Game Day

It is The Men of Troy, part deux.



Bad news from the Dispatch:

Ohio State tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells has seen improvement in his injured right foot, but he will miss his third straight game Saturday.

Coach Jim Tressel yesterday said Wells' foot responded much better to back-to-back practices this week than it did last week, but said Wells still wasn't "functionally ready" to play.

Tressel would not put a timetable on Wells' return to action, either.

"He's got to be able to function at the Beanie level," he said.

Wells suffered the injury Aug. 30 against Youngstown State, on his 13th carry of the season. The junior from Akron was considered one of several preseason Heisman Trophy hopefuls, but that chance now has evaporated.

"Gosh, I hope that's not forefront in his mind," Tressel said. "My experience with Beanie is what's most important to him is when will he be back to help his team. Those other things, yeah, they're goals, and I hope they are, but they're not in the forefront."


Troy is not a bad team. They might be better than Ohio University. Ohio State needs to step up and be Ohio State. They can not afford to lose three games before they settle on a quarterback like they did in 2004 when they lost three in a row (Northwestern in OT on the road, Wisconsin at home, and Iowa on the road. They lost later that season at Purdue and easily could have lost in week two to Marshall. That type of season (8-4 with 2 close calls and a bowl game win over Kansas State)will not be acceptable.

I like the Bucks, in a game that will be closer than the final score, 31-17. I think this will be the coming out party for Mr. Pryor.

**** Kick Off Update**** Pryor gets the start and Mike Brewster starts at center. 1st time in OSU history a true freshman has started at both center and quarterback!!!!