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Remember When . . .

. . . I posted the video of the black-owned business roundtable in Atlanta where trump made the mugshot comments? Well, the business owner feels betrayed and misled. He had no idea it was a trump event, no idea trump would be calling in, etc. He kept waiting for them to start talking about small owned businesses in Atlanta and the struggles they face, but it a trump campaign ploy.

Shocker!

Imagine that - trump misleading and screwing over small businesses and blacks:

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Now that mush is toast

Does anybody think rifle can make a comeback? Fetterman did, but worried about rifle, especially after he asked us rednecks for dating advice recently.

Would the deep pockets and self proclaimed stud murox ask us for dating advice? I don't think so, even though murox favors Zuckerberg w/big ears.

Back in my prime, i.e., three years ago, I would have just slayed the three sisters. No questions to the likes of 429, 06, 1988 required. Remember when I told everyone about the WMU coeds hanging out on the Kalamazoo mall during the holidays? No questions asked.

I still pray that rifle will return to normal, but hoping it doesn't take too long, since he's on the downhill slide towards pushing 50.

I asked for a forum intervention last week, but lets hold off forum elders. Let's continue to pray on Sunday.

Greed: I accept the original bet. Trump in a landslide.

Signed,

The honorable MICHIGAN J HERD

Football Staff Promotions

Huff has promoted two members of his staff to elevated titles, because after a losing season, why shouldn't people get elevated titles?

The safeties coach, Bob Shoop, has "earned" the title of "assistant head coach" even though he hasn't coached a game at Marshall as an assistant coach yet.

Running backs coach Telly Lockette has "earned" the title of "associate head coach."

ESPN SBC Prediction

They're predicting that we will finish 4th in the EAST and finishing below .500.

Predicting JMU to face ULL in the Conference Championship Game.

Marshall Thundering Herd

Head coach: Charles Huff (fourth year, 22-17 overall)

2024 projection: 103rd in SP+, 5.4 average wins (3.7 in Sun Belt)

We've grown accustomed to first-year coaches loading up on transfers. It makes sense. If you're taking a new job, there's a good chance you're inheriting a roster in quite a bit of flux, and with signing day in mid-December, signing high schoolers on short notice might not bear much fruit. So you load up on transfers, hope for some instant success and hope you can wean yourself off the portal over time.

Marshall's Huff is hoping for a different portal boost. After winning 16 games with a pair of top-70 teams in 2021 and 2022, the Thundering Herd slipped to 6-7. The offense was decent enough, but after losing coordinator Lance Guidry and about seven starters, the defense collapsed from 17th to 98th in defensive SP+.

Combined with perpetually bad special teams, Marshall dove from 67th to 99th in SP+, and only a fast start and a 4-1 record in one-score finishes kept the Herd bowl-eligible. Then 34 players entered the portal. Huff didn't have much of a choice: He took in 30 transfers of his own.

On offense, with new coordinator Seth Doege -- approximately the 400th former Mike Leach quarterback coaching in college football -- taking the reins, Marshall could start a transfer at quarterback (Wake Forest's Mitch Griffis or Tulsa's Braylon Braxton), running back, all receiver and tight end spots, and a few offensive line spots. The defense welcomes seven transfer linemen, a pair of linebackers and a pair of DBs.

A few playmakers stayed in Huntington. Senior receiver DeMarcus Harris averaged 16.5 yards per catch; center Logan Osburn was honorable mention all-conference; defensive tackles TyQaze Leggs and Isaiah Gibson Sr. combined for 10 TFLs; sophomore defensive end Michael Green was strong as a backup; and junior nickel Josh Moten made 10 havoc plays. But this is a lot of turnover at a time when a head coach's culture is supposed to be kicking in. We'll see whether Huff's redo attempt takes hold.

My favorite player: DE Michael Green. Like Georgia Southern's Da'Shawn Davis, Green was a small-sample star in 2023. The Virginia transfer recorded a forced fumble and sack against Virginia Tech -- like a good Cavalier -- then made 4.5 TFLs, 4 run stops and 1.5 sacks in the last three games. He also finished with a stellar pressure rate of 14.4%, suggesting that he was close to a lot more than 4.5 sacks.

SCOTUS Rules for Jan 6 Defendant Challenging Obstruction Charge

NBC Reporting On SCOTUS Ruling

"The justices in a 6-3 vote on nonideological lines handed a win to defendant Joseph Fischer, who is among hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants — including former President Donald Trump — who have been charged with obstructing an official proceeding over the effort to prevent Congress' certification of President Joe Biden’s election victory."​

ESPN SBC Prediction

They're predicting that we will finish 4th in the EAST and finishing below .500.

Predicting JMU to face ULL in the Conference Championship Game.

Marshall Thundering Herd

Head coach: Charles Huff (fourth year, 22-17 overall)

2024 projection: 103rd in SP+, 5.4 average wins (3.7 in Sun Belt)

We've grown accustomed to first-year coaches loading up on transfers. It makes sense. If you're taking a new job, there's a good chance you're inheriting a roster in quite a bit of flux, and with signing day in mid-December, signing high schoolers on short notice might not bear much fruit. So you load up on transfers, hope for some instant success and hope you can wean yourself off the portal over time.

Marshall's Huff is hoping for a different portal boost. After winning 16 games with a pair of top-70 teams in 2021 and 2022, the Thundering Herd slipped to 6-7. The offense was decent enough, but after losing coordinator Lance Guidry and about seven starters, the defense collapsed from 17th to 98th in defensive SP+.

Combined with perpetually bad special teams, Marshall dove from 67th to 99th in SP+, and only a fast start and a 4-1 record in one-score finishes kept the Herd bowl-eligible. Then 34 players entered the portal. Huff didn't have much of a choice: He took in 30 transfers of his own.

On offense, with new coordinator Seth Doege -- approximately the 400th former Mike Leach quarterback coaching in college football -- taking the reins, Marshall could start a transfer at quarterback (Wake Forest's Mitch Griffis or Tulsa's Braylon Braxton), running back, all receiver and tight end spots, and a few offensive line spots. The defense welcomes seven transfer linemen, a pair of linebackers and a pair of DBs.

A few playmakers stayed in Huntington. Senior receiver DeMarcus Harris averaged 16.5 yards per catch; center Logan Osburn was honorable mention all-conference; defensive tackles TyQaze Leggs and Isaiah Gibson Sr. combined for 10 TFLs; sophomore defensive end Michael Green was strong as a backup; and junior nickel Josh Moten made 10 havoc plays. But this is a lot of turnover at a time when a head coach's culture is supposed to be kicking in. We'll see whether Huff's redo attempt takes hold.

My favorite player: DE Michael Green. Like Georgia Southern's Da'Shawn Davis, Green was a small-sample star in 2023. The Virginia transfer recorded a forced fumble and sack against Virginia Tech -- like a good Cavalier -- then made 4.5 TFLs, 4 run stops and 1.5 sacks in the last three games. He also finished with a stellar pressure rate of 14.4%, suggesting that he was close to a lot more than 4.5 sacks.

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