As it turns out, he hopes Florida is just as good to him in bowl season.
On Sunday, Marshall accepted a bid to play Northern Illinois, the Mid-American Conference champion, in the inaugural Boca Raton Bowl, which will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 23, at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida.
Tickets for the Boca Raton Bowl are $40 each and can be bought online through Herdzone.com. They can also be purchased during normal ticket office hours at the Cam Henderson Center.
Conference USA's bowl tie-ins could've had Marshall the Conference USA Champion heading to the Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl to take on a bowl-eligible Big Ten team.
Unlike many conferences, Conference USA no longer denotes a "home bowl" for its champion an aspect which dissolved two years ago when the conference and the Liberty Bowl cut ties. Read more here: http://www.herald-dispatch.com/x1753192382/Herd-to-play-in-Boca-Raton-Bowl
