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Football players get their own commencement
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The three commencement ceremonies held Friday at Hanner Fieldhouse had 10 notable absences: graduating seniors on the Georgia Southern football team. Those Eagles flew to Fargo, N.D., on Thursday to play in Friday’s Football Championship Subdivision semifinal game against North Dakota State. But University President Brooks Keel was not going to let those football players go away empty-handed.
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