Conference USA Media Blitz Recap
August 03, 2005 | Football
GREENVILLE, N.C.- East Carolina's first-year head coach Skip Holtz and seniors Gary Freeman and Richard Koonce concluded the 2005 Conference USA Media Day Tuesday afternoon in Memphis, Tenn.
All 12 C-USA head football coaches from the new look conference, two players from each school and Conference USA commissioner Britton Banowsky appeared live on-air to preview the 2005 football season and answer questions submitted by fans online at ConferenceUSA.com.
Held at the Hilton in Memphis, Tenn., the Conference USA Football Media Blitz was hosted by CSTV's Brian Curtis. This was the first time that C-USA's Football Media Day had live national television coverage.
Conference USA is entering into the first year of a six-year agreement to televise football on College Sports Television (CSTV). The agreement with CSTV is comprehensive in nature and includes significant national and regional exposure for football, men's and women's basketball, and all other Conference USA sports. Additionally, the CSTV agreement includes video-on-demand, Internet, broadband, national over-the-air and satellite radio, and wireless distribution as well as corporate marketing rights, and website production through CSTV Online, a subsidiary of CSTV. CSTV will allow C-USA constituents to see more C-USA sports than ever before and in more media platforms than previously seen.
Conference USA welcomes six new members to the league this fall. Marshall, Rice, SMU, Tulsa, UCF and UTEP join C-USA, teaming with East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, Southern Miss, Tulane and UAB to form a 12-team all-sports conference.
For a complete wrap-up of Conference USA's Football Media Day please click on C-USA Media Day link.
