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2021 opponent preview: Kent State Golden Flashes

Few teams were affected more by the pandemic-shortened 2020 football schedule than Kent State. Originally scheduled to play Alabama, Kentucky, and Penn State, the MAC-only schedule (executed as late as any conference) left them with just four games, of which they won three.

They flashed some serious offense in two of their wins, scoring over 60 points against Bowling Green and Akron while their defense came up well short in a division-deciding matchup against Buffalo - they lost 70-41, a score I’m sure makes Kirk Ferentz quiver by simply thinking about. Overall, they averaged the most points/game in the country at 49.