1970 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

[5] Other notable players on the team included Nick Saban, Gary Pinkel, John Matsko, and linebacker Jim Corrigall (later head coach at Kent State).Before the season began, coach Puddington noted that his players believed they could "set the tone" and become "a unifying force on the campus."[6] Nick Saban, a freshman on the 1970 team, later recalled seeing the aftermath of the shootings: "It's a horrible thing."[7] On November 12, 1970, Puddington announced that he would resign as the school's football coach at the end of the quarter.Puddington cited factors contributing to his decision, including "prevailing contagious negativism on campus" since the May 4 shootings as well as "fatalism around us and the current tendency to politicize every facet of life.
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