HUNTINGTON
However, the Marshall football coach obviously doesn’t like the sentiment.
Holliday is headed right where he wants to be for Christmas – another bowl game. His Thundering Herd (9-3) faces Connecticut (6-6) in the St. Petersburg Bowl on Saturday at Tropicana Field.
“My own kids, if we were home for Christmas, something was wrong,” Holliday said after the Herd accepted its fourth bowl berth in his last five MU seasons. “That was a bad deal and it wasn’t a very good Christmas.
“So, having the opportunity to go on the road and be in a hotel and experience something special and enjoy Christmas together, it’s going to be great.