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With this game the Racer football team has dropped to 2-3 in OVC play. This loss did not help the team’s hopes of winning an OVC Championship. The team is now two games behind and there are only three conference games remaining this season. || Photo courtesy of Tab Brockman

Missed opportunities could end championship hopes

November 1, 2012

Close, but no cigar. For the past 10 years, the Racers (3-5, 2-3 OVC) have been plagued by losses to the Jacksonville State Gamecocks (5-3, 4-2...

Sophomore Kayla Christensen and Senior Josh Dippie enjoy the fall weather as they tailgate with the Wesley Foundation before Saturday’s Homecoming football game. || Maddie Mucci/The News

Old tradition grows as tailgating increases before home contests

October 18, 2012

Tailgating has become tradition for many students before home football games. Student organizations, family and alumni set up tents surrounding...

Samuel T. Hays

Murray State drops Homecoming game to UT Martin, 66-59

October 13, 2012

Just moments after an embattled 66 – 59 Homecoming loss to UT-Martin (5-2, 3-1 OVC), Racer wide receiver Walter Powell sat with his hands clasped together...

Junior wide reciever Walter Powell beats an Austin Peay player to the endzone. Powell caught nine passes for 172 yards and two touchdowns. ||Photo courtesy of Sports Information

Records shattered as Racers win on road against OVC rival Austin Peay

October 11, 2012

And just like that, another record fell at the feet of Casey Brockman. The score, Brockman’s third touchdown on Saturady and 53rd of his career,...

Kristen Allen/The News

Berry making most of second chance

October 11, 2012

On Nov. 2, 2011, junior running back Jaamal Berry was no longer an Ohio State Buckeye. Suspended from the team for his involvement in an altercation...

Photo courtesy of Sports Information

Football dominates Austin Peay

October 7, 2012

The Murray State Racers improved to 3-3 on the year and 2-1 in the OVC with a 52-14 win over Austin Peay (0-6, 0-4 OVC) on Saturday night at Governors...

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Brockman named OVC Offensive Player of the Week

October 7, 2012

After throwing as many touchdowns as incompletions against Austin Peay, Murray State senior quarterback Casey Brockman was selected as the adidas Ohio...

Swing and a Drive: Cut it out with the apathy

Swing and a Drive: Cut it out with the apathy

October 2, 2012

Murray State students and fans are overly apathetic about their football team. I can’t tell you how many negative comments I’ve heard about the...

Tennessee Tech defender Will Johnson helplessly watches wide receiver Walter Powell races on to a touchdown and a career night, amassing 162 receiving yards, a touchdown and a 70 yard punt return for a second touchdown. || Sam Hayes/The News

Powell and company take out their frustrations on Tennessee Tech

September 29, 2012

After a gut-wrenching 50–49 overtime loss to the Eastern Illinois Panthers Sept. 22, the Racers knew they had to respond Saturday in order to keep...

Defenders Qua Huzzie (15) and Darrell Smith (38) close in on the ball carrier in the Sept. 22 game against Eastern Illinois. || Photo courtesy of Sports Information

Devastating defeat tough to swallow

September 27, 2012

Up 36-20 midway through the third quarter, it seemed the Racers had the game pretty well cinched up. However, the Eastern Illinois Panthers (2-2,...

Quarterback Casey Brockman looks to Ohio State transfer running back Jaamal Berry as the Racers practice this week in preparation for their first OVC game
Saturday at Eastern Illinois. Berry had a break out game last week at Missouri State as he rushed the ball eight times for 41 yards. He also had four receptions for 44 yards and a touchdown. || Kylie Townsend/The News

Focus shifts to conference schedule

September 20, 2012

Brandon Wicks made sure the Racers secured their first win of the season. With the Missouri State Bears driving for the win this past Saturday,...

Hometown quarterback Casey Brockman is playing his final season in a Murray State uniform. The Calloway County High School graduate threw for 3,276 yards last season, the second highest total in OVC history. The self proclaimed ‘Wild Horse” ranks 7th on the OVC all time list for completions at 577. With seven games remaining, Brockman is set to continue rewriting the OVC record books.  || Kylie Townsend/ The News

Down the stretch he comes: Wild horse chases records in final season

September 20, 2012

When senior quarterback Casey Brockman took the field against Florida State to start the season, it marked the beginning of the end for the highly-decorated...

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