Marshall football ready for spring practice after tough winter

After tumbling to a 3-9 season in 2016, you could sense the Marshall football program faced its toughest winter since Doc Holliday came to Huntington.

The eighth-year Thundering Herd coach confirmed as much. There was a rugged conditioning program, as well as a coaching staff realignment and new faces on the roster.

Lots of new faces. With five junior-college imports coming on board, a few transfers and a bunch of redshirt freshmen ready to blossom, Holliday said spring drills will feel like August camp at times.

“It’s unusual to get [that many] January juco kids,” Holliday said Monday. “They’re hard to find. We’ve been fortunate to get good junior college kids around here since I’ve been…