We were already denied a waiver.


The oversight committee also denied a waiver to Army, which was hoping to count two wins vs. FSC opponents toward bowl eligibility. Earlier in the season, the committee denied a similar waiver request by Marshall and Appalachian State. Marshall did reach bowl eligibility, but Appalachian State fell a win shy.

The first two bowl games have been confirmed today, due to the travel logistics associated with the host sites.

Bahamas Bowl -- UAB vs. Miami OH
Hawaii Bowl -- Middle Tennessee vs. San Diego State

They have hired GJ Kinne. This is a very boom/bust hire for them imo. As Co-OC (Hawaii) in 2020, his offense ranked 104th in Total Offense, but in 2021 (co-OC, UCF) his offense ranked 9th in Total Offense. In 2022, he served as the HC @Incarante Word. His team went 10-1 and is still alive in the FCS playoffs, however his predecessor, Eric Morris, led team to a 10-3 record in 2021, so his success could be a continuation of Morris’s.

I find it odd because the final three candidates were Eric Morris (now OC@ Wash St, 24-18 record as a HC) GJ Kinne, and Sam Houston HC K.C Keeler (259-98-1). They choose to hire the least experienced coach of the bunch, though maybe the other three weren’t interested.

Rain. Seriously. Long range for next Saturday’s home game with Georgia State. Slight chance now and a week away and cool temps for an afternoon game. Fingers crossed that no rain and warmer temperatures.

Do her supporters actually believe that the border is secure? They believe her? THere are thouands of people daily walking across the border.

Going to block the union in House and Senate.

It's a good thing we got to 8 wins.


The oversight committee also denied a waiver to Army, which was hoping to count two wins vs. FSC opponents toward bowl eligibility. Earlier in the season, the committee denied a similar waiver request by Marshall and Appalachian State. Marshall did reach bowl eligibility, but Appalachian State fell a win shy.


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Not home so I can’t watch but we sound good on the radio:

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Official Visits Friday Dec 2th Transfer Portal Opens Dec 5th Thru Jan 18th Signing day Dec 21 -3days I believe I expect the portal and Jr. college to be hit hard by Marshall. We will loose several to Portal also. Some very talented players ready to bring their skills to Marshall. Keep a eye on FSU players wanting to transfer.

FAU has hired Tom Herman to replace Willie Taggart, this could be the hire to get them back to where they were with Kiffin

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Just kidding, Chris. I know you want me to stay.

Marshall has offered Daquan Felton (WR)

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Felton holds offers from VT, SMU, Marshall, UNLV, Troy, JMU, Towson, Liberty, Utah State, WKU, Kent St, Appy, ECU, ODU, and a bunch of others

Looks like UAB is hiring Trent Dilfer as its next head coach. He is currently in his 4th year as a high school coach. Players wrote a letter lobbying for the interim to be named the new coach but the AD refused to meet with the players to discuss. Sounds like a very odd choice and a potential for a mass exodus through the portal.

you can still kiss my ass.

Just think what they would have done or would do.

Kiss my ass again.

this could be interesting. If designated a terrorist organization that means the USA can hunt them down wherever in the world.
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Wagner Group has operated in several conflicts around the world to support Russian foreign policy and military interests in countries such as #Libya, #Syria, Central African Republic, and #Mali. The group has had heavy involvement in #Ukraine since 2014, where it took part in the Russian annexation of #Crimea while also supporting separatist forces in #Donbas. Wagner Group continues to support Russia’s ongoing military operations in Ukraine since the start of the invasion. #AtlasNewsUpdateRussia

FOR SALE: My White Privilege Card, it’s a little over 62 years old, but in like new condition. It has never been used, I want to sell it because it’s not done me any good.....No free college, No free food, No free housing, No free anything. Truth is I had to work very hard while paying an incredible amount of taxes in order to carry those who chose not to work. If you’re interested I’ll accept cash but I prefer an even trade for a new or used Race Card which is more widely accepted and comes with unending benefits as well as entitled privileges.

Now that we had a season that included a win at Notre Dame, and finishing 8-4, competing in a very strong conference, which is about as good of a season as ANYONE should expect from us, are there actually people out there who still think Huff should be fired at this point? Just curious the level of delusions of grandeur that actually exist on this forum.

Despite not having its best game from a coverage standpoint, the Marshall defense still was plenty stingy Saturday afternoon, recording seven sacks -- including three consecutive drops on one defensive series -- and holding Georgia State to just 74 rushing yards and a 1.7 yard-per-carry average in the Herd's 28-23 victory over the Panthers in its regular season finale.

More on the PFF grades for the defense below!

DEFENSIVE LINE:

Despite facing a terrific Group of Five dual-threat quarterback in Darren Grainger, the Marshall defensive line was extremely impressive as the Thundering Herd got strong contributions from essentially every defensive lineman who played.

Owen Porter's high-octane play continued as Porter notched the second-highest overall grade on the entire defense with an 83.7 PFF grade, posting an impressive nine tackles, two tackles for a loss and a sack to go along with five quarterback hurries. Behind him, Sam Burton was impressive all game from a hustle standpoint and actually led the Thundering Herd with 10 tackles all while matching the team's highest mark of four solo tackles as well to go along with two quarterback hurries, resulting in a 78.1 PFF grade.

Koby Cumberlander, who obtained a 73.4 PFF grade, was relentless in his pass rush, notching three quarterback sacks as well as four quarterback hurries and a pair of tackles. Damion Barber (69.9 PFF) added in a pair of quarterback hurries while TyQaze Leggs and Anthony Watts each obtained identical 67.2 PFF marks en route to combining for seven tackles.

Emmanuel Balogun (65.7 PFF) played just seven snaps but had a critical batted pass on third down, while Immanuel Bush (63.9 PFF) had a tackle and a quarterback hurry. Elijah Alston (63.7 PFF), Esisas Carpenter (56.4 PFF) and Isaiah Gibson (52.8 PFF) rounded out the defensive efforts for Marshall.

LINEBACKERS:

At linebacker, Eli Neal was again impressive, posting the team's highest overall PFF grade at 84.5 while making eight tackles from his linebacker spot. Neal obtained an 82.1 pass rushing grade as well, second only to Cumberlander's 82.9 mark.

In 18 snaps, Dan Foster, Jr. made numerous positive plays, including a batted ball during a defensive series and a quarterback hurry for a 75.5 PFF grade, while Charlie Gray made four tackles, a tackle-and-a-half for loss and a quarterback sack in a 74.6 defensive PFF performance.

Abraham Beauplan's two tackles and 61.8 PFF rounded out the performance from the defense's second level.

DEFENSIVE BACKS:

Secondary-wise, only Kerion Martin graded above a 70 PFF as Martin's three tackles and one pass reception allowed for six yards allowed the Charleston, W. Va. product to finish with a 72.6 PFF mark. Daytione Smith added two tackles and a pass reception allowed for 16 yards en route to a 68.9 PFF mark. Isaiah Norman (65.9 PFF) allowed a pass reception for five yards in two targets and made two tackles defensively.

E.J. Jackson made five tackles but allowed pass completions in both of his targets for 71 yards to finish with a 64.9 PFF grade while Andre Sam finished with a 61.9 PFF mark. Cornerbacks Micah Abraham and Steven Gilmore allowed 11 catches in 14 targets for 193 yards, resulting in low PFF grades of 57.7 and 50.4, respectively.

I hope so. But, with soccer you never know. Beat the Raghead Mullah's. Wow, if those guys lose to USA they might get beheaded or something like that.

Sooooo is anything happening with this search? Any word leaking out at all?

Early in my career, I noticed a well-dressed man at a meeting in North Carolina that always seemed to be around our CEO. I mentioned it to one of my teammates, and he explained to me that the gentleman I saw was our CEO’s personal security guard. If our CEO was speaking at an event, he was there. If our CEO was traveling to another state, he got to ride in the private jet with him. If our CEO went on vacation to any destination in the world, his security guard went with him. If our CEO went to any of his multiple residences, the security guard was there with him. The security guard was basically a shadow of our CEO no matter where he went. He never had to do any real work, but he got to enjoy all the perks of shadowing behind our CEO to make sure he was safe all the time. That security guard lived what many people would perceive as a pretty lavish lifestyle, even though it was really our CEO’s lifestyle. I’ve never forgotten that. Makes me wonder if I got into the right industry.

Anyway… Carry on.

After a slow start en route to falling behind by a 10-0 margin with 7:47 to play in the second quarter of action, the Marshall Thundering Herd outscored the Georgia State Panthers by a 28-13 margin the rest of the way en route to winning its final regular season contest and taking home its fourth consecutive victory Saturday evening in Huntington.

A full breakdown of the offense's performance is below!

QUARTERBACK:

Continuing to deliver as a dual-threat quarterback yet again, Cam Fancher posted another good outing by completing 18 of his 28 passes for 208 yards and two touchdowns without turning the ball over a single time, resulting in Fancher posting the highest PFF grade of his career to this point at an 82.0 PFF overall grade.

Fancher was also extremely effective as a runner throughout the contest, as Georgia State was only able to sack Fancher twice with the redshirt freshman ultimately running for 69 yards on just 10 carries. Fancher's two touchdown passes were a four-yard touchdown pass to Rasheen Ali that gave Marshall a 14-10 advantage heading into the halftime locker room and a 32-yard bomb to Charles Montgomery that gave the Thundering Herd the lead for the second and final time.

RUNNING BACKS:

While the running back contingent did not post their highest grades in Marshall's victory over Georgia State, the room was still effective -- and helped get the offense untracked after a rough opening quarter.

Khalan Laborn, who sprinted 83 yards for Marshall's first touchdown of the contest to pull the Thundering Herd within 10-7 with 5:25 to play in the opening half, only posted a 61.0 overall grade but finished with 100 yards on just 11 carries and two touchdowns -- including a one-yard TD run on fourth-and-one to put Marshall up 28-17 with 5:31 to play in the contest.

From a PFF grade standpoint, Rasheen Ali and Ethan Payne graded really well. Ali, in his first and only home contest of the year, ran for 102 yards on 16 carries en route to a 72.8 overall PFF grade, while Ethan Payne, who played just seven offensive snaps in the contest, was critical on Marshall's final offensive series as Payne (two carries, nine yards) ran for the Herd's final first down that allowed Marshall to run out the clock offensively. Owen Porter saw three snaps as a backfield blocker on goalline plays, and notched a 59.5 PFF mark.

WIDE RECEIVERS:

As with its road contest against Georgia Southern, the Thundering Herd's receiving core got good production amongst the entire group.

Corey Gammage, who led the way with 65 yards on four catches, posted a 64.5 PFF overall grade while Charles Montgomery, who added in 55 yards on five catches, nestled right in behind Gammage with a 64.4 overall PFF grade. EJ Horton's 37 yards on two catches resulted in a 62.4 PFF mark.

Stone Scarcelle (60.9 PFF grade on seven snaps) and Caleb McMillan (60.1 PFF grade, two catches for 20 yards) also graded above 60 PFF while Jayden Harrison and Shadeed Ahmed, who posted PFF grades of 59.4 and 57.0 respectively, combined for four yards on two catches to round out the efforts from the receivers.

TIGHT ENDS:

From a tight end standpoint, Marshall was finally able to get Devin Miller more involved in the passing game with Miller notching 22 yards on two catches for a 56.3 PFF overall grade. Stacey Marshall, Jr. posted a 52.8 overall PFF mark in 20 snaps. Toby Payne saw three snaps as a tight end as an extra blocker in offensive packages, and notched a 58.4 PFF grade.

OFFENSIVE LINE:

By PFF standards, the offensive line, despite paving the way for 486 yards of total offense, graded out low with only Dalton Tucker (67.4 PFF) grading out above a 55 PFF mark. Tucker had a strong 85.3 pass blocking grade.

Ethan Driskell (54.4 PFF), Trent Holler (53.6 PFF), Logan Osburn (53.1 PFF), Cedrice Paillant (52.4 PFF) and Kendrick Sartor (44.8 PFF) rounded out the relatively surprisingly low PFF grades for an offense that produced nearly 500 yards of total offense on the day.