By: AP via WhioTv.com —
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — What’s brewing today with the 2008 Ohio State Buckeyes …

BUCKEYES BUZZ:@ At this rate, the Buckeyes are going to run out of players against Purdue (3:34 p.m. kickoff on Saturday).

In addition to a mounting list of injuries to some of its most important players, Ohio State is also hoping that TB Chris “Beanie” Wells has no aftereffects to sickness he encountered this week. He’s already missed three games due to that foot injury.

“He had a little bout with the flu this week,” coach Jim Tressel said Thursday. “Hopefully that day’s rest because of the flu helps the foot even more. With Beanie, we’re hoping that now we’re back in the shape where he’s a 20-plus carry guy, that would be the goal.”

He may have to carry that much because of some other injuries and illnesses for the Buckeyes.

LB Austin Spitler, RB Dan Herron and WR Dane Sanzenbacher are all out with concussions. TE Rory Nicol will dress but may not play much because of a twisted ankle. Even WR and KR Ray Small missed most of the week of practice and was still questionable. Tressel said he “tweaked his knee a little bit.”

PREGAME TALKS:@ You know those almost uncomfortable moments when coaches meet and talk before the game, a television camera zooming in on their faces but with no sound to tell us what they’re talking about? Here’s some insight from Tressel on what those meetings are like. “How you doing?’ ‘Doing good.’ ‘Family doing well?’ ‘Yeah, they’re doing well.’ ‘Hey, you guys looked good against so-and-so,”‘ he said.

PAINTER POINTS:@ Purdue QB Curtis Painter is 0-9 in his career against ranked opponents. “We’ve lost a few games, and we feel like we should have been in them a little bit more than we were,” he said. Painter passed Mark Herrmann for second place on the school’s career passing yards list during last week’s Penn State game, and could catch Drew Brees for the school and conference records by the end of the season. Painter’s numbers have been stellar throughout his career at Purdue. He has the conference record for yards passing in a season after throwing for 3,985 his sophomore year. He surpassed 10,000 total career yards in Purdue’s loss to Notre Dame last month.

PICKING ON PRYOR:@ OSU QBs coach Joe Daniels doesn’t handle Terrelle Pryor with kid gloves. The freshman from Jeannette, Pa., led his high school team to state championships in both football and basketball a year ago. “Jeannette’s undefeated so far this year. So I told him, ‘They’re not missing you at all, you know that?”‘ Daniels said with a laugh.

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