Can someone other than MooU's Athletic Director give me a good reason why this is scheduled like it is? It never really occurred to me or bothered me before, until I saw where Huggs had this to say about the timing of the game every year:

"I think playing the Marshall game in the middle of the conference season is a disaster," Huggins said. "It doesn't help either team. They won last year and went out and just got drilled the next game out. It ought to be in the preseason. It should not be where it is." - Charleston Daily Mail

Huggs is right. Name any other "rivalry" or "in-state" game (that isn't already a conference game) among the major conference members that is played in the middle of conference play on a regular basis. Go ahead. I'll wait.

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Most Marshall coaches don't do much to impress me. They seem to be around for 2-4 years and either get fired or find a better job. Outside of Rick Huckaby and Billy Donovan, I couldn't name one in the past thirty years. But Tom Herrion will be remembered forever thanks to his Redd Foxx impersonation Saturday during the game against Central Florida.

It boggles the mind how a college coach could act like this during a game. Not that college coaches aren't a rare breed. Bob Knight and John Chaney are a couple that come to mind. But the exaggeration Herrion exhibited was way worse than any soccer flop that I've seen. Maybe that fairy tap got him in just the right spot. Or perhaps he always wanted to be an actor and he knew the camera was on him. If so, I've got the perfect role for him. Lloyd Christmas!

You don’t understand why. Just admit it. There is an exclusive club of men who get why a guy named Chuck from Huntington would be a bit pissy. And it isn’t just because he’s stuck with a second rate athletic program for which to cheer. That would be why he manufactures stories with no merit about WVU. And it isn't because he suffers from a serious bout with APD, which he does.

His problem just might be the name. Chuck.

As a member of the fraternity who can give insight and clarity into the sort of despair that might be at the root of his angst, here are 5 other Reasons a Guy Named Chuck from Huntington might be sour bastard:

1. England’s Prince Charles made the name "Chuck" synonymous with stupidity by abandoning a hottie like Princess Diana for Mrs. Doubtfire.

2. The name Charles hasn’t been in the top 10 of baby names since the late 1940’s / early 1950’s…about the same time Queen Elizabeth’s son was born. Damn you, Prince of Wales!

3. Little kids are scared of his name thanks to the "Chuckie" horror flicks.

4. For the entirety of his life, people have asked him, "What’s up, Chuck?" as if it was the first time he’d ever heard it. And it wasn’t funny the first 100,000 times.

5. He was never chosen for the "Name Game" song in Kindergarten. You know, "Mike, mike, bo-bike, banana-fana, fo-fike, fee-fi, mo-mike, Mike."

Most of all he’s pissed because there is no hope for Marshall athletics and he suffers from an incurable inferiority complex.

Sucks to be "Huntington Chuck."

Once again, we are having fun insulting that school down South onTwitter.  If you're on Twitter and haven't already, start firing your best shots.  For those of you who don't tweet, fire at will in the comments section.  My only request is to please avoid anything relating to the subject of their 1970 tragedy.  We can show at least that much class.  Otherwise, have at it!!!

For examples of how this works, I suggest you refer to the last edition.

You can follow along online, even if you don't Twitter HERE.

Sometimes reality is so much funnier than anything we could make up.  That it was reported by Chuck Landon makes it that much funnier.

Remember, there are C-USA coaches already posing the rhetorical question: What does Marshall bring to the league?  This inexcusable no-show at the conference's football media event just fuels that controversial fire.

...and from the comment section:

We've looked silly on the football field for 6 years.

I don't know that there is anything more that needs to be said, but I'll say it anyway.  Kickoff is Sunday, September 4th, at 3:30pm, Marshall.  Try not to keep us waiting.

It's been a bad week for injuries and arrests for WVU. Two things that don't go great together. While recruiting seems to be something this staff has a gift for, it doesn't put any food on the table today. I know this video would be best played September 5th. But I don't want to go into the weekend without a smile on my face. And I don't want you to do that either. So if the grass doesn't look so green on our side of the fence, just remember, their tool shed is an outhouse.

Turd Country (via johnnypm427)

Keeping up with their trademark, three yards and a cloud of misdemeanors*, Marshall finds one of it's football players in trouble with the law again. The likely starting running back for the season, Tron Martinez, was arrested last Friday for obstruction and disorderly conduct. The misdemeanors by themselves wouldn't be that much to worry about on their own, but...

On April 17, 2009, Martinez was arrested and charged with 11 felonies, including gang participation, and a pair of misdemeanors in his hometown. At the time, Martinez had a football scholarship to Old Dominion University, which was quickly taken away.

He spent two and a half months in jail and nearly nine months on home confinement. Eventually, all charges were dropped minus a misdemeanor.

Those 11 felonies were all just a big mistake, right?  I mean, it's tough not to get picked up for gang participation in this crazy mixed-up world.

And while most of us would see a red flag, Doc Holliday's crazy eyes saw something else. Maybe it was Tron's time in the forty yard dash, or maybe it was an opportunity to give a talented but troubled kid a second chance. I have no doubt that Tron didn't have an easy childhood.  It's sad, and I hope Tron can get things turned around.

But, the fact remains that Marshall took a risk in order to get ahead and it's landed them with egg on their face.  Again.  After the past few months we've been through with our own troubles, and the bombs hurled at us from Huntington, there's really only one thing to do...

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I was gonna put a picture here but didn't want to dress down the place

Today we are having fun insulting that school down South.  Many of you have been tweeting away, but for those of you who don't tweet, fire at will in the comments section.  There's a rundown after the jump of the insults so far (I don't judge, I just list 'em).  I'll try to update several times through the afternoon.

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