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(10-17-2017 10:20 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(10-16-2017 10:48 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  Ok, the team I watched play vs. ODU clearly quit. Maybe they didn't in other games, but they were not interested in showing up that day; including the QB.

Litton had no protection at all. Doc chose to have a bad season last year instead of pulling redshirts off of 5 OLine, 3 DLine and 2 in the secondary. Not to mention we lost a starting WR (Willie Johnson) in the 1st half of the Pitt game with a broken leg. Litton was still 17-26 for 187 yards and a TD while Morrell the back up was 3-3 for 51 yards and a TD.

What happened in Huntington last year hasn't been the norm since the early to mid 80s (Marshall went from 86 to 05 without a losing season).

Those 5 OLine are now red shirt freshman, 25-30 pounds heavier with a year in the weight room and even 3 of them have now started multiple games this year. The 4 DLine have either trimmed down or bulked up depending on what they needed and are playing in rotation. The 2 in the secondary who would have been thrown to the wolves last year now know what college game speed is.

Now on to one of the key reasons your recruiting isn't what it should be, its already been said, facilities. I'm not gonna sugar coat it, Foreman Field is a dump plain and simple. I don't care how many coats of paint that you put on it, its still a dump and old relic that was built in 1936. There is a reason that you see or hear about construction non stop at most programs. Kids buy with their eyes, that's just a fact.

A) What does recruiting have to do with the discussion?
B) We don't take non qualifiers. There is nothing we can do about that aspect.