I'm up in the press box at Kent State's Dix Stadium, getting ready for CCU's opener against the Golden Flashes. Right now, CCU's specialists are out...just got done punting. Kent's on the field catching balls. Got a handful of Chants down in the corner stretching out...I see QB Jamie Childers among them, otherwise looks like a random group of positions.
Seems to me like CCU's players are confident. Compared to games against Penn State or Clemson where they're pretty over-matched, Kent State is closer to their level. Closer...not the same. Kent State, as David Bennett's pointed out many times, has more scholarships, more money...but CCU has, by all accounts, a high-talented (we'll see this season if they're high-level or high-performing) FCS team.
Dix Stadium is kind of cool...small, I think 25k capacity, but surrounded by trees. That's the cool part. From the press box, looking left, straight ahead and right of the stadium, all you see are trees...which is nice. Dix Stadium is actually outside the city (town?) of Kent...it's in Franklin Township. It's not far at all from Kent.
While I've been typing, a handful more Chants are out on the field...looks like receivers catching balls. Now I see QB Zach MacDowall out there throwing balls. This is kind of stream of consciousness, bear with me.
Anyway...I won't predict a final score, but I'll say Kent State wins by 17, though CCU hangs around into halftime.
But...as one coach told me in Myrtle Beach Airport when I asked if he was ready..."I'm just ready to see history made." We'll see...should be fun, see you on WMBF News at 11.
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