Fans Livid That Ohio State-Texas College Football Playoff Rematch Is Big Noon Game

College football fans are not happy the game is kicking off at noon ET.

Ryan Day (left) and Steve Sarkisian (right) will meet once again in Week 1 of the 2025 college football season. / Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Following the pattern of NFL schedule leaks, Fox Sports on Monday announced that it would be broadcasting the defending-champion Ohio State Buckeyes' season-opening game against the Texas Longhorns at noon ET. Given that the Buckeyes-Longhorns game, in addition to being a College Football Playoff semifinal rematch, is also a battle of projected top-five teams, fans were hoping the game would be a primetime showdown.

That fact that it was instead a 12 p.m. ET kickoff, complete with Fox Sports' Big Noon Kickoff pregame show, left fans irate, to say the least.

Big Noon Kickoff is the worst thing to happen to american sports

— Official Ohio State DG (@DylanEveryday) May 12, 2025

This game being on Big Noon is disgusting. A top 5 match-up to kickoff the season should be primetime. https://t.co/j4NMIveYJl

— JBook. (@JBook_37) May 12, 2025

Texas at Ohio State being a Big Noon Kickoff game is a crime against humanity.

THIS is what Texas at Ohio State should look like: https://t.co/pPXJ4MRq2d pic.twitter.com/dvtr0tvbqE

— College Sports Only 🏈 🏀 ⚾️ (@CollegeSportsO) May 12, 2025

This should be prime time. Noon games are awful

— kylefromohio (@kylefrmohio) May 12, 2025

Let me guess, Big Noon Kickoff

— Alex ✞ (@GreatRajsel) May 12, 2025

It's not the first time that college football fans, specifically those in the Big Ten, have voiced their displeasure with noon ET kickoffs.

And it likely won't be the last.

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