Doc Holliday confident Marshall fotball can reload

Marshall head coach Doc Holliday celebrates the team’s 16-10 win against Connecticut during the St. Petersburg Bowl NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

Doc Holliday never worries, at least not outwardly, about where his Marshall team is picked in the preseason polls. The Thundering Herd has usually been favored to win its division in Conference USA, but is third this time around.

Big deal, Holliday says. Besides, he exudes confidence over his personnel, including positions that seem to be barren.

In recent years, Holliday and coaches across the country have been delighted by rules allowing more contact and teaching time with…