The Ohio State Buckeyes’ streak that fans and even media have come to hate will continue.
The Big Ten announced Monday that the Nov. 23 game between Ohio State and Indiana will be Fox Sports’ Big Noon Saturday game.
That will mean the Buckeyes will finish the season with six straight noon games. All but one of those will be Big Noon games; the Nov. 16 game against Northwestern is on the Big Ten Network. Ohio State’s Sept. 21 game against Marshall was also in the Big Noon slot.
Buckeyes fans have been expressing their anger at the scheduling rut. They’re especially miffed about the noon home games, where fans miss out on the experience of night games at Ohio Stadium. So news of yet another noon game didn’t go over well, especially for a marquee game that will have College Football Playoff implications.
Bro you can’t be serious…. Ohio State Indiana is a fox big noon kickoff.
Ban Big Noon kickoff man. This terrible
Should be a 7:30 game.
and I speak for EVERYONE when I say NOBODY wants to watch this at noon.
FOX BIG NOON KICKOFF is the biggest joke to happen in CFB
— Blaze Saksa (@blaze_saksa_) November 11, 2024
Ohio State vs Marshall. Big noon
Ohio State vs Nebraska. Big noon
Ohio State vs Penn State. Big noon
Ohio State vs Purdue. Big noon
Ohio State vs Indiana. Big noon
Ohio State vs Michigan. Big noon@joelklatt surly there are other teams you can suck the life out of? We didn’t…— 🌰ohiovworld🌰 (@23ohioVworld23) November 8, 2024
One can only wonder how Fox Sports lead play-by-play announcer Gus Johnson feels about another Ohio State game on his schedule. During Saturday’s Ohio State-Purdue game, the announcer seemed oddly subdued, even bored, on many big plays. Fans did not criticize him, but instead sympathized with him for having to call another Buckeyes game.
Like…if he’s sick that’s fine let him have a game off. But it’s probably because they’re here every other week and have killed the night game atmosphere for the entire conference https://t.co/2TRwXHf6Xh
— BMerr🦦 (@BMerrJr_9) November 9, 2024
It must be pointed out that Ohio State fans aren’t the only ones who have complained about Fox Sports’ Big Noon games taking away primetime matchups. Penn State hosted Ohio State on Nov. 2, a game between two traditional powers that would have been a perfect fit in primetime, and likely would have been the Nittany Lions’ traditional “White Out” game. Some Penn State fans threatened to boycott Big Noon Kickoff because Fox Sports stuck the game in the noon slot.
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