Topic: Gazette: Herd looks to shed road blues tonight at Tulsa

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By Doug Smock

TULSA, Okla. - Defending Conference USA champion Tulsa isn't defending much these days, except its pride.

And its home turf. For a Marshall team playing for high stakes, that's a problem - it is not one of the great road warriors of college football.

When the game kicks off at 7:30.EST tonight at H.A. Chapman Stadium, the Thundering Herd (6-3, 4-1) is comfortably favored over the Golden Hurricane (2-7, 1-4). That doesn't make sense in a rivalry that is 4-0 in the other direction, but Tulsa's slide to sixth place in the West Division doesn't make sense, either.

What does make sense, to the frustration of the Herd camp, is MU's continued road woes. Entering this season, the Herd was 10-39 in all road games (excluding bowls), 9-23 in league road contests.

Link: http://www.wvgazette.com/Sports/Marshall/201311130288