Beanie

So at the beginning of the year I wrote a little something about one Chris "beanie" Wells and sited him as the big reason that Buckeye fans are excited about the year. I think Saturday pretty clearly showed why. Mike Hart rushed for all of 44 yards on the day in going 0-4 against Ohio State for his career and Beanie ran for 222 yards on 39 carries for 2 TD's in a 14-3 win. I would have to say that he lived up to the hype. That was just awesome. A cold gray rainy day in the midwest means plenty of running and low scoring football. Illustrating why Big Ten teams will recruit mammoth offensive linemen and D-lineman. The southern schools can get away with moving a linebacker to DE, a Safety to Linebacker, etc, etc and maximize team speed. (which is really where this whole southern speed myth really comes from. The SEC teams set up their defenses for speed and only speed. They don't have to deal with late season games in 40 degrees and rain.. or even snow. For that weather you need mudders, big plodding immovable objects, because speed is useless if you can't get the footing to run around the O-line. I really would love for a team line Miami, or LSU etc to make a trip up to Columbus in November. That would be a very eye opening experience for a lot of the SEC fans out there.

You know what really sucks though.. passing up on the NFL because you had unfinished business and needed to come back to beat your rival. And not only do you lose the first game of the season to a 1AA team, but you lose the first 2, then you end the season by losing the last 2 as well, including a home loss to the rival that you came back to beat. That really really sucks. It would really suck to be that guy, or in this case guys... and in plural.. ahhhh 3 losses in the big house in your senior year has to sting a bit.