At least two coaches fell victim this Black Sunday. UVA’s Al Groh parted ways with the Cavaliers and Marshall’s Mark Snyder, who resigned, will forever be a Herd but just not the head coach. Groh’s firing shouldn’t come to any surprise. His job has been in jeopardy since the season kicked-off. The team suffered an embarrassing 3-9 record in 2009 and lost 8 of their last nine games. The team hit an all time low when it lost to in-state...
If you are wondering why Marshall’s football team (3-2, defeats at the hands of Va Tech and East Carolina) isn’t doing so well, it could be the fact that the Athletic Director has his mind on other things. Mike Hamrick was hired back in July as Marshall’s AD. Since he was immediately leaving his AD post at UNLV, he advised the president that he needed temporary housing. Due to budget constraints, the president offered Hamrick residence on-campus in the South...
Anthony “A.J.” Graham was almost certain to never see the college gridiron after his May 26th arrest for armed robbery of three men on their way to a party. Not only did Marshall rescind Graham’s scholarship, but he was looking down the barrel of a 10 year to life prison sentence. His trial was originally scheduled for October 19th; however, Assistant State Attorney Fuchs did not have enough evidence to proceed with the case and Graham had a strong...
