Topic: Gazette: East Carolina-Marshall capsule

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East Carolina (6-4, 5-1 C-USA) at Marshall (1-8, 1-4)

4:30 p.m. today, Joan C. Edwards Stadium (38,019, FieldTurf), Huntington

• TV: none locally

• Line: ECU by 7

• Series: ECU leads 6-2

• Last meeting: ECU 33, Marshall 20, Nov. 11, 2006 at Greenville, N.C.

• Tickets: Plenty available, $22-32.

• Weather: Mostly clear, 48 degrees at kickoff.

On the spot

• Byron Tinker, Marshall defensive tackle: ECU’s Skip Holtz became the first opposing coach to mention Tinker by name, so we’ll list the Herd defense’s lone starting senior this week. He won’t be an all-conference selection but he does have six tackles for loss this season and almost never gets a snap off. But after the team’s third sackless game of the year, the Herd front really needs to turn up the heat on the quarterback.

Link: http://wvgazette.com/section/Sports/Marshall/2007110929