The Ohio State football program has had issues getting night games against quality opponents. It seems that every great game they play takes place at noon, just like the Texas game did this year. The lone exception was last year's game at Oregon, which was a night game.
With FOX monopolizing most of the Buckeyes' opportunities to play night games against great teams, that leaves NBC with very few chances to showcase the Buckeyes. They have had just one home night game against a quality opponent, and that was Minnesota.
Despite that, NBC has decided to grab the Ohio State Buckeyes again for next weekend's matchup with the UCLA Bruins.