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The Mark Snyder era is about eight days behind us, but his legacy will play out in four years worth of his recruits.

Alabama-Birmingham at Marshall Noon, Joan C. Edwards Stadium , Huntington TV: Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast.

Marshall's fifth annual game with Conference USA East Division rival Alabama-Birmingham comes just a week later than it did in the 2008 season, and that's only one of the similarities.

Assisting on tackles and forcing fumbles doesn't even creep into the head of Marshall long snapper Sean McClellan when he takes the field on punts.

Marshall doesn't yet have a reputation of blocking kicks or producing a plethora of non-offensive points, but Thundering Herd Coach Mark Snyder maintains that Virginia Tech's "BeamerBall" will offer his team few surprises this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. That's because the Hokies' special teams prowess, named after longtime Coach Frank Beamer, isn't that ...

Mark Snyder is making his second trip to Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium, and he knows from his first trip in 2005 just how quickly things can go wrong there for the visiting team.

As any coach will tell you, there are three phases to football. The first two, offense and defense, usually get all the glory.

Special to Huntingtonnews.net Photos By Chris Spencer Huntingtonnews.net Photographer Huntington, WV - Marshall University opened the 2009 football season Saturday, Sept.

Considering he called it his biggest concern coming into preseason practice, it would have been an understandable act of excitement if Marshall Coach Mark Snyder had decided to turn cartwheels from one end of the football field to the other after his kickers gave him a perfect performance Saturday.

That being, a fifth-year senior in the Thundering Herd's camp. The defensive end from Broadway, Va., was hard-pressed to name others from his recruiting class of 2005 - the last class to sign before coach Bob Pruett's departure.

John Jacobs scanned the lobby of Twin Towers East during Marshall's move-in day Wednesday and came to the realization: He's one of a rare breed.

West Virginia closes out its non-conference portion of the 2009 schedule with the annual Friends of Coal Bowl.