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Dan Lyons

Ohio State AD on Big Noon Controversy: 'Fans Deserve Some Marquee Night Games'

Ross Bjork acknowledged Ohio State fans' frustrations with the team's constant presence in Fox's 'Big Noon Saturday' slot with Week 1's game against Texas set for an early kickoff. | Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK

Ohio State football is one of the biggest programs in the country and the defending national champion, the type of team you expect to see regularly kicking off in prime time on Saturday nights in the fall.

Those big-time night games at The Shoe have become a relative rarity, however, after the Big Ten secured massive rights packages split between Fox, CBS and NBC. With the Big Ten now the centerpiece of its college football offering, Fox has gone to serious lengths to own the noon ET time slot, and as the Buckeyes are a constant in the national title conversation, that means a lot of brunch kickoffs for Ohio State fans.

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