Canton
OSU faces one more with Penn State
Sunday, October 7, 2007
By TODD PORTER
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. At this rate, Jim Tressel might have to start working afternoons. Saturday night's game at Ross-Ade Stadium against No. 20 Purdue was the second straight prime-time game for the Buckeyes.
And it's still not their last. Ohio State heads to Penn State in three weeks for another 8 p.m. kickoff, which will give the Buckeyes three 8 p.m. starts in five games. The Purdue game was the first time in
OSU history the Buckeyes played consecutive night games.
That wasn't by Ohio State's choice. Network television (in this case ABC and ESPN) decides which games it wants to do in prime time, and the host school has to agree to it.
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