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KENT, Ohio (WOUB) — The Ohio Bobcats (3-2) opened Mid-American Conference play in Kent, Ohio, facing the Golden Flashes (2-3) on their homecoming. The larger crowd would not be a factor, as the Bobcats would squeak past the Flashes 13-10.
Kent State elected to defer to start the game, and the Bobcats would establish their run game early. After four straight run plays spanning 24 yards, Rocco Nicholl explodes off the line for a major sack, forcing Ohio to punt. Kent State came into the game with ten sacks on the year, Nicholl accounting for two of them…