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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Marshall Thundering Herd rode ball control and a solid defensive effort to a 16-10 victory over UConn in the St. Petersburg Bowl at Tropicana Field on Saturday afternoon. With the win, Marshall becomes the first two-time winner of the event which was first played in 2008.The triumph capped a third straight 10-plus win season and the fifth consecutive bowl game victory for Coach Doc Holliday and the Herd (10-3). Marshall never trailed and had its offense on the field for nearly 35 minutes, including almost 30 of the 45 minutes in the final three [...]
READ MORETODAY'S WEATHER St. Petersburg, FL: Hi: 79ºF Lo: 68º F Cloudy Storrs, CT: Hi: 55ºF Lo: 50ºF Partly Cloudy Huntington, WV: Hi: 70ºF Lo: 57ºF Cloudy Team Practice-Quotes UConn Bob Diaco Head Coach, UConn On this week's preparation "It's been a great week, I love being with the team. Our football family has been so fun to be together. It's been a great experience. All these practices to work on our fundamentals. The more reps you do at anything the better you're going to get." On the fun atmosphere "It's Christmas! The sun is shining, it's beautiful, the community and [...]
READ MORETODAY'S WEATHER St. Petersburg, FL: Hi: 77ºF Lo: 70ºF Partly Cloudy Storrs, CT: Hi: 55ºF Lo: 46ºF Rain Showers Huntington, WV: Hi: 41ºF Lo: 29ºF Party Cloudy Team Practice - Quotes UConn Bob Diaco Head Coach, UConn On the biggest improvement over the past two years "Trust created an opportunity for everyone to improve both on a good side and the bad side. The good side is that warm fuzzy feeling of 'you're going to count on me and I can count on you.' But you also trust that, if you turn the stove off and touch the top of [...]
READ MORETODAY'S WEATHER St.Petersburg, FL: Hi: 79ºF Lo: 68ºF Partly Sunny Storrs, CT: Hi: 56ºF Lo: 41ºF Rain Showers Huntington, WV: Hi: 65ºF Lo: 53ºF Party Cloudy Team Arrivals Marshall Arrival Marshall University was greeted by fans donning kelly green and white as the team arrived in sunny St. Petersburg with temperatures in the low 80s. The Thundering Herd will be practicing Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Quotes Doc Holliday Head Coach, Marshall University "Anytime you get the opportunity to come to sunshine Florida, they're excited about getting here. They've done a great job. I like what this team [...]
READ MOREFill the Bowl Event Kicks off Bowl Week ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (December 21, 2015) - The St. Petersburg Bowl team events will kick off just hours after Marshall and UConn arrive in the sunshine state on Tuesday December 22, 2015. Fill the Bowl will be the first event of Bowl week. Fill the Bowl,presented by Achieva Credit Union, is a program that aims to give back to the community and is being conducted in conjunction with Boys & Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay and Boys & Girls Clubs of The Suncoast and Feeding America Tampa Bay to provide weekend meals [...]
READ MOREST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (December 19, 2015) - UConn and Marshall will kickoff the St. Petersburg Bowl activities with a special visit to patients at All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Tuesday, Dec. 22 at 2:00 p.m. ET. Team captains, mascots, and two cheerleaders from each team will visit with the children, spreading holiday cheer, taking pictures, signing autographs and giving out memorabilia and gifts provided by ESPN/Disney and the two teams. In addition, Mike Alstott, former Tampa Bay Buccaneer and honorary game chairman, will join the representatives from the two schools. "When we started the bowl game several [...]
READ MOREST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (December 6, 2015) - The St. Petersburg Bowl has announced that the University of Connecticut (6-6, 4-4) from the American Athletic Conference and Marshall University (9-3, 6-2) from Conference USA have accepted invitations to play in this year's game. The eighth edition of the bowl game will be played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Saturday, Dec. 26 at 11 a.m. EST on ESPN on ESPN Radio. This will be the first-ever meeting between UConn and Marshall. "We have a very good matchup this year with UConn, a program on the rise that just knocked [...]
READ MOREST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (November 5, 2015) - Tickets for the 2015 St. Petersburg Bowl will go on sale Monday, Nov. 9 and start as low as just $40. Tickets can be ordered through Ticketmaster or by phone at 1.800.745.3000. The eighth edition of the bowl game, which is owned and operated by ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, will feature an American Athletic Conference team against a representative from Conference USA at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. on Saturday, Dec. 26, at 11 a.m. ET on ESPN. "We are looking forward to having a fantastic matchup again this year [...]
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