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OSU notebook: Guard picks a bad night to play his best game

Thursday, September 18, 2008 3:13 AM
By Tim May


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
It has happened to most people at work. You get a compliment from the boss, but it comes during an otherwise bad week for the organization, so you can't go skipping down the hall. It happened this week to right guard Ben Person, who was called for holding on a play that negated what would have been Ohio State's only touchdown Saturday in a 35-3 loss at Southern California.
"I thought that Ben Person played better Saturday than he did his first two games," coach Jim Tressel said.
Not that he told Person that, but word got back to the senior.
"It's one of those things where you don't necessarily pat yourself on the back," Person said. "It's just, 'All right. It was week three, and I played better than I did in week two and week one.' "
But it was against the nation's top-ranked team "and you want to play well on the big stage," Person said. "I thought I played OK. But just because it was my best game doesn't mean it was that good of a game."
He said the offensive line is judged as a group, and there was certainly no group bow, not after scoring only three points.
"We've talked about that the past few days and we know we've got to play faster, got to play harder, just a lot of things we've got to do, and things we are capable of doing," Person said. "We just have to execute. The offense basically lives and dies with us. We have to get better. That's the bottom line."
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Departing seniors were asked about their experience at tOSU.

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Ben Person

Offensive lineman

Xenia, Ohio | Age: 22

Parting thought: "On the field, it's about the previous four Michigan games. In 2004, when Troy Smith went for 400-something yards; '05, when we rallied from 12 or so points with six or seven minutes left up there and we won; in '06, the shootout; and last year, the knock-down, drag-out. Off the field, it's funny how I've learned so much about this city. I now know Columbus better than I know my hometown. I'm ready for wherever life takes me, but I truly believe if I stay in Ohio when I'm done here, I'll be in Columbus."
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Ohio State football: Person's personal tribute
Jersey number honors ex-Buckeye, fellow Xenia native
Friday, December 26, 2008 6:02 AM
By Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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Kyle Robertson
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Ben Person's No. 63 was worn by ex-Buckeye Doug Adams.

Other Ohio State players will wear jersey No. 63, no doubt, but when guard Ben Person takes the field for the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 5, Armic and Edna Adams might feel a twinge of emotion.

It will be the final game of Person's five-year career, and the final chance to honor Armic and Edna's late son Doug, a Xenia schoolboy star who went on to play for Ohio State, just like Person. Doug Adams was one of the famous "Super Sophs," a starting linebacker who helped lead the Buckeyes to the 1968 national title.

He was killed in a bicycle accident in 1997, and when Person signed to play for OSU in 2004, he chose to wear Adams' old number in memoriam to his hometown hero.

"It meant a lot to us," Edna Adams said of Person's tribute. "It was so nice for Ben to do that."

Xenia is a town of 25,000 about 20 miles east of Dayton, a place one resident called "a well-kept city that honors American values." Person's father, Randy, is the chief of police.

It may be best known for the 1974 tornado that wiped out half the town and killed 34 people.

But it also has produced more than its share of good football players.

Doug Adams was one of those. An undersized overachiever -- barely 6 feet tall and maybe 200 pounds -- he threw himself into workouts and made the most of his abilities.

He started for three seasons at OSU, helping the Buckeyes compile a 27-2 record. He then spent four years with the Cincinnati Bengals before retiring at age 25 and going back to OSU for a dental degree.

He was a dentist in suburban Cincinnati when he was hit by a car while riding his bike. He was 48.
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There was a mention of the forth-coming article the other day along the top banner of the Dispatch's sports section that read "What makes Ben Person tick?"

I couldn't help but wonder if the "k" was a typo.... :p
 
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Person switches sides
No sooner did Ohio State guard Ben Person recover from lower-leg surgery than he was thrown into a position he has never played before: left guard. That's where he will start Monday.

Person has been solely a right guard, starting all 13 games last season and the first eight this season at the spot. When he got hurt, Steve Rehring replaced him.

Then left guard Jim Cordle suffered a knee injury in OSU's regular-season finale against Michigan. Rather than move Rehring back to the left side -- he started 25 straight games there from 2006 through early this season -- line coach Jim Bollman decided to keep Rehring on the right side and switch Person to left.

"The first seven or eight (bowl) practices, everything was backwards," Person said. "It was like I was trying to learn how to write left-handed or something, just because I've been playing right side ever since I've been here."

He said he feels much more comfortable now.

Cordle has been practicing and likely is available as a reserve
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