With the appetizer out of the way, Buckeyes head coach Jim Tressel is ready for Big Ten play. He talked about it during his weekly press conference on Monday:

It’s exciting to go on the road. We lose many of the advantages we’ve had for the last four games of the home crowd and our band being with us and the comforts of home, but our guys like challenges and I think they’re anxious to get on the road.

You can read the rest of Tressel’s comments on SBNation’s OSU blog Along The Olentangy