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URI's first game of the season will have them traveling down to Huntington, West Virginia to take on the Marshall Thundering Herd from Conference USA. The game will be on tv in West Virginia, so hopefully we'll be able to get an Internet stream for this one. Or if Marshall is as good as the Sporting News preview makes them sound, maybe we might not want to look for a stream. Marshall is projected to win their division if not the whole conference and there's talk of a possible undefeated season. Their senior QB, Rakeem Cato, has been the best player in C-USA the past two seasons, winning the 2012 league MVP and the 2013 Offensive Player of the Year. He was third in division one in TD passes last year with 39 with only 6 interceptions. Last year Marshall had the seventh-highest scoring offense, averaging 42.1 points per game. Other standouts according to Sporting News are WR Tommy Shuler who they say has the best hands and is one of only eight players in major college history with two 100-catch seasons. And Steward Butler is considered the most elusive RB with six carries for 40 yards or more last year.
On defense they average 22.9 points per game and were 17th in the nation in tackles for loss per game with 7.3. Gary Thompson is projected as the best pass rusher, last year he had 3.5 sacks as a freshman. CB Corey Tindal was C-USA 2013 Freshman of the Year with 6 pass breakups and two fumble recoveries. LB Evan McKelvey led the team with 97 tackles even though he only started half the games. And DB Kendall Gant originally committed to Georgia but is considered the top impact freshman this year. And if all that isn't enough, Joan C. Edwards Stadium is considered the league's best venue.