23-05-2025
Ohio State vs Texas could have been a night game but the Longhorns had better ideas
Ohio State vs Texas could have been a night game but the Longhorns had better ideas
According to sources on both sides, Ohio State proposed moving the Week 1 game with Texas back to a later kickoff time, but the Longhorns have said — Patrick Murphy (@_Pat_Murphy) May 22, 2025
Well, this should be fun fodder for the college football game this fall between Ohio State and Texas. Not only is there the backdrop of a rematch of last year's College Football Playoff semifinal Cotton Bowl, but now, it appears as though the Longhorns wouldn't play nice in the sandbox in trying to create a better environment in the 'Shoe for the matchup of what should be two top ten (maybe top five) teams in Week 1 of 2025. At least according to a report from 247Sports.
There was a collective Scarlet and Gray exhale and roll of the eyes when it was announced that the game would be on FOX because, well -- the love/hate (OK mostly hate) relationship between the network and a slew of sterile Noon games Ohio State has been a part of through the years. Many believed -- and probably rightfully so -- that the game of that magnitude would again be a part of the "Big Noon Kickoff" that has been an unwelcome staple of Ohio State brisk air autumns the last few years.
However, it now appears as though there was some negotiating going on in the background to actually move the game to a Sunday night affair, from Saturday, Aug. 30 to Sunday, Aug. 31, to make the game a better atmosphere and a made for television early-season experience. That was apparently not met with grand favor by the brass at Texas however.
And while I guess you can't blame the Longhorns for trying to keep the game in a time slot and vacuum that gives them the best chance to win, I wonder if Ohio State would feel the same way if things were reversed. Actually, I'm quite sure the fine folks making decisions on the banks of the Olentangy would want to make it a marquee night game and play it up because there aren't too many programs that shy away from the spotlight less than OSU. After all, it's why you go to a place like Texas and Ohio State, right?
Oh well, at least there is next year when the Buckeyes travel to Austin for a return trip. That one will most assuredly be a night game with the contract ABC has with the SEC, it's just too bad it's a road game and OSU fans won't get to fill the venerable Ohio Stadium for a magical setting.
Horns down on this one.
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