Time to Refocus
Western turns attention to rest of season after shocking and lopsided loss to Marshall By Mike Moore Staff Writer Parma – The opportunity was the program’s third 3-0 start to a season ever, a ticket halfway punched to a playoff berth. That was the plan for the Western football team entering Friday night’s home tilt with Marshall. Reality dealt a cold and harsh blow to all that when a 14-6 battle turned into a 41-13 nightmare. “It’s a tough loss. Things kind of avalanched on us in the second half,” Western coach Dave Mifsud said after the loss. “I don’t think that half exemplifies the kind of team we are. Mistakes really crushed our hopes. They’re a good team and they took advantage of it.” Western owned the ball and the first quarter. In two drives the Panthers possessed the ball for more than nine minutes and took a 6-0 lead when Austin Cooper scored on a 1-yard run with just 1:39 to play in the opening frame. It was downhill from there, though. Marshall scored on the first play of the second quarter when Forrest Jackson scampered 45 yards. The teams traded chances and possessions before Brad Heidenreich hit…
