Marshall University Marshall Digital Scholar The aP rthenon University Archives 8-31-2012 The aP rthenon, August 31, 2012 John Gibb [email protected] Jeremy Johnson [email protected] Adam Rogers [email protected] Nikki Dotson [email protected] Joanie Borders [email protected] See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: http://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon Recommended Citation Gibb, John; Johnson, Jeremy; Rogers, Adam; Dotson, Nikki; Borders, Joanie; and Adkins, Eden, "The aP rthenon, August 31, 2012" (2012). The Parthenon. Paper 114. http://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon/114 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at Marshall Digital Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The aP rthenon by an authorized administrator of Marshall Digital Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors John Gibb, Jeremy Johnson, Adam Rogers, Nikki Dotson, Joanie Borders, and Eden Adkins This newspaper is available at Marshall Digital Scholar: http://mds.marshall.edu/parthenon/114 C M Y K 50 INCH FRIDAY August 31, 2012 VOL. 116 NO. 1 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM SENIOR’S FINAL SEASON | Page 2 MU VS. WVU PREVIEW | Page 2 CATO SET FOR BIG STAGE | Page 3 FOOTBALL EDITION C M Y K 50 INCH 2 FOOTBALL EDITION FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2012 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM Coach Doc Holliday motivates his team 2012 Herd football schedule during a summer practice session on Aug. 29. The Herd looks to beat WVU at their last forseeable Friends of Coal Bowl game. MARCUS CONSTANTINO | THE PARTHENON When: Sept. 1 When: Sept. 8 Who: West Virginia Mountaineers Who: Western Carolina Catamounts Where: Morgantown Where: Huntington Herd to take on 11th ranked Mountaineers BY JEREMY JOHNSON University Mountaineers. that is picked either to be limiting West Virginia’s SPORTS EDITOR Thundering Herd Head first or second in the Big high-powered offense will be Marshall University foot- Coach Doc Holliday said he 12 conference, you know a tall task for the Herd. ball opens the season on is well aware of the talent they’re an excellent team,” “Geno Smith probably the road with the last fore- that his squad will be facing. Holliday said. is the best quarterback in When: Sept. 15 When: Sept. 22 seeable Friends of Coal “Anytime you’re going Holliday also said with the America and has a shot to Bowl game against the into somebody else’s venue likes of Geno Smith, Tavon Who: Ohio Bobcats Who: Rice Owls 11th ranked West Virginia and playing a top-10 team Austin and Stedman Bailey, See PREVIEW | Page 6 Where: Huntington Where: Houston SENIOR’S FINAL SEASON Small in size, When: Sept. 29 When: Oct. 6 wealthy in Who: Purdue Boilermakers Who: Tulsa Golden Hurricane Where: West Lafayette, Ind. Where: Huntington experience BY ADAM ROGERS ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Marshall University football had just six seniors on its roster before fall camp began in early August. Now the total stands at nine, thanks in part to two transfer players from Bos- When: Oct. 20 When: Oct. 27 ton College and one from Penn State. Although the Herd has one of the Who: Southern Miss Golden Eagles Who: UCF Knights smallest senior classes in the country, the group is spread out across both Where: Hattiesburg, Miss. Where: Huntington sides of the ball. On offense, there is John Bruhin along the line, Martin Ward at running back and the foursome of Andre Snipes- Booker, Antavious Wilson, Aaron Dobson and former Nittany Lion Devon Smith at wide receiver. MARCUS CONSTANTINO | THE PARTHENON Defensively, the Herd finds seniors at Senior wide receivers Aaron Dobson (left) and Antavious Wilson (right) look on as the Thundering the linebacker spot in Devin Arrington Herd practice for the upcoming season. and safety with BC transfers Dominick Leganes and Okechukwu Okoroha. but Okoroha said they are ready for the he only thinks about this being his last When: Nov. 3 When: Nov. 10 Snipes-Booker said he knows what challenge. season when everything slows down in Who: Memphis Tigers Who: UAB Blazers is expected of him as one of the few Marshall’s seniors have already expe- front of him, but he already knows he seniors. rienced their last first practice and are is going to miss playing college football. Where: Huntington Where: Birmingham, Ala. Leadership. close to playing their last first game. “It’s the college experience,” Ar- “Motivating my guys, making our There are several last first experi- rington said. “You have tons of fun and team chemistry stronger and being a ences these nine players will go through you’re doing what you love, playing col- leader,” Snipes-Booker said. over the course of the season. lege football. I already know I’m going When Arrington found out he was part The first one of which is Saturday’s to miss it and because my teammates of one of the smallest senior classes in game against West Virginia Univer- are like my brothers.” the NCAA, he said it was a shock. sity and Snipes-Booker said he cannot Fortunately for Arrington and the “Spring ball is when I first really real- wait for his last shot at defeating the rest of the senior class, there are still ized it, but now it’s just something we Mountaineers. 12 guaranteed games in 2012 and they hear a lot,” Arrington said. “We’ll han- “This might be the last time Marshall don’t have to begin thinking about life dle it.” plays them and it’s my last time play- after Marshall football just yet. When: Nov. 17 When: Nov. 23 Wilson said he is using his experience ing them,” Snipes-Booker said. “I’m Adam Rogers can be contacted at as a freshmen dealing with seniors to 0-and-3 against them and I’m not try- [email protected]. Who: Houston Cougars Who: East Carolina Pirates be a better teammate. ing to be 0-and-4, “I’m trying to do the same thing those so I’m trying to Where: Huntington Where: Greenville, N.C. guys did for me,” Wilson said. make a big differ- These nine players know there is a ence out there.” GO HERD! lot of work to be done between them, Arrington said page designed and edited by JOHN GIBB | [email protected] 252955 MAMA ROSA’S PIZZA 252857 PARTHENON AD COLLIS P HUNTINGTON 2 x 5.0 NEW RIVER TRAIN 252859 2 x 4.0 SUNTIME TANNING AUGUST SPECIAL 2 x 2.0 C M Y K 50 INCH 3 FOOTBALL EDITION FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2012 | | MARSHALLPARTHENON.COM Rakeem Cato: Prepared and poised for the big stage BY JEREMY JOHNSON a victory against Florida said. “I look at film every down a lot more,” Cato said. Cato progressed might- “Tosuccess Onamission” SPORTS EDITOR International in the Beef day and see the things that When to throw the ball down ily down the closing stretch and he said it reminds him of Rakeem Cato relishes ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl as a true I did wrong and trying to the field and not to throw of last season and Dobson whom he is striving to be. the big stage; like a rock freshman. make progress every time the ball downfield, settle for said he is excited to see the “To be successful at ev- star who laps up the en- The stage doesn’t get any that I come out here and less or just the basic things growth of his sophomore erything I do both on the ergy of a devoted audience. bigger for the Thunder- practice. I just want to be like throwing the ball out of quarterback. field and off the field as a Cato feeds off of packed ing Herd quarterback than great.” bounds and those type of “He has grown up a lot,” man and as a player,” Cato houses and pressure-filled the Friends of Coal Bowl in In the 2011 season, the things.” Dobson said. “His maturity said. “That I am trying to environments. hostile Morgantown, West 6-foot 182-pound quarter- Senior wideout Aaron level is just out the roof. To do right now and just make This dates back to him Virginia to start the season. back threw for 15 touchdowns Dobson established a con- see somebody start their my life better and make the leading Miami Central High With a year under his belt and 11 interceptions. Cato nection with Cato in their true freshman year the first people around me lives bet- School to its first ever state Cato said he has continued said his decision-making has first year together. In the final game of the season to now, ter too.” title in 2010 and as recent to develop and evolve as a improved and the game has two Herd games, including he has grown up tremen- As a man, an athlete and as a bowl clinching 341 yard quarterback. slowed down and comes eas- the bowl game, the two con- dously and I can’t wait to quarterback for the Thun- two touchdown performance “My first year, it was a ier to him than last season. nected 11 times for 191 yards see what he is going to do dering Herd, Cato is primed against East Carolina and learning experience,” Cato “The defense has slowed and four touchdowns. this year.” for the spotlight. Instead of the traditional Jeremy Johnson can be first and last name for a face- contacted at johnson783@ book profile, Cato’s reads live.marshall.edu. 252680 DAVID W ROOF - MCGUIRE REALTY SPRING SOLUTIONS 2 x 5.0 3 / 3 / 3 MARCUS CONSTANTINO | THE PARTHENON Sophmore quarterback Rakeem Cato stands poised in the pocket as he delivers a pass against Southern Miss in his first collegiate victory.