RB Chris "Beanie" Wells (Arizona Cardinals)

[Dryden]

I can haz Heizman?

[VegasBuckeye]

Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye

Beanie will win the Heisman, crack the 4000-yard mark, lead us to a national title, and then return for his senior year to become OSU's all-time rushing leader, become the second-ever two-time Heisman winner, and lead us to the only back-to-back BCS national titles.

This made me lol. I was kind of thinking the same thing

[rocketman]

Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye

Beanie will win the Heisman, crack the 4000-yard mark, lead us to a national title, and then return for his senior year to become OSU's all-time rushing leader, become the second-ever two-time Heisman winner, and lead us to the only back-to-back BCS national titles.

He'll storm the beaches at Normandy, liberate France, land on the moon, and unlock the secrets of cold fusion, while curing AIDS and ending poverty on the side!

[Tlangs]

Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye

Beanie will win the Heisman, crack the 4000-yard mark, lead us to a national title, and then return for his senior year to become OSU's all-time rushing leader, become the second-ever two-time Heisman winner, and lead us to the only back-to-back BCS national titles.

Sign me up for that.

[TS10HTW]

Originally Posted by Tlangs

Sign me up for that.

Me too!!

[FCollinsBuckeye]

Originally Posted by MililaniBuckeye

Beanie will win the Heisman, crack the 4000-yard mark, lead us to a national title, and then return for his senior year to become OSU's all-time rushing leader, become the second-ever two-time Heisman winner, and lead us to the only back-to-back BCS national titles.

[Oh8ch]

I don't see Beanie putting up huge numbers. He was correct in his interview that we have too many other kids to tote the rock. Only difference in depth versus last year is to add Herrron. Herron is more of a power back and would be in a better position to take carries directly from Beanie than Mo or Saine were.

Why let the kid beat himself up? I would rather have a fresh and healthy Beanie at around 1300 yards come the first of January than a bruised up Beanie with another 1600.

[Tlangs]

Originally Posted by Oh8ch

I don't see Beanie putting up huge numbers. He was correct in his interview that we have too many other kids to tote the rock. Only difference in depth versus last year is to add Herrron. Herron is more of a power back and would be in a better position to take carries directly from Beanie than Mo or Saine were.

Why let the kid beat himself up? I would rather have a fresh and healthy Beanie at around 1300 yards come the first of January than a bruised up Beanie with another 1600.

Keep in mind that Eddie had 1927 yards in his Heisman year and sat out the second half of a bunch of games.

Beanie got off to a slow start last year as well with 47 yards against YSU (and 17 yards against Kent State). If he put up his usual numbers in those scrub games, he would have been flirting with 1900 last year...and he wasn't 100%.

He could get a lot of rest and still put up 1600-2000 yards.

[Buckeye86]

Originally Posted by Oh8ch

Why let the kid beat himself up? I would rather have a fresh and healthy Beanie at around 1300 yards come the first of January than a bruised up Beanie with another 1600.

Beanie had: 16, 20, 24, 12, 24, 18, 4, 31, 25, 21, 20, 39 (Michigan), and 20 carries last year.

That averages out to about 21 carries per game. I would hardly call that over working him or beating him up. Twenty-one carries seems just about right for a premier back with other weapons on the team.

Get his ypc up and he could be pushing 1800 yards pretty easily without increasing his workload at all.

Considering Beanie was bruised up the entire year last year and had a few "off" games, something that had nothing to do with his workload, I don't see how him flirting with 2000 yards automatically means he will be beat up and bruised at the end of the year.

[ant80]

What was the game with the 4 carries??????

[Dryden]

Originally Posted by ant80

What was the game with the 4 carries??????

Kent State

[Buckeye86]

Originally Posted by ant80

What was the game with the 4 carries??????

Kent State. He was basically held out of the game due to injury. Four carries, 17 yards, 1 TD.

[MD Buckeye]

Rivals (Free)

8/14

By Megargee.....Beanie is ranked as the #1 running back in Rivals most recent power rankings.

[NightmaresDad]

Originally Posted by Oh8ch

I don't see Beanie putting up huge numbers.

Better get your glasses fixed.

[Dryden]

Originally Posted by NightmaresDad

Better get your glasses fixed.

Well, he doesn't get the BTN, either ...