It is the 50th anniversary of Kent State’s most recent and only MAC championship. The Golden Flashes came excruciatingly close last season, landing in Detroit for the title game as favorites against a Northern Illinois squad they beat in the regular season. However, the result did not end up in the Flashes’ favor that December afternoon, extending the chase for the MAC throne to another year.
Kent State has been renowned for scheduling grueling non-conference slates in recent years. Last season, the Golden Flashes ran the gauntlet of Texas A&M, Iowa, and Maryland, and in 2019, they visited Arizona State, Auburn, and Wisconsin.