With the Louisville Cardinals on the schedule, this was shaping up to one of the biggest seasons in Marshall football history.
But when game week arrived, the Thundering Herd were dealt a harsh blow – starting quarterback Chase Litton would miss the game. What’s more is that freshman quarterback Garet Morrell was forced to make his first career start against the number three team in the nation.
The same Louisville Cardinals who beat the brakes off the then-number two Florida State Seminoles, 63-20.
On national television, against one of the highest-ranked teams Marshall has ever welcomed into Huntington, on one of the largest stages Marshall has played on in years, a true freshman would have to lead the Herd to the biggest upset of the young college football season.