STATE COLLEGE, Pa. >> Ohio State coaches and players are plenty familiar with the difficult environment that awaits them in Happy Valley. The No. 2 Buckeyes (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) survived against Wisconsin in a hostile, raucous atmosphere last week, similar to the one they’ll face in their third-straight road game against Penn State (4-2, 2-1), where Ohio State will have to deal with more than 100,000 fans clad in white. “There’s a lot of energy right now in that program,” Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said. “Wins do that for you. They played their best game, obviously, against Maryland, all the way around.” It’s a trend that’ll have to continue for Penn State — nearly three touchdown underdogs — to have a shot against a team that’s 30-1 in Big Ten regular season games under Meyer. Advertisement Ohio State brings the nation’s third-ranked scoring defense and fourth-ranked offense into Beaver Stadium where the Buckeye’s are 4-0 since 2005. But save for Wisconsin last week, Penn State is the only other team that’s pushed Ohio State to overtime since Meyer took over, falling in two extra periods in 2014. “The margin of error when you play a team like this…
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