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

[FookMichiganTGJ]

The reason I don't think its turf toe is cause it happend so quickly...turf toe is gradual and hurts like a bitch and it takes a long time to go away...it wouldnt cause a 250 man to drop to his knees instanly

 

[Kwas]

The comment that strikes me is that he said that something hadn't felt right, and he thought that maybe he did something weird a couple plays earlier.

 

[Lucid Faia]

Rivals.com College Football - Buckeyes' Chris Wells hopes to return quickly

According to Terrelle Pryor, Beanie is "fine" and was even smiling about his injury. Lawrence Wilson, Jim Tressel, and Ryan Pretorius have also been optimistic. It sounds like the next step is simply to see how the foot feels in a day or two, and if all goes well, Beanie may be healthy enough to play against Ohio, though he'll probably be sitting out anyway.

 

[WyoBuckeye]

Rivals.com College Football - Buckeyes' Chris Wells hopes to return quickly

According to Terrelle Pryor, Beanie is "fine" and was even smiling about his injury. Lawrence Wilson, Jim Tressel, and Ryan Pretorius have also been optimistic. It sounds like the next step is simply to see how the foot feels in a day or two, and if all goes well, Beanie may be healthy enough to play against Ohio, though he'll probably be sitting out anyway.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dispatch

Bob Hunter commentary: Beanie's spill is type of stuff that can cause nightmares

Sunday, August 31, 2008 3:43 AM
By Bob Hunter





The dream of a storybook season lay sprawled on the Ohio Stadium turf, its fragile nature visible on Chris "Beanie" Wells' anguished face.

Could the course of a season really change during one meaningless carry in the season opener against Youngstown State?
Several Ohio State players crept around their fallen teammate, doubtless wondering how fate could turn on them so quickly. The implication of a serious injury, both for the injured Heisman Trophy contender and for a team coveting another shot at national redemption, couldn't have been clearer.

Continued......

 

[probro122]

Subscribed....sure hope he's able to come back soon.

 

[HorticullyBuck]

Bucknuts had a close up shot of the boot fixed on beanies foot/ankle. I've seen lots of different kinds of boots and that one didnt look like a 'serious' boot. if he cant play for 3 or 4 weeks; they wouldnt have let him be walking on his own by my opinoin.

 

[Bleed S & G]

The head basketball doctor, who was back there with him, told us that "it's nothing serious" and that the first rounds showed nothing broken, nothing torn, just some swelling.

 

[ysubuck]

The head basketball doctor, who was back there with him, told us that "it's nothing serious" and that the first rounds showed nothing broken, nothing torn, just some swelling.

Great news if true.

 

[Jaxbuck]

So Beanie pulled a Paul Pierce.

Never thought I'd be so happy to say that (hoping of course that its nothing major).

 

[daddyphatsacs]

Man, I hope that Beanie is ok. It's almost as if someone took a pin and popped the happy balloon that was Ohio Stadium yesterday when #28 went down. It made me sick, honestly. A guy like him has so much more riding on football then most others........millions and millions more. Glad to hear that things are not as bad as they originally looked.

 

[akronbuck]

he better have a M.R.I to make sure no small fracture. I had 5 x-rays on my wrist before, ONE M.R.I picked it up. I think its a sprain.

 

[Kickdown02]

A torn tendon wouldn't show on xrays would it? I sure hope it isn't that.

Torn ligaments/tendons don't show up on x-rays. X-rays show breaks/fractures/bruises of the bone. As soon as the swelling goes down, he will have an MRI. That will tell us if there is a tear.

 

[Yertle]

Didnt Homan missed 1/2 the season last year with Turf toe?

I know we're pseudo-ruling out turf toe, but just for clarification... Homan suffered a turf toe injury at Washington last year and unsuccessfully tried to play the following week. He then missed the REST OF THE YEAR with the injury.

As someone else pointed out, turf toe varies greatly in its severity, and it tends to be a more gradual injury - not really like what we saw Saturday. With Beanie going down in a heap like that, I thought it was a knee or ankle for sure. The fact that those have been denied is a huge plus for his speedy recovery.

 

[LitlBuck]

Torn ligaments/tendons don't show up on x-rays. X-rays show breaks/fractures/bruises of the bone. As soon as the swelling goes down, he will have an MRI. That will tell us if there is a tear.

You are right on target. I do not understand why they did not do a MRI right away yesterday before the swelling started. Once his swells, it is very difficult to see what is going on. I still think with everyone saying it is "fine" they read the do not know if there is any type of damage until the swelling goes down and they can do an MRI or a bone scan. A bone scan is a very sophisticated x-ray and is done by the nuclear medicine department of radiology.