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Ohio State's Wells now doubtful for clash with USC
Ohio State coach Jim Tressel says it's doubtful that starting tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells will play Saturday night against top-ranked USC.
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Breaking: Beanie Wells downgraded to “doubtful” for Saturday’s USC game
WaitingForNextYear — [image] Uh-oh. OSU coach Jim Tressel announced today  that star running back Chris “Beanie” Wells is now “doubtful” for Saturday night’s game vs. #1 USC due to lingering soreness in his foot. Origionally cleared to start as of Tuesday, Wells practiced Wednesday night and then sat out Thursday’s practice due to pain and soreness in his foot. As of right now, USC is currently favored by either 10 1/2 or 11 (depending on your book of choice), and that number could grow and for good reason. Without Wells, Ohio State’s diminished running game may not be enough to compensate for the ...

Beanie Wells Now Doubtful for USC Game [College Football]
Deadspin — ... . Unfortunately that practice left him so sore he was unable to practice on Thursday morning. Just a few minutes ago, Jim Tressel pronounced him doubtful for the USC game. That sound you just heard was the entire state of Ohio wailing as one. ...

Wells 'doubtful'; 'gullible' written on door to Pete Carroll's office
Dr. Saturday — Beanie no!!!!!!: COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State coach Jim Tressel says it's doubtful that starting tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells will play Saturday night against top-ranked USC. [...] But Tressel said Thursday there was lingering soreness for Wells after he worked out the night before. Wells did not practice with the team Thursday morning. Tressel said team officials would monitor Wells' condition before deciding whether to rule him out for the game in Los Angeles. The Ohio State message boards just detonated the bombs ...

Beanie Wells now "doubtful" for Saturday's game
Conquest Chronicles — ... experienced some soreness on his injured right big toe after practicing Wednesday night. Coach Jim Tressel said Wells is now doubtful for the game. Tressel had been concerned all along about how Wells would respond from the injury, but this has to be a bit of a surprise. ...

There’s Nothing to Click Here: Spencer Has Officially Gone Crazy
Major League Jerk — ... hysterically for about five days. As your new leader, don’t fear, buying and using this little plant will no longer be against the law. But I have something planned on that subject for tomorrow, so I don’t want to ruin it. Man, I have no idea how these guys do this every day. It’s hard as FUCK to find all sorts of links. Moving on…fuck, I got out of character, damnit, Hef’s gonna have my ass in a sling when he gets back from vacation. THIS JUST IN… My thoughts? See that gun? Yea, that one. Why ...

Beanie Wells 'Doubtful' Against USC
FanHouse — ... Suicide watch time in Columbus, Ohio! Jim Tressel announced today that Beanie Wells isn't necessarily going to play against Southern Cal on Saturday. ...

SbB To Live Blog USC-Ohio St. Clash @ Coliseum
SPORTSbyBROOKS — This Saturday evening, #1 USC plays host to #5 (but Beanie-deprived?) Ohio State - and SbB will be there! (Brooks & SbB Girl Jenna enjoying the Trojan tailgate) Brooks will be rolling out reports & providing pics from the goings-on over at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and we’ll be live blogging all the exciting action. (And if it does become a blowout of the Buckeyes, maybe ABC will switch over to a more interesting game, like Boise State-Bowling ...

Running Into the Weekend
Pleats 'n Cleats — ... I'm going to give this college football thing a try so I can see what all the fuss is about, starting with Ohio State's game vs. USC. It's not like I've never watched a whole game, it just didn't really factor into my family's sports viewing habits so I only really watched it if someone I knew was playing or a bowl game. I'm kind of mad that it's looking like I won't get to see this guy Chris "Beanie" Wells play, which means I may have to watch Ohio State play again at some point when he's finally back (which may help my viewership). 2,500 comments about one guy's injury on ...

Dear Everyone Who Said Something Different: Please Don't Do That Again!
(Obsolete Feed) — ... "An Ohio State spokesperson told Musburger that after Wells iced his foot on the flight from Columbus to Los Angeles, Ohio State officials were "a little more optimistic." When Tressel said Wells was doubtful earlier, he meant Wells probably wouldn't play if the game were Thursday night." (ESPN) ...

Morning Rounds, September 12th
The Sports Complex — ... “I figured I might as well start trying to be a National League manager” - Charlie Manuel, on the squeeze Three lines on their world: Beanie Wells‘ status was changed to ‘doubtful’ for Saturday’s OSU-USC showdown Even without JET’s father around to spice it up, Pats and the Jets have some history going into Sunday and Francisco Rodriguez is in the record books Three ...

The Beanie Wells saga continues. Now he's ...
Deadspin — ... The Beanie Wells saga continues. Now he's a "game-time decision." Tressel says when he said Wells was "doubtful" on Thursday he meant if the game were played on Thursday. Right, because that's what people care about, whether Wells is ready to go two days before the game. [ESPN] ...

The Afternoon Dump: Randy Moss’s Mouth, Obama Hatred, Cuauhtémoc Quits, Tila Tequila’s New Book, Priest Selling Drugs.
Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football — ... Two big games happening tomorrow. First we have the Ducks facing off against Purdue, I think I will be picking Purdue by 3. Then the second big game would have to be the Ohio-USC game. I will pick USC due to the fact the Wells is still injured. ...

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Ohio State coach Jim Tressel says it's doubtful that starting tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells will play Saturday night against top-ranked Southern California. Tressel said Thursday there was lingering soreness for Wells in his right foot after he ...
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Ohio State Coach Jim Tressel said Thursday that it was doubtful that tailback Chris Wells would play Saturday night against Southern California. >