Game Day: Norfolk State

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia -- The Thundering Herd is concentrating on the two “F’s” as it takes the field against Norfolk State Saturday afternoon at Joan C. Edwards Stadium: focus and fundamentals. Both were lacking in the 21-10 loss to rival Ohio University seven days ago.

“Any time you have that many missed assignments, your team is not on the same page, you’re not playing together. We put ourselves in a hole early. I think five of the first six possessions we had were first-and-20 and first-and-25. We’ve just got to do a better job of being mentally locked in and with our technique just working the heck out of that in practice this week,” assessed senior offensive lineman Clint Van Horn.

The lack of mental focus was evident in the 16 penalties for over 150 yards last Saturday.

We had way too many penalties. Every time I looked up it was first down and 25, we gain eight then it’s second and 17,” said Doc Holliday. “I know we were prepared and I know the hotel was no different. We won eight straight games on the road and we were no different in the hotel or wherever we went. We just didn’t execute on offense.”

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