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Doug Smock: Bowl payoff will keep Marshall in the black

As you navigate the 41-game major-college postseason jungle, you won’t hear apologies from the participating players and coaches for taking part.

But you may see stories of schools taking a financial hit.

Between being held responsible for selling an unreasonable amount of tickets, incurring unexpectedly large expenses or sharing too much revenue with conference partners, some schools suffer a deficit.

That has happened with Connecticut, Marshall’s bowl opponent this week. The last time the Huskies played a bowl game, it was a biggie — as Big East champion, they played in the 2011 Fiesta Bowl.

The Huskies got shelled on and off the field, losing 48-20 to Oklahoma and bleeding $1.