A letter from head football coach Doc Holliday

Marshall football head coach Doc Holliday.Thundering Herd students,

It’s time. There are 128 FBS programs and Marshall is the only one yet to play. That changes Saturday evening at 6 p.m., when the Thundering Herd will host Morgan State in our season opener. It is the first of seven home games this season — the first time that has happened around here in 20 years — and we need you there for every snap of every game.

It is important to me, our assistant coaches and your fellow students on the football team to look into the stands and see a sea of green. It is important to us that you are loud and respectfully rowdy. It is important to me that we protect our place atop major colleges as the…