SPORTS
Hilltoppers End Herd’s Home Winning Streak
Written by Justin Prince. Murphy’s Law was in full effect from the opening tip-off inside of the Cam Henderson Center Saturday night for the Marshall basketball team and its fans as the Thundering Herd took on conference rival Western Kentucky. First, the game was...
Herd’s Heater Headed To Maryland
Written by Justin Prince. Marshall athletic director Mike Hamrick and head football coach Doc Holliday were already in the market for a new offensive coordinator to replace Bill Legg after he stepped down from the position. Now, Hamrick and Holliday will be shopping...
The Ultimate Thundering Herd Roster Of The Last 30 Years
Written by Justin Prince. Marshall basketball hasn’t been to the NCAA Tournament since 1987 and has only been to the National Invitation Tournament twice (1988, 2012) in that time span. It’s been 30 long years for a passionate basketball fan base in Huntington, West...
Herd Duo Active For Packers Regular Season Finale
Written by Justin Prince. When the Green Bay Packers take the field for the final time in 2017 against the Detroit Lions today, they’ll be doing so with a few faces that will be familiar to Marshall fans. Tight end Emanuel Byrd and receiver Michael Clark will both be...
Herd Downs Bulldogs
Written by Justin Prince. The Marshall men’s basketball team wasn’t just battling the Bulldogs of Louisiana Tech Saturday night; it was also battling the flu. A few nights after the flu bug kept C.J. Burks on the sidelines the illness severely limited...
Short-Handed Herd Makes Short Work of Southern Miss
Written by Justin Prince. The Marshall men’s basketball team tipped off Conference USA play Thursday night against Southern Mississippi without the services of two of its top seven players in terms of minutes. Freshman Darius George missed his second straight game...
Herd Uses Energy to Run Away from EKU
Written by Justin Prince. Marshall led the game for more than 38 minutes and lead most of it by double digits in a 91-71 win in its final non-conference basketball game of the season against Eastern Kentucky. In a game like that, there are plenty of things to talk...
Cupboard Loaded For Next Herd OC
Written by Justin Prince. It’s only been a day since Marshall football’s offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Bill Legg resigned, but fans are already beginning to speculate on who the team’s next OC will be. Some of the names fans have thrown around have been...
Marshall Football’s Bill Legg Steps Down
Written by Justin Prince. Embattled offensive coordinator and tight ends coach Bill Legg has resigned from his position on the Thundering Herd football team’s coaching staff Marshall University confirmed Thursday afternoon. Legg had been in charge of the Thundering...
Marshall Basketball Wins OT Thriller Over Bobcats
Written by Justin Prince. The Thundering Herd men's basketball team wasn’t about to let the football team out do them on Saturday night. Just hours after Doc Holliday and his football team claimed a victory over Colorado State 31-28 in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl, his...
Big Plays Carry Herd to 6th Straight Bowl Win
Written by Justin Prince. For the first 15 minutes and 31 seconds of the Gildan New Mexico Bowl Marshall and Colorado State felt each other out. Like two boxers circling each other in a ring, trying to size the other up, the two teams traded jabs but neither offense...
Marshall Bowl History By The Numbers
Written by Justin Prince. The Thundering Herd has an interesting bowl history; below we will explore some of the numbers behind the bowl games in which Marshall has played leading up to the Gildan New Mexico Bowl against Colorado State. 14 Saturday will mark the...
5 Things to Know About Colorado State Football
Written by Justin Prince. When the Marshall Thundering Herd and the Colorado State Rams meet in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 16, it will be the first ever gridiron matchup between the two programs. To help Herd fans get familiar with the Rams here are...
Watson Nearing Debut as Herd Prepare for Bobcats
Written by Justin Prince. When Marshall University’s basketball team takes the court this Saturday night to take on old rival the Ohio Bobcats, the Herd’s rotation may look a little different. That’s because it’s anticipated that Wake Forrest transfer Rondale Watson...
Herd Claims First Non-Conference Road Win Since 2011
Written by Justin Prince. When two teams combine to score 180 points in a college basketball game, one would assume defense was not a big part of the final outcome. In the case of the Marshall Thundering Herd’s 93-87 win over the Toledo Rockets on Saturday night...
Herd Guts Out Gritty Win Over UTC
Written by Justin Prince. The Marshall University men’s basketball team did not have one of its better offensive nights Tuesday against old Southern Conference foe the Chattanooga Mocs. In fact it may have been the worse offensive effort since the 2014-2015 season...
Herd Headed To New Mexico After Wild Bowl Selection Sunday
Written by Justin Prince. The Marshall Thundering Herd was among one of the very last bowl eligible teams to find out its post-season destination. When the dust finally cleared on a college football’s selection Sunday the Herd was headed west to take on Colorado...
Marshall Football 2017 Season Awards
Written by Justin Prince. Now that the regular season is over for the Marshall football team its time to hand out some year-end honors to some of the team’s top performers. Offensive Freshman of the Year Tyler King – The 5-11 redshirt freshman missed the first...
Marshall Football: Backing Into Bowl Season
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! What’s that sound? It’s the Marshall football team backing its way into the college football bowl season.
The Thundering Herd started the 2017 season on a hot streak winning six of its first seven games, many of those outcomes coming in blowout victories behind a stifling defense.
