Ohio State's 2016 is short one night game.
In a rare move and at the request of ESPN, the Big Ten announced Friday the Northwestern game, originally scheduled for Oct. 29th at 5:30 p.m. ET, will kick off at 3:30 instead.
The Wildcats play Michigan State in East Lansing this Saturday before hosting Indiana next week. For the Buckeyes, it will be a return to comfy confines after back-to-back road trips to Madison Wisconsin, and State College, Pennsylvania.
ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 will broadcast the two schools' first meeting since 2009 from Columbus.
