COLUMBUS, Ohio — In the seven road games that he’s played in his young college career, Joey Bosa has seen much of the same: a lot of empty seats and a lot of scarlet and gray filling the spaces in the stands that were occupied.
This is what makes this weekend so special to the Ohio State sophomore defensive end.
Never one to shy away from the moment, Bosa said that he’s excited to head to Happy Valley, where Penn State possesses one of the few atmospheres comparable to the friendly confines of Ohio Stadium.
“We play in front of 108,000 people every weekend,” Bosa said on Wednesday. “It kind of sucks when we go away and they don’t have an environment like that.”
More times than not throughout his college career, that’s been the case for Bosa. If you were to go through a list of the away games that he has taken part in over the past season-and-a-half, the most memorable likely came at Northwestern a year ago, where Ohio State picked up a win over the Wildcats in front of an audience of 47,330 in Evanston, Illinois.
More than twice as many fans will witness the prime-time matchup between the Buckeyes and Nittany Lions this weekend, with Beaver Stadium possessing a capacity of 107,282.
Add in that this is Penn State’s annual White Out game, and Bosa will undoubtedly get what he asked for—playing in front of one of the most hostile environments in all of college football.
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