Ohio State does Thursday for opener

Ohio State will open the season on Thursday night against Marshall next fall.

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Saw this and was surprised. ESPN already has two games for that night (Southern Miss-South Carolina and USC-Hawai’i) so my guess would be that this will be on the BTN, much like Indiana had a Thur night game in 2009 to open the season. Seems odd to me unless the BTN is compelling various schools to have a Thur night game in week #1 — here’s hoping PSU never does that, as it would make it damn near impossible for many in our fanbase to attend.

by Laaaaazzz on Jan 13, 2010 11:44 PM EST reply actions

WE ARE

way too country to have a Thursday night game.

by DerryPharmer on Jan 14, 2010 8:27 AM EST reply actions

That seems like an odd decision

It’s not like Ohio State is a Big East team who can’t get on TV on Saturday. It seems that there is no upside. All they are doing is forcing a ton of people to either take two days off of work or eat the tickets to the first game of the year.

by cpm126 on Jan 14, 2010 8:43 AM EST reply actions

Well I think a lot of OSU’s fans are more local than PSU’s. It makes this more doable for them.

I don’t get it either, but maybe week one is stacked and OSU didn’t think they’d get picked up nationally? The chances of week one being stacked are low but I’m not going to bother looking up that schedule in January.

I know about your diabolical plan.

by KevinHD on Jan 14, 2010 11:39 AM EST up reply actions

I don’t get it either, but maybe week one is stacked and OSU didn’t think they’d get picked up nationally?

Virtually all Big Ten home games are broadcast nationally — the only exceptions would be split national games on ABC in primetime (like PSU/Illinois in 2008). Otherwise all games are carried on some combination of ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 or the BTN on a national basis. OSU/Marshall would have likely been a BTN broadcast on Sat and maybe even an ESPN/ESPN2 broadcast.

With this, it looks likely that Marshall/OSU will be carried on the BTN, as they did with Indiana last year on the Thursday night of week 1. I guess it gives some exposure in that they won’t be on the BTN on some overflow channel, but I doubt that’s the reason. It probably has more to do with getting the tea name out on a Thur night without being lost in the shuffle of all the Sat games.

I do hope we never see a Thur night home game at PSU. Not because I have anything against being on TV on a Thursday, but because it would be so hard and inconvenient for a ton of the season ticket holders to go.

by Laaaaazzz on Jan 14, 2010 10:27 PM EST up reply actions

I can actually buy some of this

“Along with providing maximum national exposure for our Rose Bowl champions, this unique starting date and time allows our team and fans to escape the heat of the day, and breaks up a string of four consecutive Saturday home games to start the season,” Smith said. “It will allow fans to enjoy other events throughout the Labor Day weekend. We see it as a treat for Buckeye fans and an exciting way to open the 2010 campaign.”

Marshall is such a nonevent I can see fans wanting to get it over with so they can do something interesting on the long weekend.

I know about your diabolical plan.

by KevinHD on Jan 14, 2010 11:45 AM EST reply actions

I kind of agree.

I have never liked PSU opening with a “cupcake” on LD weekend. I’d rather spend it with family at the shore or in the backyard. I think it’s a smooth move by the Bucks.

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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by PaJoe on Jan 14, 2010 2:57 PM EST up reply actions

I guess when you get older, LD takes on a whole new meaning.

Cause I read that and wondered how you picked a specific LD weekend. Then the connection made sense.

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by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 14, 2010 4:26 PM EST up reply actions

Let's just pray to Zug, or whatever deity you want

that Marshall pulls and Appy State on top 5 ranked Ohio State.

PLEEEEEAAAASEEEE!

by dawsonPSU10 on Jan 14, 2010 10:59 PM EST reply actions

Why???

I would think we want tOSU to win all their games …..except one…..PSU. That gives us the best shot for notoriety. Same way for any Big 10 team that we play (don’t want one of those schools that have rotated off the schedule to go undefeated).

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi

by PaJoe on Jan 15, 2010 11:07 AM EST up reply actions

I'm looking at it from the Pryor heisman angle

He’s already getting hype (again) before the season even starts as being a heisman front runner, despite no evidence he’s improved besides one good game against Oregon. He’d have to put up ridiculous numbers if he wanted to still be in the Heisman discussion after losing to Marshall.

by dawsonPSU10 on Jan 15, 2010 2:51 PM EST up reply actions

Agree, kinda

I want tOSU to go 4-0 non-conference just as I want all Big Ten schools to do. Beyond that, I have no problem with them going 1-7 in conference (along with Michigan going 0-8) because they’d be losing to other Big Ten schools.

tOSU losing to Marshall does no good for PSU.

by Laaaaazzz on Jan 15, 2010 10:14 PM EST up reply actions