OSU-MSU game in prime time

COLUMBUS, Ohio – As single-game Buckeye football tickets go on sale another kickoff time has been announced and it makes for a three-week stretch of prime-time TV games for Ohio State.

EXTRA: Future Ohio State football schedules

The Big Ten and ESPN/ABC announced Thursday that the game at Michigan State on Nov. 8 will kick off at 8:00 p.m. and be televised on ABC.

It will be the third night game in a row for the Buckeyes, who are scheduled to play a record five games at night in 2014 — with half of the game times still to be determined.

The Buckeyes will play an unprecedented three home night games.

Those after-dark starts include home games against Virginia Tech on Sept. 6 at 8:00 p.m., Cincinnati on Sept. 27 at 6:00 p.m., Illinois on Nov. 1 at 8:00 p.m. and the game at Penn on Oct. 25 at 8:00 p.m…

Individual game tickets went on sale Friday morning (10:00 a.m.) at $79 each with the exception of the “premier games” against Virginia Tech and Michigan (Nov. 29).

Virginia Tech tickets will be $110 and tickets for the Michigan game will be $150 each.

Tickets can be purchased online through Ticketmaster, by phone at 1-800-745-3000, in person at the Athletic Ticket Office in the Schottenstein Center or at any Ticketmaster outlet.

Season ticket holders who cannot attend a game may post them for re-sale on Buckeyes Ticket Exchange.