As a group of reporters waited inside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center to meet with Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer and a select group of players Wednesday you could hear Zombie Nation blasting over the speakers to simulate crowd noise as the Buckeyes were wrapping up their practice
It was all preparation as Ohio State gets ready for a primetime showdown in Happy Valley on Saturday against a Penn State team looking for an upset.
It will be the Nittany Lions' annual 'White Out' game where all of Beaver Stadium will be dressed in the same color.
Meyer and his Buckeyes know exactly what they're up against going into State College as Meyer said Penn State is "one of the top-five environments" he's ever been in.
But the players will be the ones on the field Saturday night and here's what a few of them had to say about their upcoming trip to Happy Valley:
Defensive end Joey Bosa:
“They’re trying to talk to us about it so we don’t get nervous, but I’m really excited. I’ve been talking to everybody all year about how Penn State is supposed to be the craziest environment. We play in front of 108,000 people every weekend so it kinda sucks when we go away and they don’t have an environment like that so I’m pretty excited.”
Tight end Nick Vannett:
“We’ve prepared for it. We see that every time we play at home. It’s gonna be different because they’re gonna be pretty loud like they were when we played them in the ‘12 season. We’ve prepared for that during practice and we’ve had crowd noise out there. We’ve gone on silent count on offense and we’ve done really well with that and we’re gonna go in prepared and be ready for it.”
Cornerback Doran Grant:
"I’ve been there my sophomore year so it’s up there. I think our stadium is better, though.”
Ohio State hasn't lost at Beaver Stadium since the 2005 season. This year's game will kick off at 8 p.m. in Happy Valley.
