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Minnesota vs. TCU Game Time Set: 8PM Kickoff On ESPN

The Gophers will host the first truly big time game of the college football season on the biggest stage possible.

This is BIG NEWS folks:

TCU at Minnesota (Thurs) Sept 3 at 9 pm ET on @ESPN; Oregon at Michigan State Sept 12 at 8 pm ET; ABC, ESPN or ESPN2

— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) April 23, 2015

It's official. Minnesota vs. TCU will be the biggest game played on the opening night of the college football season. It was always going to be a pretty prominent game, but the 8pm slot on ESPN means that the game will get the maximum level of exposure.