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Gene Smith: Only Time Ohio State Would Host Friday Night Football Game is During Fall Break

Ohio State has a simple plan for hosting a Friday night football game, should the Big Ten ask.

“The weekend that we would host would be the autumn break weekend. The weekend for us is that because there would be no classes. So operationally we're not getting in the way of parking for class and things of that nature,” Ohio State Vice President and Director of Athletics Gene Smith told Eleven Warriors on Wednesday afternoon. “So it's easier for us to do so. Once every three years, if we would host, that would be the window in which we would host.