The Army no. 22 has a brand new opponent within the Independence Bowl on Dec. 28, as Marshall “has notified officers” that it’s forgoing the bowl sport because of the excessive quantity of gamers it has misplaced to the switch portal, in response to Yahoo Sports.
The Independence Bowl later introduced on its X account Saturday that Louisiana Tech, which went 5-7 within the common season, will replace Marshall.
The Thundering Herd is 10-3 this season and gained the Sun Belt championship. Just hours after profitable the convention, coach Charles Huff left Marshall to turn out to be the brand new coach of the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. The Thundering Herd then employed former North Carolina State Wolfpack assistant Tony Gibson as their new head coach.
Below are a number of the 2024 Marshall gamers who’ve entered the portal:
- QB Braylon Braxton (1,624 passing yards, 19 passing touchdowns, two interceptions, 154.9 passer score, 60.2% completion proportion, 610 dashing yards, 4 dashing touchdowns)
- QB Stone Count (673 passing yards, seven passing touchdowns, two interceptions, 117.2 passer score, 54.2% completion proportion, 207 dashing yards)
- QB Cole Pennington (5 of seven completions)
- RB AJ Turner (864 yards and 6 touchdowns on 8.3 yards per carry)
- POUNDS Jayden Yates (120 mixed tackles, two fumble recoveries)
- POUNDS Landyn Watson (65 mixed tackles, one interception)
- CB Jacoby Henderson (50 mixed tackles, two interceptions)
Marshall went a mixed 32-20 underneath Huff from 2021-24 and has been bowl eligible each season.
Army entered its annual rivalry sport towards Navy on Saturday with an 11-1 document and got here contemporary off profitable the AAC championship in what’s its first season within the convention.
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