OL Jim Cordle (Official Thread)

[Steve19]

Great performance in the penultimate game of his career at Ohio State. Well done!

 

[OregonBuckeye]

OL's been getting it done and Cordle seems like the a big part of it. Great leader. Still would prefer Miller at LT if healthy but Cordle's making some good plays out there.

 

[craigblitz]

Jim might not be the most physically gifted of the Oline we have but it will be hard pressed to find a more versitle and smarter O-Lineman. It would not suprise me one bit if he is a very late draft pick or a FA and makes a squad as a C in the NFL.

 

[Buckskin86]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZDDeWXLbM8]YouTube - Ohio State vs. Michigan 2009: Jim Cordle[/ame]

 

[Buckskin86]

PROPOSAL Cordle proposed to his girlfriend, Kerry McNally. Tressel chided Cordle for taking so long to propose. He said he extended the banquet for 15 minutes. Asked if Cordle did a good job, Tressel joked, ?No, he stalled. He kept rambling and hesitating. He did a great job once he pulled the trigger.? McNally, who met Cordle on his recruiting visit when she was a hostess, said yes.

OSU Notebook for Dec. 6 - Canton, OH - CantonRep.com

 

[Buckskin86]

Right place, right time: Cordle proposes at OSU banquet

By JOE ARNOLD ? The Eagle-Gazette Staff ? December 7, 2009

COLUMBUS ? Credit Jim Cordle with not flinching. As an offensive lineman at Ohio State, Cordle is used to staying patient during long counts.

So when he came up with a plan last Christmas to propose to Kerry McNally, his girlfriend of five years, he was comfortable waiting for the right moment.

Cordle used his time at the podium at Ohio State?s team banquet Sunday to ask McNally to marry him. She happily accepted.

?Over the years, guys in my class had gotten engaged and a couple have gotten married,? Cordle said. ?Kerry would throw some hints out there, telling me ?Maybe you should think about it.? So I did.?

McNally, a law student at Ohio State, and Cordle met during Cordle?s official visit with the Buckeyes in 2004. The two didn?t cross paths again until a year later before the Texas game. Within weeks they were dating.

Cordle, a Lancaster graduate, planned the proposal last December and enlisted the help of his future in-laws to pull it off.

?Guys on the team were giving me ideas. I knew I probably wasn?t going to do an Ian Johnson and score a touchdown in the Rose Bowl and then propose,? Cordle said, referencing the former Boise State running back?s proposal on live television in 2007.

?This (banquet) was probably the last opportunity I had to make it football-related.?

Right place, right time: Cordle proposes at OSU banquet | newarkadvocate.com | The Newark Advocate

Ohio State senior Jim Cordle pops the question at the Buckeyes' football banquet: Video
By Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer
December 07, 2009

It's a tradition for Ohio State seniors to give someone important to them a rose at the Buckeyes' annual football banquet. Players considering leaving early for the NFL have mentioned the tradition enters their thoughts as they consider returning for a final year at Ohio State.

Senior Jim Cordle, as many players do, chose to give his mother his rose during Sunday's banquet. And then he gave his girlfriend an engagement ring

http://www.cleveland.com/buckeyeblog/index.ssf/2009/12/ohio_state_senior_jim_cordle_p.html

 

[Meyer]

Congrats dude

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

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[Buckskin86]

Cordle's trips part of journey
Thursday, December 17, 2009
By Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

CORDIAL TO CORDLE: Jim Cordle, who has taken his fair share of criticism from Ohio State fans, celebrates with them after the Buckeyes beat Iowa to clinch the Big Ten title and Rose Bowl bid. (Eric Albrecht, Dispatch)

At no point in his Ohio State career has Jim Cordle been as popular as his jersey.

We're not talking just any jersey, though, but "The Big Jersey" - a custom-made, four-person model fashioned by his aunt, Janet Goodwin. It has been a hit at OSU games for the past five years.

Since its debut in 2005, it has traveled to every game - to the Pacific Northwest, the desert southwest, the deep South, and of course, all over the Midwest.

Celebrities have jumped into The Big Jersey - coach Jim Tressel, university president Gordon Gee and OSU legend Archie Griffin, to name a few. It has been featured on television shows.

"At Texas (in 2006), (Goodwin) was going to put it on the statue of (mascot) Beavo," said Jim Cordle, the lineman's father. "I said, 'No, I don't want to get mugged.'"

It's a good thing Cordle has such, ahem, wide support on the home front, because like many Buckeyes, he has endured his share of criticism.

Anyone who has played on the offensive line in recent seasons has been the target of slings and arrows. The unit's inconsistency has been an annual story line.

Cordle has been singled out at times this season, maybe in part because he is now playing the most visible position on the line, left tackle.

It's been a long, strange trip for him, from excelling at center in 2007, to being moved to guard early in 2008, then to right tackle in 2009.

Struggling on an injured ankle, he played poorly in a loss to Southern California on Sept.12 and underwent surgery soon afterward.

When he re-entered the starting lineup Oct.24 against Minnesota, it was at left tackle - the first time he had played the position since getting a few practice repetitions as the backup in 2006.

It's safe to say tackle is not Cordle's natural position. He's more comfortable in the interior than on an island.

And whenever he does not play well, he is highly visible to an often unforgiving public.

"I've definitely heard most of it," Cordle said. "People say, 'He sucks at tackle,' and that's fine. It doesn't bother me, but the disappointing thing is it bothers my family."

And his family is highly loyal, vocal and headstrong. Cordle's father is one of eight kids, and his mother, Denise, has four siblings, so the clan that gathers for games routinely numbers 20 or more.

They are not afraid to stick up for Cordle. Several have defended him on Internet fan forums and chat rooms. His maternal grandmother, Doris Whitehead, once called a radio talk show to answer the critics directly.

"You have to fight for your own sometimes," Goodwin said.

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[Sportsbuck28]

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[Buckskin86]

Lassen: Cordle has been a unique Buckeye
By David Lassen
Posted December 31, 2009

LOS ANGELES ? Jim Cordle probably isn?t going to get the chance to pull off the offensive-line version of hitting for the cycle, but he doesn?t mind.

It is, after all, still a pretty good time to be an Ohio State lineman.

The 6-foot-4, 297-pound senior has started at left tackle, left guard, center and right tackle. If he opened Friday?s Rose Bowl game against Oregon at right guard, he?d have a start at every spot on the line.

While some members of the Ohio media contingent have lobbied offensive coordinator Jim Bollman to give Cordle that opportunity, it doesn?t appear likely Cordle will be shifting from the left tackle spot he?s held for the last five games.

?Four is good,? says Cordle. ?Five would just be a bonus. But four positions is pretty unique.

?It?s been fun to move around and change things up. I think I could play right guard but I?m not worried about getting a start there.?

Cordle is a native of Lancaster, Ohio, and when you?re from Ohio, and Ohio State calls, the recruiting process is essentially over. In his case, Buckeyes head coach Jim Tressel offered a scholarship the day before Cordle, then a high-school junior, was about to embark on a weekend of college visits.

?I was ready to cancel the weekend, but he said take your time and make sure this is the place,? Cordle recalls. ?Of course I was ready to commit. But we went ahead and made all the visits? ? to Notre Dame, Michigan, Illinois and Northwestern ? ?and then came back and committed on Monday.?

He began his Buckeyes career as a center, and admits it took a good two years to master college line play.

?I guess maybe my first start at center I felt comfortable,? Cordle said, ?and if I hadn?t completely got it down, I talked myself into believing I had.?

Then he began moving around, and faced new learning curves.

?Moving to tackle took spring practice, it took fall camp, and then I was fine there,? Cordle said. ?And now, interchangeably, from snap to snap throughout the game, even, I can move and be fine.?

Bollman believes that?s a tribute to Cordle?s attitude ? ?He?s going to do anything he can to help the football team? ? and his intelligence.

?He?s really fantastic at knowing the game, understanding what?s happening, making adjustments, helping everybody out, and being a leader on the line,? Bollman said. ?But again, that all starts with his attitude about life in general, and about the Bucks second.?

Lassen: Cordle has been a unique Buckeye? Ventura County Star

 

[SCBuck13]

We'll miss ya Jimmy, good luck in your post-Buckeye days.

 

[Buckskin86]

Offensive lineman Jim Cordle on the East roster for East-West Shrine Game,
Ken Gordon

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[Buckskin86]

Ohio State's Kurt Coleman, Jim Cordle eager to show varied talents to NFL scouts in postseason all-star games
By Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer
January 12, 2010

Marvin Fong / The Plain Dealer
OSU lineman Jim Cordle (64, blocking New Mexico State's Donte Savage) believes he needs to impress as a center to have a shot at the NFL. ?I think my tackle days are over,? he said.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Safety Kurt Coleman and left tackle Jim Cordle were two of the senior leaders in Ohio State's Rose Bowl season, and now both are looking to prove to the NFL they can do other things.

Coleman will head to the Senior Bowl on Jan. 30 wanting to show he can play cornerback as well as safety, while Cordle is preparing to play center in the East-West Shrine Game on Jan. 23. Both understand versatility only helps their cause.

Cordle might have the most on the line. A starting center as a sophomore, he moved to guard as a junior and tackle as a senior, but believes his best NFL shot is as a center. The practices are the most important part of any college All-Star game, and Cordle wants to show scouts enough to make them go back and evaluate his film as a sophomore center with the Buckeyes.

"I think my tackle days are over," Cordle said. "The biggest thing right now is for me to show what I can do at center."

In the end, Cordle's versatility should only help him. He said other OSU linemen in the NFL have told him they wished they could play multiple positions, because backups often need to slide around. But he knows what he does best, and it'll start next Monday at practice.

"That'll be the biggest week in the world for me," Cordle said.

Ohio State's Kurt Coleman, Jim Cordle eager to show varied talents to NFL scouts in postseason all-star games | Ohio State Buckeyes - cleveland.com - - cleveland.com

 

[Buckskin86]

Bad day for Buckeyes
In the same 1-on-1 drills where Rodger Saffold shined, two Ohio State players struggled. OL Jim Cordle was very slow off the ball, heavy footed and lacked the initial quickness off the ball needed to make the block. Against Virginia's Nate Collins, he didn't get out of his stance quick enough, had his head down and Collins exploded out, used his hands and beat Cordle to the side. After that, Cordle did suffer a lower leg injury, but it appeared to be minor.

East-West Shrine Game practice running blog - ESPN