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<title><![CDATA[Opponent preview: Tulsa]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[EDITORS NOTE: This is the 22nd (and final) in a series of previews on West Virginia and Marshall football opponents. <li>Date with Marshall: Saturday, Nov. 29, 3:30 p.m.</li>
<li>Site: Joan C. Edwards Stadium (38,019, FieldTurf), Huntington</li>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Snyder wants QB question settled quickly]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Not long after Marshalls football players report for preseason practice, the quarterback selection process will begin in earnest.Players are expected to arrive Aug. 3, practice opens two days later and by mid-August the Herd should hav...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Opponent preview: East Carolina]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NOTE: This is the third in a series of previews on West Virginia and Marshalls 2008 football opponents.<li>Date with West Virginia: Saturday, Sept. 6, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)</li><li>Date with Marshall: Saturday, Nov. 8, 3:30 p.m.</li><li>Site (both games): Dowdy...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[With three years to play, Ripleys Chase Fischer commits to Marshall]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[First, the standard disclaimer: Verbal commitments are not binding, and Chase Fischer cannot sign a letter of intent until November.Of 2010.But the 6-foot-3 combo guard from Ripley and his family are comfortable enough with Marshall coach Donnie Jones, ass...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Looking for this years BCS buster]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[YOU KNOW what we need in college football this fall? Faster games? From a selfish deadline standpoint, Im on board, but Im not sure that many fans really want the clock to start after the ball is reset from out-of-bounds plays.A playoff? Yes, but as Ive st...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Travel costs put pinch on budgets]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Gasoline has zipped past $4 per gallon, and diesel fuel is approaching $5 a gallon. Airfare is climbing and some airlines are even charging for checked luggage. The tab for charter flights is shooting beyond reach.But as much as fuel prices are denting col...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[New Big Green director hopes to stay for a while]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In his first few months as director of Marshalls Big Green Scholarship Foundation, John Sutherland has seen the perception, one that he would like to change.Actually, that perception is one of change. As far as occupants of the directors chair, change has ...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Tragic ending for former MU star]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[FATHERS DAY turned out to be a sad one for Marshall football fans everywhere, after the untimely death of Johnathan Goddard from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident in northern Florida. The defensive end was involved in a single-vehicle accident on ...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[dougsmock@wvgazette.com (Doug Smock)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Not surprisingly, Herd season-ticket sales down]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Marshalls football season-ticket sales are down from last year, but that was to be expected - West Virginia is not on the home schedule.A better benchmark for comparison is the 2006 season, in which the Thundering Herd sold a then-record 14,029 season tick...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[For Herd, rivalries will come with wins]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[GO TO the head of the class if you know this: Who is the dean of Conference USA head football coaches? <li>nn</li>
It must be June and school must be out. As my two boys sleep in well past 6:30, the memories of the 2007-08 sports year are clanging around m...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[MU excited about Shewey renovations]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While football coach Mark Snyder hobnobs with the Marshall faithful throughout the region and his assistant coaches beat the bushes for 2009 recruits, construction crews are busy underneath Snyders office.MU is renovating the Shewey Athletic Building, upda...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Three games for Herd fans to circle]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ALL THE high school champions have been crowned and there are &quot;only&quot; 89 days left before college football begins. Fewer than that before the beginning of camp. So lets take a stab at an issue today - Marshalls 2008 football schedule. Is it, as so...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[One final Thundering spinout]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[PERHAPS IT was the only way to punctuate the 2007-08 college sports season for the now-suffering legion of Marshall fans. If you didnt see it Saturday on the Speed channel, Brett Rowe had the green-and-white Marshall logo on his No. 05 car and tried to qua...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 26 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Herd finishing ultimate road trip]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[THIS WEEK, Marshalls homeless baseball season ends in New Orleans at Tulanes stadium, barring a championship run. How fitting is that?I mean, the school whose athletic teams were sent to other campuses for an entire semester a couple of years back will hel...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 19 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[After good year of ticket sales, now what?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[THE 2007-08 fiscal year in the Marshall athletic department has about two months left, but one set of results is in: The Thundering Herd enjoyed one of its healthiest years ever at the box office in football and mens basketball. The take showed a drastic i...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 05 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Southern Miss storms past Marshall 12-8]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Marshall knocked Southern Mississippis starting pitcher out early for the second night in a row, but the Golden Eagles ably returned fire in a 12-8 victory over the Thundering Herd Saturday night at Appalachian Power Park.Southern Miss, ranked as high as 2...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 04 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Southern Miss looks to cool Herds hot bats]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In Marshalls first two baseball seasons in Conference USA, it carried heavy hitting stats into league play, only to see them deflated by top-notch pitching.Entering its final home series at Appalachian Power Park against Southern Mississippi, the Thunderin...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 02 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[In some spots, depth charts are futile]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[YOU COULD have assembled a nice-looking defense with all those players who were standing around Saturday at Marshalls Green-White Game. Think about it: Albert McClellan and Ian Hoskins at end; Montel Glasco and Johnny Jones at tackle; Maurice Kitchens, Mar...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Herds Green dominates White in spring game]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - With no less than 20 scholarship players unavailable to play, Marshalls intended Green-White Game format was doomed well before Saturday.What wasnt scrubbed on a partly sunny day at Joan C. Edwards Stadium was the basic intention, to put on a ...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Is Cann the man for Herd?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - In all likelihood, todays Green-White Game will have zero effect on whether Mark Cann is Marshalls starting quarterback this fall, or the three seasons beyond that.Under coach Mark Snyder, the game is designed more for the fans entertainment t...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[MUs Morris, Legursky hope to follow in Bradshaws footsteps]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As Bernard Morris and Doug Legursky know, you could do worse than Ahmad Bradshaw.A year ago, Bradshaws decision to leave Marshall a year early wasnt looking so smart. He was picked 250th overall in the NFL draft by the New York Giants, very deep in a seven...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[From A to Z]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - The assistant football coachs voice echoed throughout Joan C. Edwards Stadium.And thats after practice had ended.&quot;I DONT DO INTERVIEWS. Jerry Azzinaro, Marshalls defensive line coach, boomed when informed he was on the post-practice media...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[sports@wvgazette.com (Mitch Vingle)]]>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Notebook: Cann looks sharp working with Herds best]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - Quarterback Mark Cann and the offense looked efficient in team drills in Marshalls 13th spring practice Wednesday, and it helped that a few more weapons were more involved.When Darius Passmore returned to the fold and Cody Slate received a few...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Herd offense bounces back]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - After watching his offense perform much better in Marshalls latest scrimmage, new coordinator John Shannon should have slept better Sunday night.This much is certain: Two of his running backs, Chubb Small and Terrell Edwards, probably slept re...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Top spot in the Cann? Not just yet]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[YOU CAN argue that, as Bernard Morris awaits his NFL draft fate, Mark Cann has taken the inside road to succeed him as Marshalls starting quarterback. But has Cann, the strapping freshman from Landrum, S.C., put a hammer lock on the position? Not quite.Sun...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Gamble making most of move to linebacker]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - The way he figures it, moving from safety to linebacker wasnt much of a Gamble.Phillip Gamble, who came to Marshall as a nonqualifier, earned his fourth year back in the classroom. But his strong safety position was getting crowded, especially...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Marshall continues progress, downs UCF]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The milestones have been modest for the Marshall baseball program, but encouraging nonetheless.When the Thundering Herd dusted off Central Florida 9-6 Saturday afternoon at Appalachian Power Park, it provided a few more &quot;firsts&quot; in three years of...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[MU was right option for Garner]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - Being a former Georgia Tech quarterback doesnt guarantee anything at Marshall, and Jonathan Garner knows it.But he knows this, too: He timed his departure from the Yellow Jackets even better than he originally thought.Garner, a 6-foot-4, 218-p...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Herd hangs on for 12-10 win over UCF]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As far as the South Atlantic League goes, Appalachian Power Park is a hitters park, almost a bandbox.In college baseball, even in one of the better Division I leagues, it plays a little larger.That was exhibited Friday night, as Tommy Johnson and Kurt Lipt...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Jacobs enjoying new role]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - When Marshall defensive end John Jacobs talks about his slightly altered role this spring, he flashes a wide grin that comes with a single gap.The gap is a missing tooth, dislodged first by a baseball in grade school, and then broken at the ro...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MU sticking with 4:30 p.m. kickoff for home games]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Marshall has set starting times for home football games in the 2008 season, sticking with 4:30 p.m. for the standard time.Three games were set for that time: The Aug. 30 opener against Illinois State, Sept. 13 against Memphis and Nov. 15 against Central Fl...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Herd adds two hoops recruits]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[You cant accuse Marshall basketball coach Donnie Jones of not paying the price to land his recruits.No, not that kind of price, something that would break an NCAA rule. Were talking about sacrifice, discomfort.Were talking about Jones ordeal in landing 6-f...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Can Herd corners continue progress?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - Marshall coach Mark Snyder hung an asterisk of sorts on his previous praise of the Thundering Herds secondary. Yes, the cornerbacks have looked more active than usual, particularly at the scrimmage Saturday in Charleston. But when the coaching...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[McClellan easing back into workouts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - There were quite a few players who sat out Marshalls practice Monday with injuries, or even missed because of a class.But then there was one case of one athlete in a yellow &quot;no-contact&quot; shirt that could hardly be considered a setback...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Four hoops classes? You must be kidding]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[    ONCE AGAIN, its time for the West Virginia Board of Education to inject a dose of sanity into the states high school athletics. The good folks on the board saved us two years ago, when they shot down a proposal to add a fourth classificiation to footba...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[dougsmock@wvgazette.com (Doug Smock)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Defense dominates scrimmage]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Among the grimmest statistics behind Marshalls 3-9 football season of 2007 are these: 13 sacks and seven takeaways.For long stretches, the patchwork Thundering Herd defense appeared incapable of making a big play. Heres another example: The last time an MU...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[dougsmock@wvgazette.com (Doug Smock)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Shannon holds key to Herds offensive success]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Marshalls football team showed up in Charleston on Saturday. Not the Marshall of the old days, mind you.No bombs bursting in air. Not a lot of downfield passing. In fact, not a lot of offensive highlights of which to write.At all.One is forced to remember ...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[sports@wvgazette.com (Mitch Vingle)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Herd visits Charleston today for scrimmage]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Heres something a little different for Marshall fans attending todays spring scrimmage at University of Charleston Stadium: Snow is not in the forecast.It will be gloomy and a bit windy, but too warm for snow. Thats welcome news for fans who are just now t...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Up and down day for Herd freshman]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - Marshalls special-teams scrimmage Wednesday was, as promised, one large proving ground for the diminutive DeQuan Bembry.And the freshman from Hawkinsville, Ga., delivered the good, bad and ugly - occasionally on consecutive punt returns.Take h...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Passmore dumps 88, goes for No. 1]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - Finally, Darius Passmore got the chance to show whos No. 1.Thought of a year ago as Marshalls next home-run threat at the &quot;X&quot; receiver position, the junior-college transfer shed all those yellow and blue shirts, running pass routes i...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[QB candidate leaves Herd for medical reasons]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - Marshalls quarterback derby has dropped from five to four, as Chris Smith has left the team for medical reasons.The freshman from South Point, Ohio, is battling a severe anxiety disorder. He remains in school, and hasnt ruled out a return to t...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[An unexpected boost for O-line]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[FOR THOSE who wondered why Marshall went after a couple of running backs late in the recruiting process and not an extra blocker or two, wonder no more. Two months after national signing day, the California junior college pipeline has opened up and poured ...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Burkes continues to battle]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - As coach Mark Snyders favorite &quot;Hoot n Holler&quot; drill was winding down, Marshall defensive tackle James Burkes found himself in the middle, trying to fend off the highly touted tackle out of junior college. And Jimmy Rogers had shown ...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[dougsmock@wvgazette.com (Doug Smock)]]>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Cann leads offense to first touchdown]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - With freshman Mark Cann at the controls, Marshalls offense scored a touchdown at the end of Saturdays practice, the Thundering Herds first in full pads.A well-executed Courtney Edmonson reverse helped get the unit down the field. Darius Marsha...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Snyder has LBs, plans to use them]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - With a surplus of fleet linebackers and a temporary shortage of linemen, Marshalls defense is sporting a 3-4 look.But with a 2008 schedule that looks more pass-happy than ever, this appears to be more than a springtime experiment by coach Mark...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Ratanamorn still adjusting to football]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - Mark Snyders office comes with a scenic view of the inside of Joan C. Edwards Stadium, and is prone to the occasional window-thump from a football, courtesy of a field-goal kicker.So the Marshall coach has seen some of the &quot;just fooling a...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Herd begins quest to find new QB]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - When looking at the quarterbacks during the first day of spring football practice at Marshall, you might have thought a game of charades had broken out.For what its worth, freshman quarterback Mark Cann took the first repetition when the Thund...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[DB play more critical than ever]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[WHILE I join the rest of the sports media in peeling the egg off my face after Memphis 85-67 victory over Texas to advance to the Final Four, ponder the following: <li>Conference USA has evolved into a pass-heavy league, with three or so running backs thro...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[dougsmock@wvgazette.com (Doug Smock)]]>
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<![CDATA[Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Marshall takes two from Memphis]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Yes, Marshall won its first Conference USA baseball game of the season despite walking 11 batters, and benefited from a walk-off balk in the 10th inning. But the Thundering Herd also won its second league game Saturday at Appalachian Power Park, finishing ...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Herd ready to air it out]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While coach Mark Snyder is reveling in his newfound depth around his Marshall roster, there is one half-joking area of concern: Will the wide receivers and tight ends make it through the spring?Not that those positions wont be deep come the fall. They prob...]]></description>
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<![CDATA[Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400]]>
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