The Ohio State football team will not be playing football this week. They are on their first bye week of the season, and it comes as they stop their non-conference schedule. The Ohio State Buckeyes will now only play Big Ten games the rest of the regular season.
It's a good time for the Buckeyes to get the bye week, as their next game is at Washington. They have to figure out the best way to handle a cross-country trip. Ryan Day is treating it like every other game, so that might be how they are preparing for it this week.
Since the Buckeyes don't play this weekend, Ohio State football fans are going to need a game to watch that they can be fully invested in. There is one game that will have massive Big Ten implications that every Ohio State fan should tune in for this weekend.
Ohio State football fans should watch Indiana vs. Illinois this weekend
Fans of the Buckeyes should watch the Hoosiers take on the Fighting Illini. Illinois might be the toughest road game that Ohio State plays this season, other than The Game. This will be a good chance for Ohio State fans to take a look at how good Illinois is.
Indiana was the darling of the College Football world last season when it made the first 12-team College Football Playoff in what was the best season in program history. Now, they are trying to prove that the season wasn't a fluke. They still have a lot of talent on this team.
This game is getting the primetime treatment from NBC, so it will be the 7:30 pm kickoff on NBC. It's a game that all Big Ten fans should enjoy watching. Ohio State fans have no rooting interest, either, so it's a stress-free game to enjoy.