Dispatch
April 15, 2008
More notes and quotes
Part 2 of some spring-practice notes that won't see the light of day unless I put them here....these are from interview sessions all the way back to April 1:
APRIL 1, DEFENSIVE LINEMEN
Doug Worthington was moved from end to tackle before last season. It was an experiment aimed at getting a more athletic player inside. Worthington certainly isn't the prototype tackle, he didn't have that Quinn Pitcock, lower-body bulldog build. He was listed at 6-7, 271 last season, when he had an OK year. But the Buckeyes need better production in the middle of the line this season, and Worthington feels he needs to bulk up to do his share.
"Every time I go into the weight room, I think I get on a scale and I see what I weigh," he said. "And later, I try to get something to eat before I get to sleep. I want to be a versatile guy, I don?t want to be 330 pounds right now, but at the end of the day, I have the frame for it.
"I want to be 285, 290 for next season and have a great season with that and show people that I can play the inside."
He said he's 282 right now.
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