HUNTINGTON — Conference USA is falling behind in college football — every fan board is full of it and national media as well – well – when they notice the league period. Not only is attendance stagnant, the television deal is way down in money and national exposure and the league just stinks, record-wise, against the out-of-conference teams in 2016.
The league took a tremendous hit this year on television rights, losing FOX Sports and all of its entities (FOX Ohio and Root Sports Pittsburgh, both of whom carried a lot of Marshall programming) for minimal coverage on ESPN and CBS Sports Network and now finds itself counting on ASN and newcomer beIN SPORTS, as well as a C-USA TV online (a service that has been beaten up by fans around the league even a $6.