The Thundering Herd of Marshall University is not a stranger to Virginia Tech. There is a banner for the retired number of Frank Loria in the Hokie Hall of Fame. The schools will be eternally tied together by that tragedy, sure. However, it’ll also be tied by 12 meetings that have completed as recently as 2013. There have been a dozen games over 104 years played, most after 1951. The 1939 and 1940 Herd even drubbed the Hokies for their two victories.
That doesn’t give anyone good reason to say that the Thundering Herd is any sort of cupcake patsy scheduled to get that critical last win to attain bowl eligibility.