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Big Ten Football Championship Game to be noon kick

According to a release from the Big Ten Conference, its football championship will be played in FOX’s Noon window at Lucas Oil Stadium.

We’re still on the edge of our collective seats trying to figure out if the Ohio State football team will play enough games to make the Big Ten Championship Game — assuming it beats both Michigan State and Michigan. However, with or without OSU, we now know that time slot the game will be played.

According to a release from the Big Ten, the game will be televised by FOX and broadcast during the Big Noon Saturday window. The game will is still scheduled for December 19 and will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium. If OSU makes the game, it’ll mark the seventh time it either plays or was scheduled to play at Noon this season.

This year’s Big Ten Championship Game be the tenth game played. Ohio State has participated in five and won a conference tops four times. Wisconsin is the only team that has played in more Big Ten Championship games with six.

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If the Buckeyes can curb the coronavirus outbreak it is currently dealing with, they will be shooting for their fifth-straight Big Ten Championship.

Now, all that’s missing are two teams. Northwestern has the inside track in the West Division with OSU in the driver’s seat pending the status of this week and next week’s games. If OSU can’t play over the next couple of weeks, Indiana would be the next in line.

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Ohio State favored by -16.5 over Wisconsin in early Big Ten Championship rematch

The early line on the Big Ten Championship Game is out, and according to BetMGM, Ohio State is a -16.5 favorite over the Wisconsin Badgers.

It’s not quite February 2, but we’re going to get an early dose of Big Ten football Groundhog Day this coming Saturday. That’s because Ohio State and Wisconsin are going to meet for the second time this season in the Big Ten Championship Game.

Ohio State disposed of the Badgers rather easily the first time around back on October 26. The Buckeyes rolled up 431 yards of total offense — 264 on the ground — against what was the nation’s top ranked defense up until that point. Meanwhile, the defense throttled one of the countries’ top rushing offenses. It all amounted to a 38-7 whitewashing in the ‘Shoe.

So you might wonder what kind of line would be set for a rematch in that case. If you weren’t, we certainly were, and we have our answer. According to the online betting website BetMGM, The Buckeyes have been installed as an early -16.5 favorite to win Ohio State vs. Wisconsin 2.0.

*Odds via BetMGM. Access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Monday at 9:00 a.m. ET. 

It’s always interesting to see where odds go for rematches in the same season like this, and with the lopsided score the first time around, you may be wondering why the margin is not greater. Ahem, we were. I mean you had a game as the best indicator already.

You can probably point to the neutral field, and the challenges of facing a team the second time as rationale on this one. However, maybe this is the time for you to jump head first into this one if you are the betting type?

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