Marshall football has its biggest September in several years, schedule-wise, and we’re not talking about the Sept. 10 opener against Morgan State.
We’re not talking about the Sept. 17 game with Akron, either, though Terry Bowden’s Zips are nothing to sneeze at. They won the last four regular-season games of 2015, then sneaked out of the Idaho Potato Bowl with a 23-21 win over Utah State.
But here, I’m discussing the next two games, the marquee home game Sept. 24 against Louisville and the Oct. 1 game at Pittsburgh.
For the first time ever, the Thundering Herd will play two consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference opponents, and for the first time since 2011 it will play two “big name” teams back-to-back.