The 12th Man: A sell-out crowd of 105,456 attended the game Saturday. The crowd is the second largest in Ohio Stadium history, falling shy of the record of 105,539 by just 83 souls. For the most part, they weren't just there sitting on their hands. They were loud.
"It was hostile but that's what we expected," said Michigan defensive back Marlon Jackson.
"We didn't expect anything else. We knew it was going to be this way. We just didn't respond well."
"I know it (the crowd) affected the quarterback a lot," said OSU cornerback Ashton Youboty.
"I remember one three-step drop he didn't know what coverage we were in and he threw it almost right to me."
"They had an effect on the defense," said OSU linebacker Bobby Carpenter.
"They were so loud, we were trying to make checks all day on some of the blitz schemes and stuff, and a couple of times we couldn't hear and we weren't on the same page. I don't think they were either. The crowd was exceptional today. I love playing in the Horseshoe. I'm going to miss it after next year," Carpenter said.
"The crowd was really into it," said OSU center Nick Mangold.
"They were awesome. When we walked into St. John for skull session the place was packed to capacity. If you needed anything else (to fire you up), that was it right there. That crowd at St. John was just for the band and to see us walk through, that was amazing. They were really a 12th man."
