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Offensive lineman Jim Cordle created a minor stir when he expressed some reservations over the style of cleats Ohio State will wear with the throwback uniforms against Michigan.
"I'm concerned about our Nike shoes," Cordle said. "The cleats that they have, we tried them on early in camp and everybody was rolling their ankles. I mean, they roll hard."
This, of course, leads to concerns that the Buckeyes might somehow get players injured or, even worse, lose to Michigan because of problems related to the switch to the 1954-style uniforms.
But other players said that if they didn't like the new shoes, they would simply wear the old ones. A Nike spokesman said later that four different designs of the shoes are available, so chances are the players can find ones they like.
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Cordle versatile for Ohio State
Friday, November 20, 2009
By JIM NAVEAU
The Lima News
COLUMBUS ? Ohio State?s Jim Cordle can play any role he?s asked to perform.
On the football field. And in the classroom.
Cordle, a fifth-year offensive lineman, has played four positions over the last two seasons for the Buckeyes.
He?s listed as the starting left tackle for OSU?s game at Michigan on Saturday. He began the year at right tackle before surgery to repair a foot injury took him out of the lineup for five games.
He was the starting center in 2007 and early last year before he was moved to guard.
And when the marketing major took a theater class as an elective, he discovered he enjoyed taking on new roles there, too.
?I took it just for an easy ?A,? basically. I was expecting it not to be interesting at all but we had a really good teacher,? Cordle said about his foray into the world of drama.
?It was fun to read plays and I never thought it would be. Then we had to go watch performances. I went to see ?Tecumseh? down in Chillicothe. But probably the most fun was we had to do a play at the end and my group was (fellow football players) Keith Wells, Travis Howard and Ohrian Johnson. We did a parody on reality TV.?
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Well-suited for football wars
Cordle's high pain threshold inspires fellow Buckeye offensive linemen
BY JON SPENCER ? CentralOhio.com ? November 20, 2009
COLUMBUS -- He's two wins away from becoming part of the winningest senior class in Ohio State history, which would be a nice legacy for offensive tackle Jim Cordle, a 2005 Lancaster graduate, to leave behind.
Except that fellow lineman Connor Smith thinks Cordle's lasting imprint has more to do with fashion than football.
In last week's game program, underclassmen were asked their most admirable senior trait. Smith's answer: Jimmy Cordle's style.
Turns out Smith was being facetious. You won't find Cordle in GQ. He's more likely to be the first guest on the makeover show "Queer Eye for the Buckeye."
"I came in here, this goofy kid from Lancaster, who had no fashion sense at all," said the fifth-year senior, who will start at left tackle -- his fourth different position as a Buckeye -- in Saturday's game at Michigan. "I wore whatever I wanted to. I'd wear sandals, dress socks, gym shorts and a nice colored shirt to class ... if you can picture that.
"I even wore dress socks to practice once, and that didn't go over well. I've got a girlfriend, and she's slowly brought me around."
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