Mitch Vingle: Win helps, but all still not well for Marshall

MARCUS CONSTANTINO | For the Gazette-MailMarshall head coach Doc Holliday speaks with a player during the NCAA football game between the Marshall Thundering Herd and the Florida Atlantic Owls at Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, in Huntington.

HUNTINGTON — It didn’t take long to gauge the mood of the Marshall faithful.

On homecoming at Joan C. Edwards Stadium, boos cascaded down to the field when the visiting Florida Atlantic team ripped off a touchdown just four plays into the game.

Seventy-five yards, it was, just like that.

Then the first half likewise ended in boos when MU coach Doc Holliday ordered a knee with the Thundering Herd down 21-16.

Holliday, though, was able to…