Today’s the day. The culmination of an entire season of preparation for the coaches and players and an entire year of angst for fans. Today is The Game. At 12 noon ET — kickoff is actually scheduled for 12:14 p.m. — the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes (11-0, 8-0) will visit their third-ranked rivals (11-0, 8-0) on Fox for the Big Noon Game of the Week.
Due to the historically comical cheating scandal that The Team Up North has perpetrated over the past two-plus seasons, the anticipation for this game is through the roof. The amount of hate between the most vocal members of these two fanbases has always been uncomfortably high, but over the past month, the intensity between the camps seems to have only intensified.