It was keen to be green in 2024, when Marshall thundered through the Sun Belt Conference with a 10-3 record and excited people rolling through the gates at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

Fast forward to August of 2025, and the differences in Huntington are almost too numerous to count.

Coach Charles Huff hustled off to Hattiesburg and Southern Mississippi. The newest collegiate monster, the transfer portal, saw no less than 25 members of last year's cheers-riding team leave for other places. State-native Tony Gibson came in from an assistant's post at North Carolina State to become a head coach for the first time in his long career.

An almost complete overhaul of the Thundering Herd depth chart is at hand.

Marshall not only will it be a work in progress, it will probably be that way until th

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