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I haven't seen the numbers within this thread (except for in the linked article), but this week I've seen/heard his weight reported at 290 or 295 pounds.
 
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I'm no offensive line guru. All I know is that I don't remember Miller getting beat in against USC which is just fine by me. Maybe he did and I don't remember. Maybe he's getting a ton of help. Either way, I don't remember a play that resulted in me thinking, "Man, I wish Adams was in there." Kudos for that.
 
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MEET A BUCKEYE
LT ANDREW MILLER
Saturday, October 10, 2009
By BY KEN GORDON
[email protected]

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GAMEDAY Q & A FOR 9/26

Andrew Miller is from Washington, Pa., so it figures that the Ohio State left tackle has been immersed in two staples of western Pennsylvania: football and hunting.

In addition to the story of the big one that got away, Miller also reveals that his family includes two parents who were not big sports fans, and a grandmother who definitely is:

QWestern Pennsylvania is crazy for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Ohio is crazy for the Buckeyes. How do those two fan bases compare in their devotion?

AIt's hard to explain. I would say the demographics are pretty similar -- people all the way from kids through old age follow both teams. Steelers fans might be more aggressive, I don't know. Maybe that's because it's a pro team and they serve alcohol in the stadium, but Steeler fans are nuts, they really are.

QSo being a Steelers fan, is that sort of mandatory in your hometown?

AI would say, especially my grandma on my mom's side (Marilyn McMillen). She's screaming at the TV every Saturday and Sunday; she's nuts about football. I've never known a woman her age who's as much into football as she is. She wants to hit me with e-mail and phone calls about our games.

QWhat does she want to talk to you about?

AShe will e-mail me like three times right around game day, with all the things I have to do, this and that. It's funny, she's 80, and she went to Penn State, and her freshman year was (Penn State coach) Joe Paterno's first year on the staff there. She'll tell me how she thinks I graded out. She's unbelievable.

QAre your parents like that, too?

ANot really. They both grew up on farms. My mom was into show horses, and she's a teacher. My dad grew up in a very blue-collar family; they worked hard, and sports weren't really a big draw for them. Both my parents were at all my games, but my dad's passion falls more with martial arts. He was stationed in Japan when he was in the Air Force, and he got into martial arts over there.
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MEET A BUCKEYE | The Columbus Dispatch
 
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Cordle, Miller likely to return this week

In his Big Ten conference call just completed, Jim Tressel said he expects to have center Jim Cordle and left tackle Andrew Miller back for Saturday's game at Purdue.

He said Cordle was "questionable, leaning more to the probably side" in his return from an ankle injury sustained in the USC game.

Miller has missed the last two weeks because of the flu.

Tressel said both are expected to practice today.

"That will certainly help up front," Tressel said.

Asked about their young replacements' performance, Tressel said, "They had their moments when you can see they?re going to be good players."
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Cordle, Miller likely to return this week (Blogging the Buckeyes)
 
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Lineman won't be tackled by flu again
By Sabriya Rice, CNN
September 2, 2010

(CNN) -- It was the fifth game of the 2009 Ohio State University football season, and offensive lineman Andy Miller cheered as the Buckeyes sprinted past the Indiana Hoosiers, 33-14, the fourth win of the year. The campus was brimming with excitement, yet for Miller the occasion was bittersweet.

"I was in my bed, watching them on television," recalls the 22-year-old senior, who could not participate last October because he was sickened with the flu.

Standing 6 feet, 7 inches and weighing more than 300 pounds, Miller says exercise and daily training keep him fit, so when flu shots were administered on campus, he thought he didn't need one.

"I had heard horror stories about the flu," Miller says, "but, I've never gotten very sick, so I didn't worry about it."

That, he says, was not a good play.

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"I never thought I would be so sick it would prevent me from weeks of activity," says Andy Miller.

For three games, nearly a quarter of the NCAA season, Miller was too weak to attend practice or travel with his team. As the Buckeyes battled opponents on the football field, he lay in bed battling fatigue, high fever and body aches. By the end of his bout with the H1N1 flu, Miller had lost more than 30 pounds, and it took weeks to ease back into the game.

"With me, sickness has always been a day or two," says Miller, who took nearly a month to fully recover from the virus. "I never thought I would be so sick it would prevent me from weeks of activity."
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Lineman won't be tackled by flu again - CNN.com
 
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Miller Readies For Senior Sendoff

November 22, 2010
Ohio State football reporters got one shot at interviewing head coach Jim Tressel and select players this week with the Buckeyes readying to face rival Michigan ? and that opportunity came on Monday.

The team?s entire senior class emerged inside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center and, naturally, the largest horde of media members circled around players such as defensive end Cameron Heyward, wide receiver Dane Sanzenbacher, running back Brandon Saine, linebackers Brian Rolle and Ross Homan, and offensive linemen Bryant Browning and Justin Boren.

Commanding a bit less attention, but still among the most quotable and entertaining upperclassmen, was offensive lineman Andrew Miller of Washington, Pa. The 6-6, 288-pound Miller is a listed backup to starting left tackle Mike Adams but he is one of the most reliable and hardest working members of the offense. And like his classmates, Miller is dealing with the emotion of facing UM and playing in the Horseshoe one final time.

In the following interview, he delves into those topics, OSU?s recent dominance over the Wolverines, chasing another Big Ten title and why Denard Robinson is no Terrelle Pryor:

Q. What is the schedule this week?

?It?s pretty similar. Tuesday and Wednesday are similar. Today we do a little team workout thing together. Thursday we just have practice a little bit earlier so guys, if they need to and they?re close enough, can get home for Thanksgiving and then be here early enough on Friday.?

Q. Is that your plan, to go home?

?Oh, not me. No. Dexter Larimore is my roommate and his parents are coming into town to our house, so we?re going to do that. I?d like to be home for Thanksgiving with the family and all that and if I really wanted to be there I could drive two-and-a-half hours home and eat dinner and come two-and-a-half hours back, so I guess that shows how much I didn?t really want to be there. But I?ll get a good meal in.?

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http://sportsrappup.com/sections/stories/10-11-22/Miller_Readies_For_Senior_Sendoff.aspx
 
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Miller opts to put game in his past
Job in hand, he'll pass on pro day
Sunday, March 6, 2011
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Andrew Miller could have toughed it out in front of NFL coaches and scouts this Friday at Ohio State's pro day, but he probably would have made a spectacle of himself, he said.

"Considering my recent surgery, how was it going to look if I walked out there with braces strapped on my shoulders?"

Some other outgoing Buckeyes who weren't invited to the recent NFL scouting combine, such as linemen Bryant Browning and Connor Smith, are expected to run and drill along with better-regarded teammates when the coaches and scouts converge on the Les Wexner Football Complex. Not Miller.

He'll pick up his degree in family resource management in two weeks and already has lined up a real-world job, so the fifth-year senior from Washington, Pa., has called it a career.

To have any kind of shot at landing at least a free-agent NFL contract, Miller likely would have needed a strong showing at pro day. His college resume - he shifted from tight end to the interior line and never quite nailed down a starting job - already was going to leave the personnel perusers unsure. Those braces simply would have accentuated the doubt.

He had surgery in late January on a couple of shoulder problems "that really couldn't wait," he said, so it was time to get on with his life.

"That was the crossroad, because the question was whether I still try to get ready for pro day despite being limited in my workouts, like not being able to really bench (press) and other things," Miller said. "I really think I would have had a chance, but not like this."

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http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...ler-opts-to-put-game-in-his-past.html?sid=101
 
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OL Andy Miller

I went back 40 pages but could not find a thread for Andy. I saw him listed on the roster released today and if that is correct he will be a huge addition to this season's offensive line as well as a potential team captain candidate.
 
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