Now that the Super Bowl is over, sports fans can turn their attention to March Madness. But since the MAC is so weak this year, the tournament winner is more than likely a "one and done" participant in the NCAA Tournament. I believe one ESPN bracketology had the projected MAC champ as a #16 seed in the Big Dance. If this bracketology is accurate and the MAC champion becomes a 16 seed, it will be difficult to get too excited over March Madness this year. Thoughts?

He is a good looking CB. I have no idea why he did not garner more in state interest. Check him out on youtube. He has a ton of videos and they are all impressive.

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This story was written by a graduate student at Kent State University for the Daily Kent Stater. It took a lot of heat on message boards, but I want to know what you guys have to say about it. Please comment.

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The Flashes played a sloppy game, turning the ball over 22 times and losing the majority of rebounds, 34-29. Luckily for them, the University of Alabama at Birmingham was just as bad.

“Sometimes you’ve gotta win ugly,” Kent State head coach Rob Senderoff said. “Not every game is pretty.”

The recipe for the win was largely due to Kent State's strong second half. Like every game this season, the Flashes started the game slow. It was not until the second half did they decide to pick up the tempo.

Senior forward Michael Porrini, who is largely being credited as the team leader on this staff, started the second half with a quick layup. From then on, it was all Flashes as the team outscored UAB 33-20 in the second half.

Though the Flashes greatly improved their shooting percentage from the first half to the second, going from shooting 34.6 percent in field goals and 37.5 percent in three point shots to 47.8 percent FG and 40 percent 3-pt., they largely benefited from UAB's second half cool down and turnovers.

After shooting 42.3 percent in field goals and 40 percent from the perimeter, UAB dropped to 30.4 percent field goal shooting and 12.5 percent three point shooting in the second half. The Blazers also committed 23 turnovers over the course of the game.

“If (Kent State) would’ve taken care of the ball, they would’ve had a chance to win by more, and if we would’ve taken care of the ball, we could’ve had a chance to win the game,” UAB coach Mike Davis said.

The biggest difference from the Flashes' 75-59 loss to the Blazers last year was being able to contain Cameron Moore. The 6-foot 10-inch forward, who scored 28 points and pulled down 16 rebounds in last year's match up, was held to only 14 points and seven rebounds in last night's game.

“We really worked hard in practice on trying to limit his touches in terms of the help that we get in the post,” Senderoff said. “Justin Greene guarded him for most of the game and he did a good job defensively.”

The Flashes go on a six-game road trip beginning Tuesday as the team travels to Harrisonburg, Virginia, to face James Madison University at 7 p.m.

WVU can not have a loss on our record to someone that loses to Cleveland State.

Live up to your end of the bargan and win at least 23 games.

Get back to work.

Good Luck the rest of the way.

Kent State 2013 target Dontel Highsmith video highlights

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It must be awful quiet over on the Moronic and Clueless blithering bloviation site.

I see on the other board that GFlash68 expressed his disappointment in last night's game.

I don't know why he'd be disappointed. He got what he wanted, a coaching change.

Enjoy it G!

I caught the end of the game. The last 6:52 was pretty tense.

As a long-suffering Kent State fan it pained me to see the events unfold that led to last night's embarrassing loss.

The new AD and his co-hort didn't make many friends in year one. I heard negative things from the football coaches, basketball coaches and even coaches from one of the women's teams.

But, my biggest issue was pretty much forcing the former head coach to resign. No, they didn't tell him to resign, but the writing was on the wall.

Instead of supporting the only coaching staff at Kent State in the last 30 years to make positive strides in all areas of the program, including becoming more competitive, outstanding recruiting, academics and character.

But, the new AD's, the football gurus they are, had a better plan.

Let's invest all that money they raised for the program into a new coaching staff, one that has proven nothing at Kent State.

Oh, everyone said be positive. Hazell knows what he's doing.

I don't doubt that Hazell is a good coach. He's also a stand up guy.

But this is Kent State. Many good coaches and good guys have failed to even make a positive stride in the program.

It's not Hazell's fault.

It starts at the top.

I took great pride in seeing Doug Martin's offense at New Mexico State--a team that was 2-10 last year--put up 800 yards of offense and score 52 points in the past two weeks against Ohio and Minnesota, with the Aggies beating Minnesota in Minnesota.

Somehow, Martin's offense avoided the same mistakes we saw so frequently in Kent. Did he suddenly learn to coach in New Mexico?

Our former defensive coordinator is now at Miami. The RedHawks only allowed 17 points to the high-powered Missou Tigers. That same Missouri team scored 30 against Arizona State yesterday.

One of our former coaches also is at Bowling Green, a team that was 2-10 last year. Through two games the Falcons are 2-0 and have scored 90 points and allowed just 28.

Every team our former coaches are now with have improved. Yet, Kent State got worse.

Great move Nielsen and Kleinlein. Fantastic.

EMAW!!!!!!

Dareian will be at Kent State for a visit Saturday night during the game.
This post was edited on 10/4 2:01 PM by Galionbuckeye

I noticed that Dave McMichael joined Kent's coaching staff. I was extremely excited to learn last year that he was coming back to WVU, as he had so much success coaching WVU's TEs and Tackles in the past (including two TEs taken in the first round of the NFL Draft). Unfortunately, he was a victim of bad timing and was released with the entire offensive staff when a new coaching staff took over. That guy is an excellent coach!

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For those MAC fans who would like a MAC helmet schedule for your office, you can pull up the link below and print it out.

2011 MAC HELMET SCHEDULE

Is it possible that there are talented athletes out there who are never noticed by Division I programs just like there are so many talented singers out there who are never discovered by recording agents. For example, I can name three talented singers who I saw recently on NBC's The Voice who sang songs that were much better than the original artists. Dia Frampton's rendition of Kanye West's song "Heartless" was according to Cee Lo Green the best rendition of any song he has ever heard (see link). On YouTube, one fan wrote, "Love her cover.....wish Kanye's would disappear. It's pathetic compared to this." My personal favorite of all The Voice singers is Vicci Martinez, whose version of Rolling in the Deep is much better than Adele's original song. And the other singer on The Voice who sang a song so much better than the original artist is Xenia Martinez. Her version of Price Tag was awesome.

So is it possible that there are talented athletes who are never noticed by Division I programs just like there are singers who are never discovered by recording agents?
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Dia Frampton - Heartless

If you are a big Rocky fan like I am, you won't want to forget to watch the Rockyfest from July 4 at 10:30am to July 5 at 5:30am on AMC. Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV and Rocky V will all air (not in order). True patriots will particularly want to tune in to IV, with the Italian Stallion (Sylvester Stallone) fighting for our country’s honor against the nasty Soviet brute Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren).

From usatoday.com

Athletics Subsidies at Division I Schools

The Central Michigan Chippewas have joined other Bowl Subdivision teams in choosing to host weekday home games as to gain television opportunities. In this video, a CMU student gives his thoughts on the new tactic. After hearing his arguments against hosting weekday home games, I tend to agree with him. Watch the video below and tell me if you believe MAC teams should agree to play games during the week in order to get more TV coverage.

CMU Student Reacts to 2011 Football Schedule