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Inside track: East Carolina took sole possession of first place in the East Division, nipping Marshall 19-16 on Ben Hartman's 27-yard field goal in overtime.

Marshall enters its 10th game of the season perhaps a little hungrier than it was at this point in the forgettable 2007 season.

Sometimes it takes working longer, sometimes it takes working harder to win football games.

GREENVILLE a ' That late ECU touchdown appeared to be a big momentum changer. But Marshall came thundering out in the third quarter and wheeled 47 yards on 10 plays, with lefty quarterback Mark Cann rifling a ...

The Miami Dolphins aren't the only team borrowing a page from Houston Nutt's playbook.

Joe Webb ran 28 yards for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter, and UAB held off Marshall's late comeback attempt for a 23-21 victory on Saturday.

After two mistake-ridden losses to Big East opponents, Marshall gets a much-needed week to work on itself.

Cincinnati out-gained Marshall on the ground 203 to 90 and forced four turnovers en route to a 33-10 victory over the Thundering Herd Friday night at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

If there was any year that Marshall thought they had a good chance to beat West Virginia it would be this year.

Marshall has scored a first-quarter touchdown in each of its four games this season.

The matchup had been discussed all week - Memphis' tall receivers versus Marshall's young cornerbacks.

Quarterback Mark Cann completed 14 of 28 passes for 224 yards and the go-ahead touchdown as the Marshall Thundering Herd beat the Memphis Tigers 17-16 Saturday night in their Conference-USA opener.

Running back Chubb Small squeezed into the end zone from one yard out with four minutes, eight seconds remaining in the quarter.

The head coaches from Marshall and Illinois summed up the difference in the Thundering Herd's 35-10 opening-season victory in a combination of just four letters.