🦬⚡️🦬 EPISODE DROP 🦬⚡️🦬
It’s a rematch of the 1999 MAC Championship Game this week as Western Michigan is back in town for the 1st time since 2004.
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🎧
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Ahead of Saturday’s game at Ohio State, Marshall’s Charles Huff offers any Buckeyes that transfer to MU an all-you-can eat NIL deal from Tudor’s Biscuits 😋
Shoutout to former Marshall S & current KC Chiefs S Nazeeh Johnson (
@JohnsonNazeeh
) for heading to the Super Bowl!!
Bring home another ring for The Herd Universe!! 🦬⚡️🦬
Andre Sam appreciation tweet
Vs Notre Dame
10 Tackles
5 Solo
.5 TFL
1 PD
@_Legendary21
was tested early & often… and rose to meet the challenge all daggone day 🦬⚡️🦬
🦬 Thundercast Throwback 🦬
On February 7th, 1985, Marshall Guard Bruce Morris hit the longest field goal in College Basketball history with this 89’ 10” bucket that affectionately became known as “The Shot Herd Round The World”
This is absolutely devastating news from the Gant family.
Malik, as a Herd player, will forever be one of my favorites. So versatile. So fearless.
As a person, I was never fortunate enough to meet him, but his smile was ever present.
Rest easy
#29
You are missed. 🦬⚡️🙏🏻⚡️🦬
So when do we start the “Get
@CollegeGameDay
to Huntington for App St at Marshall for 75 Week” train fired up?
Because now seems like a really, really good time to crank that locomotive.
Marshall All-Time Great WR Tommy Shuler announced via his Instagram that he has been inducted into the Marshall Hall of Fame Class of 2024!!
By any metric, Tommy is one of the best EVER to run a route for The Herd. His resume is mind-boggling.
Congratulations Shuuuuu!! 🦬⚡️🦬
If Marshall escapes the transfer portal defections with minimal losses, this team could be ridiculously scary good in 2023.
Stick around a Run the Sun fellas!!
Only 4 Go5 players made the Top 100 and
@HerdFB
has 2 of those. 🔥🔥
#49
DE Owen Porter (
@owen43_92
)
#83
Micah Abraham (
@icemanIII_
)
Porter was the highest ranked Go5 player and the ONLY ranked inside the Top 50!! 🦬⚡️🦬
🦬 1-0
🦬 55-3
🦬 Colombi 24-26 199. A tipped ball INT and a dropped TD kept him from a perfect day
🦬 Every QB on the roster played
🦬 Laborn & Payne are silly good
🦬 WRs racked YACs
🦬 Herd Defense is NASTY
🦬 Only 1 Herd Punt
🦬 Great Crowd
Well done all around!!
You dont walk into Joan C. Edwards Stadium on 75 Week and expect to win against Marshall
Georgia Southern 33
Marshall 38
Final
The Herd is 5-5 (2-4)
Cole Pennington started shaky, but finished strong. Rasheen Ali dazzled. The Herd Defense bent a bit, but dominated late.
The
#1
Herd Mens Soccer Team is playing for ANOTHER Sun Belt Championship this Sunday at 1pm against WVU
The Match is SOLD OUT, but we have two 3rd Row seats to give away!!
For a shot a winning:
🦬 Follow
@ThunderCast_Pod
🦬 Reply w/ a gif of how you’re feeling about this match
Big props to
@CoachHuff
and The Herd Football Coaching Staff.
Sending 2 players to the Senior Bowl, then having 2 NFL Draft Picks, along with 4 UDFA’s has never been done at Marshall before.
Never.
All 6 players also spent their ENTIRE careers at Marshall. 🦬⚡️🦬
Marshall 31
ECU 13
Final
The Herd is 2-0, just won for the 1st time ever in Greenville.
I can’t get a handle on this one. Ot was good, then sloppy, then sluggish, then creative, then the damn flood gates opened.
Herd flexed their muscles late & ran away with it. GREAT WIN!!
Owen Porter cannot be described in one tweet. Local legend, refused to be outworked, a red-lining race-car engine, fierce competitor, intimidating throwback of a player. He played ironman football in Division 1 college football in the year 2022. 👀
Suit him up in 1999 🦬⚡️🦬
Congratulations to every last Herd Coach, Player, Admin, Professor, Staff Member, Student, Alum, & Fan
75 Week is the most important game we play each season, regardless of opponent. Together we are the lifeblood of Marshall University.
This one was earned by us all.
We are…
I will forever remember Cole Pennington’s 1st career start for 3 reasons:
1. He won
2. It was 75 Week
3. He recovered 2 fumbles on the same 4Q drive that ended w/ McConnell’s clutch punt to the 2
🦬 ThunderCast Throwback 🦬
November 14, 2015 - With 11:14 remaining in the 1Q, Herd RB Remi Watson scored from 1 yard out to put Marshall up 7-0 on FIU.
In that moment, the scoreboard read 11/14/70
Let me get this straight.
There will be multiple 5-win teams in Bowls this year, but JMU can’t go to one b/c its their transition year, even tho they throttled Coastal Carolina by 40, a team in the SBC Title game, that wouldnt be, if JMU wasn’t in a transition year.
#FreeJMU
🦬⚡️ThunderCast Throwback⚡️🦬
1992 - On 4&1, Herd QB Michael Payton hit TE Mike Bartum to open the scoring in the 1992 1-AA National Championship Game
Marshall brought home the Natty over Youngstown St. 31-28
Let’s please appreciate the absolute vibe of
@michael_bartrum
🦬⚡️🦬
Sellout for
@HerdFB
- 31,475
Sellout for
@HerdMSoccer
- 3,075
This is not an accident. I absolutely love the detail of Marshall capping the official capacity of these venues with a total that ends with 75
We Are…
If Herd Men’s Soccer isn’t
#1
when the new rankings comes out, then the fix is in.
This is the best team in America. Period.
…and we’re coming for another star.
…and Jack Cook smiles.
The first ever pitch delivered to a Marshall Baseball player at Jack Cook Field is a Homerun.
@trehondras24
sent that bad boy to orbit!! 🦬⚡️🦬
🦬 ThunderCast Throwback 🦬
On October 26, 2019, Marshall Kicker Justin Rohrwasser hit a career long 53-yard FG, in the rain, as time expired to lift Marshall to a 26-23 victory over rival Western Kentucky. Tops HC Tyson Helton tried to ice Rohrwasser 2 times to no avail. 🦬⚡️🦬
This is a legit badass pic. I hope fans really appreciate that there are FOUR members of The Herd is this one pic.
Its been a long time since Ive seen something similar. A really long time.
If losses TO James Madison count in the standings, then wins BY James Madison should count in the standings.
The entire SBC, if JMU finishes as the highest ranked G5, stands to lose a substantial payday by keeping JMU out of a potential NY6 Bowl.
Sure JMU being ineligible isn’t fair, but you know what’s even less fair? Marshall’s loss to JMU this week may have killed their chance at the conference title game. The Herd have to win their last 5 games and hope Georgia State loses again. They don’t control their own destiny.
#13
Alabama 3
Marshall 1
Final
Our gals fought till the very last out. They went toe to toe and proved they belonged.
Nester CG 5H 2ER 8K
Michallas 2-3 RBI
Attendance 2,678
🦬 Largest crowd ever at The Dot
🦬 Largest crowd ever at a softball game in the State of WV
This James Madison Defense was allowing just 37 Rush Yards per game this season..
#1
in the Country.
@KhalanLaborn
said “Hold my Herd Country Lager”
30 Att 151 Yds 2 TD
With the way transfers are popular in College Sports, we may have seen the final All-Time Leading Scorer in Program History at Marshall in Taevion Kinsey and Rakeem Cato.
Its hard to fathom Kinsey’s points record & Cato’s TD record falling at this point.
The kids also got their photo with
@KhalanLaborn
. Another example of our great athletes taking time for the fans and the kids. Our
@HerdZone
athletes are the best!
#GoHerd
The Inter-Departmental Battle between Chris Grassie and Kim Caldwell for possession of this piece of real estate is going to be so much fun for Herd fans!! 🦬⚡️🦬
Some of yall should think a little before you hit post.
Some are skewering a guy on his way out of Huntington like potential newcomers won’t see that stuff.
If I’m a prospect considering The Herd, I’m looking at replies to portal tweets.
Just wish a guy well & move on.
Im telling ya, when
@HerdFB
honors
@RandyMoss
in 2024, he 1000% has to have “The Cat In The Hat” socks on.
The crowd at The Joan will erupt if he gives the crowd a glimpse of those bad boys!! 🦬⚡️🦬
In a Sports Illustrated article from 2020, Pat Forde made a really solid ideal conference realignment.
The downside is that some FBS schools didn’t make the cut, which also means some great FCS teams, like JMU, also didn’t. That part sucks, but overall it was pretty positive.
While other Universities in WV are making news for program cuts and job elimination, Marshall is growing.
Choose wisely and join The Herd!
Marshall For All
Marshall Forever
Yes, Ali was out.
Yes, the JMU D-Line is great.
There are serious issues that need addressed with The Herd. The learning curve is over. We’re 7 games in.
You can’t tip-toe around going from 4-0 (1-0) to 4-3 (1-2).
The players deserve answers.
The fans deserve answers.
❇️ ThunderCast Throwback ❇️
2014 - Devon “Rockhead” Johnson splits the FAU Defense for his 3rd rushing TD of 58+ yards in the game. Rockhead would finish with the Herd single-game rushing record of 272 yards on just 24 carries w/ 4 rushing TDs.
Rockhead is a bonafide legend.
Get this man back to Huntington and show him the proper love from The Herd.
A near decade long NFL career. Great guy. Great story. So vastly underrated Herd Alum.
He’s been on my personal short list of favorite Herd players since 2013.
“Something I always wanted to do is give back to a foundation that specializes in kids whose parents are incarcerated”
The cause behind the cleats for
@Neville_Hewitt
Marshall All-Timer WR Troy Brown will be the HC for the West in the 2023 East-West Shrine Bowl (
@ShrineBowl
) in February
Herd & NE Patriot fans alike know Troy made big plays in all 3 phases of the game
Here’s his game sealing INT in the ‘92 National Championship Game!! 🦬⚡️🦬
Congratulations
@CoachHuff
on your first Bowl win as a Head Coach of our Marshall Thundering Herd.
You just ended a 3-Game Bowl losing streak, put Marshall back to
#1
All-Time in Bowl Winning Percentage, and capped off a truly special season.
Go Herd!! 🦬⚡️🦬
2024 K/P Jonny Aya-ay from Huntington, WV has committed to Marshall.
Aya-ay is listed at 5’10” 155lbs. He was the 2023 Fulton Walker Award winner, given to WV High School’s best SpTms Player and was a 1st Team WV AAA All-State selection in 2023.
Welcome Home, Jonny!! 🦬⚡️🦬
This will be a life-changing weekend for some of our All-Time Great Herd Brothers.
No matter which jersey you put on next, the Kelly Green remains.
Good luck. Godspeed. All love.
Marshall All-Time Great WR Randy Moss has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024!!
This opens the door to the
#88
being retired at Marshall and Moss joining Frank “Gunner” Gatski on the facade at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. 🦬⚡️🦬
𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑯𝒐𝑭 𝑮𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒔-𝒆𝒅!!
Marshall WR great Randy Moss will be inducted into the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame by the National Football Foundation!
Moss' announcement came on ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown.
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❇️ ThunderCast Throwback ❇️
2003 - Already down 7 & with Kansas St threatening again, Marshall DE Jonathan Goddard intercepted the pitch from K State QB Jeff Schwinn and went 89 yards the other way for the TD.
The Herd stunned the
#6
Wildcats 27-20 in Manhattan, KS 🦬
Marshall OL Steven Faucheux has medically retired from football.
His heartfelt message indicates that he will remain at Marshall, continuing to earn his degree, and will continue on the Herd football as a student coach.
The goal may change, but the focus remains!! 🦬⚡️🦬
SBC - “C’Mon guys, seriously, yall cant fly a drone like that.
Herd - “Did you see it tho?”
SBC - “Yes, it was badass. Just dont do it again, cool?”
Herd - “Cool.”
SBC - “We consider this matter closed.”
Herd - 😏
The
@ThunderCast
is honored to have submitted official nominations for 3 legendary Marshall Football Players for induction into the Marshall Athletics Hall of Fame.
They are:
QB Rakeem Cato
WR Tommy Shuler
RB Glenn Pedro
“Colombi to Miller” is forever etched into Marshall football lore for capping off a 94yd go-ahead TD drive against Notre Dame late in the 4Q.
Another “Colombi to Miller” though, on a clutch 3rd & 10 is what allowed that legendary drive to continue.
I am so proud of this young man Eli Neal, for his academic accomplishments and his Phenomenal Defensive football attributes for Herd football. But most of all, my grandson.
#24
MVP defensive player.