WVU football is not used to playing second fiddle in its own state. That was the case last year when CBS Sports said that Marshall was the best football program entering the 2016 season.
Gasp!
Didn’t these national pundits know that the Thundering Herd has never beaten the Mountaineers? The WVU football team owns a spotless 12-0 record over Marshall. The first meeting between the in-state schools was Oct. 28, 1911 when the WVU football team earned a 17-15 victory.
The most recent meeting was 2012, which saw the Mountaineers pummel Marshall, 69-34.
The Thundering Herd did get close to touching the WVU football team in 2010.