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Big Ten Championship Game rematch between Ohio State-Northwestern set for Oct. 18, 2019... a Friday night

The Ohio State Buckeyes will face Northwestern next season in a primetime rematch of the 2018 Big Ten Championship Game. We already knew that the game would take place in Evanston, Ill., at Ryan Field; what’s changed, though, is that the game won’t be taking place on a Saturday night, but a Friday night.

Reported by ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg, the Wildcat season-ticket holders were the ones to find out of the date change on Tuesday.

A rematch of the 2018 Big Ten championship game will take place on a Friday night next fall as Northwestern will host Ohio State on Friday, Oct.