David Pollack mocks Big Ten putting important games in the morning: 'That's the dumbest thing I've heard'

David Pollack had a laugh at the Big Ten’s expense. Add the former Georgia star to the list of college football personalities that aren’t fans of FOX’s Big Noon Kickoff ruining primetime for many Big Ten teams.

Ohio State fans have been begging for some night games, but they keep getting chosen by executives at FOX for the Big Noon slot, which means an early kickoff. That’ll be the case to start the 2025 season once again, as even with the Texas Longhorns coming to Columbus in Week 1 on Aug. 30, it’ll be one of the first games to start.

Pollack decided to pan the entire situation and mock the Big Ten for it: “It doesn’t make sense, but the Big Ten scheduling — the Big Ten prohibits this. They don’t let their teams do night games during the season. They don’t do prime-time night games. They haven’t done that,” Pollack said, via See Ball Get Ball with David Pollack.

“That’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard, ever. That doesn’t make sense to me. I don’t understand that. And it’s a thing. It’s a real thing. It’s not like that’s not like I’m making that up.”

Alas, Pollack’s comments may be a bit tongue in cheek, but he still has a point. Some of these Big Ten games deserve to be in primetime, not at Noon. The complaint has fallen on deaf ears at FOX so far though.

Maybe that’ll change in the future though. While Pollack and others throughout college football have clowned the Big Ten for losing their premier primetime slot, legal action is being taken in Columbus. Ohio Representative Tex Fischer has presented a bill that is designed to almost entirely end those noon kicks for Ohio State.

Outside of the rivalry game with Michigan, which is traditionally played at noon ET, it would prevent a game from beginning before 3:30 p.m. when a state university is involved. The other way to get a noon kick banned in the state of Ohio, according to this bill, is if both teams are ranked in the top 10 of the AP Poll.

It’s a hefty price you’d pay for breaking this proposed law, too. According to the bill, violating this law would incur a $10 million fine against the host team’s conference or the television network, depending on who scheduled the game. On top of that, no state university would be allowed to associate with the NCAA, a conference, or a network that may compel a school to schedule a noon kickoff.

All told, it’s easy to see why Ohio State isn’t happy, as they end up on Big Noon Kickoff very frequently throughout the season. In 2024, the Buckeyes had seven games kickoff at noon. That included a run of six straight games to end the season. Four of those were a Big Noon Kickoff. Of the seven noon games, five were at home and would have to be moved if the bill passed. 

Time will tell if legal action is what saves Ohio State from Big Noon Kickoff moving forward. For now, there’s no recourse the Buckeyes or anyone in the Big Ten can take. It’s just something they’ll have to deal with in 2025.

— On3’s Dan Morrison contributed to this article.