Topic: Daily Mail: Herd offense shows production

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by Derek Redd
Sports writer

HUNTINGTON - For Marshall Coach Doc Holliday, quantity leads to quality.

The Thundering Herd snapped the ball 105 times against West Virginia on Saturday. By Holliday's estimation, that's more than 30 percent more snaps than the Herd averaged in 2011, and that means more chances at big plays.

"Last year we averaged 65, maybe 70 snaps," he said. "I'm not sure exactly what it was, but there's an extra 30, 35 snaps a game you have the opportunity to get the ball into playmakers' hands."

Those 105 snaps allowed sophomore quarterback Rakeem Cato to find 13 receivers against the Mountaineers. It led to seven ballcarriers. And it led to 545 yards of total offense, the best yardage total by a Conference USA team in the college football's first week.

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