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Friday, November 30, 2012

Kent State Football: Area Graduate Contributing In BCS Bowl Run

Chris Humphrey, a standout for the Solon Comets, is contributing to the Kent State Golden Flashes football team as a sophomore wide receiver and special teams player.

Chris Humphrey, a former star for the Solon Comets football team, is now a solid contributor as a sophomore on the Kent State Golden Flashes football team. The Flashes, if you haven't heard, are 11-1 and may be BCS bound if they defeat Northern Illinois Friday night in the MAC Championship game and get some help. At Solon High School, Humphrey was a standout jack-of-all-trades for the Comets. He's continuing in that trend at Kent State, playing as a wide receiver and contributing on special teams. Humphrey has played in  all 12 games for the Flashes, and is the team's fourth leading receiver with 20 catches for 261 yards. His best game of the season was against Ball State, when Humphrey caught 3 balls for 63 yards. He has also recorded 11 …

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Send off For Golden Flashes Football Team Thursday

Rally on campus, flags downtown to cheer on team as they head to Detroit for MAC Championship game

The Kent community is preparing to send off the Kent State University Golden Flashes in style as the football team heads to Detroit this week for the 2012 Mid-American Conference Championship game against Northern Illinois Friday. The university is hosting a rally for the team on campus at the MACC starting at 9 a.m. Thursday. The rally will feature Kent State head football coach Darrell Hazell and a few members of the team, who will speak to the crowd, before loading the buses and heading off to Detroit. Doors open 30 minutes prior to the start of the program, and fans can get their official Kent State postseason rally towels at entrances into the gym. At that time, fans can get an inside look at this historic season with the “One Team, …

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