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Can the flu help Wells' recovery?
Friday, October 10, 2008
What's brewing today with the Ohio State Buckeyes:
Buckeyes buzz
At this rate, the Buckeyes are going to run out of players against Purdue (3:34 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11).
Ohio State is hoping that tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells has no aftereffects to sickness he encountered this week. He's already missed three games due to a foot injury.
"He had a little bout with the flu this week," coach Jim Tressel said. "Hopefully that day's rest because of the flu helps the foot even more. With Beanie, we're hoping that now we're back in the shape where he's a 20-plus carry guy. That would be the goal."
He may have to carry that much because of some other injuries for the Buckeyes.
Linebacker Austin Spitler (Bellbrook High School), running back Dan Herron and wide receiver Dane Sanzenbacher are all out with concussions. Tight end Rory Nicol will dress but may not play much because of a twisted ankle. WR and kick returner Ray Small missed most of the week of practice and was still questionable. Tressel said he "tweaked his knee a little bit."
Pregame talks
You know those almost uncomfortable moments when coaches meet and talk before the game, a television camera zooming in on their faces but with no sound to tell us what they're talking about? Here's some insight from Tressel on what those meetings are like.
" 'How you doing?' 'Doing good.' 'Family doing well?' 'Yeah, they're doing well.' 'Hey, you guys looked good against so-and-so,' " he said.
Picking on Pryor
OSU quarterbacks coach Joe Daniels doesn't handle Terrelle Pryor with kid gloves. The freshman from Jeannette, Pa., led his high school team to state championships in both football and basketball a year ago.
"Jeannette's undefeated so far this year. So I told him, 'They're not missing you at all, you know that?' " Daniels said with a laugh.
