Here is a logo of a mid-major college football program, the Marshall University Thundering Herd, used from 1985 until 1989, when the school was a Division 1-AA team playing in the Southern Conference. They upgraded to Division 1-A when they joined the Mid-American Conference. The school suffered a major tragedy in 1970, when a plane crash killed 37 members of the football team. Thundering Herd players who have gone on to play in the NFL include Randy Moss, Ahmad Bradshaw, Byron Leftwich, Chad Pennington and Hall of Famer Frank Gatski.