The Marshall University football team set to play Army in the Independence Bowl will appear vastly different from the squad that won a Sun Belt Conference championship Saturday. Several key players have entered the transfer portal after head coach Charles Huff left the Thundering Herd Sunday to take the top job at Southern Mississippi.

The Marshall University football team set to play Army in the Independence Bowl will appear vastly different from the squad that won a Sun Belt Conference championship Saturday. Several key players have entered the transfer portal after head coach Charles Huff left the Thundering Herd Sunday to take the top job at Southern Mississippi.

There are two bowl games pitting conference champions against each other. One of those two matchups will transpire in Shreveport, LA as AAC champion Army and Sun Belt champion Marshall square off in the 2024 Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl.

Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl will feature American Athletic Conference champion Army (11-1) versus Sun Belt champion Marshall (10-3), I-Bowl chairperson Claire Rebouche announced Sunday afternoon.

Marshall earned a football conference championship in Louisiana on Saturday night. The Thundering Herd will look for more hardware in the Pelican State on Dec. 28. Sun Belt Conference champion Marshall will meet Army in the Independence Bowl on Dec.