SMOCK: MU football players come clean about miscues

[Mike Gwinn]

Monday, September 14, 2015
Marshall football players come clean about miscues
by Doug Smock, Marshall Reporter


AP photo
Marshall football coach Doc Holliday watches from the sidelines during the Thundering Herd’s Sept. 6 win aginst Purdue at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington.

HUNTINGTON — Several Marshall players owned up Monday to mistakes made in their 21-10 loss last weekend at Ohio.

There was a whole lot of owning up, because there was a bunch of mistakes.

“As an offense we had, I think, 26 mental errors,” said running back Devon Johnson. “That’s a big upset. We all took turns making errors. We ran, like, 63 plays so you do the math — that’s almost half.”

Not quite a half, but too close to accept. It has been a long time since a Marshall offense suffered such a game-long lapse in fundamentals.

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[RedParallax]

Why are there consistently so many penalties/miscues/errors/turnovers when we play at Ohio, though? If the players own up to it, why are they not ready to play solid football in Athens? That has always boggled my mind.

 

[Herdon2]

I don't get the lack of focus with this team at times. You were focused to beat Purdue at home and you can't stay focused 1 week to play an inferior OU team?