Marshall Faulk was not happy with his team's resounding 77-6 loss to the University of Houston on Saturday. The matchup was one of several money games FCS HBCU programs played over the past couple of weeks, and it was Faulk's first money game. In comments obtained by Kevin Batiste, Faulk expressed his disappointment with the result and what it meant.

#Southern head coach Marshall Faulk kept it real following the 77-6 loss to No. 22 Houston.

Not only on his team's performance but "money games" and the challenges in general. Full postgames presser below. @WAFB pic.twitter.com/mPQGK2WsN0

— Kevin Batiste (@KBatisteJr) September 13, 2026

“That was awful. That wasn't really a game. That was a kind of a pre-season crash dummy test for Houston to work on all their good plays, and we didn't show up…I felt like, for the most part, the guys that we had in early, our guys that's going to play, I feel like they gave the effort. But let's just be real, okay? They're better than us. All right? They're better than us. They're ranked what, twenty-second? We're FCS. Everybody know what this is. Let it be what it is. We're gonna get better, we're gonna lick our wounds, and get ready to play some football.”

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He then talked about maintaining his players' health after the Houston game and heading into SWAC play.

“I don't know. I know we have a couple of guys dinged up, but for the most part, I'm gonna say yes. Listen, man, I took my guys out. I wanted to make sure that we were healthy. We got SWAC play coming up in two weeks, and as much as winning this game seemed important as it started, with the start that we had, I just needed to make sure — or ensure — that we got out of this game as healthy as possible.”

Southern is set to play Louisiana Christian University at home on Saturday and then prepare for a battle against rival Jackson State on September 26.