We’ve already seen Ohio State begin a season on a Thursday night a couple of years ago at Indiana, and we’ve also witnessed a Friday night game vs. Northwestern this past year. Now, it appears as though the Buckeyes are headed back to a Thursday night to open up the 2021 campaign on the road against Minnesota.
The schedule already had the Gophers hosting Ohio State for the season opener, but the game was moved up by two days to fall in line with Minnesota’s desire to continue its opening games on Thursday night. The change from September 4th to the 2nd was first noticed by FBSSchedules.com when looking at Minnesota’s athletic website, and later confirmed by an Ohio State spokesman.
The Thursday night game is sure to ruffle a lot of traditionalists entrenched in Buckeye Nation, while others will like the weekday affair that has the Buckeyes as the feature of a weekday night, with the following Saturday off to do other things.
Queue up the wedding planning for Saturday, September 4.
