Texas denied Ohio State’s request to move the school’s marquee football season opener to Sunday night, but it wasn’t because of the kickoff time.Ohio State asked Texas if they could move their game set for Sat.

Texas blocked Ohio State from moving its marquee season opener against the Longhorns to Sunday night, but not because of the kickoff time, athletics director Chis Del Conte said Wednesday. Ohio State proposed moving the season opener scheduled for Noon ET on Saturday,

Earlier in the week, it was reported by Front Office Sports that FOX Sports had given the go-ahead to Ohio State to try and move the game from Saturday to Sunday — in what likely would’ve been a 30-hour move. The Longhorns, Del Conte confirmed, denied that.