Xavier’s last game featured a 22 point comeback, a Trevon Bluiett dagger, and Xavier playing horrendously until they flipped the switch with a 33-11 run. That game shouldn’t have featured that kind of drama and this one shouldn’t either, but, as the saying goes, that’s why they play them. Xavier’s final contest at home in the non-conference is the Thundering Herd of Marshall.
Marshall has put together a pretty unimpressive resume thus far. Wins over a down Akron team, Toledo, and Ohio don’t carry the weight they usually would for a low-major punching up into the MAC.