In 2011, Kent State will start out the season doing what all MAC schools do best: falling on the sword at the hands of college football’s Top-25.
This time, though, the lashing won’t come at the hands of just any arbitrary school. Oh, no. Next season, the Golden Flashes have the privilege of getting their butt handed to them by Nick Saban, who happens to be a Kent State alumnus.
Saban played defensive back for Kent State from 1970-72 and briefly coached there as a graduate assistant and defensive assistant.
No word yet if the large paycheck made payable to Kent State is actually a donation to the alma mater from Saban.
UPDATED 9:20 p.m. ET: Purdue University announced this morning that Kent State athletic director Joel Nielsen has voided the contract that would have pitted the Golden Flashes against the Boilermakers on Sept. 3, 2011 -- the date in which Kent State will now face Alabama. The original contract was signed on June 12, 2008.