RB Chris "Beanie" Wells (All B1G, All-American)

[SanAntonioBuck]

Beanie must learn to run north & south on 4th & one.

 

[akronbuck]

Beanie must learn to run north & south on 4th & one.

that was his first 3rd 0r 4th down he didnt make. So you might want to think about that again. He ran left and had no blocking and thats the lines strong point blocking for the running game. So what was he suppose to do. The blocking collapsed and he got hit in the backfield
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[NJ-Buckeye]

The blocking collapsed and he got hit in the backfield

actually I believe the run he's talking about... was a 4th and 1 @ the 15.. the line had driven BG back two yards off the line of scrimmage... but Beanie cut outside and tripped...

if Beanie follows Boones fanny instead... I'm up another 250K in vcash today !!

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

OHIO STATE NOTEBOOK
Wells gets chance to atone for fumble

Sunday, October 15, 2006

Ken Gordon and Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Ohio State?s Chris Wells led the Buckeyes in rushing with 53 yards after getting a second chance following his early fumble.


EAST LANSING, Mich. ? He had just fumbled and his coach wanted to talk to him. It didn?t look good for Ohio State running back Chris "Beanie" Wells yesterday.
But instead, two words he heard from coach Jim Tressel made all the difference.
"(Tressel) said, ?Hold onto the ball next time,? " Wells said. "?Next time?; that?s the key to tell me I?m going back in the game."
Wells? fumble came on OSU?s third play against Michigan State. It could have been disastrous, and certainly, freshmen have been benched for similar grievous mistakes in the past.
But Tressel put Wells back in as soon as the Buckeyes got the ball back, and in a critical situation, no less. On third-and-1 from the MSU 15, Wells bulled for 3 yards.
Three plays later, the Buckeyes scored to take a 7-0 lead.
"I don?t know exactly what happened on that fumble," Tressel said. "But we needed him to go back in there and get back on the horse that threw him."
Wells ended up as OSU?s leading rusher with 53 yards and a TD on 12 carries. That was partly because starter Antonio Pittman rolled an ankle late in the first quarter.
Wells was grateful for the second chance.
"Coach Tressel had enough confidence to throw me back in the game," he said. "It allowed me to just put the fumble out of my head."
Better watch out

Ohio State center Doug Datish said the Buckeyes were warned all week about Michigan State?s historical hex on top-ranked OSU teams.
"We had different guys come in and talk to us about what happened in 1998 ? and we learned about what happened in 1974 ? we didn?t want that to be repeated on our watch, and it wasn?t, so that was good," Datish said.
But he said the offense in particular didn?t leave Spartan Stadium with a big head, despite its 421-yard day.
"We?ve got a long way to go, I think," Datish said. "We haven?t unlocked our full potential yet, not even close. We?ve got a bunch of great players, and if we can come together and crank it up even more, we?ll be going pretty good."
Half - a - shoe north

When the game started, scarlet peppered the green in the Spartan Stadium stands. But by the middle of the third quarter, OSU fans were at least in a 50-50 situation as the MSU supporters filtered out, and the Buckeyes could tell.
"We did have a lot of people," receiver Anthony Gonzalez said. "I heard the OH ? IO going. I?m surprised that (the Spartans) don?t have more support."
Predictable , huh ?

On their first scoring drive of the second half, the Buckeyes ran a reverse on the first play with Gonzalez for 29 yards.
They came right back on the next play with a reverse to Ted Ginn Jr. for 16, moving the ball quickly to the MSU 8. Both reverses went right to left.
Tressel was asked whether he?d called two in a row before.
"Probably never," he said.
But with the Spartans putting an extra man in the tackle box, he said it called for it.
Buckeye bits

Aaron Pettrey connected on a 32-yard field goal, his fifth field goal in his past six tries after starting the season 0 of 2. . . .Pittman has scored in 12 straight games, and Troy Smith has thrown a TD pass in nine straight. . . .The Buckeyes have intercepted a pass in every game this season. Of OSU?s 13 picks, seven have been by linebackers.

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[HilmerJ]

i really dont like the peterson comparison after seeing them both in college...Beanie just doesnt have the speed and the shiftyness of AD...so far...i see more of a lendale white so far in his career...with much more class...lol

 

[akronbuck]

i really dont like the peterson comparison after seeing them both in college...Beanie just doesnt have the speed and the shiftyness of AD...so far...i see more of a lendale white so far in his career...with much more class...lol

his only chances to run have been it mostly 3rd or 4th down and the defenses were always ready for him until yesterdays game.​

I've watched him from his freshmen year in h.s. and I always laughed at that Peterson comparison. First of all, size and running styles. He is really fast but, not peterson type . If I remember correctly peterson either won or finished VERY highly in the 100 meters at the state championship.​

To me, I think Wells is in the bo jackson, h. walker or a faster eddie george mold. He loves contact.​

He has a huge different body type of Whites but, about the same type of punishing running style with speed that White doesn't have.​

 

[crazybuckfan40]

his only chances to run have been it mostly 3rd or 4th down and the defenses were always ready for him until yesterdays game.​

I've watched him from his freshmen year in h.s. and I always laughed at that Peterson comparison. First of all, size and running styles. He is really fast but, not peterson type . If I remember correctly peterson either won or finished VERY highly in the 100 meters at the state championship.​

To me, I think Wells is in the bo jackson, h. walker or a faster eddie george mold. He loves contact.​

He has a huge different body type of Whites but, about the same type of punishing running style with speed that White doesn't have.​

He running style reminds me a lot of Chris Brown plays for the Titans....

 

[osugrad21]

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUICK RETURN: Even though freshman tailback Chris Wells fumbled on Ohio State?s third play against Michigan State, he didn?t spend a long time in detention on the bench. He finished the day as OSU?s leading rusher with 53 yards on 12 carries.
?He?s our short-yardage back and the things we were doing in short yardage, he?s the one who had rehearsed them,? Tressel said.
?I don?t know exactly what happened on that fumble. We can?t have those. We survived that one. We needed him to go back in there and get back on the horse who threw him. We?re going to need him.?[/FONT]

 

[osugrad21]

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SHORT STUFF: Tressel likes the way freshman running back Chris Wells is handling the short-yardage situations, where the 6-1, 225-pounder has frequently carried the ball. "I think Chris will be an outstanding short-yardage back, because sometimes you get so many guys in the box that you're going to have to break a tackle," Tressel said. "And he can break a tackle. But it starts up front, and I think we have improved there . . . And our goal is to be 100 percent in short yardage. I think of the seven ball games, we've only been 100 percent like four times, so we're not there yet."

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

DDN

OSU spotlight
Wells provides Buckeyes with power option


By Doug Harris
Staff Writer

Saturday, October 21, 2006


COLUMBUS ? Ohio State defensive end Jay Richardson knows there are safer ways to spend an afternoon than trying to tackle brutish tailback Chris Wells.
Like volunteering to be a rodeo clown.
Opponents tend to wince when they see the bruising freshman rumbling their way. And Richardson said even some of his own teammates had to warm up to the idea of standing in Wells' path.
"I'll tell you this: Our defensive backs have come a long way," the senior said. "In preseason camp, they were a little hesitant to come up and hit him full speed when he was coming downhill (running straight ahead) at them. Now, they'll step up and hit him.
"He's probably one of the strongest freshmen I've seen coming through here overall. And he's pretty explosive."
The 6-foot-1, 225-pound Wells has given the Buckeyes what they've lacked in recent seasons: a reliable short-yardage option. He's gained 236 yards on 57 carries, many of them plunges into the teeth of the defense to move the first-down chains.
Even when he lost a fumble on the opening series against Michigan State last week ? his second turnover of the season ? OSU coach Jim Tressel summoned Wells again when the Buckeyes needed to pick up some tough terrain.
"I think Chris will be an outstanding short-yardage back because sometimes you get so many guys in the box (around the line of scrimmage) that you're going to have to break a tackle. And he can break a tackle," Tressel said.
Wells had a game-high 53 yards on 12 carries with one touchdown against the Spartans, but he had trouble shaking his lone miscue.
"I just wasn't being responsible with the football," he said. "I wasn't holding on to it. I get down on myself every time I fumble."
But after shuffling to the sidelines, he was met by quarterback Troy Smith, who managed to come up with some timely words.
"He just told me, 'Don't worry about it. Just go back out there and play football. We've got a long game,' " Wells said.
The Akron native gained 78 yards on 14 carries against Iowa and has become a durable understudy for junior Antonio Pittman. And though Wells appears destined to one day become the featured back, he doesn't seem to be in any hurry.
"This is like a dream," Wells said of playing for the Buckeyes. "It's a dream to be part of a team with so much leadership."

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OSU's Chris Wells pushes past Indiana's Matt Mayberry. (Anthony DeYoung, CentralOhio)

 

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DDN

OSU NOTES
Buckeyes running back Wells working his way into rotation


By Kyle Nagel
Staff Writer


Saturday, October 28, 2006


Chris "Beanie" Wells, the bruising running back from Akron, gained 65 yards on 10 carries last week in Ohio State's easy victory against Indiana. That followed a game in which he gained 53 yards against Michigan State. He scored in both games.
It is the continued growth of the freshman, who is becoming more than simply a short-yardage option for Ohio State.
"I think Beanie came here as a very good ball-carrier and has become an even better ball-carrier," OSU coach Jim Tressel said.
The good news for Tressel is that he doesn't need to develop a starter immediately. He has one in junior Antonio Pittman, who has rushed for 778 yards, an average of 97.25 yards per game. There's still the third option, sophomore Maurice Wells, who had 62 yards Saturday.
But it's Chris Wells who OSU fans have their eyes on for the future.
"I think Beanie has come along very well and at the pace we'd hoped," Tressel said. "I've said many times: If we can continue to have three guys progress, that is going to pay dividends, and knock on wood, we're still sitting at that point."
Buckeye bits
? OSU quarterback Troy Smith has 21 touchdown passes this season. He needs nine more to break Bobby Hoying's school record of 29.
? The Buckeyes have won 15 straight games. The school record is 22, set between the 1967 and '69 seasons.
? Ohio State leads the Big Ten in scoring offense (34.9 points per game) and scoring defense (8.2).
? Of Anthony Gonzalez's 38 catches this season, 33 of them have resulted in first-down yardage.
? Tressel-coached teams have defeated Minnesota in each of their three meetings.

 

[Buckskin86]

Holding onto hope for Wells
JASON LLOYD, Morning Journal Writer
10/30/2006
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COLUMBUS -- When Eddie George was a freshman, he fumbled twice on the goal-line against Illinois and even had one returned 96 yards for an Illini touchdown.

Illinois won the game, 18-16, but three years later, George won the Heisman.

So there is certainly hope for Chris Wells.

Wells is quickly developing the reputation no running back wants -- of being a fumbler. He has now fumbled three times this year: Twice in the red zone as Ohio State was driving for a touchdown and once on the opening drive against Michigan State, setting up the Spartans with tremendous field position.

Saturday's fumble came with Ohio State leading 10-0 in the second quarter. It was third-and-1, which has become Wells' most popular time, since he is considered the team's short-yardage back. But Minnesota's Otis Hudson knocked the ball loose after Wells had picked up 6 yards, Dom Barber recovered and the Gophers took over on their own 9.

Wells admitted the fumbles are beginning to take a mental toll on him.

''It's tough because you get down and start to lose confidence once you fumble,'' he said. ''But this coaching staff builds your confidence back up and puts you back in the game.''

After he fumbled against Michigan State, Wells said coach Jim Tressel came over to him immediately and told him to keep his head up because he was going back in the game. Sure enough, Wells returned on Ohio State's next possession.

But after fumbling yesterday, Tressel waited until halftime before approaching. Wells said Tressel told him in the locker room to get ready, but the freshman did not reenter the game until less than three minutes remained in the third quarter.

In all, Ohio State fumbled three times on Saturday and lost all three.

''It is distressing, there's no question about it,'' Tressel said. ''Obviously Chris has got to work to make sure that doesn't happen anymore ... But Chris is going to be one of our running backs and I'm sure he, more than anyone else, wants to make sure that he does what the team needs.''

The only other running back in recent history to struggle with fumbles was Lydell Ross, who fumbled to open the second half at Michigan State and was essentially benched the rest of the game.

But Ross was an outgoing senior who had largely been a disappointment on and off the field. Wells is a young freshman with seemingly a bright future ahead of him. Offensive coordinator Jim Bollman admitted it's a fine line to walk -- the coaches don't want to sit him and damage his confidence, but they want to get the point across that fumbles are unacceptable.

''Would we help ourselves as a team by keeping him on the bench?'' Bollman said. ''That's the question you ask yourself as a coaching staff. And the answer (Saturday) was not to leave him on the bench.''

To his credit, Wells made a big impact immediately upon returning. His first carry following the fumble went for 8 yards and his second went for 15. For the day, he finished with a career-high 90 yards on 15 carries and a touchdown.

''That's football. You fumble and move on,'' said tailback Antonio Pittman, who rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns against the Gophers. ''You have to get back up and play ball. If you dwell on it and keep letting it get to you, every time you go out there, you're worried about holding onto the ball and you're not running right. So now it's easier for you to get hurt.''

None of Wells' fumbles has hurt Ohio State, in part because of the tremendous job the defense has done in reacting to those ''sudden change'' scenarios. But a fumble at the wrong time against Michigan could bring this entire dream season crashing down. And at this point, with what's left on the schedule, that game against the Wolverines will probably be the first time Ohio State's offense really gets tested both running and throwing.

In order for Wells to contribute in such a big game, the coaching staff has to have faith in him that he can hang onto the ball. That's his job to prove over these next two weeks.

''We have to improve in that area,'' Bollman said. ''There's no question we have to get better. We can't put the ball on the ground.''

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[NightmaresDad]

The fumble yesterday was caused by wearing the white undershirt, which is slipprier on the ball than skin. After the fumble, he pulled the sleeves of his undershirt up over his elbows so his forearms were bare.
I doubt we will see Beanie have anything on his forearms from here on out.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

ahh. i see. it was just a wardrobe malfunction.