Even we beat writers who typically prefer noon games believe Ohio State vs. Texas should be a night game.
With how spectacular the atmosphere was for Ohio State’s home night College Football Playoff game against Tennessee, we want to see another primetime showcase for the Buckeyes’ season opener against the Longhorns. That doesn’t seem to be in the cards, however – unsurprisingly – with FOX set to broadcast the Cotton Bowl rematch, likely at noon.
As such, Ohio State finds itself facing the possibility of playing most of its big regular-season games at noon once again this year, though we do believe Ohio State vs. Penn State is a prime candidate for the marquee home night game Ohio State and its fans covet. But we’d love to see more transparency with the Big Ten television networks’ game selection process – which could be easily achieved by televising the networks’ game draft during a time on the calendar when sickos like us are starved for more college football content.
We share our thoughts on the season opener’s likely noon destiny, our kickoff time predictions for the rest of the season and how the networks could bring fans into the game selection process on a new episode of Press Coverage, which you can watch in the video at the top of the page or in the audio player below. (This episode is also available on Real Pod Wednesdays’ Spotify and Apple Podcasts feeds.)
The full rundown for our conversation:
- 0:00 Ohio State vs. Texas Should Be A Night Game, But It Will Probably Be A Noon Game
- 8:18 The Ohio Stadium Atmosphere Can Still Be Great for A Noon Game vs. Texas
- 13:34 Ohio State Should Pull Every String It Can to Make the Penn State Game A Night Game
- 15:33 The Big Ten TV Draft Should Be Televised (And Even Have Its Own Mel Kiper)
- 21:14 Wisconsin at 3:30? Purdue on Peacock? Dan’s Predictions for Ohio State’s Other Kickoff Times
