The hush that fell over the Ohio State Buckeyes crowd was deafening last Saturday as their star running back went down with an apparent right foot injury. Buckeyes nation has had trouble sleeping wondering about the extent of the injury to Chris “Beanie” Wells’ preferred foot. These anxious thoughts have been recently quelled by Ohio State Head Coach Jim Tressel.

“…Worry about Gustav and Rita and those kinds of things. Beanie’s going to be fine,” remarked the head coach.

In the third quarter of their 43-0 victory over Youngstown state this past Saturday, Beanie fell backwards on his foot near the Youngstown goal line. While X-Rays have shown that nothing has been fractured or broken, Beanie did tell reporters that he heard something pop in his foot. “I may have rolled it or planted it wrong a play or two before…Then I think I felt a pop. But the X-Rays are OK, so we’ll see how it feels in a day or two.”

A day or two Buckeyes fans can wait… even a week or so. The Buckeyes have depth at running back and feel confident in their matchup against Ohio Bobcats this upcoming weekend. It’s the big matchup against number one ranked USC on September 13th that fans definitely want their “Beanie” back.