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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/ncaa/09/12/wells.out.ap/index.html
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ohio State running back Chris "Beanie" Wells will not play for the fifth-ranked Buckeyes against No. 1 Southern California on Saturday night because of his injured right foot.
Ohio State coach Jim Tressel made the announcement late Friday afternoon after the team went through a 40-minute walkthrough at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
"We won't have Beanie tomorrow," Tressel told the assembled media just minutes after he told his team of the decision. "He was getting treatment 15 times a day. I guess if looks could kill, he fought me. I just told the team because it's important our guys know what we thought we should do.
"I just think as I listened to the doctors and I thought about the situation that this was the decision that should be made. We've got good kids. We're going to go after them."
The Trojans (1-0) will be playing their first game since an impressive 52-7 victory Aug. 30 at Virginia. Ohio State (2-0) has beaten in-state opposition Youngstown State 43-0 and Ohio University 26-14.
Wells, who rushed for 1,609 yards and 15 touchdowns last season, was injured in the third quarter of the opener, collapsing behind the line of scrimmage and dropping the football shortly after taking a handoff inside the Youngstown State 10-yard line. Without him, the Buckeyes had to rally to beat the lightly regarded Bobcats last weekend.
No details on the injury have been released
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/ncaa/09/12/wells.out.ap/index.html
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ohio State running back Chris "Beanie" Wells will not play for the fifth-ranked Buckeyes against No. 1 Southern California on Saturday night because of his injured right foot.
Ohio State coach Jim Tressel made the announcement late Friday afternoon after the team went through a 40-minute walkthrough at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
"We won't have Beanie tomorrow," Tressel told the assembled media just minutes after he told his team of the decision. "He was getting treatment 15 times a day. I guess if looks could kill, he fought me. I just told the team because it's important our guys know what we thought we should do.
"I just think as I listened to the doctors and I thought about the situation that this was the decision that should be made. We've got good kids. We're going to go after them."
The Trojans (1-0) will be playing their first game since an impressive 52-7 victory Aug. 30 at Virginia. Ohio State (2-0) has beaten in-state opposition Youngstown State 43-0 and Ohio University 26-14.
Wells, who rushed for 1,609 yards and 15 touchdowns last season, was injured in the third quarter of the opener, collapsing behind the line of scrimmage and dropping the football shortly after taking a handoff inside the Youngstown State 10-yard line. Without him, the Buckeyes had to rally to beat the lightly regarded Bobcats last weekend.
No details on the injury have been released
