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WVU, Marshall Will Represent State Well in Bowl Games

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Florida here we come!

The West Virginia University Mountaineers, under first-year head coach Dana Holgorsen, and the Marshall Thundering Herd, lead by state native Doc Holliday, are headed to bowl games in the Sunshine State.

For both teams, this season hasn't always been pretty, but our guys hung in there and never, ever quit.

We can take a lesson from this – stay strong, get up off the mat no matter how much it hurts and keep playing until the final whistle blows.

I hope the folks in Florida are ready to hear plenty of "We Are Marshall" and "Let's Go Mountaineers."