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Marshall Football, NIL Offers And Tudor’s Biscuits … Oh, My

Coach Huff’s offer to Ohio State players might have been a joke, but the Thundering Herd breakfast sandwich isn’t. It’s a meal in itself.

Near A Tudor’s Biscuit World, OH – Sausage, potato, egg, cheese.

If that’s not enough, stack those four ingredients inside a large and deliciously flaky biscuit.

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At Tudor’s Biscuit World they call it the Thundering Herd. It takes two hands, so it’s not driving friendly. I should know. I’ve tried. And failed.

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Besides, this is a breakfast meal to be enjoyed sitting still, not distracted by traffic or GPS instructions. So slow down, pull over and sit a spell like any good West Virginian would. Marshall head football coach Charles Huff surely would before country roads took him home.

So what in the name of wild and wonderful does the leader of the Thundering Herd have to do with the best biscuit place East of the Mississippi and probably beyond?

On Tuesday, he talked about it during his game-week press conference heading into Saturday’s noon kickoff at Ohio State. In the new age of NIL deals for college athletes, Coach Huff doesn’t have to be shy about using an all-you-can-eat biscuits NIL deal at Tudor’s as a recruiting tool. And the 24-second video has gone viral.

In the video he let it be known, “If any of those guys that run really, really fast at Ohio State like Tudor’s Biscuits, I promise you all you can eat all day if you transfer here.”


Huff, of course, was speaking with his tongue firmly planted in his cheek. Unless he was picking some leftover biscuit out of his teeth. Think what you must about NIL deals and the transfer portal, but at least we get some good jokes out of it.

As the name suggests, the Thundering Herd packs more than enough calories to get you to a late lunch.

I’m not in the habit of making restaurant suggestions. But if a Tudor’s is anywhere near you, here’s what you do this Saturday morning before the Ohio State Buckeyes kick off at noon against the Marshall Thundering Herd.

Get in the drive-thru line – there’s always a line – about 9 a.m. The sprawling menu of biscuit breakfast sandwiches can be overwhelming. But because Ohio State is playing Marshall, just order the Thundering Herd.

The next time you’ll even think about getting out of the recliner that sits across the room from your 65-inch flat screen to eat again, the Buckeyes will have likely thundered to a comfortable halftime lead.

All that speed…Marshall coach Charles Huff calls the Buckeyes (Jeremiah Smith, above) the best team he’s ever seen on film.

Huff won’t be surprised if that happens. He said Tuesday the Buckeyes are the best team he’s ever seen on film.

If you didn’t know or haven’t surmised by now, Tudor’s was founded in West Virginia. And since 1980 it has spread from Charleston to Huntington – the home of Marshall University – and on into Ohio, Kentucky and Florida.

Some Tudor’s will do you good, too, if you have anxiety about playing Marshall because of the 2004 game that came down to Mike Nugent’s 55-yard winning field goal as time expired. That Marshall team finished 6-6. Last year’s Marshall team finished 6-7, so anxiety eating shouldn’t be a problem.

Just enjoy Tudor’s for the culinary experience it is.

My first Tudor’s experience happened a dozen or so years ago in Xenia. And the Thundering Herd obviously became my go-to. If you happen to prefer ham over sausage, side with West Virginia University and go with the Mountaineer.

Discovering the most satisfying breakfast sandwiches on earth hasn’t scored me an NIL deal and won’t get you an NIL deal, but you’ll thank me.

If Charles Huff and I ever meet to talk football, I hope it’s at Tudor’s.

And I know what we’re ordering.

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