Schedule matters: Conference USA makes prime-time adjustments

Iowa State and Tulsa will play a rematch of last year’s all-weather mascots Liberty Bowl in ’13. (Fred Brooks/Icon SMI)

Conference USA has announced schedule adjustments for two conference games and two nonconference games, with all four contests moving into prime-time weeknight slots. The new dates are as follows:

• Iowa State at Tulsa, Thursday, September 26

• Marshall at Middle Tennessee State, Thursday, October 24

• Marshall at Tulsa, Thursday, November 14

• Florida Atlantic at Miami, Friday, August 30

The full 2013 league schedule is available for download here, if you’re into that sort of thing. Conference USA’s first scheduled games, as of this writing, will kick off on opening Thursday and feature the Blue Raiders and Golden Hurricane hosting Western Carolina and visiting Bowling Green, respectively.