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Maiju Mackey poses with Flash at a Kent State event.

Football team’s ‘Licorice Lady’ dies at 85

Will Jernigan and Leah Shepard November 14, 2023

Karen (Maiju) Mackey, more commonly known as the “Licorice Lady” or “Granny” to Kent State’s football team, found her purpose in her later years by caring for the team by handing out candy and...

“Granny,” 77, hands out licorice sticks to members of the Kent football team as they leave the field after practice on Oct. 7, 2015.

Pull, Peel, Play: ‘Licorice Lady’ inspires Flashes football team

Ian Flickinger December 8, 2015

College football is teeming with traditions that supposedly add to a team’s good fortune.  Folkloric rituals like Clemson’s run down “The Hill”; Ohio State’s recently-axed Mirror Lake jump;...

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