The agreement will place a seventh bowl-eligible team from the Big Ten into the Motor City Bowl against the No. 1 or No. 2 team from the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The agreement begins with the upcoming 2002 season and runs through 2005.

Marshall University Nickname Thundering Herd Colors Green & White President Dr. Dan Angel Athletic Director Lance West Enrollment 16,000 Football Stadium Marhall Univ. Football Stadium (38,000) Basketball Arena Cam Henderson Center (9,043) Ticket Office (800) THE-HERD Switchboard (304) 696-2246 Address PO Box 1360 Huntington, WV 25715

Marshall Considers Using Pieces of Crashed Plane as Good Luck Charm
Head coach Bob Pruett wants to establish a tradition where players touch the plane pieces as they enter the field.

MAC Tournament: Kent State Tops Thundering Herd, 82-70
Golden Flashes become MAC's first No. 1 seed in three years to avoid getting knocked out in quarterfinals.

MAC Tournament: Marshall 'Slays' Northern Illinois, 97-93
Tamar Slay scores season-high 29 points to lead Marshall in tournament's first round game.

Marshall Promotes McHale to Offensive Coordinator
Thundering Herd football program also hires Larry Kueck as quarterbacks coach.

Wake Forest's Hamilton Transfers to Marshall
Point guard reunites with former high school coach in Huntington.

No. 25 Marshall Comes Back from 30 Down to Beat East Carolina in Double OT
Leftwich throws for 576 yards and the game-winning touchdown as Thundering Herd tops Pirates, 64-61, in GMAC Bowl.

Marshall Will Face East Carolina in GMAC Bowl
Thundering Herd and Pirates will do battle in Mobile on December 19.

East Carolina to Meet Marshall in GMAC Bowl
David Garrard and the Pirates square off against Byron Leftwich and the Thundering Herd.

Marshall & Toledo Should Light Up the Scoreboard
Two potent offenses square off in the MAC title game.

Thundering Herd Try to Extend MAC Dynasty to Five Years
This time, Marshall won't have home field advantage as it plays for conference championship.

No. 20 Marshall Holds Off Youngstown State, 38-24
Leftwich throws three TDs as Thundering Herd improve to 10-1 on the season.

Marshall Wary of Letdown Before MAC Title Game
20th-ranked Thundering Herd look for 10th win of season against Division I-AA Youngstown State.

Leftwich Tosses 6 TDs as No. 24 Marshall Overwhelms Ohio, 42-18
Thundering Herd accepts bid to the GMAC Bowl, where they will face the No. 2 team from Conference USA.

MEN'S BASKETBALL
Final  Marshall 70  Kent State 82   Box Score TEAM INFO Record: 15-15 (9-11) Mid American Standings | Rankings
TEAM STATISTICAL LEADERS POINTS PPG FG% FT% 3PT% Ronald Blackshear 19.6 43.9 80.2 45.6 Tamar Slay 18.9 44.6 73.1 41.9 J.R. Vanhoose 15 51.5 71.6 0 REBOUNDS RPG OFF DEF BPG J.R. Vanhoose 10.6 3.8 6.9 .6 Latece Williams 6.7 2.5 4.2 1.7 ASSISTS APG SPG TO AST/TO Monty Wright 3.7 .6 2.1 1.8 Richard Wilson 2.7 .9 1.7 1.5 TEAM FG% FTP% PPG OFFENSE 47.1 69 77.6 Team Statistics 2001-2002 SCHEDULE All Times ET Complete Schedule/Results

FOOTBALL
Final (21) Marshall 64  East Carolina 61 Mobile Alabama Bowl Recap   |   Box Score TEAM INFO Record: 11-2 (8-0) Mid American Standings | Rankings
TEAM STATISTICAL LEADERS PASSING CO/AT PCT YDS TD Byron Leftwich 355/540 65.7% 4698 41 RUSHING CAR YDS AVG TD Franklin Wallace 170 888 5.2 12 Trod Buggs 60 439 7.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Darius Watts 98 1550 15.8 20 Josh Davis 86 1048 12.2 6 TEAM RUSH PASS TOTAL OFFENSE 149.4 366.7 516.1 TEAM PF PA MARGIN SCORING 39.4 28.4 11.0 Team Statistics 2001 SCHEDULE Sept 1 at Florida L, 49-14 Sept 8 vs Massachusetts W, 49-20 Sept 29 vs Bowling Green W, 37-31 Oct 6 at Northern Ill W, 37-15 Oct 13 at Buffalo W, 34-14 Oct 20 vs Central Mich W, 42-21 Oct 27 vs Akron W, 50-33 Nov 3 at Kent State W, 42-21 Nov 10 at Miami Ohio W, 27-21 Nov 17 vs Ohio W, 42-18 Nov 24 vs Youngstown St W, 38-24 Nov 30 at Toledo L, 41-36 Dec 19 at East Carolina W, 64-61 All Times ET Complete Schedule/Results