Special kids get chance to play
Benefit held for crash victim
WSU vs. Milwaukee
Home > Blogs > Buckeyes Beat > Archives > 2008 > October > 21 > Entry
Beanie will have to learn to deal with pain
Beanie Wells complained of some discomfort in his troublesome right foot after a 31-carry, 140-yard performance against Michigan State last week, but coach Jim Tressel doesn’t think the lingering soreness is any cause for alarm.
Asked whether Wells would be 100-percent healthy for the Penn State game, Tressel said on the Big Ten teleconference Tuesday: “I think he’s at the top end. I don’t know what 100 percent means. He’s an extraordinary guy and gets sore like any back who carries 30 times.
“He’s a power-type guy, but I think he’s as good as he’s going to get for a running back.”
For being such a brute when he carries the ball, the 6-foot-1, 230-pound Wells seems to come up lame as often as a brittle 175-pound back. We’ve all watched him limp to the bench over the last three years, looking as if he might be sidelined for good, only to see him return to the huddle the next play.
No one would dare call Wells soft, at least not to his face, but whenever health questions arise, Tressel seems to be trying to get a message across to his star, one that perhaps hasn’t been fully embraced yet: For a workhorse running back, pain is a constant companion.
Permalink | Comments (2) | Post your comment |
Comments
By Matt
October 21, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this
Is it possible that Beanie is taking the page out of the book of another great running back?… Jim Brown would appear to be injured one play and the next break three tackles and run for a forty yard touchdown. Ernie Davis imitated him, so its possible that Beanie is doing the same. Ragardless, any way you slice it, Beanie is still one of the elite running backs in college football.By Murphy
October 22, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this
The dude is SOFT! He could be up there with Eddie George if he had any sort of toughness to him…….