One of the nice turnaround stories in college football these past few years is the rise of Kent State football under Sean Lewis. After a rough “getting to know you” season in 2018 (2-10) and a pretty slow start to 2019 he rallied the flashes to two consecutive winning seasons.
Coming into 2021 the Flashes had a record of 7-1 in their last eight, including a bowl win.
So it’s no wonder that with Buffalo getting run over by the coaching carousel and Ohio losing their coach to retirement, Kent was a strong pick to win the MAC East.