ESPN just reported at 6:45pm on Friday that Chris Wells will not play, according to Ohio State HC Jim Tressel.
To add to the disbelief, Kirk Herbstreit, who is out here for GameDay and to announce the game, said he just saw 'Beanie' going through warmups, catching the ball and stuff, and said he did not look like a player who was not going to play in the biggest game of his life.
Is this a wheel chair ploy a la Paul Pierce or what? We swear this guy is going to roll out of the tunnel, separate from his team, to the rousing cheers of the Suckeye faithful.
Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller LOS ANGELES -- A full day's worth of notes and quotes as coaches Pete Carroll and Jim Tressel talked to reporters on both ends of the USC-Ohio State showdown. RECRUITING BATTLE Carroll and Tressel don't know each other personally but that doesn't mean they don't know each other. "We know them through recruiting," Carroll... more »
Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller LOS ANGELES -- USC's All-American linebacker Brian Cushing, who's already nursing a wrist injury that requires a protective cast, left practice Tuesday with a bruised hip. Defensive end Kyle Moore also missed action with back spasms. Coach Pete Carroll said he doesn't expect the injuries to keep either player from starting against No. 5... more »
It’s time for this week’s HP Heisman Watch. The following list is of the players who have the best shot at actually winning the Heisman. It is not a predicted order of the final voting. Therefore, some players not on this list will assuredly get their share of votes. 1. Chris Wells, Ohio State–Things are getting tricky when it... more »
It’s time for the HP Heisman Watch. This is my ranking of the players who have the best chance at actually winning the Heisman. It is not a predicted order of the voting, so some players who are not on this list will still get Heisman votes in the end. 1. Chris Wells, Ohio State–Wells holds on to the... more »
Ohio State coach Jim Tressel says he'll decide later this week whether injured tailback Chris "Beanie'' Wells will play Saturday against Ohio.... more »
Louisiana Superdome. Ohio State vs. Louisiana State. We asked 24 of the finest football minds in captivity who would win. Some are hanging on Bourbon Street, others are watching from afar. Here is what they had to say:Tony Barnhart, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Because Ohio State backed into the national championship game and because the Buckeyes were crushed (41-14) by Florida... more »
The College Football News always tries to do things differently -- and so they did with their All-America team this year. But one thing they didn't do differently was keep USC nose tackle Sedrick Ellis' All-American streak alive. He's been named first-team on every single one released to date. But naming Oregon's Dennis Dixon as the No. 7 quarterback... more »
No wonder they were able to keep top-RB prospect Chris Wells from leaving the state. Careful, this video is rather gratuitous and probably not-safe-for-work. But enjoy it anyways.
Chris Wells is the #2 ranked RB prospect in the country (behind LeSean McCoy). He's from Akron, OH and has already verbally commited to Ohio State.
But we know what Pete Carroll thinks of verbal commitments--likening them to engagements--where there's still plenty of time for them to be called off before the wedding.
So Fred Davis, an Ohio statesman that left that state to come to California, played host most of this past weekend to Chris Wells.
"Man, it was all that," laughed Wells in reference to his visit. "...everything was cool, and when we got off the plane, I loved seeing those palm trees ...wow! Then I looked at the airport and thought, 'dang, this is the biggest airport I've seen in my life."
"I'd give the visit a 10. Yeah, it was a 10 out of 10."
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