Ohio State To Play 3 Night Games In October

Miller gets a shot at Nebraska in prime time

The Big Ten and its TV partners released their prime time schedule today.

Ohio State joins Nebraska with three night games this season.

The Buckeyes will play three of their October games at night with the Oct. 6 Homecoming game against Nebraska at 8 p.m., the Oct. 13 game at Indiana at 8 p.m. and the Oct. 27 game at Penn State at 6 p.m. (see full schedule below; exact TV assignments will be firmed up in the fall).

The Nebraska game will be Ohio State’s Homecoming and it will be the Cornhusker’s first visit to Ohio Stadium since playing games in consecutive years at Ohio Stadium in 1955 and 1956.

Ohio State is 34-18 all-time in night games (those starting after 5 p.m. local time) with a 7-3 record in Ohio Stadium, an 18-8 mark on the road and a 9-7 record at neutral sites.

This means OSU’s remaining nine games should all be afternoon starts (typically noon or 3:30 p.m.). The September games should be set sometime before July 1. The rest of the season is typically decided on a six- to 12-day basis.

After the jump, you can see the Big Ten’s prime time football schedule for 2012