Marshall Scheduled

BG has announced that it will play a home and home with Marshall. This means that the game in Huntington will be in the Fall of 2009, and then sometime in January, 2010, Marshall will renege on their promises to return to BG.

When last we saw the Thundering Herd, they were playing their final MAC game at the Doyt, in the face of an old-fashioned, prison gang beat down at the hands of 04 and the Falcons. It was highlighted by BG on the Marshall 2 as time ran out---and we down the ball. Beat freaking down.

Oh, yes. It was sweet.

In all seriousness, this is a good thing, and this is a good development.

On the other hand, in semi-seriousness there are two downsides. First, why do we always play the first road game in a home and home? I will believe Marshall is coming to BG when they march their loser asses onto the BG field turf.

The other downside is that we will have to put up with their obnoxious hillbilly fans one more time--though they may have jumped off the bandwagon now that the team sucks like a sink hole in your backyard. The Marshall fans--and players--stand to this day as among the most distasteful elements in my time following BG sports.

Still, I always rooted for them to beat UT.