The lamentations from coaches after their teams run into Marshall are following a theme.
The latest, from North Texas’ Tony Benford: “This is the worst game we’ve played all year. For some reason, they were more ready than we were. We’ve been playing well, but we got hit in the mouth tonight.”
Five days earlier, Florida International coach Anthony Evans said his team didn’t play at the same level it did in its previous game, a win at Western Kentucky. Two days before, Florida Atlantic’s Michael Curry said his team lost control of the game’s tempo.
And back in the Conference USA opener on Jan.