Get well, Beanie

As expected, Ohio State demolished Youngstown State yesterday, 43-0. But that's not the story. Sure, if the I-AA Penguins had upset the mighty Buckeyes, that would have been a story, but Ohio State beating any other team from Ohio is a footnote at best.

The story, as we all know, is that Heisman candidate Beanie Wells hurt his foot after taking a handoff in the third quarter. The Buckeyes have a lot of talent, but they play USC in two weeks, and that would be a tough enough game without your Heisman candidate running back. X-rays were negative, but that doesn't mean there's no ligament damage.

I know it's easy to say this in hindsight, but why was Beanie still in the game at that point? It was halfway through the third quarter, Ohio State was up 26-0, and against that Youngstown State defense, Maurice Wells or Daniel Herron could have done the job the rest of the way (as they did after that play). Yes, your regulars need some game time to get ready for the battles ahead, but Beanie had already run for 111 yards on 13 carries. I don't often second-guess Jim Tressel -- and I'm sure Tressel's second-guessing himself now too. I just hope he'll be close to 100% for the Trojans.

As always, there were some upsets on the college football season's opening weekend, and the biggest involved an Ohio school. Bowling Green knocked off No. 25 Pittsburgh, 27-17, after being down 14-0 early on. So not only did they pull off a big upset, they beat a team from Pittspuke while wearing brown and orange. I certainly hope that's not the first time we see that this season.