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Friday, November 30, 2012

Tickets Scarce for Kent State's MAC Championship Appearance

Just hundreds left locally and online as of Thursday

If you don't have a ticket by now, your chances are slim of watching in person as Kent State University battles Northern Illinois in the 2012 Mid-American Conference Championship game at Detroit's Ford Field. The deadline to order tickets through Kent State's ticket office was 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Kent State spokesperson Bob Burford said there were just a few hundred of the university's tickets for the game left as of noon Thursday. "Kent State’s ticket allotment for the Friday game was 3,000," Burford said. As of midday Thursday there were less than 200 tickets available for the game on StubHub.com. Ford Field has a seating capacity of 65,000, but it's likely only a few thousand lucky, local fans will actually watch the game from inside …

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Hundreds of Flashes Fans Gather Downtown to Send-off Football Team

Kent State's team buses left for the MAC Championship game in Detroit this morning

A sea of yellow and blue swept into downtown Kent this morning as hundreds of Golden Flashes fans gathered to send off the Kent State University football team buses as they left for Detroit, MI, this morning. The team is headed to the 2012 Mid-American Conference Championship game against Northern Illinois. The two teams will meet Friday at 7 p.m. in Ford Field. The Flashes captured the MAC East Division title earlier this season with a perfect 8-0 record. Kent State’s overall 11-1 record makes them bowl-eligible, and they could possibly make an appearance in the Orange Bowl if they win in Detroit tomorrow. If you want a ticket to Detroit, the deadline to order your game ticket from Kent State is today at 4:30 p.m.  You can call the Kent …

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Cuddy

7:42 pm on Thursday, November 29, 2012

I'll take that and raise you one more. Who would have thought that Kent State would be ranked higher in the BCS poll than THE "So we don't get it confused with some other" Ohio State University.   more ›

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Kent to Send off Golden Flashes Football Team

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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Matt

11:06 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012

I'm with donald on this one. Yeah it doesn't look good for a "jock" to not attend class but there are plenty of regular students that fail to attend too. Athletes just like all students must have a certain GPA to stay in college. They may lack motivation to earn a high GPA like you or I but that's their problem. Athletes are given scholarships to help put kent state on the map for their …   more ›

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