The last time Ohio State entered Beaver Stadium, its offense scored 17 points on its first three drives.
Behind quarterback Todd Boeckman, a traditional pocket passer, the Buckeyes employed 16 rush plays and 12 pass plays the first three times they had the ball. The balance rattled Penn State's defense, and then-No. 1 Ohio State won in a 37-17 rout.
When the Nittany Lion defense takes the field this Saturday, it will see a quarterback nothing like the one it went up against in 2007.
Instead of facing a 23-year-old redshirt junior, it will face a 20-year-old true sophomore.
Instead of attacking a three-star recruit, it will attack a No. 1 recruit in the nation.
And instead of only worrying about a quarterback's arm, it will worry about a quarterback's arms and legs.
"Once Terrelle Pryor gets to the second level, he's like a big running back," Penn State safety Drew Astorino said. "He can run very well and he can throw the deep ball very well."
Pryor has received much criticism in his second season as Ohio State's signal caller. In the Buckeyes' two losses, to Southern California and Purdue, Pryor has combined to complete just 50 percent of his pass attempts and has thrown three interceptions.
Still, the highly touted 6-foot-6, 235-pound Pryor showed enough flashes of athleticism in high school and as a freshman last season to be voted by the media as the Big Ten's Preseason Offensive Player of the Year back in July.
"If you look downfield and the wideouts are covered, he's not afraid to tuck it and run," Penn State linebacker Josh Hull said.
And run Pryor has. In addition to his 1,543 passing yards and 13 touchdowns, Pryor has rushed for 554 yards and six touchdowns.
In a 13-6 home loss to Penn State last season, Pryor went 16-for-25 for 226 yards but did not throw a touchdown. He was limited to just six yards on the ground.
"I don't think we can really change anything or we're going to change anything. It's just that we have to be more aware," defensive tackle Jared Odrick said. "It's all about reaction when it comes to a player like Terrelle Pryor, who's going to be scrambling out of the pocket."
Odrick and the Penn State defense have been tested against mobile quarterbacks this season.
The Lions held Illinois' Juice Williams to just 58 yards on 20 carries and limited the Michigan duo of Tate Forcier and Denard Robinson to 30 combined yards.
In Penn State's last game, a 34-13 win at Northwestern, Wildcat quarterback Mike Kafka kept the Lions honest, running for 42 yards on eight carries before leaving the game in the second quarter with a leg injury.
"I think you could always get good things out of bad situations, whether we put ourselves in one or another team put us in one," Odrick said.
"But hopefully we learn from that and move on to the next game and do better."
Freshman linebacker Gerald Hodges has played the role of Pryor on the Penn State scout team in practice, Sean Lee said.
Lee said the 6-foot-2, 223-pound Hodges has been elusive out of the pocket, showing a strong stiff arm.
Yet there's no crowd at practices to silence with such moves. If Pryor can mute the 100,000-plus Penn State fans early on Saturday, the Buckeyes may find themselves in a similar situation to their 2007 game in Happy Valley.
"We got on the board, and their crowd tries to distract you and pull you outta the game," Ohio State safety Kurt Coleman said.
