there was some talk of being a night game, however,
1. When tv scheduling was being determined it was discovered that our head coach was actively trying to void the game. No way was a night game going to be scheduled under those circumstances. In fact there were legitimate concerns even just days prior to the game whether we were going to show as there was real consideration about just forfeiting the game
2. As it has been said previously the networks set the time slots. However, influential ADs can on occasion get games moved to a more appealing time slot for their purposes. No way, however, was OUs AD going to extend any political capital and call in favors in order to move a game in which they were playing possibly the worst power 5 team in college football - who as indicated above may or may not even show up to play