James Franklin is familiar with coaching a road team in an SEC environment, but his Penn State players and even some coaches may not be.

As the Nittany Lions prepare to play at Auburn on Saturday, Franklin has made adjustments to preparations to make sure his team is as ready as it can be to perform on The Plains.

“I think it’s going to be similar to some of better environments in the country. There is no doubt about it. Obviously they take a ton of pride in their program and their university and their community,” Franklin said. “Obviously football is really important there, in that region of the country. So we know it’s going to be challenging and got a ton of respect for it, but we didn’t wait until this week to get started. We did it during training camp, but really did it last week.”

The guys are looking at me like I was crazy. The staff and the players. Like we went all silent count all last week in practice with, as everybody knows, the music as loud as possible.”

Franklin said the coaching staff will show players pictures of what the locker room and stadium will look like, pregame routines and the band. Franklin admitted that the scoreboard side of the end zone has been problematic, and how San Jose State had multiple penalties last week near the goal line.

“So it’s going to be challenging, and we are going to try it prepare for it the best we can,” Franklin said. “At the end of the day, we still have to go out and execute it. And that’s not just with our starters. That’s with whoever could possibly be in the game.”