Tressel says (Ohio State RB) Wells will play against USC

ESPN.com ^ | 9 Sept 2008 | Adam Rittenberg

[GOP_Raider]

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said Tuesday that running back Chris "Beanie" Wells will play in Saturday's game against top-ranked USC after missing last week's game with an injury to his right big toe.

How much Wells plays largely depends on his progress in practices Tuesday and Wednesday. Wells will run and go through individual drills Tuesday before participating fully in Wednesday's workout.

"He probably ran better than I thought he might [on Monday]," Tressel said.

Wells has been testing the foot/toe on a stationary bike and in the pool. He's listed as the starter on this week's depth chart ahead of Dan "Boom" Herron, who received the bulk of the carries this past week.

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[smith288]

God i hope the Bucks show up this week. Last week was atrocious. Get ‘em ready Tress!

[gobucks]

It’s going to be a long night for the funny hat dudes....

[dfwgator]

Oh please, please, please may Ohio State win!!!

[FreeLuna]

“O-H!”

[MasonGal]

Go Buckeyes!!!! Please do not show up like you did this past week. PLEASE!!

[GreenAccord]

I-O!

[Cosmo105]

Go Trojans! Class of ‘91

[GreenAccord]

The amount of pre-game smack talk before these Ohio State games against top teams has diminished from full-on in-your-face smack talk (against U of M in 2006) to a mere, ‘man, we better show up’ now.

I know I’ve kept it fully under wraps after 2 NC game debacles (altho, the FLA game in 2006 was the worst)

[IndyTiger]

Gonna be a great weekend of football. OSU-USC Saturday night, and Browns-Steelers on Sunday night. Hopefully I’ll be in a good mood Monday morning.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Great nickname “Beanie” - what is the story behind that?

[ErnBatavia]

They better bring some game!

[ErnBatavia]

Behold...a thing of power - and elegant beauty:

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Amazing that a game in week 3 of the regular college season is easily the most critical dealing with National Championship/BCS ramifications. This is a bowl game in itself.

[Dacula]

Tell me I am wrong, but Tressell ran scripted plays all the way to the end of the third quarter.

Here is my case - Boeckman ran the football almost every play, that is why he did not score a touchdown. He needs to throw the ball to spread out his game.

Likewise, Pryor was strickly throwing the ball and limited his running attack.

Last week’s game was designed to give the university of spoiled children nothing to prepare for.

Go Bucks!

[Ghengis]

Go Bucks!

[Ghengis]

I have had this theory about Tressell and his early season light competition since his third year as coach. IMO he designs these game plans to work as glorified scrimmages and deliberately disguises his team’s strengths. When they need to kick in the afterburners late, they leave the opponents in the dust.

[Cosmo105]

You mean University of Successful CPA’s

[smith288]

He had a small head when little i think.

[dfwgator]

When they need to kick in the afterburners late, they leave the opponents in the dust.

Except when they play an SEC team.

[kickonly88]

I like the Big Ten but I think USC has too much for Ohio State. The Pac Ten teams always seem to have a lot of speed. The brownies better bring something more than they showed to the cowboys.

[smith288]

Except when they play an SEC team.

And by then, OSU puts out all they have on the field for SEC teams to expose. But OSU football is still good football.

[KingSnorky]

Did Tress say if the offensive line would play, too? :)

[longhorn too]

I am not a real big fan of OSU, but I sure hope they knock off USC. I can’t stand their weany of a coach!

[rockthecasbah]

Class of ‘81

Fight on!!

[TonyInOhio]

You mean University of Successful CPA’s

That's University of Spoiled Children to you, bub.

[SeaHawkFan]

USC has far too much team speed for Ohio State to compete.

While I hope it is a good game, I think the second half is going to get ugly.

[Mashood]

Gee... isn’t that what they said about Maimi?

[jrtjrt]

When he was a young boy, his little brother thought Beanie’s head was too small for his body, he thought it looked like a bean.

[Lakeshark]

The Pac Ten teams always seem to have a lot of speed

You might want to have checked on the Oregon State debacle against Penn State this past week before you said that.

That being said, Ohio State has no way of beating the high stakes payroll of USC this week. They will most likely get decimated.

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

This is GREAT news. We are really going to need him. The offense last week had me very worried. I think we need to stick with the basics, run the football.

[StoneWall Brigade]

Thanks for the ping looks like a great weekend of college football.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

ErnBatavia adores Trojans? Well, that's very responsible of you.

Go Buckeyes! oHIo

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Except when they play an SEC team.

That's the truth.

[SeaHawkFan]

Miami played poorly, and suffered a major injury to their best player. On top of that, I didn’t think Miami was significantly better that Ohio State that year.

[ErnBatavia]

Here's one to scare ya!

But that wouldn't scare this guy....

[Ghengis]

Did you read my post?

[GOP_Raider]

Thanks. I’ll be up late tonight (well, it’s probably early by my standards) creating the delight to the optic nerve that will be this weekend’s live thread, so be sure to stick around for that.

[smaug6]

Big ten fans are self delusional. Ohio State is getting ready to get its ass kicked.

[Man50D]

Thanks. I’ll be up late tonight (well, it’s probably early by my standards) creating the delight to the optic nerve that will be this weekend’s live thread, so be sure to stick around for that.

I'll be posting my season premier FWIW top 10 but still try to get some sleep tonight.

[kickonly88]

“You might want to have checked on the Oregon State debacle against Penn State this past week before you said that.”

Like the Obamasiah, I will say what I meant to say was that on the whole the Pac Ten seems to have more speed.I’m in Illannoy but I really like Penn State over the other teams in the Big Ten.And I believe they still play on grass as opposed to that artificial turf garbage.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

It's amazing how one game can change everything. Before the season USC was having "issues" and people were picking Ohio State to win this game and now after OSU's performance last saturday versus Ohio (plus USC clobbering UVA) and now people are picking USC to win. As for me I have to say I would have to pick USC. I just think they have the edge at QB. Boechkman (sp?) is just not a big time college QB. The only way they win this game is if Beanie Wells has a game similar to how he played versus Michigan last year where the offense runs the bal and keeps the USC offense off the field. BTW here somethinf I found on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il32mM0r768

[fkabuckeyesrule]

****Last week’s game was designed to give the university of spoiled children nothing to prepare for.****

That plus giving the alumni an ulcer. LOL!

[fkabuckeyesrule]

****I'll be posting my season premier FWIW top 10 but still try to get some sleep tonight. ****

Sponsored by Dunkin Doughnuts I hope. LOL!

[GOP_Raider]

This ‘69 Rose Bowl video is great! Kind of amazing to see Tatum with that hit on O.J., since OJ looked like a LB in that game.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

The amazing thing about that team is that there were a ton of solphmores on the team. They only lost two games (’69 vs Michigan and ‘71 Rose Bowl vs. Stanford - Jim Plunkett) in 3 years.

[phoenix0468]

Not if your an Ohio State and/or Browns fan.

[Ghengis]

Sheesh! Again, this has nothing to do with what I posted.

If all you wanted to do was take a dig, you accomplished that. But what you posted has nothing to do with the discussion in which I was engaged in.

[Ghengis]

I agree with your assessment.

Last weekend I was picking USC by 12 pts. I love my Bucks, but Boeckman is not a QB that elevates the team. If OSU wins, they keep it close, Beanie has some breakaway runs and the defense forces more than one key turnover.