Illinois at Ohio State Will Kickoff at 3:30pm

By 11W Staff - 28 October 2012
30 Comments
- OSU
- Football

ESPN will televise the blowout. (twitter.com)

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ATXbucknut on 28 Oct 2012 - 12:48am #

Woo hoo! I was sure it would be a nooner. I haven't missed a game in years, but my kid's b-day party is at noon this Saturday, so I thought I was going to miss a game. Thank you ESPN!

kr66osu on 28 Oct 2012 - 12:52am #

Yessss!

I thought this was definitely going to be a noon game

omahabeef1337 on 28 Oct 2012 - 12:53am #

I can hardly believe my eyes. A 3:30PM START!!!

VHX7 on 28 Oct 2012 - 12:55am #

Looks like ESPN learned from today that you need to spread the crappy matchups out a little bit instead of putting them all at 12:00PM.

Urban John Simo... on 28 Oct 2012 - 12:58am #

Sadly, I will be out of the country for a little while. Worst timing ever, but what can I do... I told my boss that it was damn-near criminal to send me away in the middle of the B1G in conference play.

Sadly, I think this is the last game I'll get to watch this year.

omahabeef1337 on 28 Oct 2012 - 1:09am #

Don't know what your internet situation will be while you're gone, but if you have ESPN, figure out how to log into watchespn.com (and not just let your home connection do it automatically). Like, when I'm not home I can still use my TWC login info to watch games away from home. There's also less reliable streams out there as well which are free.

Urban John Simo... on 28 Oct 2012 - 1:28am #

I'm in the Army, so where I'm headed is pretty austere. There will be no civilian internet. I'm afraid I'll be stuck without the Buckeyes...

ATXbucknut on 28 Oct 2012 - 1:36am #

Will you be able to watch AFN where you're going? The game will surely be on AFN.

jfunk on 28 Oct 2012 - 6:02am #

Don't count on it. AFN has done a piss poor job of showing Ohio State games this year, and really Big Ten games in general.

"Anything easy ain't worth a damn." - Wayne Woodrow Hayes

Urban John Simo... on 28 Oct 2012 - 3:31pm #

Yeah, I'm not headed to an area that's built up enough to have AFN.

I'm actually a 46Z, formerly a 46R (Broadcast Journalist) and I used to work for AFN, and can tell you it's impossible to please everyone with sports covereage. 8 channels to work with, and fans from across the country makes for irate individuals every weekend. Add to that the complaints we got for showing too much sports on the weekend... It was enough to make me wish to be in an infantry unit.

gravey on 28 Oct 2012 - 1:08am #

Hate Illinois. Don't predict blowouts....Purdue? Indiana?

omahabeef1337 on 28 Oct 2012 - 1:10am #

Don't worry about it. It's not like Illinois has a history of giving OSU tough games when they shouldn't... oh wait.

In all seriousness, I can't imagine next week being competitive.

Poison nuts on 28 Oct 2012 - 6:15pm #

I hope it's not competitive...I believe we all deserve at least one completely stress free game this year.

The world is full of kings & queens who'll blind your eyes & steal your dreams - it's heaven & hell - Ronnie James Dio.

Buckeyevstheworld on 28 Oct 2012 - 9:43pm #

So true. We haven't had one of those since week 1.

"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.

cbusbuckeye on 28 Oct 2012 - 1:22am #

Thank god.

MediBuck on 28 Oct 2012 - 6:00am #

I can't wait for us to clean house with Illinois. I despise Tim Beckman and think the real brains behind his success at Toledo were his OC at the time (now HC) Matt Campbell. See: Toledo at Arizona and Cincinnati at Toledo this year.

The Illini will be even worse than the Zook era and boot Beckman in three year's time (not that I'm complaining, as they play in OSU's division).

"There is a force that makes us all brothers, no one goes his way alone." --Woody Hayes

Doc on 28 Oct 2012 - 9:10am #

Thank goodness. At least one non-nooner. Bring on the Fighting' Turribles!

rkylet83 on 28 Oct 2012 - 12:03pm #

It would be nice to have a good old fashioned blowout game, however those have been the ones we've struggled the most...UAB, Indiana, Purdue...ugh.

I want to see some jazz in the 4th quarter!

bucknutz18 on 28 Oct 2012 - 6:29pm #

There is a God

BoFuquel on 28 Oct 2012 - 6:59pm #

Beware The Boyz From Sham Pain.GO BUCKS!

I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.

jestertcf on 28 Oct 2012 - 7:16pm #

So looking at the stadings http://espn.go.com/college-football/conferences/standings/_/id/5/big-ten..., If we beat the Illini on Saturday do we clinch a share of at least a share of the leaders division?

~Because we couldn't go for three~

Alhan on 28 Oct 2012 - 7:30pm #

I'm surprised it isn't a night game like Indiana...

This is great though. I have s 15 month old daughter that goes to bed at 7 (and turns into a monster if she doesn't) so afternoon games are much better for my ability to watch without waking her. :-)

You can kill a fly with your slipper or a cannon. Either way, the fly dies. -Ramzy

TheHostileDwarf on 28 Oct 2012 - 8:33pm #

I'm pretty sure the B1G policy is to not permit night games in November.

Buckeyevstheworld on 28 Oct 2012 - 9:44pm #

I'm not going to be confident until it's 35-0. :/

"YOLO" = I'm about to do something extremely ignorant/stupid & I need an excuse to do it.

GoBucks713 on 28 Oct 2012 - 10:08pm #

Ill be at a wedding that starts at 5. I was really pulling for a nooner here.

-The Aristocrats!

NoVA Buckeye on 28 Oct 2012 - 10:36pm #

Don't people know NOT to schedule weddings during football season?

"I like to kick Michigan's ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all out of gum."

Alhan on 29 Oct 2012 - 8:47am #

I'm not validating the choice to have the wedding at this time (I mean, there's a bye week the week after for crying out loud!), but at least it was scheduled for Illinois and not PSU, Wisky, or Michy!

Are you part of the wedding party or just attending? If its the latter, there are plenty of ways to stay up to speed on your phone! (Like 11W's live blog)

You can kill a fly with your slipper or a cannon. Either way, the fly dies. -Ramzy

GoBucks713 on 29 Oct 2012 - 9:55am #

I'm just attending so ill be listening to the game. Earbuds are an amazing thing.

-The Aristocrats!

Urban John Simo... on 28 Oct 2012 - 10:36pm #

Who gets married on a Saturday in the Fall? I got quite the mean looks when I skipped out on one of my wife's cousin's weddings. She got married on Nov. 22, the same day as OSU v. scUM. I calmly explained to my inlaws and wife that there was no way in hell that I was going to skip the game to attend a wedding for someone I could barely pick out of a crowd, and especially not one who would be so inconsiderate as to schedule her wedding on a Saturday during football season. I just don't get it...