The biggest battles Ohio State athletics is facing right now

CHAMPAIGN, IL - OCTOBER 11: The FOX Big Noon Kickoff desk prior to a college football game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and Illinois Fighting Illini on October 11, 2025 at Gies Memorial Stadium in Champaign, IN (Photo by James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images WrestleMania 42 takes places this weekend in Las Vegas. While I contend that Ohio Stadium should host WrestleMania at some point, I’m not holding my breath waiting for it to happen. Just the thought of the biggest wrestling event of the year taking place in one of the most iconic stadiums in the country brings me goosebumps.

Even though Ohio Stadium would have more than enough seats for a WrestleMania show, there’s no way Ohio State would let WWE take over the venue for the amount of time needed to set up, especially since it normally takes place so close to the annual spring game. Instead of watching some of the best professional wrestlers in the world square off, we’ll have to settle for some different battles that Ohio State is facing. There are some fights that are against actual conference opponents, others are being fought beyond the regular season, then there are disagreements with higher ups whose uniforms are suits and ties.

Being the biggest athletic department in the country means the Buckeyes have even more areas they have to beware of attacks coming from. Today we are going to dive into some of those fights like it is a WrestleMania card. Some of these fights are new, while others have been going on for years.

If we’re being honest, there are enough to turn this into a two-night card, but we’ll try and keep it contained to just one. Buckeye Nation v. Big Noon Saturday When Ohio State and the Big Ten had a television contract with ESPN, there was no problem putting the Buckeyes on in prime time.