Special helmets inspire Kent State for GoDaddy.com Bowl
Kent State University football team members pose for a photo on the deck of the USS Alabama Battleship on Saturday in Mobile. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
Kent State University football players Freddy Cortez (left) and Dri Archer pose for a photo while visiting the USS Alabama Battleship with teammates Saturday at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
Kent State University football players Joe Rogers (back) of Barberton and Shawn Taylor of Copley look over guns on the deck of the USS Alabama Battleship Saturday at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
Kent State University offensive lineman Kent Cleveland poses for a teammate during a football team visit Saturday to the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
Kent State University long snapper Chad Bushley tries his hand at one of the guns on the deck of the USS Alabama Battleship Saturday in the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
Kent State University offensive lineman Brian Winters of Hudson (right) poses for a photo with his brother Logan 13, while on a visit Saturday to the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
Kent State University cheerleaders, staff and Director of Athletics Joel Nielsen (right) stop for a photo in front of an A-12 Blackbird spy plane during a visit Saturday to the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
Offensive lineman Bryan Sawyer photographs a ship's propeller during a visit by the Kent State University football team to the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park on Saturday, Jan 5, 2013 in Mobile, Alabama. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)