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Michigan a name-brand attraction for Fox, with Penn St. showdown a fourth-straight noon kickoff

Ann Arbor — For a fourth straight game, FOX Sports “Big Noon Kickoff” has its set on location for a Michigan game, which has led the local jokesters to rename the show “Big Noon Michigan Kickoff”.

FOX has carried Michigan’s three previous Big Ten games against Maryland and then at Iowa and Indiana at noon and will make it a fourth when the network broadcasts Saturday’s game between unbeatens, No. 5 Michigan and No. 10 Penn State, at Michigan Stadium, also at noon.

Since 2017, when FOX acquired the Big Ten’s Tier 1 rights, the network has had the No.