Don't Forget Mo: Beanie Wells has captivated OSU fans since his big run in the Michigan game, and newcomer Brandon Saine arrived at OSU with more-than enough notoriety to make him a household name the day he stepped on campus. In the season opener, however, it was Maurice Wells who accounted for the most yards running and receiving of the three members of the OSU tailback trio. He also had the best yards per carry average. Those facts did not escape Dick Tressel.
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"I think we need to make sure that those yards that Mo Wells got for us this past game he gets for us every game because he makes people nervous, has ability to make people miss, and is a darter kind of person that is a nice compliment to the other guys," said Tressel.
Tressel said that Wells brings stability and savvy to the tailback position.
"His maturity, he's a guy that has a high percentage, a very high percentage, of being where he's supposed to be at the right time at the right place to help the team be successful. That's a key piece to the puzzle," said Tressel.
Tressel said that Wells bring not only the ability to carry the football, but an understanding of the overall offense that make him an asset in the passing game as well.
"Mo Wells hands are good. The other guys' hands are good also. Maybe right now Mo Wells is in the place where the quarterback expects him to be through repetition a little bit better than the other guys," said Tressel.
Tressel said that Wells' talents are appreciated by his teammates and the coaching staff, but that for some reason he does seem to be overlooked at times by the media and fans.
"There's no question he's overlooked by the people who are envisioning who might might be a great player. That's what people do, try to figure out who might be a great player," said Tressel.
"Because so many of the local media know some other characters in the puzzle, they're more interested in how those pieces fit than maybe somebody that's not a local guy.
" I don't blame the media. That's not an issue, and I hope it's not an issue for Mo, that he understands that it's just people looking, wondering, talking, asking, but inside everybody is just trying to see how everybody's piece of the puzzle fits the puzzle to be as good as we can be.
"There's no question that on our team he's one of the top two or three in the 20-yard dash. He's probably not one of the top two or three in the 100-yard dash, but because he can accelerate and get past people the other team isn't going to catch him," said Tressel.
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