Buckeyes Malcolm Jenkins and Tyler Whaley speak to the media Tuesday after Jim Tressel’s weekly press luncheon.

Malcolm Jenkins, junior defensive back
On the offense
“They have really helped us in getting prepared each week. They get better each week and they always come up with new things to come at us with so that when we get out on the field nothing is new to us. We have seen it all before.”

On Penn State
“The environment is just nuts. Two years ago they had fans lined up from our locker room all the way out to the field. I had never seen anything like it and haven’t since. It really is a hostile environment.”

On Penn State fans
“It is really crazy and it can effect you if you let it. With the offense, it can affect the calls, but with the defense that is the environment you want to play in. You want to match the intensity they come at you with.”

Tyler Whaley, senior fullback
On going back to Penn State, the site of their last regular season defeat
“I think of the loss more than anything, really. It was the first trip I traveled on so it really stuck in my mind. We have to be prepared for the crowd but we really just have to focus on playing football.”

On the atmosphere inside Beaver Stadium
“It gets me revved up to play. We get to be the bad guys for once, so that’s nice. We expect loud and crazy fans, so we just have to execute and be ready to do our thing.”

On the offense’s performance against Michigan State
“The defense was playing so well we didn’t want to blow it. We made too many mistakes and let them creep back into the game. We just have to be certain we don’t have any more mistakes and hold on to the ball.”

On letting teams hang in games
“Football is a game of mistakes. More times than not, making mistakes will cost you a game, especially against a quality Big Ten opponent. We have to minimize our problems or we’ll be in a really bad spot.”

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