Season may not have gone the way the Kent State football team expected it to, but at least it had a happy ending.

The Flashes scored 14 fourth quarter points to hold off the Mid-American Conference East Champion Buffalo Bulls 24-21 Friday at UB Stadium in Buffalo.

Note: Being the baseball zealot that I am, I decided it would be interesting to do a series of post highlighting former Kent State baseball players who are now affiliated with major league clubs. Each post will highlight a former Kent State baseball player and "How They Fared" — catchy name huh? — throughout their major or minor league seasons. today is former Flash Manny Burriss. Let me know what you think or ways we could make it better at jfortune@thebeaconjournal.com

Kent State Associate head coach Rob Senderoff may have put his tumultuous year at Indiana behind him, but the NCAA Committee on Infractions has not.

For his role in aiding former Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson to make improper telephone calls to recruits last year, Senderoff was issued a three-year show cause penalty.

I know this is a little late, but hey, its Thanksgiving week and I have been busting my butt at work and at school trying to finish my last semester of school… until I enroll in grad school or law school next year.

First off….

Last season the Kent State women’s basketball team couldn’t obtain its second win of the season until Dec. 18. This year they are already at three wins.

The Golden Flashes held off a feisty New Mexico State team 84-82 Sunday at the M.A.C. Center to improve its record to 3-0 for the first time since the 1991-1992 season.

After eight years with the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates organization, former Kent State baseball player John Van Benschoten has decided to call it quits, with the Pirates at least.

Van Benschoten, a former first round pick, has filed for minor league free agency and told the Pirates he will to sign elsewhere.

Kent State senior guard Al Fisher had a game for the ages last night in the Flashes 76-74 overtime win over St. Louis at Chaifetz Arena.

In the final home game of the season the Kent State football team had to battle Northern Illinois and Mother Nature. The Flashes were no match falling 42-14 on snow-covered
Dix Stadium.

Some players lost their footing, while some just lost grip of the ball. This weather is conducive to snow angels, not touchdown passes…28-point beat downs aren’t exactly expected either, though.

Note: Being the baseball zealot that I am, I decided it would be interesting to do a series of post highlighting former Kent State baseball players who are now affiliated with major league clubs. Each post will highlight a former Kent State baseball player and "How They Fared" — catchy name huh? — throughout their major or minor league seasons. today marks the debut of the series with former Flash Joe Tucker. Let me know what you think or ways we could make it better at jfortune@thebeaconjournal.com

Monday night’s exhibition game against Division III Muskingum wasn’t much of a first glimpse of the Kent State men’s basketball team; unless you consider hoodies and t-shirts a first glimpse. Tyree Evans, Frank Henry-Ala, Chris Singletary, Anthony Simpson and Rodriquez Sherman were all out for the game. Here is the press release on the first four:

In a meeting with the media this morning Kent State Director of Athletics Laing Kennedy had this to say about current football coach Doug Martin's coaching status, according to Steve Hare at the Kent SportsReport.com

"I just want to confirm that we will continue to support coach Doug Martin as our football coach at Kent State. Doug is under contract and it's certainly our desire that we're going to fulfill that commitment," said KSU athletics director Laing Kennedy.

Anyone who is familiar with Youngstown Cardinal Mooney's dominant football team last year will know the name of Taylor Hill. Anyone who doesn't know of him, will soon enough.

Recent reports have Hill, who originally committed to Oklahoma then went to Michigan instead, joining the Kent State Golden Flashes next season. The 6'2'' 205 pound linebacker never played a down for the Wolverines and no one is sure how his eligibility will work out for next season.

If anyone believes the football program should be dropped in order to supplement the basketball team, he or she should take a closer look at some financial numbers before making any type of rash opinion.

The University of Akron received $1,550,000 in total revenue from its football team last season, according to their 2008-2009 budget summary. The basketball team brought in $415,000.

Reports are beginning to trickle in about this morning's basketball scrimmage with the Michigan Wolverines and they are pretty much as expected.

Kentsportsreport.com is reporting that the Wolverines got the better of the Flashes for most of the quarters. Kent State's lack of interior defense was an issue, which shouldn't be surprising. The only returning big men are Julian Sullinger and Brandon Parks. Freshman Justin Greene and junior college transfer Anthony Simpson need to learn quickly.