It was still dark when coach Darrell Hazell and his staff began arriving at the Kent State football office at 5:50 a.m. Wednesday on national signing day.

It was 12 days until National Signing Day and Darrell Hazell had an hour to go over a packed agenda during his weekly coaches meeting.

David Fisher’s fate came in the form of a Facebook message from a former teammate.

One question in college football is not subject to debate: If you had an Aeronautics question in Final Jeopardy and could select any one in Division I to answer it, who would it be?

It would be no surprise if the 6-0, 245-pound disruptive force earns the MAC's top defensive honor again.

Kent State junior linebacker C.J. Malauulu has burst onto the scene for the Golden Flashes in 2011, using his passion and love for his family -- both blood and teammates -- as the ultimate motivation

After growing up roughly 35 miles outside Pittsburgh, a city known for its work ethic, it seems only fitting that those same characteristics have come to embody the play of senior Lee Stalker.

When Luke Wollet was asked about the challenge of playing college football, he mentioned the increased speed, the complex schemes and the daily competition.

This season, under first-year coach Darrell Hazell and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Brian Rock, Keith’s role in the Golden Flashes’ playcalling has increased dramatically.

Kent State’s football team is reaching out to help the people who will probably cheer against the Golden Flashes in their 2011 season opener.

According to the NCAA, there are 17 schools with major athletic departments (whose football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision) that have never been found guilty of any major violation in any sport since 1953, when the NCAA began tracking rule violations.

When Marcus Freeman preaches to his Kent State linebackers about becoming solid young men as well as solid football players this season, he's not just tossing out newly learned coach-speak.

Free safety Lainhart (6 feet, 211 pounds) and inside linebacker Mixon (6-1, 240) both are considered late-round or free-agent NFL possibilities. The players have been working out at D1 Sports Training facility in Nashville, and they recently described what it is like to train for the football job of their dreams.

If there was any doubt that Darrell Hazell was the right man for the job as Kent State's 20th football coach, consider this endorsement from Ted Ginn Jr.

By Mike Perry- About a year ago Kent freshman defensive lineman Roosevelt Nix was playing out the string on his two-win Reynoldsburg High School season. Though his team was foundering, Nix was getting plenty of attention as one of the top defensive linemen in Ohio, scoring invites to the two main high school senior showcase all-star games…the North-South game and the Ohio-Pennsylvania Big 33 game in Hershey, Pa.

New Orleans Saints Defensive Back Usama Young is focused on football. With one Super Bowl ring under his belt, Young is convinced the Saints are marching toward another championship season. Now in his fourth year in the NFL, the Kent State graduate is also focused on perfecting his game and helping others achieve their dreams.

Steve Megargee, Rivals.com The nation's leading active FBS career rusher stands only 5 feet 5 and has lived his entire life with just one kidney.

USA Today feature on Kent State football players and their experiences on May 4, 1970.

Article on Eugene Jarvis from SI.com.

Baltimore Sun spotlights former Flashes defensive end

Former Kent State star featured on NFL.com.

Cribbs steps in to support late coach's son

The 1954 Kent State Football Team Made History As The School's First To Reach A Bowl Game

Boston Globe- With Wes Welker Out, Julian Edelman Fills Void

Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter Tony Grossi chronicles former Flash Abram Elam's long journey to the Cleveland Browns.

Augustus 'Gus' Parrish is a long-armed left tackle from Kent State of the Mid-American Conference. Parrish stands out on film as a good weak-side blocker with a few technique issues. He blocks well in space and will occasionally drive his man into the ground, but has the tendency to play too high [pad level]. He has an excellent frame for the position and all the tools, but even Parrish acknowledges a need for additional coaching to improve.

by Bob Glauber, Newsday

Redwood City, Calif., lies a mere 20 miles away from the stadium formerly known as Candlestick Park in San Francisco, the home of the five-time Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49ers and the grounds where Julian Edelman's favorite football player performed his magic Sunday after Sunday.