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2009 tOSU Offensive Line Discussion (official thread)

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Adams, Boren, Brew, Cordle, Shugarts

That sounds great. If a 'green' SC o-line last year can come together so quickly, there's no reason the young guns above can not. I am very excited about the prospect of this line.
 
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OCNut;1506870; said:
Adams, Boren, Brew, Cordle, Shugarts

That sounds great. If a 'green' SC o-line last year can come together so quickly, there's no reason the young guns above can not. I am very excited about the prospect of this line.
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Agreed. I think that lineup, with Browning rotating in with Cordle sounds good. However, it's all about the cohesion between the group and no always talent...still the best lineup on paper though imo.
 
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Camp preview: Offensive line

As promised, today through Friday, I am taking a day-by-day look at OSU, by position, as the team heads into camp. The emphasis will be on looking at what positions will be most up for grabs over the next month.

OFFENSIVE LINE


SPOTS LOCKED UP (2): Justin Boren at LG, Mike Brewster at C

Barring injuries and the need to shuffle people, these are no-brainers. Boren was the Buckeyes? best lineman in spring practice after sitting out last year as a Michigan transfer. Brewster was both promising and inconsistent when he was thrown into the lineup last year as a true freshman. But he is smart, fast and athletic, and there?s no reason why he can?t start all year here.

SPOTS UP FOR GRABS (3):

LT _ Leading candidate is sophomore Mike Adams, who fought through several injuries last year to see some playing time. He is in a fight with fourth-year junior Andrew Miller, who has made big strides in the past year and looked passable there in spring. Adams is a heralded recruit who will be given every chance to seize the spot, but it?s not a given.

RG _ Look for fifth-year senior Jim Cordle and fourth-year junior Bryant Browning to battle it out here. Browning started all 13 games last year at right tackle, not always well. He may be better suited for guard. Cordle started three games at center and nine at left guard last year, but now finds himself fighting for a home. It should be a good competition.

RT _ J.B. Shugarts is another highly touted sophomore who battled injuries last year and sat out spring ball as a precaution. But he?s fully healthy, and comes with a reputation as someone who plays with an edge _ which OSU sorely needs. Like Adams, he will be given every chance. But obviously, Browning is available, and Cordle played a lot here in the spring and could do so again.
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Camp preview: Offensive line (Blogging the Buckeyes)
 
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The-Ozone Note and Quotebook
By John Porentas

Left Tackle Update: Spring football ended with the left tackle position still unresolved. OSU Head Coach Jim Tressel is anxious to see how that critical situation along the offensive line pans out this fall. He's also glad to see sophomore JB Shugarts back in the mix at that position after sitting out spring ball following post-season shoulder surgery.

"He's got to jump into the fray at tackle," said Tressel.

"He looks good, I've seen him in my office a couple of times. He says he feels great. How exactly the tackle thing is going to sift itself out at whose at right, whose at left, we've got a whole bunch of practices to figure that out, but JB has to be in the fray.

"He (Shugarts) was in my office twice last week. He looks good and he says he's feeling good and doing everything. I don't know of any reason why he wouldn't be ready (this fall).

"He was held out this spring because we're very conservative with surgeries and why rush one and have a chance to take three steps backwards? I'm not so sure that if there were a game last spring he would have convinced the doctors he was ready."

Shugarts will be welcomed back, but there is plenty of competition for the tackle spot.

"You've got Mike Adams, you've got Andrew Miller, and you've got some young guys I think, I hope, if I were all those guys I'd be wanting to say 'You're going to have to be dealing with me about playing time at tackle,'" Tressel said.

"I think it's one of the areas that we need to get tons and tons of reps and experiences and evaluations. That's tough duty because we have some guys on the edge that will test you. To me the guy that ends up emerging at that position will be the guy who knows what happens every play, who gets his feet right, learns, and is focused.

"If you're a left tackle and a guy beats you around the edge it's not much different than if you're a quarterback and throw an interception, because that's your world."
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I think the O-line will not be much of a problem this year, especially if Pryor plays up to his ability. A good, athletic QB can make almost any O-line look decent. Mike Vick did it for years in college and the NFL, and Vince Young did it with UT. The same line came back for Colt McCoy and didn't have near the success. The O-line will be as successful if our QB can improvise and think on the fly, which he shouldn't have a problem doing.
 
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Adams, Shugarts get a shot
Large sophomores might anchor line at offensive tackle
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
By Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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The Buckeyes likely will have only one player ? center Mike Brewster (50) ? starting at the same position on the offensive line as last season.
SHARI LEWIS | DISPATCH

Put together, Mike Adams and J.B. Shugarts would stand 13 feet, 4 inches tall and weigh 620 pounds.

That might win them the title of world's biggest question mark.

As Ohio State gets set to open preseason practice Monday, there might be no more pressing issue than how well its rebuilt offensive line comes together.

The Buckeyes likely will have only one player -- center Mike Brewster -- starting at the same position as last year.

They will be without longtime left tackle Alex Boone, plus guards Steve Rehring and Ben Person. In addition, two returning veterans -- Jim Cordle and Bryant Browning -- might be moving to different spots.

Given the perennial inconsistency that seems to hinder the line, some might say all this change is good. But so much of that depends on how Adams and Shugarts perform as they step up into significant roles.

Both are sophomores who saw brief playing time last year. Both came to Ohio State highly touted. And they now have the inside track at winning the tackle spots.

"I think it's one of the areas that we need to get tons and tons of reps and experiences and evaluations," coach Jim Tressel said last week. "How exactly the position sifts itself out, we've got a whole bunch of practices to figure that out."

Adams played in five games last season, for a total of 19 minutes, before a foot injury ended his season.

In spring practice, the Dublin Coffman graduate alternated at left tackle with fourth-year junior Andrew Miller, a converted tight end. That was a surprise, and Miller played well enough that the competition will continue into fall camp.

"(Adams) is one of those guys who's a very good athlete," offensive line coach Jim Bollman said in the spring. "He's a gifted athlete, but he's got to play with toughness and determination and old-fashioned fight."

Comments like that raised the question of whether Adams had the requisite attitude to be a mauler.

But left guard Justin Boren, a hard-nosed player, said he's not worried about Adams.

"He has unlimited potential, and he's a real good, hard-working kid," Boren said. "There's some nastiness in him -- he'll get after it."
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BuckeyeXtra - The Columbus Dispatch : Adams, Shugarts get a shot
 
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matcar;1510899; said:
This has been said ad nauseum, but it would be fun to see what happens if Adams feeds off of Boren's "enthusiam".
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This is the year some of the heralded 2008 recruits will "get it". It will finally hit some these guys, that 'hey, I'm at tOSU, not H.S. anymore". They have SC in week 2, not Hilliard Davidson or UA. Some will get that mental part, some won't. Most will, if they're serious. Time to grow up. They don't have the seniors to fall back on anymore. It's sink or swim time.
 
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Ohio State Buckeyes football team has plenty of competition along offensive line

Monday, August 10, 2009 Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter

Columbus- The three-year starter at left tackle, Alex Boone, is gone and the starting right tackle might be the third-most-likely guy to win that job this season. So as Ohio State opens preseason practice today, the battles for the starting tackle jobs will be as interesting as anything going over the next three weeks.
Senior Jim Cordle, juniors Bryant Browning and Andy Miller, sophomores Mike Adams and J.B. Shugarts and maybe even true freshmen like Jack Mewhort or Marcus Hall will be fighting for playing time.
"I think the reality of the situation is that the coaches have an idea in their minds who the guys are going to be," Miller said. "But their philosophy is that they're going to play the best five guys [on the line]."
OSU coach Jim Tressel wants to throw as much gasoline on the fires of competition as he can.
"If I were those young guys, I'd be wanting to say that you're going to have to deal with me. I think tackle is one of those areas where we need to get a ton of reps," Tressel said.

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osugrad21;1513281; said:
CPD
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Some good quotes from that article:

"That's my mind-set going in, that I'm playing right tackle and that I'm going to be the best right tackle I can be," Cordle said.
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"I plan on being the guy at the end of the three weeks and that's where my thoughts are and where my heart's at," Miller said. "I feel like some people are saying it's really Mike's job to lose, and Mike is a great guy and a great friend and a great teammate, but we're out there competing and the best guy will come out of it and I plan on that being me."
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I like to hear that these guys are fired up about trying to earn a spot. The competition will be good for the unit.
 
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I thought it was surprising, but Tressel made it sound like the only real competition for starting jobs on the offensive line is at left tackle, between Andy Miller and Mike Adams. Those two are alternating with the first team right now.

The four who appear fairly set are Justin Boren at LG, Mike Brewster at C, Bryant Browning at RG and Jim Cordle at RT.
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I gave you the starting OL, here's the second team, left to right: Adams (today), Connor Smith, Andrew Moses, Evan Blankenship and Shugarts. The third team was Sam Longo, Jack Mewhort, Scott Sika, Cory Linsley and Hall.
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Moeller out for year; offensive line nearly set? (Blogging the Buckeyes)
 
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