The Kent State Golden Flash are an NCAA team based in Kent, Ohio. The first mascot was a golden retriever named Golden Flasher I, who held the position in 1955 but had to retire after a bone disease. The Golden Flashes are 17-3 SU in their last 20 matches. [52], Outside the Mid-American Conference, Kent State has established rivalries with the two other NCAA Division I programs in Northeast Ohio, the Cleveland State Vikings from Cleveland State University, and the Youngstown State Penguins from Youngstown State University, both members of the Horizon League. His sister, Diane Urchek Coe 76, 86 MEd, took over the next season and also rode Raffstar, as seen in a photo (6) from the 1974 Chestnut Burr (Paskert recording, Urchek interview). The women's basketball team, which began play during the 19751976 season, also plays home games at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. Maybe a 16th time is the charm? View the latest in Kent State Golden Flashes, COLLEGE-FOOTBALL team news here. "Flasher," a . The convoluted (and sometimes controversial) chronology of Kent States mascot, Compiled by Jan Senn, Photos courtesy of Special Collections & Archives, There are multiple versions of this taleand several claims to be the first official mascotbut we consulted previous histories and Kent States digital collection to piece together the puzzle using primary sources whenever possible. Currently, they are coached by Bob Lindsay, who has been with Kent State for 21 seasons as of 20092010. at the time to be named, the Orphans of Kent will officially have a name. Names to be voted on include the already recognized Silver Foxes and Golden Flashes, but Hurricanes and Warriors are strong contenders. The school kept the mascots identity secret and tasked the Kent Technology Education Club with constructing a giant egg, which would become part of a parade float and would then be used at halftime of the homecoming football game. The project excited a good deal of . The Kent State University Golden Flashes family was marking milestones and making memories at Homecoming 2022, held Saturday, Oct. 1. Games in the respective conference tournaments can also factor in to which school receives the point if the teams split their regular-season meetings, with the conference tournament meeting acting as a deciding game. That scoring flurry came after a controversial call at the end of regulation that gave Zips guard Xavier Castaneda three free throws, which tied the score with 4.4 seconds left. At least offensively. A MAC rivalry is renewed Friday night when the Akron Zips (21-9, 13-4 in MAC) visit the Kent State Golden Flashes (24-6, 14-3). The Golden Flashes take on the Cardinals in a game that Kent State is currently a moderate favorite by 3 points. [25] Their 18th consecutive MAC championship in 2016 set the conference record for most consecutive championships in a sport. The team has enjoyed significant success both in the Mid-American Conference and on the national level and has sent several players to the major leagues over the years. [38] Kent State also has had high national finishes from the men's indoor and outdoor track and field teams, women's gymnastics, and wrestling. Ohio Bobcats (17-12, 9-7 MAC) at Kent State Golden Flashes (23-6, 13-3 MAC) FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Kent State -7.5; over/under is 145.5. But nobody could figure out what a Flash was, so Grog was as good a mascot as any.. In 2011, the two schools created the Wagon Wheel Challenge, which counts all athletic contests in the 15 sports where they compete head-to-head. . On Oklahoma's 33-3 win over Kent State in Norman on Saturday, Sept. 10 to move to 2-0 on the 2022 season. The field hockey team plays its home matches at Murphy-Mellis Field, which opened in 2005 and is adjacent to Dix Stadium. Jacobs had six rebounds and five assists for the Golden Flashes (23-6, 13-3 Mid-American Conference). However, an ad appears in the June 1, 1928 Kent Stater: "Name . . Gambling problem? Through the 2015 meeting, Akron leads the overall series in football 32242, but Kent State leads the series since the Wagon Wheel was contested, 23211. The dog wore a Kent State cape and remained as the schools mascot until 1966. The rivalry in men's basketball is an even closer series with Kent State leading the Zips 7271 through the 201516 season. This is when the school's nickname of Golden Flashes was chosen. After the Golden Flashes came out slow in the first matchup of the season, which Akron won 67-55, Carry led KSU to a 7-0 run to open the game Friday night. When you can do that, good things are going to happen.. In 1972, members of a Name Change Committee mount an effort to change the athletic team name. The original school colors, as chosen by the schools first president John Edward McGilvrey, were orange and blue, believed to have been inspired by the school colors for the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, where McGilvrey had been a professor. I would be wringing wet after a basketball game. Granted it was a limited number of games, all against Mid-American Conference competition, but the Golden Flashes led the FBS last season in total offense (606.5 yards per game) and scoring offense (49.8 points per game). 2023 Kent State University All rights reserved. Home / Sports / Iowa Hawkeyes / Iowa Football, FlashFAST philosophy for fifth-ranked Iowas opponent Saturday, Sep. 16, 2021 5:30 pm, Updated: Sep. 16, 2021 5:51 pm. Give Kents Athletic Teams a Name Contest will be decided once and for all at the Recognition Day Banquet . "So we have to make sure we're really prepared for Thursday.". But the courage of Castaneda to step right up there and knock all three of 'em in, he's a big time competitor.". Weve got a group of running backs that we feel very highly about, tight ends that we felt going in that could be advantageous for us in the trenches and the line of scrimmage. . Ohio Bobcats (17-12, 9-7 MAC) at Kent State Golden Flashes (23-6, 13-3 MAC) Kent, Ohio; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Kent State -7.5; over/under is 145.5 BOTTOM LINE: Ohio faces . Kent State heads into this matchup on the heels of a 68-63 win over the Central Michigan on Wednesday. [9] In 2012, the team made its first appearances in both the Super Regional round of the NCAA baseball tournament and the College World Series.[10]. [39] The team has its home meets at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, its home venue since 1950. For those who couldnt make it back to campus, a livestream of the paradewas available. Sadly, the name only lasted for six years. Last week, for taking a 45-20 loss at Washington, the Golden Flashes reportedly will get a payday of $1.8 million, according to the Kent Record-Courier. pinterest, Kent State Kent Campus - Kent State Kent Campus - Eastern Michigan lost by . Made possible through a donation from DAndra Mull, Ph.D., a 2002 Kent State graduate, the naming of the E. Timothy Moore Student Multicultural Center honors the memory and legacy of E. Timothy Moore, a three-time Kent State alumnus who served as associate professor of Pan-African Studies and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. The Kent State Golden Flashes are averaging 75.4 points per game, 64.4 points against per game, 35.2 rebounds per game, and 12.5 assists per game. In their last 10 meetings with Ohio, Kent . 192025 Kent State Normal College establishes its first real football team with full equipment [and] honest-to-goodness coach in 1920 (1921 Chestnut Burr), but goes without scoringor a nameuntil they call the 1923 team the Silver Foxes, after the silver fox ranch adjacent to campus that is co-owned by the schools first president, John McGilvrey (1923 Chestnut Burr). Kent State has been OK at stopping opponents in the red zone, allowing teams to score on 81.3% of trips. Kent State rushed for 494 yards last week against its FCS opponent, the most in a game for the school since 1954. Theyve got a good line good skill players. The head coach since August 2015 is Eric Oakley, who came to the program in 2014 as an assistant. A university at the centre of a 21st-Century language row after telling students and staff to call everyone 'they' has insisted other pronouns like 'xe/zem', 'fae/faer' and 'ze/hir' are just as . Kent State also has eight interceptions in its first two games, three each by cornerbacks Montre Miller and Elvis Hines. [26], Along with the men's team, they practice at Windmill Lakes Golf Course in Ravenna and the Ferrara and Page Golf Training and Learning Facility in Franklin Township. Although women's intramural athletics had been part of the university since it was first established, the first women's intercollegiate athletic team was not established until 1964 when the women's gymnastics team, the first women's collegiate gymnastics team in the U.S., began intercollegiate competition after being founded in 1959. Why is Kent State called the Golden Flashes? We only index and link to content provided on other servers. The Office:The Flasher pic.twitter.com/elEZPSYKcl. Behind Dix Stadium are practice fields, as well as the Kent State Field House, which contains a full indoor football field. [51], Kent State also has a long-standing rivalry with the Bowling Green Falcons from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Homecoming Brings Golden Flashes Together, Travel to Israel Brings Insight and Knowledge About Jewish Culture to BUS Leader, Kent State Community Reflects on How Black History Month Had an Impact on Their Lives, HEERF CARES/CRRSAA/ARP Act Reporting and Disclosure. The program has produced several pro-golfers and in 2003, former Golden Flashes standout Ben Curtis won the British Open in what ABC commentator Mike Tirico called "one of the most amazing stories in the history of the Open Championship" and the "all-time Cinderella story. And as Akron enters the tournament, it is perhaps a silver lining that the Zips took KSU to overtime on the road without one of their key two scorers playing well, though Castaneda did sink three key free throws to send it to overtime. Kent State quarterback Dustin Crum (7) runs the ball against Texas A&M during the second half of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in College Station, Texas. The men's basketball team, which began play in 1913 and intercollegiate competition in 1914,[4] plays in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center and is Kent State's oldest sport and second-oldest intercollegiate team. For sports that only compete against each other as part of the conference championship meet, such as cross country, golf, and track and field, whichever team finishes higher in the championship meet is awarded the point.