Gentlemen (and ladies) yes we fans of Marshall University do need the Southern Miss of old to get back on track with your football program to bring back a measure of respect for what remains of a very weakened Conference USA. We can appreciate what you have been enduring. Really you may say! If you look at Marshall's football history after the 1970 plane crash we spent nearly twenty years of losing every Saturday and being the homecoming game for every team we played. We went through a bunch of coaches until the late 1980s and through the 1990's then things declined once again and we have only the past couple of years come back again. So while we look forward to our game with you, and we hope we can win, we - and every other team in the league, need you to strengthen the conference. Just look at the lack of respect that Marshall is receiving nationally which is indirectly aimed at every team in CUSA. Good luck Eagle fans.