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LGHL Former Buckeye Julian Fleming injured in fatal ATV accident
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Former Buckeye Julian Fleming injured in fatal ATV accident
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All the Buckeye news thats fit to re-print.
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Former Penn State, Ohio State WR Julian Fleming injured in fatal ATV crash
Steve Gardner, USA TODAY
Big Ten Coaches Talk Anonymously About Conference Foes for 2025
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Here’s what fans want Ohio State’s broadcast schedule to look like
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You’re Nuts: If you were in charge, how would you set up Ohio State’s broadcast schedule?
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Quincy Porter Called the “Next One” at Wide Receiver for Buckeyes By Jeremiah Smith
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Ohio State baseball adds MLB legacy Kayden Campbell to its 2026 class
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Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Brooke LaValley/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK
All the Buckeye news thats fit to re-print.
Look, we get it. Your days are busy and you don’t have time to read all of the stories and tweets from the three dozen websites dedicated to covering Ohio State athletics, or the 237 Buckeye beat writers churning out hot takes and #content on a daily basis. But that’s ok, that’s what your friends at Land-Grant Holy Land are here for.
Monday through Friday, we’ll be collecting all of the articles, tweets, features, interviews, videos, podcasts, memes, photos, and whatever else we stumble across on the interwebz and putting them in our daily “Why is this News?” article. That way, you’ll have a one-stop shop for all of the most important Buckeye news, jokes, and analysis.
You’re welcome!
On the Gridiron
Former Penn State, Ohio State WR Julian Fleming injured in fatal ATV crash
Steve Gardner, USA TODAY
Big Ten Coaches Talk Anonymously About Conference Foes for 2025
Athlon Sports
Five clutch performances by Ohio State footballers over the last 25 years
Brett Ludwiczak, Land-Grant Holy Land
What past Ohio State quarterback competitions tell us about the current battle
Spencer Holbrook, Lettermen Row
With College Football Playoff Experience, Luke Montgomery Could Anchor Ohio State’s Offensive Line in 2025
Andy Anders, Eleven Warriors
Here’s what fans want Ohio State’s broadcast schedule to look like
Matt Tamanini, Land-Grant Holy Land
Ohio State: Even in futile effort, Buckeyes at least did not go down easy
Austin Ward, Dotting The Eyes
You’re Nuts: If you were in charge, how would you set up Ohio State’s broadcast schedule?
Matt Tamanini and Jami Jurich, Land-Grant Holy Land
Quincy Porter Called the “Next One” at Wide Receiver for Buckeyes By Jeremiah Smith
Andy Anders, Eleven Warriors
On the Hardwood
You’re Nuts: What do you expect from A’mare Bynum?
Justin Golba and Connor Lemons, Land-Grant Holy Land
Outside the Shoe and Schott
Ohio State baseball adds MLB legacy Kayden Campbell to its 2026 class
Mick Walker, Lettermen Row
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LGHL Here’s what fans want Ohio State’s broadcast schedule to look like
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Here’s what fans want Ohio State’s broadcast schedule to look like
Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
You ask, we answer. Sometimes we ask, others answer. And then other times, we ask, we answer.
From now until preseason camp starts in August, Land-Grant Holy Land will be writing articles around a different theme every week. This week is all about what we would do if we were in charge of our favorite position group, team, conference, or sport. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all of our ”If I Was in Charge” articles here.
Throughout the year, we will be asking and answering questions about various Ohio State teams, the players, and anything else on our collective minds of varying degrees of importance. If you have a question that you would like to ask, you can tweet us @LandGrant33, or if you need more than 280 characters, send an email HERE.
Like you, we get annoyed with nearly every major Ohio State game being played at noon. While I personally probably have a higher tolerance for it than many other fans, even I can recognize that it has an impact on the excitement in the stadium, and even more, I realize that it can be a major detriment when it comes to recruiting.
So, this week, our fan survey asked a few questions about the Buckeyes’ current broadcast arrangements. To stick with our theme this week, we wanted to see what you would do if you were in charge.
Take a look at the consensus results below, and if you feel compelled to either agree or disagree with them, head to the comment at the bottom of the page and let us know.
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To me, answering this question with conviction requires a little more information. For me to have a fully fleshed-out rationale, I would want to know how Ohio State’s media rights deals would be impacted. Because I know that a big part of the $7+ billion that the Big Ten is currently pulling in is predicated on Fox being able to put the biggest games of the week at 12 noon ET.
While there are many upsides, one of the negatives with Ohio State being the biggest brand in college football is that their games get picked in the weekly broadcast draft pretty early, meaning that, often times, Fox is going to put them at noon.
Therefore, if we say “no noon games ever,” then it is essentially a certainty that Fox will refuse to pay out the exorbitant amount of money that it currently is. And, while it will likely be to a lesser degree, the channel will almost certainly still do so if we put a cap on the number of noon games the Buckeyes play.
So, the goal here for me is to find the balance between the number of acceptable noon games and how much money OSU would have to forfeit. I would probably be comfortable going The Game at noon, two cupcakes at noon, and one other marquee game at noon.
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Between Big Ten Network, ESPN, FS1, and Peacock, there are a lot of channels that you have to pay for if you want to be guaranteed to watch every single one of Ohio State’s football games each season. While it is relatively rare these days for a sports fan to not have some sort of cable, satellite, or live TV streaming service, by moving all of OSU’s games to broadcast channels (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, and even The CW if you want to go that far), that would mean that technically, you would not have to pay to watch a single game.
Currently, the vast majority of Buckeye games are on Fox, CBS, and NBC, but there are guaranteed games on BTN and Peacock every season. While a return to the traditional broadcast world of decades past isn’t ever going to happen, it sure would make things a lot easier.
Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in Ohio State fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
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Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
You ask, we answer. Sometimes we ask, others answer. And then other times, we ask, we answer.
From now until preseason camp starts in August, Land-Grant Holy Land will be writing articles around a different theme every week. This week is all about what we would do if we were in charge of our favorite position group, team, conference, or sport. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all of our ”If I Was in Charge” articles here.
Throughout the year, we will be asking and answering questions about various Ohio State teams, the players, and anything else on our collective minds of varying degrees of importance. If you have a question that you would like to ask, you can tweet us @LandGrant33, or if you need more than 280 characters, send an email HERE.
Like you, we get annoyed with nearly every major Ohio State game being played at noon. While I personally probably have a higher tolerance for it than many other fans, even I can recognize that it has an impact on the excitement in the stadium, and even more, I realize that it can be a major detriment when it comes to recruiting.
So, this week, our fan survey asked a few questions about the Buckeyes’ current broadcast arrangements. To stick with our theme this week, we wanted to see what you would do if you were in charge.
Take a look at the consensus results below, and if you feel compelled to either agree or disagree with them, head to the comment at the bottom of the page and let us know.
Question 1: If you were in charge, what would Ohio State’s Big Noon schedule look like?
To me, answering this question with conviction requires a little more information. For me to have a fully fleshed-out rationale, I would want to know how Ohio State’s media rights deals would be impacted. Because I know that a big part of the $7+ billion that the Big Ten is currently pulling in is predicated on Fox being able to put the biggest games of the week at 12 noon ET.
While there are many upsides, one of the negatives with Ohio State being the biggest brand in college football is that their games get picked in the weekly broadcast draft pretty early, meaning that, often times, Fox is going to put them at noon.
Therefore, if we say “no noon games ever,” then it is essentially a certainty that Fox will refuse to pay out the exorbitant amount of money that it currently is. And, while it will likely be to a lesser degree, the channel will almost certainly still do so if we put a cap on the number of noon games the Buckeyes play.
So, the goal here for me is to find the balance between the number of acceptable noon games and how much money OSU would have to forfeit. I would probably be comfortable going The Game at noon, two cupcakes at noon, and one other marquee game at noon.
Question 2: If you were in charge, what would the Big Ten and Ohio State’s media deal look like?
Between Big Ten Network, ESPN, FS1, and Peacock, there are a lot of channels that you have to pay for if you want to be guaranteed to watch every single one of Ohio State’s football games each season. While it is relatively rare these days for a sports fan to not have some sort of cable, satellite, or live TV streaming service, by moving all of OSU’s games to broadcast channels (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, and even The CW if you want to go that far), that would mean that technically, you would not have to pay to watch a single game.
Currently, the vast majority of Buckeye games are on Fox, CBS, and NBC, but there are guaranteed games on BTN and Peacock every season. While a return to the traditional broadcast world of decades past isn’t ever going to happen, it sure would make things a lot easier.
Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in Ohio State fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
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LGHL You’re Nuts: If you were in charge, how would you set up Ohio State’s broadcast schedule?
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You’re Nuts: If you were in charge, how would you set up Ohio State’s broadcast schedule?
Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images
Your (almost) daily dose of good-natured, Ohio State banter.
From now until preseason camp starts in August, Land-Grant Holy Land will be writing articles around a different theme every week. This week is all about what we would do if we were in charge of our favorite position group, team, conference, or sport. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all of our ”If I Was in Charge” articles here.
Everybody knows that one of the best parts of being a sports fan is debating and dissecting the most (and least) important questions in the sporting world with your friends. So, we’re bringing that to the pages of LGHL with our favorite head-to-head column: You’re Nuts.
In You’re Nuts, two LGHL staff members will take differing sides of one question and argue their opinions passionately. Then, in the end, it’s up to you to determine who’s right and who’s nuts.
As a West Coast Buckeye, I recognize that my ideal schedule likely makes me a bit of an outlier, but given that the West Coast is also Big Ten country these days, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to consider those of us lagging three hours behind.
Now, if you’ve followed along for a while, you might remember that I am weirdly a fan of noon games (or 9 a.m. PT) games. I love my little ritual of making my coffee and watching football in my jammies before the rest of the day gets underway. But all football games are not equal, and some games are not intended to be “Lazy Saturday morning” games.
This is especially true of the highest-profile games, like the Ohio State-Texas matchup in Week 1 of this upcoming season, the scheduling of which is currently on the receiving end of many fans’ ire.
I respect Fox’s desire to dominate the early timeslot, I really do. It’s a good business decision. But some games beg to be shown in primetime. Night games indisputably have a different atmosphere than games that require raggedy, hungover college kids to be functional humans before lunch, and top-caliber teams deserve to have that energy behind them for their biggest matchups.
Additionally, while real sports fans try to cater their schedules to their teams, this is not always possible. Noon on Saturdays is prime time for kids’ football and soccer games, for birthday parties and family functions. It’s not always possible to tune in, but managing to stay home on a Saturday night for primetime viewing is much more feasible. Think of the children!
As such, what I would propose is this: Matchups between two top-10 teams would automatically get a primetime slot, unless there were two top-10 matchups in one week, in which case the honor would go to the teams with the lower average of their rankings. For example, if the No. 1 team were playing the No. 10 team in the same week the No. 2 and No. 3 teams were playing, the No. 2 versus No. 3 matchup would get the primetime slot. That’s because the average between 1 and 10 is 5.5, while the average between 2 and 3 is 2.5. 2.5 is lower, so they would get the slot, because arguably, it would be the tighter matchup. The lower of the two could persist in Fox’s beloved noon time slot.
Unless we are choosing between two top-10 matchups in the same weekend, these games are always going to be primetime-caliber.
Additionally, any matchup that has massive playoff implications (i.e. a No. 10 and No. 12 team are playing each other at the end of the season, with the understanding that likely only one of them will make the playoffs), or a situation where a team could eke its way into the conference championship should get primetime slots if possible.
Other ranked matchups — which leaves a lot of great football to be played – could continue to hold the noon spot, where they would likely be the most desirable game in that time slot. A little excitement is fine, but the first game of the day shouldn’t make every other game to follow seem boring, or I’m turning the TV off.
If I turn on a boring noon game while I do chores and let it play in the background while I multitask, I am more likely to leave the TV on for the next two rounds of games. But if the first game is the best one, I’ll tune in, and say, “OK, on with my day,” and off the TV goes. You have to keep me engaged if you want me to keep watching, and blowout games are not the way to do that.
I do have one exception to my “Top-10 matchups always get a primetime slot” — The Game. Though I argued above that most top matchups are not meant for lazy Saturday viewing, Ohio State vs. Michigan is exempt from this argument, and that is merely due to the timing of Rivalry Week.
Because Rivalry Week falls on Thanksgiving week, I would always schedule the Ohio State-Michigan game for noon. Thanksgiving is a holiday that lends itself to lazy everything. You’re stuffed with food, tired from parties, and the weather is starting to get cold in most of the country. There is literally no better time of year to roll out of bed, stay cozy, and turn on a football game after 48 hours of stuffing your face, so even when it is a Top-2 matchup, Ohio State-Michigan gets the noon slot.
Beyond that, see rules above and stop making me go to the gym at 6 a.m. so I can be home in time for kickoff.
Look, I know I’m not winning this week’s poll, and that’s ok, because I think that there is a logic to my option that transcends reductive polls on silly little blogs.
Whether it is the presumed ESPN bias against Ohio State and the Big Ten or the nonstop string of Big Noon games forced on the Buckeyes by Fox, OSU fans have had a rather tumultuous relationship with the networks broadcasting their favorite team’s games in recent years. But, hear me out, I have a proposal that would eliminate all of these types of issues: real, imagined, and ginned up with faux outrage on social media.
I think Ohio State, on its own or in conjunction with the Big Ten, should launch a streaming service. Technically, the league already has with BTN+, which broadcasts a not insubstantial number of women’s basketball and Olympic sport events for $119.95 annually or $12.99 per month. Since I don’t think that there’s any way, short of leaving the conference, to do this without the rest of the league, I’ll operate under that assumption, but personally, I’d prefer they go it alone.
I realize that there are complicated contracts involved that would make this darn-near impossible, not the least of which is that Fox owns 61% of BTN. What would happen to the cable network if the league went all streaming? I have no idea, I’d let the folks who make far more money doing this figure that out.
Nonetheless, the freedom and flexibility that Ohio State would have over its broadcasts would be huge. Yes, there would still need to be someone coordinating time slots, but if the B1G were in charge, OSU would have much more input in the process, and you wouldn’t have to try and juggle games from other conferences. Sure, if Alabama and Georgia were playing at 3:30 p.m., you might not want to put Ohio State and Oregon in the same window, but Texas and Ole Miss, or Utah and BYU, would mean literally nothing in the grand scheduling scheme.
Noon games? Cupcakes and Michigan only, except on rare occasions where the rest of the B1G schedule necessitates it. This would mean that the conference could put the biggest game of the week in primetime, which means a better atmosphere for both fans and recruiting.
Now, while I think the scheduling would be a huge bonus, I’m really into this idea for the broadcasters. There are literally like two broadcast teams that I actually enjoy working college football. One does ESPN games, so we never get Mark Jones and Louis Riddick, and the other has broken up so Brock Huard can coach his kid’s high school football team.
Think about how amazing it would be to have Paul Keels calling the action on TV. I know that I’ve tried to sync up the TV with the radio broadcast, but that never seems to work. Even if the Voice of the Buckeyes remains on radio, having a play-by-play and color team that actually knows the team would infinitely improve my game-watching experience.
Now, my day job is covering streaming services, so I realize that streaming comes with its own issues, and ever-increasing subscription prices is one of them. But I still believe that the flexibility and customization of an all-streaming option would be massive.
Of course, it certainly wouldn’t generate nearly as much revenue as the current deal, so maybe some sort of hybrid model would work until the linear TV experience completely fades away, but I’m telling you when (not if) Buckeyes+ becomes available, I will be the first to sign up.
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Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images
Your (almost) daily dose of good-natured, Ohio State banter.
From now until preseason camp starts in August, Land-Grant Holy Land will be writing articles around a different theme every week. This week is all about what we would do if we were in charge of our favorite position group, team, conference, or sport. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all of our ”If I Was in Charge” articles here.
Everybody knows that one of the best parts of being a sports fan is debating and dissecting the most (and least) important questions in the sporting world with your friends. So, we’re bringing that to the pages of LGHL with our favorite head-to-head column: You’re Nuts.
In You’re Nuts, two LGHL staff members will take differing sides of one question and argue their opinions passionately. Then, in the end, it’s up to you to determine who’s right and who’s nuts.
Today’s Question: If you were in charge, how would you set up Ohio State’s broadcast schedule?
Jami’s Take: Top-10 matchups in prime time
As a West Coast Buckeye, I recognize that my ideal schedule likely makes me a bit of an outlier, but given that the West Coast is also Big Ten country these days, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to consider those of us lagging three hours behind.
Now, if you’ve followed along for a while, you might remember that I am weirdly a fan of noon games (or 9 a.m. PT) games. I love my little ritual of making my coffee and watching football in my jammies before the rest of the day gets underway. But all football games are not equal, and some games are not intended to be “Lazy Saturday morning” games.
This is especially true of the highest-profile games, like the Ohio State-Texas matchup in Week 1 of this upcoming season, the scheduling of which is currently on the receiving end of many fans’ ire.
I respect Fox’s desire to dominate the early timeslot, I really do. It’s a good business decision. But some games beg to be shown in primetime. Night games indisputably have a different atmosphere than games that require raggedy, hungover college kids to be functional humans before lunch, and top-caliber teams deserve to have that energy behind them for their biggest matchups.
Additionally, while real sports fans try to cater their schedules to their teams, this is not always possible. Noon on Saturdays is prime time for kids’ football and soccer games, for birthday parties and family functions. It’s not always possible to tune in, but managing to stay home on a Saturday night for primetime viewing is much more feasible. Think of the children!
As such, what I would propose is this: Matchups between two top-10 teams would automatically get a primetime slot, unless there were two top-10 matchups in one week, in which case the honor would go to the teams with the lower average of their rankings. For example, if the No. 1 team were playing the No. 10 team in the same week the No. 2 and No. 3 teams were playing, the No. 2 versus No. 3 matchup would get the primetime slot. That’s because the average between 1 and 10 is 5.5, while the average between 2 and 3 is 2.5. 2.5 is lower, so they would get the slot, because arguably, it would be the tighter matchup. The lower of the two could persist in Fox’s beloved noon time slot.
Unless we are choosing between two top-10 matchups in the same weekend, these games are always going to be primetime-caliber.
Additionally, any matchup that has massive playoff implications (i.e. a No. 10 and No. 12 team are playing each other at the end of the season, with the understanding that likely only one of them will make the playoffs), or a situation where a team could eke its way into the conference championship should get primetime slots if possible.
Other ranked matchups — which leaves a lot of great football to be played – could continue to hold the noon spot, where they would likely be the most desirable game in that time slot. A little excitement is fine, but the first game of the day shouldn’t make every other game to follow seem boring, or I’m turning the TV off.
If I turn on a boring noon game while I do chores and let it play in the background while I multitask, I am more likely to leave the TV on for the next two rounds of games. But if the first game is the best one, I’ll tune in, and say, “OK, on with my day,” and off the TV goes. You have to keep me engaged if you want me to keep watching, and blowout games are not the way to do that.
I do have one exception to my “Top-10 matchups always get a primetime slot” — The Game. Though I argued above that most top matchups are not meant for lazy Saturday viewing, Ohio State vs. Michigan is exempt from this argument, and that is merely due to the timing of Rivalry Week.
Because Rivalry Week falls on Thanksgiving week, I would always schedule the Ohio State-Michigan game for noon. Thanksgiving is a holiday that lends itself to lazy everything. You’re stuffed with food, tired from parties, and the weather is starting to get cold in most of the country. There is literally no better time of year to roll out of bed, stay cozy, and turn on a football game after 48 hours of stuffing your face, so even when it is a Top-2 matchup, Ohio State-Michigan gets the noon slot.
Beyond that, see rules above and stop making me go to the gym at 6 a.m. so I can be home in time for kickoff.
Matt’s Take: Launch Buckeyes+ streaming service
Look, I know I’m not winning this week’s poll, and that’s ok, because I think that there is a logic to my option that transcends reductive polls on silly little blogs.
Whether it is the presumed ESPN bias against Ohio State and the Big Ten or the nonstop string of Big Noon games forced on the Buckeyes by Fox, OSU fans have had a rather tumultuous relationship with the networks broadcasting their favorite team’s games in recent years. But, hear me out, I have a proposal that would eliminate all of these types of issues: real, imagined, and ginned up with faux outrage on social media.
I think Ohio State, on its own or in conjunction with the Big Ten, should launch a streaming service. Technically, the league already has with BTN+, which broadcasts a not insubstantial number of women’s basketball and Olympic sport events for $119.95 annually or $12.99 per month. Since I don’t think that there’s any way, short of leaving the conference, to do this without the rest of the league, I’ll operate under that assumption, but personally, I’d prefer they go it alone.
I realize that there are complicated contracts involved that would make this darn-near impossible, not the least of which is that Fox owns 61% of BTN. What would happen to the cable network if the league went all streaming? I have no idea, I’d let the folks who make far more money doing this figure that out.
Nonetheless, the freedom and flexibility that Ohio State would have over its broadcasts would be huge. Yes, there would still need to be someone coordinating time slots, but if the B1G were in charge, OSU would have much more input in the process, and you wouldn’t have to try and juggle games from other conferences. Sure, if Alabama and Georgia were playing at 3:30 p.m., you might not want to put Ohio State and Oregon in the same window, but Texas and Ole Miss, or Utah and BYU, would mean literally nothing in the grand scheduling scheme.
Noon games? Cupcakes and Michigan only, except on rare occasions where the rest of the B1G schedule necessitates it. This would mean that the conference could put the biggest game of the week in primetime, which means a better atmosphere for both fans and recruiting.
Now, while I think the scheduling would be a huge bonus, I’m really into this idea for the broadcasters. There are literally like two broadcast teams that I actually enjoy working college football. One does ESPN games, so we never get Mark Jones and Louis Riddick, and the other has broken up so Brock Huard can coach his kid’s high school football team.
Think about how amazing it would be to have Paul Keels calling the action on TV. I know that I’ve tried to sync up the TV with the radio broadcast, but that never seems to work. Even if the Voice of the Buckeyes remains on radio, having a play-by-play and color team that actually knows the team would infinitely improve my game-watching experience.
Now, my day job is covering streaming services, so I realize that streaming comes with its own issues, and ever-increasing subscription prices is one of them. But I still believe that the flexibility and customization of an all-streaming option would be massive.
Of course, it certainly wouldn’t generate nearly as much revenue as the current deal, so maybe some sort of hybrid model would work until the linear TV experience completely fades away, but I’m telling you when (not if) Buckeyes+ becomes available, I will be the first to sign up.
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