Word Of The Herd Ben Gibson

As the Marshall Thundering Herd get ready to face the Northern Illinois Huskies in the Boca Raton Bowl on Tuesday, the Word of the Herd Podcast sits down to take a quick look back at the Herd's first Conference USA championship and break down the exotic sounding bowl game.

This week Alex Vance and Ben Gibson cry a little bit about the College Football Playoff committee's rankings, talk about Marshall's dominating win over the Rice Owls, explore the conspiracy side of Conference USA, and look at this week's slate of games.

On this episode of the Word of the Herd podcast, Ben Gibson and Alex Vance talk about the Marshall Thundering Herd being left out of the College Football Playoff Committee's rankings, the state of Conference USA, and the Herd's matchup against the Rice Owls on Saturday at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

After the bye week, Alex Vance and Ben Gibson return to talk about the lack of transparency in the college football playoffs process, the fall of ECU, and this week's slate of game's in Conference USA.

Alex and Ben discuss Devon Johnson's record breaking performance and the Herd's win over the FAU Owls. They'll also break down the rest of Conference USA and what Marshall can do on their bye week.

Ben and Alex recap the week that was in Conference USA, talk about Rakeem Cato breaking the consecutive games with a touchdown records, and everything else to expect this weekend when Marshall plays Florida Atlantic.