Editors Note-
Beer is about celebration. We should all bask in each other’s victories… Today David destroyed Goliath… Drink up, celebrate and enjoy!!!
Kent State captured the program’s first ever win over a nationally-ranked opponent with a stunning 35-23 upset of previously undefeated Rutgers on Homecoming Saturday in Piscataway, N.J.
In 90 years of playing football in Kent, the Golden Flashes were 0-22 against Top-25 teams. Rutgers came into the day ranked No. 15 in the BCS poll, No. 18 by the AP, and owning a sterling 7-0 record that had the Scarlet Knights dreaming of a possible Orange Bowl berth.
After forcing seven turnovers, including six interceptions of Rutgers quarterback Gary Nova, it is Kent State that can now talk comfortably about its chances of playing in the postseason for the first time since 1972.
Last week the Flashes (7-1) were merely bowl eligible. Now they have a Top-25 win to add to their bowl resume