\u2014 Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) November 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI would like to announce that I will not be at the Big 10 championship with [Big Noon Kickoff],\u201d wrote Portnoy on X following the OSU-UM game. \u201cGood luck to all the teams involved.\u201d<\/p>\n Portnoy is wrapping up his first season as part of the BNK crew, one aspect of a partnership between Fox Sports and Barstool Sports<\/a> that began this year.<\/p>\n Now, it\u2019s worth considering a few different things here. One is that it\u2019s entirely possible that Portnoy was never in the plans to be there for Fox\u2019s coverage to begin with. He wasn\u2019t included in every Big Noon Kickoff <\/a>this season. He also claimed that the conference didn\u2019t want him on the show<\/a> during the Week 11 showdown between Ohio State and Penn State. They might not like him there for this huge game as well.<\/p>\n Also, it\u2019s unclear what Fox\u2019s specific plans are for the Big Noon Kickoff crew before the Big Ten title game. The game itself isn\u2019t until 8:00 p.m. ET, and there are only a handful of other games scheduled for that day beforehand. It\u2019s entirely likely there isn\u2019t much of a need for Portnoy, especially since Michigan isn\u2019t involved.<\/p>\n Also, since the official Big Noon Kickoff account reshared Portnoy\u2019s post, this is probably just a way to generate buzz over something meaningless, a Barstool specialty<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t![\"Dave](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-29-at-2.10.16-PM-1024x255.png\")
<\/a>Credit: Dave Portnoy<\/p>\n