After a year of success for the Thundering Herd Football team, winning the Sun Belt title and finishing 10-3, Marshall University announced they will be pulling out of the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl.
The Herd was originally scheduled to play the no.19 ranked Army on Dec. 28.
In a press release sent out by Marshall, the university said, “the implications of the shifting landscape of college athletics including NIL and the transfer portal, have significantly impacted our team’s roster.”
“At this moment, our football program’s participation numbers create a major concern for the health and safety of our current student athletes to compete in a safe, viable manner,” the statement went on to say.