jack Kilroy P, Reid Macko PK, Nate Reed PK/P


Starters Lost: 6 (Offense 3, Defense 3, Special Teams 0)
Letterman Lost: 19 (Offense 10, Defense 9, Special Teams 0)
Notable Losses:
Marcus Hill WR, Najah Pruden WR, Craig Rafdal OL, Andre Kirkland S, Daniel Muir DL, Usama Young CB


Incoming Recruits:

2004 Recruiting Class
LB Derek Burrell (Hargrave Military) Chatham, VA 6-2/225
**RB Joshua Pastore (Beaver Local HS) Lisbon, OH 5-11/210
**WR Joey Barcus (Chamblee HS) Chamblee, GA 5-10/153
OL Travis McGraw (Hargrave Military) Chatham, VA 6-5/310
**OL Dan Coleman (Canfield HS) Canfield, OH 6-8/280
DT Dalton Memel (Parkersburg South HS) Parkersburg, WV 6-4/295
DE Prishod Koonce (Chester HS) Chester, PA 6-4/265
LB Cedric Maxwell (Tampa Bay Tech HS) Tampa, FL 5-11/215
**LB Guy Hurt (McKeesport Area SHS) McKeesport, PA 6-1/220
CB Fritz Jacques (Lely HS) Naples, FL 5-11/186
**WR Linwood Jenkins (Woodside HS) Newport News, VA 6-2/185
LB David Filippi (Dover HS) Dover, OH 6-3/225
**DT Phil McNeal (Warren G. Harding HS) Warren, OH 6-1/300
OL Shawn Donaldson (Dover HS) Dover, OH 6-5/270

**No longer with team

Fun Facts:
The 2004 class for the Flashes finished ranked 116th in the country by Scout.com. Both Scout and Rivals tabbed it as last in the MAC ...

The class was headlined by 2* prospects Derek Burrell, David Filippi, Phil McNeal, and Shawn Donaldson ...

2005 Recruiting Class
RB Eugene Jarvis (Central Dist Catholic HS) Pittsburgh, PA 5-6/160
**QB Tony Pastore (Sequoyah HS) Canton, GA 6-2/200
RB Greg Keys (Bellevue HS) Bellevue, OH 6-1/205
**QB Michael Machen (Coffeyville JC) Coffeyville, KS 6-6/240
DT Sam Frist (Hargrave Military Acad) Chatham, VA 6-4/252
QB Anthony Magazu (Providence HS) Charlotte, NC 6-3/196
WR Mark Woodson (Shaker Heights HS) Shaker Heights, OH 5-11/175
WR Coleman Lynn (Tri-Cities HS) East Point, GA 5-9/160
OL Dante Campbell (Warren G. Harding HS) Warren, OH 6-2/275
DE Lester Troutman (Chaminade-Julienne HS) Dayton, OH 6-4/210
**LB Allen Whitaker (Forestville HS) Forestville, MD 6-3/215
S Jameson Konz (Lake HS) Uniontown, OH 6-3/210
S DericoMurray (Moeller HS) Cincinnati, OH 6-0/185
**S Edner Safaite (Lely HS) Naples, FL 5-11/175
K Reid Macko (Armwood HS) Seffner, FL 5-10/165
**S Dennis Pittman (Pasadena JC) Pasadena, CA 5-9/190
**S James Brown (Fresno JC) Fresno, CA 5-11/170
CB Daniel Sadler (Maple Heights SHS) Maple Heights, OH 5-11/175
QB Jon Brown (Westlake HS) Westlake, OH 5-10/180
CB Derek McBryde (Glenville HS) Cleveland, OH 6-0/190
CB Stevon Moss (Phoebus HS) Hampton, VA 6-1/205
DT Augustus Parrish (Potomac HS) Oxon Hill, MD 6-3/290
S Jarvis Williams (North Stafford HS) Stafford, VA 6-1/185
**RB Shawn Lewis (Bishop McCort HS) Johnstown, PA 5-9/165

Fun Facts:
The 2005 Golden Flash class was ranked 110th in the nation by Scout.com and 98th by Rivals.com. Rivals tabbed the class as 3rd best in the MAC, while Scout.com placed it 12th in the conference ...

The class was headlined by JC transfer Michael Machen and 3* prospect Sam Frist ...

Eugene Jarvis was 2-time Pittsburgh Post Gazette Player of the Year at Pittsburgh Central Catholic HS. He was also named player of the year twice in the prestigious WPIAL ...

Anthony Magazu's father Dave is he TE coach for the Carolina Panthers ...

Jon Brown was named Most Valuable at the Elite-11 Quarterback Camp in 2004 ...

2006 Recruiting Class
RB Quinton Rainey (Landstown HS) Virginia Beach, VA 5-11/220
CB Kirk Belgrave (Granby HS) Norfolk, VA 6-1/195
RB Christen Haywood (Hilliard-Davidson HS) Hilliard, OH 5-9/195
WR Leneric Muldrow (Junius H Rose HS) Greenville, NC 5-8/172
WR Phillip Garner (St. Thomas Aquinas HS) Ft. Lauderdale, FL 5-8/175
**WR Curtis Eaton (Buchtel HS) Akron, OH 5-10/165
OL Pat Reedy (Fitch HS) Youngstown, OH 6-4/280
DE Kevin Hogan (Chardon HS) Chardon, OH 6-3/220
LB Anthony Mirando (Jefferson Area HS) Jefferson, OH 6-1/225
S Dan Hartman (Labrae HS) Leavittsburg, OH 6-1/195
S Ja'Darrin Bell (Decatur HS) Decatur, GA 6-1/190
P Jake Kilroy (West Holmes HS) Millersburg, OH 5-11/200
S Brian Lainhart (Colerain HS) Cincinnati, OH 6-1/185
K Nathan Reed (Wadsworth HS) Wadsworth, OH 5-8/175
QB Darren Rogers (Quaker Valley HS) Leetsdale, PA 6-0/176

Fun Facts:
Kent St.'s 2006 recruiting class was ranked 113th in the country by Scout.com and 116th by Rivals.com. Scout tabbed the class as the 12th best in conference, while Rivals ranked it 13th ...

The class was headlined by 2* prospect Darren Rogers who Scout.com ranked as the 85th best QB in the nation ...

Phil Garner's father Dwight played at Stanford and carried the ball for five yards during "The Play" at the end of 1982 Cal-Stanford game ...

Brian Lainhart was a teammate of current Buckeyes Connor Smith, Tyler Moeller, and Eugene Clifford at Colerain HS ...

2007 Recruiting Class
WR Rashad Tukes (Riverdale HS) Riverdale, GA 6-2.5/168
LB Dorian Wood (South Cobb HS) Austell, GA 6-2/200
**DT Ishmaa'ily Kitchen (Cardinal Mooney HS) Youngstown, OH 6-2/316
**OL Chase Morris (Wakefield HS) Raleigh, NC 6-2/260
DE Chris Favazzo (St. Charles Prep) Columbus, OH 6-5/250
WR Aaron Robinson (Cedar Grove HS) Ellenwood, GA 5-10/175
CB Sam Kirkland (Deep Creek HS) Chesapeake, VA 6-0/180
DT Chris Anzevino (Warren G. Harding HS) Warren, OH 6-2/305
LB Jon Simpson (Hargrave Military Acad) Chatham, VA 6-5/220
**S Rontez Miles (Woodland Hills SHS) Pittsburgh, PA 6-2/185
CB Vondre Griffin (Woodland Hills SHS) Pittsburgh, PA 5-9/175
LB Byron Tyson (Junius H Rose HS) Greenville, NC 5-11/207
OL Mike Fay (Parkland SHS) Allentown, PA 6-4/270
**WR Josiah Andrews (Junius H Rose HS) Greenville, NC 5-10/170
QB Giorgio Morgan (Tri-Cities HS) East Point, GA 6-3/189
DE Darrius Carter (El Camino JC) Torrance, CA 6-5/235
OL Charles Laster (South Cobb HS) Austell, GA 6-5/300
OL Michael Page (Trotwood-Madison HS) Trotwood, OH 6-5/290
DE Montae Simmons (Woodland Hills SHS) Pittsburgh, PA 6-3/220
LB Paul Stefanik (Penn Trafford HS) Harrison City, PA 6-1/218
RB Andre Flowers (Dyer County HS) Newbern, TN 5-11/180
**WR Ryan Randolph (Olentangy HS) Lewis Center, OH 6-3/180
LB Marcus Burton (Beechcroft HS) Columbus, OH 6-3/200
**RB Dwan Thornton (Ballou HS) Washington, DC 5-7/170
RB Alan Vanderink (Crestwood HS) Mantua, OH 5-8/170

Fun Facts:
The 2007 Kent St. recruiting class was ranked 89th in the country by Scout.com and 108th by Rivals.com. Scout tabbed the class as the 5th best in the MAC, while Rivals placed it 11th ...

The class was headlined by 3* prospects Rashad Tukes and Rontez Miles. Scout.com rated Miles as the 45th best safety in the country. Miles is currently enrolled at Hargrave Military Academy ...

Rashad Tukes is a cousin of former Dallas Cowboy WR Michael Irvin ...

Vondre Griffin is the brother of fellow 2007 class member Rontez Miles ...

Darrius Carter is the cousin of current Sacramento Kings head coach Reggie Theus. He is also a cousin of former NFL Offensive Lineman Derrick Deese ...​

Behind the Numbers

It doesn't require in-depth analysis to know how these teams stack up. You don't have to be a genius like Al Gore to see that.

It has been suggested that Al Gore invented the internet. As I use data gathered from the internet one wonders if by extension Al Gore invented statistical analysis.

1: Kent State's rank in Rushing Defense in the MAC
9: Where KSU's rushing defense would rank in the Big 10 (143.83 YPG)

Al Gore invented hypothetical Big 10 rank ...

1: Kent State's rank in Scoring Defense in the MAC
10: Where KSU's scoring defense would rank in the Big 10 (24.83 PPG)

Al Gore invented defense ...

0: Number of 1st Qtr points KSU gave up to Akron
2: Number of 1st Qtr points OSU gave up to Akron

Al Gore invented games vs. Akron ...

20: Number of points KSU scored @ Akron
20: Number of points OSU scored at home vs. Akron

Al Gore invented Akron ...

27: Number of 1st Qtr points KSU has given up to teams not named Akron
0: Number of 1st Qtr points OSU has given up to teams not named Akron

Al Gore invented cumulative score by quarter ...

19: Points by which KSU has outscored their opponents in their best quarter (3rd)
29: Points by which OSU has outscored their opponents in their worst quarter (2nd)

Al Gore invented best-vs-worst ...

9: Points by which KSU outscored their opponent in their best game vs. Div IA (FBS)
16: Points by which OSU outscored their opponent in their worst game vs. Div IA (FBS)

Al Gore invented games vs. FBS opponents ...

9: Number of Div. IA (FBS) victories by KSU opponents (excluding their game vs. KSU)
12: Number of Div. IA (FBS) victories by OSU opponents
(excluding their game vs. OSU)

Al Gore invented victories by FBS opponents ...

2: Number of Div. IA (FBS) victories by teams KSU has beaten
12: Number of Div. IA (FBS) victories by teams OSU has beaten

Al Gore invented multiple FBS wins ...

0: Number of teams with 2 or more Div. IA (FBS) victories that KSU has beaten.
4: Number of teams 2 or more Div. IA (FBS) victories that OSU has beaten.

Al Gore invented margin vs. teams with multiple FBS wins ...

16.67: Average margin-of-defeat for KSU against teams with more than 1 Div. IA (FBS) victory
26.00: Average margin-of-victory for OSU against teams with more than 1 Div. IA (FBS) victory

Al Gore invented total domination ...

17: Number of points KSU scored in 2002 vs. Ohio State
0: Chance that KSU will score 17 points on Saturday​

The Lighter Side

Purdue proved a point on Saturday. The only thing that makes your team getting exposed on national TV worse is your team getting exposed on national TV with the shame of an ill-conceived color out also being fully documented. Look, Purdue, if you're going to do a color out, you should use your off color, puke gold, not black - especially for a night game. Black blends in nicely with the evening, providing a favorable backdrop for your road opponent (wearing white) to see each other as well as the ball. There's a reason why the "hitters eye" in baseball is very often a jet black section in dead center, and it's because it makes finding the ball easier. Granted, a baseball is white and a football brown, but the point is, you're helping the old rods and cones not hurting them. If fans wearing the same color has a point, I would think it's that ... visual disruption. Likewise, if you're going to do a color out, you should never in a billion years allow nearly a third of your stadium to be filled with opposing fans. And finally, while not necessarily color out related per se, at no time should you allow the opposition fans to dominate your own stadium with their own cheers. Coming back from commercial, TV viewers hear "Ohhhhhh ... Ayyyychhhhh ... Eyyyyeeeee ... Ohhhhhh" while you and your Johnny Cash wanna be buddies sit there with your heads buried in your palms. You look ridiculous. You're supposed to be creating a hostile environment, and you end up giving your opposition a home game by proxy. Here is a bit of free advice, drop the gimmicks and root for your team as rabidly as you can. Make noise. I wouldn't normally advocate this, but jiggle your car keys if you have to. Wearing the same color as everyone else should be icing on the home-field advantage cake, and not an end in and of itself.

23 - 7. I'm not sure why the Buckeyes decided to use Todd Boeckman as a punter three times, but he did pretty well. On three attempts, he pinned the Boilermakers inside their own 5 twice. Meanwhile, when it mattered, the Boilermakers were held to 140 yards total offense. One-hundred-forty. Can you believe that? That's some 350 yards below Purdue's average coming in to the game. While two fourth quarter drives (one of 43 and one of 88) ended up making Purdue's final passing yardage seem OK, the plain fact is this offense couldn't do anything all night. It's lucky for Purdue that Anderson Russell hasn't been introduced to Moises Alou for hand softening technique tips, or it would have been much much worse.

On the national scene, what a couple of weeks. For successive weeks now, top 10 teams have folded faster than a 7 - 2 off-suited Dan Harrington. This week's chief victim was USC. How a team like SC can let a team who goes by the singular rather than plural (Cardinal) and which is coached by a guy who made your own coach mad with pre-season commentaries beat them is astonishing. Beaten by 40 point dogs. Unreal. It's a good thing LenDale White is in the NFL or his post-practice jumping off a building Halloween prank wouldn't have been a prank at all. Maybe you should organize a color out for your next game. On second thought, maybe you should take down those giant cardboard jerseys you fill a quarter of your stadium with and put some fans in the seats. Just a thought.

After the most successful 0 - 5 start in Notre Dame, history, the Irish re-established themselves as national powerhouse, taking another step towards solidifying its strangle-hold on the Independent Conference's BCS bid. Behind the amazing efforts of dual threat quarterback Jimmy Clausen, who established a new single game personal best record for rushing touchdowns (1) while also throwing for the third most yards in any game in his career (84), the Domers exerted their will over a UCLA team considered by some to be the number one team in the land. Notre Dame nearly out-gained the high octane Bruins, even when the Bruins threw the Irish a curve by changing quarterbacks mid-contest when Drew Olson was injured. Nonetheless, the stoic Irish defense stepped up to the challenge, limiting the phenomenal McLeod Bethel-Thompson to a career worst 12 of 28 passing for career low 139 yards. In a testament to how well Notre Dame is coached, the Irish intercepted the Davey O'Brien Award eligible Bethel-Thompson four times. This, even though Notre Dame was without the benefit of any film on him while preparing for the clash earlier in the week. Likewise, Kahlil Bell's Heisman campaign took a serious hit as he was kept under 70 yards rushing, and for only the third time this year, kept out of the end zone. The Irish welcome the 4th rated Boston College Eagles to South Bend this week. It is likely that the schematic advantage Notre Dame enjoys will result in positive total yards for the seventh consecutive week.

LSU survived a home scare against the Florida Gators. The Gators led most of the contest, but were sent packing with their second consecutive loss of the year. Hidden in the victory is the utter lunacy of Les Miles. There are times when one makes a foolish call and it ends up working, sparing the head man from the barrage of post game questions about his miserable decision making. Miles was the benefactor of this several times during the course of the game, but no more so than LSU's late in the game 4th down conversion - the second of the drive - setting up the game winning touchdown. Needing only a field goal to send the game in to overtime, and with momentum and the home crowd on his side, Miles made the Tom Osbournesque call to go balls out instead of playing it safe with a game tying 24 yard chip shot. Facing 4th and 1 from the six and with just over 2 minutes remaining, Miles rolled the dice, sending Jacob Hester plunging in to the line, where he gained enough yardage to bring out the chains. First and goal ... barely. 3 plays later, Hester scored and the win was ultimately secured. Because the Tigers made it no one is questioning this call. But, lets be clear about this ... just because your bone-headed plan worked, does not mean the plan was not bone-headed. I have full confidence that Miles will cost the Tigers a game in the very near future. There are some coaching mouse-terminds that all the talent in the world cannot overcome. Miles is that guy.

As for Ohio State, this week's victims are the Kent State Golden Flashes and Time Warner subscribers, as the Buckeyes return to the Big Ten Network. It's not real clear why Jim Delany hates the MAC so much, doing all he can to limit its exposure, but two things are for sure. One, considering the way this year has been going, with the likes of Hot Hot Hot taking it to Skunk-bear and the mighty lubricated condoms getting housed by a team who's mascot is a tree, Tressel will have the Buckeyes ready to go - even if it is against a clearly inferior team. The other, if the Buckeyes stop RB Eugene Jarvis, the Flashes might not gain a single yard. Go Bucks!​

Traditions & Opponent Perspective

The Golden Flashes. As for gameday football traditions, one would expect a school like Kent State, rich in history, to be bountiful with school pride and traditions. The search proved otherwise. Even those nearest and dearest to the program concur:

• "There's no tradition at Kent State," said Doug Martin, the school's 10 th football coach since Don James led the Golden Flashes to their last bowl game in 1972. Martin is the second coach in that span to last more than three fourth to win as many as six games in a season. "Ohio State, there's tradition," Martin said. "They know how to win.
• "What our players hear are negative things about football here from fans because that?s what the tradition has been," Martin said.
• "The lack of a football tradition at Kent State has led to weak student turnout at games, and recent success would lead one to believe this would change."
• "Many students say if Kent State had a football tradition like Ohio State or Penn State, their attitudes would change about attending games."
• "I don't attend often," said Brad Bugara, psychology and nursing major. "But if Ohio State was in Kent, I'd be there."
• "Many said if the team was better they would attend. With the football program on the rise, the time is now for Kent State students to show their support."
• "All home events are free to the students," Mahoney added. "That's something you can't get anywhere else. Students get the best seat in the house.

The football team held their fist game on October 30,1920, a 6-0 loss to Ashland College. Around this same time, the teams became known as the "Silver Foxes" because then-president John McGilvrey raised silver foxes on his farm. After McGilvrey's controversial firing in 1926, the new administration held a contest to choose a different team name and "Golden Flashes" was chosen.

Kent State's school colors are blue and gold - purely by accident. In the 1910 state charter, the school colors were orange and purple. However, a local laundry changed the colors. The basketball uniforms, orange and purple when they went into the hot water, came back gold and blue-black. Word has it that the team and student body liked the new colors so well they adopted them as the new school colors.

Dix stadium is where the Golden Flashes play their games. It is located the far east side of Kent State campus and seats 29,287 people. The stadium has never sold out a Kent State football game. The largest KSU football crowd ever at Dix Stadium was 27,363 on November 10, 1973 for a game versus Miami University. The stadium was, however, sold out in August 1980 for a scrimmage between the Cleveland Browns and the Buffalo Bills and nearly sold out for a November 28, 1998 high school playoff game. The Stadium consists of four separate grandstands on each side of the field, the west side is the largest, and the recently rebuilt east side (student seating) is the smallest. On either side of the east grandstands are spaces for party tents. Permanent lights were added in 1996. Artificial turf was installed in 1997 and replaced in 2005 with the latest version of FieldTurf. The current scoreboard with a 15x17-foot video display was added in 1998. Prior to the 2002 season, the east side stands, remnants of the original Memorial Stadium, were demolished. The current east side bleachers were constructed after the 2002 season and were completed in time for the 2003 season opener. The new configuration slightly altered the stadium's seating capacity reducing it from 30,520 to the current 29,287.

The Blue and Gold Wagon Wheel, now known simply as the Wagon Wheel, is awarded to the winner of the annual football game between the Kent State and The University of Akron. The trophy is, as the name implies, the wheel from a horse-drawn wagon that is painted blue and gold, the colors in which both teams play. The University of Akron and Kent State University, located just 10 miles apart, first played for the Wagon Wheel in 1946. The story goes that John R. Buchtel was searching for a site to start a new college in 1870near what is now KSUwhen his wagon became stuck in the mud. The horses pulled the wagon apart and one of the wheels ended up being buried. Buchtel would eventually settle on a site in Akron for Buchtel College, which would eventually become the University of Akron. In 1902, while digging for a pipeline in Kent, the wheel was discovered and eventually came into the possession of Kent State dean of men Dr. Raymond Manchester. It was he who suggested in 1945 that the wheel be used as a trophy for the winner of the Kent State-Akron football game. When the rivalry first started, Kent State dominated the series every year until 1954, when the rivalry was scrapped due to a lack of competition. It was reinstated in 1972 and has been an annual contest since. In 1992, Akron joined the Mid-American conference and the rivalry became a conference game.

Akron currently holds a 28-20-2 edge in the overall series and Kent State holds a 19-17-1 series lead in Wagon Wheel games.

On game days, the pre-game festivities start at 1:30 p.m. in Tailgate Alley. Free food, beer, live bands and a cornhole tournament are just a few items offered to students. Can you imagine for just one second how much free food would be necessary to provide this luxury on Ohio State's campus?
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Historical Data

Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) Founded in 1910

Football 1st Season: 1920
Stadium: Dix Stadium
Constructed: 1969
Seating Capacity: 29,287 (in the midst of a 2-4 year renovation project) Dix Stadium has never been sold out for a Flashes game.
Playing Surface: FieldTurf
Conference: Mid American Conference
Colors: Royal Blue & Gold
Mascot: Golden Flashes (Flash - Eagle)
College Classification: NCAA Football Bowl Division (formerly D-IA) or equivalent since 1962. The Flashes were in the NCAA Small College Division from 1937-1961 and for 1 year in 1982 (by then called D-IAA)
Conference Championships: 1 MAC Championship in 1972
Consensus All-Americans: None
College Hall-of-Famers: 1 - Coach Don James
Pro Hall-of-Famers: 1 - Jack Lambert
Award Winners: None
National Championships: None
Number of final rankings: None
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Records

All Time: 294-467-28 (.390)
Bowl Games: 0-1-0 (0.000) A 21 to 18 loss to Tampa (FL) in the 1972 Tangerine Bowl
All Time vs the BigTen: 0-8-0 (.000) versus teams with current conference membership.
All Time vs the Ohio State Buckeyes: 0-1-0 (.000) A 51-17 loss in 2002 at Columbus, Ohio
Coach's Reord: Doug Martin, 2004-current, 12-22-0 (.353)

2006 Season: 6-6-0 (.500)
Aug 31 - L vs. Minnesota, 0-44
Sep 9 - L at Army, 14-17 OT
Sep 16 - W at Miami-Ohio, 16-14
Sep 23 - W at Bowling Green, 38-3
Sep 30 - W vs. Akron, 37-15
Oct 7 - W at Temple, 28-17
Oct 14 - W vs. Toledo, 40-14
Oct 28 - L vs. Ohio U, 7-17
Nov 4 - L at Buffalo, 14-41
Nov 11 - L at Virginia Tech, 0-23
Nov 17 - W vs. Eastern Mich, 14-6
Nov 24 - L at Ball State, 6-30

2007 Schedule
Aug 30 - W at Iowa State, 23-14
Sep 8 - L at Kentucky, 20-56
Sep 15 - W vs. Delaware State, 38-7
Sep 22 - L at Akron, 20-27
Sep 29 - W at Ohio U, 33-25
Oct 6 - L vs. Miami-Ohio, 13-20
Oct 13 - at Ohio State, 12:00 PM
Oct 20 - vs. Bowling Green, 6:00 PM
Oct 27 - vs. Central Mich, 1:00 PM
Nov 3 - Open
Nov 10 - at Northern Ill, 4:00 PM
Nov 17 - at Temple, TBA
Nov 24 - vs. Buffalo, 1:00 PM​

Links

Official Sites:
Official School Site - Kent State University
Student Newspaper - Kent News Net (formerly The Daily Kent Stater)
Official Athletic Site - Kent State Sports
Official Conference Site - MAC Conference

Message Boards & Team Pages:
Message Board - Kent State Insider (Scout)
Message Board - Kent Sports Report (Rivals)
Message Board - Kent Sports Report (NCAAbbs/MACbbs)

Team Page - NCAA
Team Page - ESPN
Team Page - USA Today
Team Page - Fox Sports
Team Page - CNN/SI
Team Page - CFN
Team Page - CBS Sportsline
Team Page - Yahoo Sports
Team Page - Sporting News
Team Page - AOL
Team Page - CSTV
Team Page - ATSH2H
Team Page - Covers

Local News Sources:
Akron Beacon Journal - Local News
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Local News
Kent Record Publisher - Local News

Team Previews and Breakdowns:
2007 Kent State Golden Flashes Football Preview - Vandelay Sports
2007 Kent State Golden Flashes Recruiting Analysis - Vandelay Sports
2007 Kent State Football Preview - CFN
2007 Kent State Offensive Preview - CFN
2007 Kent State Defensive Preview - CFN
2007 Kent State Football Depth Chart - CFN
2006 Kent State Football Preview - CFN
Kent State Team Report - CSTV/Sports Xchange (Link to previous reports)
2007 Kent State Football Preview (Video) - Kent State University
2007 Kent State Football Preview - Dispatck/BuckeyeExtra
2007 Kent State Football Preview - Maddux Sports
2007 Kent State Football Preview - Monsters & Critics (The Sports Network)
2007 Kent State Football Preview - Vandelay Sports
2007 Kent State Recruiting Analysis - Vandelay Sports

MAC Previews and Breakdowns:
2007 MAC Football Preview Recap - MAC-Sports
2007 MAC Football Preview (PDF) - MAC Report Online
Breaking down the MAC - ESPN
2007 MAC Football Preview - CFN
2007 MAC Football Preview - College Football Poll (Cosgrave)

Prospectus, Rosters & Other Info.:
2007 Roster - Kent State Sports
Statistics - Kent State Sports
2007 Spring Prospective (PDF) - Kent State Sports2007 Media Guide (Links to PDF files) - Kent State Sports

2007 MAC Football Midseason Report - MAC Report Online
2007 MAC Recruiting Analysis - MAC Report Online
2007 MAC Recruiting Analysis - Vandelay Sports



Travel:
Home Game
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Preseason Rankings

74. CCR (Projected Finish)
86. Chicago Tribune (Teddy Greenstein)
88. CFN
88. Athlon​

Preseason Watch Lists

Davey O'Brien Award - Julian Edelman​

Preseason Accolades

2007 MAC Media Days
by MAC News Media Association

EAST
1. Ohio (15)
2. Kent State (13)
3. Akron (6)
4. Miami (1)
5. Bowling Green
6. Temple (1)
7. Buffalo

WEST
1. Western Michigan (15)
2. Central Michigan (10)
3. Toledo (6)
4. Ball State (4)
5. Northern Illinois (1)
6. Eastern Michigan

MAC Championship Game Winner
1. Western Michigan 11
2. Central Michigan 10
3. Ohio 6
4. Toledo 5
5. Kent State 2
6. Akron 1
7. Temple 1


2007 Preseason All-MAC Teams
2007 Preseason All-MAC Football Team - MAC Report Online
2007 Preseason All-MAC Football Team - Vandelay Sports


2007 MAC East Division Players of the Week
September 17 - Shawn Bayes, KOR, Kent State (Special Teams)
October 1 - Eugene Jarvis, RB, Kent State (Offense)​

2007 Kent State Golden Flashes Preview

Note: Statistical data was complied using a variety of sources, including:
Stassen (Chris Stassen) - Data
College Football Data Warehouse - Data
American College Football-RSFC (Dave Wilson) - Data
D1A Football (Formerly WALJ 10 College Football) - Data
National Champs.net - Data
Hickok Sports - Data