Ohio State will dip its toe into the lucrative college football neutral site business this season as the Buckeyes face TCU Sept. 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. In 2012, Ohio State and TCU reached terms on a home-and-home series that would have had the Buckeyes visiting the Fort Worth campus this season and the Horned Frogs traveling to Columbus in 2019. But it was last April when the schools announced that contract had been amended to one single neutral site game scheduled for this season at the Cowboys’ opulent stadium in Arlington. The game was dubbed as the AdvoCare Showdown with that dietary supplement marketing company signing on as the title sponsor. As expected, it will be a prime time game with ABC providing coverage at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central (local time). The benefits were many for Ohio State as the school would receive a one-time payout…
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