For the third straight season Purdue has had one of its early season games moved to a weeknight. in 2017 Purdue kicked off its home schedule at home against Ohio in a Friday night contest. Last year’s season opener against Northwestern was moved to the Thursday night slot on the first full night of the season. This year we’re on the move again.
I am not too surprised by this as Nevada and the Mountain West getting a Big Ten team to come to their place is a big deal, so they want to put it in a bigger TV light.