Brewster's Day Will Come Soon
Brewster's Day Will Come Soon
By JOEY JOHNSTON, The Tampa Tribune
Published: December 25, 2007
Always well-prepared, Orlando Edgewater offensive lineman Michael Brewster will arrive in Columbus, Ohio, on Jan. 7 for his jump-start on college life and academics.
That night, the Ohio State Buckeyes, his new team, will face LSU in the BCS Championship Game at New Orleans.
"I wish I could be on the field with them," Brewster said. "But my day will come."
Actually, according to Edgewater coach Bill Gierke, Brewster's day arrived some time ago.
Brewster, a 6-foot-5, 295-pounder who was the No. 2 vote-getter on The Tampa Tribune's sixth annual Best of the South team, became assured of a distinguished future in the game, almost from the moment he arrived on Gierke's doorstep.
It was 2006, just before spring practice.
Gierke remembers being introduced to a new student.
A very large student.
"I didn't even know who he was and I sure wasn't aware he was at our school," Gierke said.
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