Ohio State Kickoff Times: Big Noon Picks, TV Draft Tea Leaves & Schedule Speculation

On the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tony Gerdeman and Tom Orr discuss early TV time/network announcements and what they suggest about Ohio State’s 2026 schedule. They note Ohio State–Michigan is set for noon on Fox and Oklahoma–Michigan is also a noon Fox game, then explain Fox drafts weeks (not individual games) and likely used three top picks on Week 13 (Michigan), Week 2 (Oklahoma at Michigan), and Oct. 17 (Ohio State at Indiana). They speculate that Ohio State–Oregon likely won’t be Big Noon and could land at 3:30 on CBS, discuss how Notre Dame NBC windows, Big Ten Network obligations, and potential Peacock decisions affect placements, and project possibilities for early nonconference games, Texas in primetime, and Ohio State at Nebraska likely earlier to set up Michigan week.

00:00 Welcome and Setup
01:03 Big Noon Picks Explained
01:55 Fox Week Draft Mystery
03:50 Ohio State Oregon Time Guess
04:46 Other Marquee Games
06:20 Early Season Kickoffs
08:38 Network Obligations Peacock
10:39 More Schedule Clues Ahead
12:47 Midseason Game Time Projections
15:28 November Nights Nebraska
18:23 Wrap Up and Subscribe