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Seasoned Brewster an anchor up front
Saturday, September 5, 2009
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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Michael Brewster took over at center in the fourth game last season.
The thing about videos is that although they chronicle important times, they might include a few embarrassing moments, too. Just ask Michael Brewster.

Today, the sophomore begins his second season as the starting center for Ohio State. Earning a starting job four games into last season was a big achievement, but there also were moments of ignominy, and all were caught on video.

"It kills me sometimes now to go watch film from last year, because sometimes I see myself getting beat or using bad technique or something else that's not so good," Brewster said. "And I'm thinking, 'Gosh, if I'd just done this ? '

"But because of that, what I know now, it's really exciting going into this season. Getting to start and play that much as a freshman was a huge bonus. It's going to be the building block for the rest of my career here."

It could be argued that Brewster is the keystone of an Ohio State offensive line that has promised to be more effective and nastier after being much maligned last season. Though Brewster is one of three returning starters, he's the only one in the same position.

Last season's left guard, Jim Cordle, has moved to right tackle. Starting right tackle Bryant Browning is now at right guard. Justin Boren, who had to sit out last season after transferring from Michigan, where he had started his first two years, is at left guard. And Andrew Miller, who came to Ohio State as a tight end, is at left tackle.

But the snap still belongs to Brewster, who never played center at Edgewater High School in Orlando, Fla. Considered the 12th best overall prospect in the country by Rivals.com, he learned the position on the fly last season.

"Michael did a good job stepping in as a freshman and he had some tough moments," coach Jim Tressel said. "Every play wasn't wonderful. Every game wasn't wonderful. And I'm sure we will have to remind ourselves that he's a sophomore (this season).

"But I think he's pretty darn solid and understanding what we want to do."
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The Columbus Dispatch : Seasoned Brewster an anchor up front
 
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Mike Brewster, Ohio State center

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Marvin Fong, Plain Dealer
Ohio State center Mike Brewster says the Buckeyes? young offense has been close to breaking out this season.

It's Brewster, receiver DeVier Posey, right guard Bryant Browning, running back Brandon Saine, quarterback Terrelle Pryor and every member of the Ohio State offense that fans will watch after last week's sporadic efforts in limited chances against Wisconsin.

The players say big things are ahead, which is just what coach Jim Tressel expected them to say after having just over 30 meaningful plays in the 31-13 win over Wisconsin, about half of what they get normally.

All fans want is progress, and that was shown in wins over Toledo, Illinois and Indiana. Maybe Wisconsin really was an aberration, but if some points don't go on the board against the Boilermakers, the worries will intensify.

"We've been close, a play here, a play there," Brewster said. "We're just getting ready to break out the past few games. With a young offense, you're always just that one block away or one arm-tackle away from going to the house. So I wouldn't say it's frustrating. As long as we keep progressing, I think we'll be all right."

Brewster, a sophomore in his second year as a starter, is an encapsulation of the entire offense -- talent, expectations, opportunity, and, the Buckeyes hope, growth.

"I'm not thinking as much. I feel like I'm back to my high school days, and I'm just playing with my mean streak," Brewster said. "I really know what I'm looking for."

Ohio State fans know what they're looking for, too.
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Four Downs: Doug Lesmerises' take on what to watch when the ball is snapped | Ohio State Buckeyes - cleveland.com - - cleveland.com
 
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Bloodied, Bruised and Banged Up, Brewster Played On
By Brandon Castel

LOS ANGELES ? Football and pain are synonymous.

They come together like a rainbow after the rain: not always visible, but always there, waiting just behind the clouds.

Even with the advancements in safety and recovery, football remains one of the most brutal sports in existence.

Being sore is not an option; it?s a way of life.

Players learn to deal with it. Fight through it.

If you?re not playing hurt, you?re not playing.

And yet what Ohio State center Michael Brewster endured in 2009 was something he had never encountered in his life.

?It was pretty bad,? said Brewster, who played the second half of the season with a severely sprained right ankle.

?I?ve never had a bad injury like that. I?ve had a few surgeries, but nothing like a bad ankle.?

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Tape and raw determination got Mike Brewster (50) through the season despite a severely sprained ankle.
Photo by Jim Davidson

With all the spine-chilling injuries that occur in the high-collision sport of football, a sprained ankle hardly seems worthy of its own story. While other players deal with torn tendons, broken bones and bruised brains, a sprain sounds about as serious as a hangnail.

But that hangnail nearly derailed Brewster?s sophomore season.

?I probably shouldn?t have played for a couple games after that, but I?m not a guy to sit out and miss stuff,? Brewster said after he injured his ankle in practice before the Purdue game in week seven.

?We were just practicing and I was back blocking on somebody and somebody (else) got thrown or pushed over and hit me at an awkward angle.?
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The-Ozone, Ohio State Football, Wrestling, Softball, Basketball, Hockey, Baseball and More
 
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MAKING HIS POINT: Ohio State's Michael Brewster directs traffic in a 2008 game at Wisconsin. Brewster became a full-time starter that season as a freshman. (Neal C. Lauron | Dispatch)

Brewster grew up front and centered
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Thirteen years have passed since Michael Brewster hit a mammoth home run at the young and tender age of 8. But Michael's older brother, Billy, still remembers the sound of the bat striking the ball.

"You just knew it was gone, that it wasn't going to stop for a while," Billy Brewster said, recalling the flight of the ball as it sailed well over the fence, some 200 feet from home plate.

Michael's mother, Kathy, recounted how she and her husband, Bill, "just stood there with our mouths open. It was comical, because here was this kid, he was 8 years old, and he hit one over the fence."

It was obvious then that Michael Brewster was not the average

8-year-old on the ball fields of north Orlando, Fla., but he had always been "off the charts" in terms of physical development, his mother said. At the private Lake Highland Prep School he had attended since kindergarten, it was obvious which classroom Michael was in each year: It was the one with the oversized desk.

Though he isn't exactly small these days at 6 feet 5 and 300 pounds, junior center Michael Brewster no longer is the biggest man on campus - or even on the Ohio State offensive line - as the second-ranked Buckeyes prepare to face Marshall tonight in Ohio Stadium.

But way back when, he might as well have been The Hulk among his peers, and he still keeps the home run ball in his room in Orlando as the first tangible evidence.

"That ball means a lot to me," Michael said.
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Ohio State Buckeyes' Mike Brewster confident offensive line can handle Miami's defensive line
Published: Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Doug Lesmerises, The Plain Dealer

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Ohio State center Mike Brewster graded well with his line calls last week against Marshall.

COLUMBUS, Ohio ? On Brandon Saine's 45-yard touchdown run against Marshall last Thursday, every Ohio State offensive lineman finished his block perfectly, except for left guard Justin Boren, who pulled and led Saine through the hole, but found no one left to hit.

"They had a run blitz, and Mike made a good call to pick up everything," Boren said. "It was wide open, and I just saw Brandon take off."

Mike made a good call. That's Ohio State junior center Mike Brewster, and he made a lot of good calls. In fact, after playing about 45 snaps in the Buckeyes' opener, Brewster said line coach Jim Bollman disagreed with only one decision he made on blocking assignments, a duty that falls to the OSU center, and even Brewster realized that mistake as soon as it happened.

"It feels good to be confident," Brewster said Tuesday, "because when you're confident, you play 100 times faster."

For the first time in his career, Brewster was graded with a "winning performance" by his coaches, who examine every detail in their postgame evaluations. It's not a level that's easy to reach -- quarterback Terrelle Pryor is still searching for the first "winning performance" of his career. It's Brewster's self-assuredness and consistency in the middle of the line, and his faith in the four linemen joining him, that will be tested against Miami's quick and dangerous defensive line on Saturday when the No. 2 Buckeyes host No. 12 Miami.
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Ohio State Buckeyes' Mike Brewster confident offensive line can handle Miami's defensive line | cleveland.com

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For the first time in his career, Brewster was graded with a "winning performance" by his coaches, who examine every detail in their postgame evaluations.
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That's very encouraging. I did notice Boren going though the hole just ahead of Saine on his long TD run, looking for somebody to hit. Probably a mixture of excitement and disappointment for Justin at that point. :tongue2:
 
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