Marshall falls to No. 3 Louisville, 59-28

Freshman Marshall quarterback Garet Morrell (12) looks for running room led by tight end Ryan Yurachek (85) as U of L defender Stacy Thomas misses on the tackle. (HI photo by Greg Perry)HUNTINGTON — The Marshall University football team was facing a large mountain to climb coming into the game with the No. 3-ranked Cardinals of Louisville — and that challenge was more than doubled when the Thundering Herd had to face U of L on Saturday night without starting sophomore Chase Litton, who was reportedly suffering from a concussion that came during last week’s lost to Akron.

That meant in front of the second largest crowd at the Joan C. Edwards Stadium, a standing-room only crowd of 40,592, just…