Kent State Golden Flashes (official thread)

[BuckBackHome]

My impression from talking to Kent State alums is that everyone goes home for the weekend. There's no there, there.

I went there for undergrad and used to go home Saturday mornings and come back Sunday night during my freshman year. I went home much less on weekends after my freshman year. I attribute much of that to having a car after my freshman year and job off campus.

 

[Buckeyefrankmp]

My impression from talking to Kent State alums is that everyone goes home for the weekend. There's no there, there.

I went there in the early 90s. That was some bad football. 3 wins in my 4 years there. My Sophomore year I had a roommate from the Pittsburgh area that would go home a lot on the weekends.

Kent State football is a stepping stone program for coaches to get a better job if they have success. I blame them for not hiring Nick Saban in 1987.

And I don't blame them for doing it.
What do they get for these games? $500k for each? Maybe more? Probably more?
On top of that, they can go to their recruits and try to sell them on Kent State with "Yeah, you didn't get recruited by the power schools, but if you come here, you'll still get a chance to play in their stadiums."
Kent State probably knows they'll never crawl their way out of where they are - a lower-tier G5 school. Might as well get some money to pay for the rest of their sports along the way, and who knows - they might be able to pull off an Appy State vs. the cheaters at some point.
Oh - another reason they're never going to get any better is the changing of the transfer rules. The moment a player emerges from a team in the MAC or other G5 conference, they're going to transfer to a team that can pay more for NIL and have a chance to get to and win the championship.

They got $1.5 million from Oklahoma and $1.2 million from Florida State.