Five evening kickoffs highlight Marshall football home slate

Marshall football will have evening kickoffs for five of its 2016 home games, the department learned Wednesday upon release of Conference USA’s 2016 television schedule.

CBS Sports Network will have Marshall in successive weeks, a 12 p.m. game against Akron on Sept. 17 and the 8 p.m. showdown with Louisville on Sept. 24.

The league’s newest television partner, beIn SPORTS, will have two Thundering Herd home games, a 6 p.m. contest against Morgan State on Sept. 10 and a 5:30 p.m. affair with Charlotte on Oct. 22.

American Sports Network will have six of Marshall’s games, all beginning at 7 p.m. They are: Oct. 8 at North Texas, Oct. 15 versus Florida Atlantic, Oct. 29 at Southern Miss, Nov. 5 at…