Kent State - home of the greats

2019 Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman, Kent State Golden Flash QB 2006-2007-2008 under head coach Doug Martin (freshman year at San Mateo JC in CA)
- record at Kent State: 13 wins, 23 losses

Coaching legend Nick Saban, Kent State Golden Flash DB 1970 - 1971 - 1972 (before freshman eligibility) under Dave Puddington and Don James
- record during his playing days at Kent State: 17-24-1

Coaching legend Lou Holtz, Kent State Golden Flash LB 1956- 1957 - 1958 under coach Trevor Rees
- record during his playing days 17-10

It just strikes me as weird that a middling MAC program with moderate to little success through the ages has managed to produce some "legendary" football greats. And that's not even including Don James, who started at Kent and went on to be a terrific coach for the Washington Huskies.

Can’t read, can’t write

Kent state.

My wife is a KSU grad, she hears that at least once a week *

Josh Cribbs of the Browns was QB at KSU before Edelman *

add to that list...

James Harrison, a force with the Steelers for years...

and the Human Bowling Ball, Don Nottingham, the infamous last player drafted many years ago who had a decent career with the then Baltimore Colts

Jack Lambert played for Kent State

Was a teammate of Nick Saban

Is that back when he still had teeth? *

Art Best ran for 1,000 yds for Kent St after transferring

from Notre Dame

One of my favorite players as a kid

And author of one of the best blocks in ND history, springing Eric Penick against USC in 1973.

I went to high school wih Art

at Bishop Hartley in Columbus. The stories about him in high school are as legendary as the Notre Dame stories.

Don’t be shy *

I've liked the #23 because of him. *