Columbus is the epicenter of the college football universe today as No. 3 Ohio State gets set to clash with No. 7 Penn State at high noon in the Shoe.
Ahead of the matchup, college football's two biggest pregame shows, ESPN's College Gameday and Fox's Big Noon, set up shop in Columbus to break down the matchup along with the rest of the day's games.
Here are some highlights from each broadcast. We'll see if Lee Corso picks the Buckeyes and dons a Brutus head a little later this morning.
Urban Meyer received a hero's welcome on Fox Big Noon and led the crowd in a chant.
URBAN URBAN URBAN
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 21, 2023
(Via @BNKonFOX)
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He then broke down Penn State's defense with some help from Orlando Pace and LaVar Arrington.
It's a special edition of 'Urban's Playbook' in Columbus @CoachUrbanMeyer breaks down Penn State's 'violent hands' on defense with special guests @LaVarArrington and Orlando Pace pic.twitter.com/GhGeK3OocM
— Big Noon Kickoff (@BNKonFOX) October 21, 2023
Troy Smith has some thoughts on the showdown. Like you, he advocates throwing the ball to Marvin Harrison Jr.
"Throw it to 18 please." @OhioStateFB legend Troy Smith joins the show to discuss Penn State vs Ohio State with @markingramII and @CoachUrbanMeyer pic.twitter.com/ND8TN2nAEO
— Big Noon Kickoff (@BNKonFOX) October 21, 2023
While most of the fan signs focused on Michigan's sign stealing scandal, this one digging Penn State was top shelf.
Reminder to update your passwords pic.twitter.com/TEDdoCm1gz
— Big Noon Kickoff (@BNKonFOX) October 21, 2023
Most of the signs referencing Michigan's latest scandal were frankly not all that creative but this one was well-played.
This is too much #CollegeGameDay pic.twitter.com/rVDJL6SQGn
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) October 21, 2023
"Harbaugh for Prison" is something we can all get behind.
We got our first "Harbaugh for Prison" sign from the Ohio State faithful. pic.twitter.com/cxJBIXXajQ
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) October 21, 2023
Happy Halloween.
Spooky season pic.twitter.com/AKnlwz4zVr
— Big Noon Kickoff (@BNKonFOX) October 21, 2023
The shows will move inside the Shoe here shortly.
Dueling networks at field level. GameDay and Big Noon. pic.twitter.com/067m8o6qZj
— Ben Jones (@Ben_Jones88) October 21, 2023
Gameday's guest picker, C.J. Stroud, is in the house.
Welcome back, C.J. pic.twitter.com/JZirq4miqD
— Eleven Warriors (@11W) October 21, 2023
