Week three was far from a banner weekend of play in Conference USA. The league went 1-7 in out-of-conference play with the lone victory being Florida Atlantic’s second-half explosion over FCS Fordham.
A pair of heartbreaking losses in Lousiana Tech’s last-second loss to SMU along with Marshall allowing a 21-point fourth quarter to lose against East Carolina were the closest contests. FIU and Rice were outscored by a combined 112-21 in their losses to Big 12 opponents Texas Tech and Texas, respectively. Let’s take a look a the three things we learned from the weekend in C-USA.
Marshall is in Good Shape — Maybe
When Charles Huff took over for Doc Holliday after Holliday’s 11-year run as head coach of the Herd, the belief was that the program could reach a new ceiling after hitting a plateau under their former head man.