Are they curious of the novelty of witnessing the spectacle of a slaughter in person?

Are they dying to see the massive crowd of 15 thousand in the wind and rain?

I just can't conceive this is one of the two best games next week.

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by Solar

Weak slate of B1G games and ABC had the “big one”. OBD are top-5 with a conference game, probably the best choice.

If you look at the Big Ten slate this week it's a nothing burger. Bama-Wiscy is on ABC since the game is at Bama. The only other game that you might choose is Purdue-USC and at least Northwestern had a pulse last year. There just aren't any good game this week other than if you think Wisconsin has a chance on the road, but they can't even pick that game, so the battle on the shores of Lake Michigan it is!

Being as these games get drafted before the season starts by all the networks that carry B1G games what probably happened was this... Fox (who has the most picks) either took this game because Oregon-Northwestern is the most interesting B1G conference game. USC-Purdue is the only other conference game. I suppose it's a toss up as to which would be more interesting but CBS has USC-Purdue.

the only other interesting games are on ESPN/ABC which means Fox wasn't able to carry them probably based on the home team. Minn at Cal could be interesting but that's on ESPN.

Ohio State gets a late afternoon game but they are playing Ohio and that game shouldn't be all that interesting.

Michigan plays Central Michigan at the same time...

So that leaves Oregon-Northwestern as the only B1G conference game or only Power 4 match-up worth watching in that time slot.