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Safety Russell Among OSU's Defensive Veterans..........Russell talks about the 2008 defense and the secondary as a whole.
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09-03-2008, 06:53 AM
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Ohio State Insider: Russell tries to show off bravado, but it's intercepted by teammates
by Doug Lesmerises
Tuesday September 02, 2008
COLUMBUS -- Despite posting a shutout, Ohio State's defense once against didn't win the turnover battle for the Buckeyes in Saturday's 43-0 win over Youngstown State, with each team getting one.
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OSU cornerback Anderson Russell.
Ohio State's biggest missed opportunity came when cornerback Shaun Lane jumped a route and dropped what might have been an interception return for a touchdown. Safety Anderson Russell, who earned a reputation last season for dropping interceptions himself, was there to share the grief with Lane.
"Oh man, I let him have it," Russell said. "Because everybody is making fun of me based off last year. Anybody drops one, I'm right there to say something about it."
But as four reporters interviewed Russell on Tuesday, linebackers Marcus Freeman and James Laurinaitis arrived to pose questions themselves, aiming to force Russell to remember his past. Laurinaitis grilled Russell about his comments two years ago, when Laurinaitis had five interceptions.
"You kept saying over and over, I think week by week, 'James, they throw the ball right to you, no wonder you get interceptions,'" Laurinaitis said, TV microphone in hand. "Having experienced the same things, yet having dropped those, what goes through your mind in situations like that?"
"You got lucky," Russell said. "All the ones they threw you were lollipops. I got bullets."
Then they all laughed. Oh, the joys of a shutout.
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Ohio State Insider: Russell tries to show off bravado, but it's intercepted by teammates - Ohio State Buckeyes Football, Basketball, News, Blogs and Photos - cleveland.com
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10-02-2008, 02:02 PM
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Russell talks about playing Wisconsin in a video interview.
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10-04-2008, 07:56 AM
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In the spotlight
Saturday, October 4, 2008 3:01 AM
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
ANDERSON RUSSELL
FS, OHIO STATE
Going against a team that likes to fire a power running game at a defense might be fun for linebackers, but for safeties it presents an exercise in impulse control.
So it will be for Ohio State free safety Anderson Russell tonight at Wisconsin. The Badgers run the ball almost twice as much as they throw it. That can make their passing game more lethal if the safeties start creeping forward to stop the run or bite on play-action fakes.
"A lot of times when guys get beat on play-action, it's because of bad eye control," Russell said.
By that, he didn't mean a defender gets cross-eyed, he just reacts to what he thinks is coming -- a run -- rather than what he sees. OSU defenders have had trouble with that in recent big games.
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