“I’ve had this game circled on the schedule from the beginning of the season…Both Ohio State and Oregon are playing their best football right now, and the atmosphere at Autzen Stadium will be off the charts electric!” – Big Ten Saturday Night Analyst Todd Blackledge
“These are the types of games every college football fan dreams of being at and every broadcaster hopes to do.” - Big Ten Saturday Night Play-by-Play Voice Noah Eagle
“This Saturday night in Oregon has all the feels of big time football. Autzen Stadium will be rocking.” - Big Ten Saturday Night Sideline Reporter Kathryn Tappen
“Ohio State at Oregon has the opportunity to be the game of the year in college football…there will be skill littered all over the field.” – Big Ten College Countdown Analyst Joshua Perry
5-0 Buckeyes and 5-0 Ducks on Big Ten Saturday Night at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock; Big Ten College Countdown Begins at 7 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock
STAMFORD, Conn. – Oct. 10, 2024 – NBC Sports’ Big Ten Saturday Night team of Noah Eagle (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (analyst), and Kathryn Tappen (sideline reporter), and Big Ten College Countdown analyst and former Ohio State player Joshua Perry preview this weekend’s massive top-three showdown as the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes visit the No. 3 Oregon Ducks from Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore., in primetime this Saturday, Oct. 12, at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.
Coverage of Saturday’s game – which marks the first top-three regular-season matchup on NBC since the “Game of the Century” between No. 1 Florida State and No. 2 Notre Dame in 1993 – begins with Big Ten College Countdown at 7 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. Click here for information on this weekend’s college football schedule on NBC and Peacock.
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Following are quotes on No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Oregon on this week’s Big Ten Saturday Night at 7:30 p.n. ET on NBC and Peacock:
Todd Blackledge: “I’ve had this game circled on the schedule from the beginning of the season, and now two top three teams will square off in Eugene on Saturday night! Both Ohio State and Oregon are playing their best football right now, and the atmosphere at Autzen Stadium will be off the charts electric!
“This new Big Ten matchup should be fantastic, and will greatly impact not only the conference race, but the College Football Playoff pecking order as well. Bucks and Ducks on Big Ten Saturday Night, let’s go!!”
Noah Eagle: “These are the types of games every college football fan dreams of being at and every broadcaster hopes to do. The atmosphere will be the perfect backdrop to what should be an absolute battle for B1G supremacy. I can’t wait for Saturday night!”
Kathryn Tappen: “There are very few moments in our careers when we get the opportunity to broadcast a game like this upcoming Saturday night. I recall during the pandemic in 2020, then-No. 1 and undefeated Clemson traveled to No. 4 undefeated Notre Dame. I was on the sidelines and while only ND students and faculty were allowed in the stands at the time, it sure felt like the entire world was watching. Notre Dame won in double overtime and everyone stormed the field. It was chaos in the best possible way.
“This Saturday night in Oregon has all the feels of big time football. Autzen Stadium will be rocking, and I cannot wait to see two of the best teams in college football go head to head in an epic showdown of two vs. three!”
Joshua Perry: “Ohio State at Oregon has the opportunity to be the game of the year in college football. We’re going to watch two teams that have aspirations to win a title battle in primetime. There will be skill littered all over the field, but I’ve got my eyes on the lines of scrimmage as the deciding factor in this one. Ohio State and Oregon fans have collectively had this game circled on their schedule, and now we’re all waiting for Saturday night!”
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NBC Sports’ 2024 Big Ten and Notre Dame Football games announced to date:
| Day | Time (ET) | Matchup | Platform |
| Sat., Oct. 12 | 3:30 p.m. | Stanford at Notre Dame | NBC, Peacock |
| Sat., Oct. 12 | 7:30 p.m. | Ohio State at Oregon | NBC, Peacock |
| Sat., Oct. 19 | 7:30 p.m. | Iowa at Michigan State | NBC, Peacock |
| Sat., Nov. 9 | 7:30 p.m. | Florida State at Notre Dame | NBC, Peacock |
| Sat., Nov. 16 | 3:30 p.m. | Virginia at Notre Dame | NBC, Peacock |
| Sat., Nov. 23 | 7 p.m. | Army at Notre Dame (at Yankee Stadium) | NBC, Peacock |
| Fri., Nov. 29 | 7:30 p.m. | Nebraska at Iowa | NBC, Peacock |
The remaining NBC Sports’ Big Ten Football games will be announced during the season, with each matchup typically announced 12 days prior to the scheduled game date.
NBC Sports’ Big Ten Football package features Big Ten Saturday Night on NBC and Peacock – marking Big Ten Football’s first dedicated weekly primetime game on a national broadcast network.
Eligible students can sign-up for Peacock’s Student Discount offer, available for $1.99/month. For more information and to sign-up, click here.
Peacock will simulstream all of NBC Sports’ college football games and studio shows airing on the NBC broadcast network this season, including Big Ten Saturday Night and Notre Dame Football home games.
In addition to Big Ten football, Peacock’s sports programming features live coverage of the Premier League, college basketball, Sunday Night Football, Notre Dame Football, the Olympic and Paralympic Games, golf, the U.S. Women’s and Men’s National Teams soccer matches (in Spanish), and NBA and WNBA coming in 2025-26. Peacock also offers daily sports programming on the NBC Sports channel.
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