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Hurricane Harvey hits close to home for Yurachek

Danite Belay, Reporter • August 31, 2017

With the first football game of the season approaching, Marshall University tight end Ryan Yurachek did not expect to have any thoughts on his mind other...

Quarterbacks coach Todd Goebbel at center of quarterback decision

Patrick O’Leary, Reporter • April 20, 2017

The starting quarterback for the Marshall University football team may be unclear to the public as spring football winds down. The man working closest...

Baker aims to replicate success at Huntington

Luke Creasy, Contributer • April 10, 2017

Newly hired Marshall wide receivers coach, Dallas Baker, has been around football nearly his entire life. After winning a National Championship with the...

VIDEO: Sit down with former Marshall wide receiver Troy Brown

March 31, 2017

Herd hire new wide receivers coach

Staff Reports • March 27, 2017

The Marshall University football team announced Monday morning the hiring of Dallas Baker as its new wide receivers coach. Baker held the same position...

Marshall football releases Spring practice schedule

Staff Reports • March 24, 2017

The Marshall University football team released its 2017 spring football schedule Friday morning. The Thundering Herd will open practice March 28 at...

Marshall football announces 2017 schedule

Jacob Griffith, Sports Editor • January 26, 2017

The Marshall university football team announced its 2017 schedule via Twitter Thursday afternoon. Marshall opens their campaign Sept. 2 at home against...

Hilltoppers brutalize Marshall in final game of season

Jacob Griffith, Reporter, Assistant Sports Editor • November 27, 2016

They came. They saw. They conquered. That’s the easiest way to sum up Western Kentucky’s 60-6 thumping of the Marshall Thundering Herd Saturday...

Forty-six years later, time stands still

Brooke Estep, Reporter • November 14, 2016

“And in this moment once every year, throughout the town, throughout the school, time stands still.” These words from “We Are Marshall” ring...

Marshall throttles MTSU in emotion-filled game

Troy Alexander, Reporter • November 13, 2016

Sporting their black uniforms and new helmets honoring the "Young Thundering Herd," the Marshall Thundering Herd earned an emotional 42-17 home victory...

An unbroken bond between two rival schools: ECU, MU

Rick Farlow, Reporter • November 10, 2016

It was a brisk fall night at Dowdy-Ficklen stadium. The Marshall University football team had traveled south to Greenville, North Carolina to take on...

Herd put season, bowl hopes on line

Jacob Griffith, Reporter • November 3, 2016

With just four games remaining, the Marshall Thundering Herd find themselves backed into a corner sitting at 2-6 overall on the year, their streak of...