HUNTINGTON — Before rain and reported lightning chased Marshall’s football team into its sparkling indoor facility, coach Doc Holliday looked out his office window.
Last year, he reflected, the Thundering Herd made some rumbling of its own. Yet there wasn’t the lightning strike he wanted.
“We had a good year,” he said. “I think, though, the term ‘great’ is reserved for teams that win championships. The year before, when we won a conference championship, that was a great year.
“What we had was a good year. We won 10 games and did it with a freshman quarterback.