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Virginia Tech’s future home-and-home series against Marshall will be played in 2023 in Huntington and 2024 in Blacksburg, Thundering Herd athletic director Mike Hamrick told a West Virginia radio station Monday morning.

It’s not clear if the exact dates have been set, but a source confirmed that Tech is considering replacing its Sept. 23, 2023, game at East Carolina and its Sept. 7, 2024, home date vs. ECU with the Marshall games. East Carolina was scheduled to visit Blacksburg on Sept. 22 of this year, but canceled because of Hurricane Florence.

Another source stressed that no dates have been decided for the Marshall games and they could replace any of Tech’s nonconference dates those years.

The Pirates agreed to play another ACC team, North Carolina State, on Dec. 1, leaving the Hokies scrambling for an opponent for a 12th game, a game the program wanted because — at 5-6 — it’s still one victory shy of becoming bowl eligible for a 26th straight year.

Hamrick also told the radio station that Marshall would have forfeited the $1.4 million insurance policy Conference USA had on its canceled Sept. 22 South Carolina game if the Herd had a chance to play a 12th game and passed.