The start of the 2018 season could not have been more brutal for the Kent State Golden Flashes (1-5, 0-2 MAC). They started with three of their first four games on the road against Power 5 teams (all losses with blowouts against Penn State and Ole Miss) and their first two MAC games were against a healthy and talented Ball State team (a 52-24 loss) and always-sound Ohio (a 27-26 loss at home). They now face the Miami RedHawks (2-4, 2-1 MAC) on the road Saturday, who have been playing much better football since getting into league play as they’ve scored 118 points in the last three games, the most they’ve scored in a three-game span since 2005 when they scored 119 points.