OL Andrew Norwell (All-Pro)

[Buckskin86]

Stepping in

When OSU right tackle J.B Shugarts, nursing a sore foot, departed in the second quarter with the Buckeyes up 21-0, true freshman Andrew Norwell was called to fill the gap. The upperclassmen on the line were neither surprised nor concerned.

"Norwell gets better every week," left guard Justin Boren said. "I have a lot of respect for guys in the offensive line (who play as freshmen). I had a chance to start a game my freshman year (for Michigan), and it's tough."

Norwell saw key action the week before when the Buckeyes employed a seven-man offensive line at Illinois. As far as he is concerned, he's ahead of schedule. "I thought I was going to come in, work hard, and see what happens," Norwell said. "It was overwhelming when I got in the first game (against Marshall). I didn't expect that."

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2010/10/10/saine-takes-flight.html?sid=101

 

[Buckskin86]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVsLAPfb2zM"]VID00032 - YouTube[/ame]

 

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[Buckskin86]

Ohio State Buckeyes Andrew Norwell man of few words, but he's getting talked up by coaches
Published: Friday, August 19, 2011
By Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer

Fred Squillante, Columbus Dispatch
Andrew Norwell earned playing time as a true freshman and is now locked in as the starting left tackle for the first five games of the season while Mike Adams is suspended.

COLUMBUS, Ohio ? Sweat dripping down his cheeks, ringlets of hair hanging in his face this week, Ohio State sophomore Andrew Norwell, in short sentences, was trying to explain his place on the roster and what he might mean to the Buckeyes.

But the Norwells aren't much for talk.

"He's a man of few words," said Norwell's older brother Chris, a former defensive lineman at Illinois. "He won't chat you up. That's just how he is. He's just the type of guy who does his job. He's blue-collar."

For the 2011 Buckeyes, as well as the 2012 and 2013 Buckeyes, Norwell's presence on the roster says enough. After some high-profile recruiting disappointments on the offensive line -- Seantrel Henderson and Matt James in 2010, Glenville's Aundrey Walker in 2011, St. Edward's Kyle Kalis in the Class of 2012 -- Norwell is a success story the Buckeyes absolutely need.

A five-star recruit from Cincinnati in 2010, Norwell earned playing time as a true freshman and is now locked in as the starting left tackle for the first five games of the season while Mike Adams is suspended. When Adams returns, Norwell is a good bet to remain a starter somewhere on the line. And in the future, he will have to anchor a line that is already leaning on true freshmen and walk-ons on the second team this season.

An Ohio kid who knew he would be a Buckeye the minute he was offered a scholarship looks to be living up to his potential and should be a three-year starter? Invaluable.

When Norwell knew the left tackle job would be open for the start of this season, he wasn't sure what it meant for the Buckeyes. He knew how he would approach it. "I wanted it," Norwell said. "I'm ready for it."

http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2011/08/ohio_state_buckeyes_andrew_nor.html

 

[OhioState001]

Brandon Castel ‏@BCastOZone
Norwell on whether his holding call was actually a pancake: "I put him on his back and fell on top of him...put some syrup on him."

Brandon Castel ‏@BCastOZone
Norwell on his long hair: "I have naturally curly hair and girls get jealous when they see my hair. I just say it?s curls for the girls."

Norwell is quickly becoming one of my favorites.

 

[Buckskin86]

Ohio State notebook: Cheering for Illini is a secret in Norwell?s past
By Tim May
The Columbus Dispatch Thursday November 1, 2012

As Ohio State prepares to host Illinois on Saturday, OSU left guard Andrew Norwell had to admit that there once was an afternoon when he sat in Ohio Stadium wearing Illinois colors and rooting for the Illini.

Ohio State fans remember that day in November 2007 when the Illini upset the then-No. 1 Buckeyes 28-21.

But Norwell had an excuse for backing the orange and blue back then. He was in the eighth grade in the Cincinnati area, and older brother Chris, a four-year starter on the Illinois defensive line, was in his senior season, which ended with the Illini in the Rose Bowl.

?I was pretty fired up,? Andrew Norwell said. ?I was sitting in the Illinois section with my parents.?

What he remembers most of that game is what OSU fans recall, too.

?The last drive there,? he said, referring to the way the Illini ate the clock primarily with sneak after sneak by quarterback Juice Williams.

http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/con...ret-in-norwells-past-cheering-for-illini.html

 

[Muck]

.../snip/...As Ohio State prepares to host Illinois on Saturday, OSU left guard Andrew Norwell had to admit that there once was an afternoon when he sat in Ohio Stadium wearing Illinois colors and rooting for the Illini..../snip/...

 

[NastyNatiBuck]

Are you suggesting we steal one of his kidneys?

 

[Muck]

Are you suggesting we steal one of his kidneys?

Only if Braxton needs one.

 

[OhioState001]

1st team B1G by media.

 

[Buckskin86]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8rN83b-5so"]Andrew Norwell Pre-Spring Game Q&A - YouTube[/ame]

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

From an article that '86 originally posted in the Tom Herman thread:

In the best times, Herman's offense had lineman Andrew Norwell vomiting. The super-fast version of Ohio State's no-huddle is labeled "Jet." Jet took off at a key moment in the third quarter of last year's game at Penn State.
At that point, the decision had been made to run Penn State's defensive line out of the building the same way Herman had done it at Rice. Go fast, make defenders run sideline-to-sideline. History shows an eight-play, 85-yard touchdown drive that lasted 2 minutes, 15 seconds.
And then, regurgitation.
"Norwell came to the sideline, sat on the bench and vomited at the feet of our offensive line coach [Ed Warriner]," Herman said. "He looked him right in the eye and said, 'Keep jettin' 'em.' That's when I knew we had them."

You have to love a lumberjack lookin' OG that runs 'til he pukes and wants to run more because it's working.

 

[ant80]

From an article that '86 originally posted in the Tom Herman thread:



You have to love a lumberjack lookin' OT that runs 'til he pukes and wants to run more because it's working.

I might be wrong about this, but I interpreted that bolded part as Warinner telling Norwell, not the other way around.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

I might be wrong about this, but I interpreted that bolded part as Warinner telling Norwell, not the other way around.

The pronouns in that sentence are ambiguous, no question. My interpretation rests on the question, "which application of the pronoun would have made the OC think, 'now we have them'"?

 

[ant80]

The pronouns in that sentence are ambiguous, no question. My interpretation rests on the question, "which application of the pronoun would have made the OC think, 'now we have them'"?

I'm thinking it could go both ways... I just feel that after Norwell vomiting, he is unlikely to have said what you attributed to him saying. (If he did, kudos to him. And tonnes of respect.) On the other hand, Warinner might've said that to motivate Norwell who was probably not feeling too well after vomiting.