OSU's Wells no go vs. USC

Foot injury keeps him sidelined

CHRIS WELLSHurt in opener

Ohio State running back Chris "Beanie" Wells will not play for the fifth-ranked Buckeyes against No. 1 Southern California tonight.

Ohio State coach Jim Tressel made the announcement yesterday afternoon after the team went through a 40-minute walkthrough at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

"He's been getting treatment 15 times a day," Tressel told the assembled media just minutes after he told his team of the decision. "I guess if looks could kill he fought me. I just told the team because it's important our guys know what we thought we should do."

The Trojans (1-0) will be playing their first game since an impressive 52-7 victory Aug. 30 at Virginia. Ohio State (2-0) has beaten in-state opposition Youngstown State, 43-0, and Ohio University, 26-14.

Wells, who rushed for 1,609 yards and 15 touchdowns last season, injured his right foot in the opener and without him, the Buckeyes had to rally to beat the lightly regarded Bobcats last weekend.

South Florida 37, Kansas 34 - Maikon Bonani, in his college debut, kicked a 43-yard field goal as time expired to lead the 19th-ranked Bulls over the 13th-ranked Jayhawks at Tampa.

Matt Grothe threw for 338 yards and two touchdowns for USF (3-0), which overcame a 17-point deficit to take a two-touchdown lead before Kansas's Todd Reesing tied the score with two fourth-quarter TD passes.

A week after throwing for a career-best 412 yards against Louisiana Tech, Reesing went 34 of 51 for 373 yards and three touchdowns for Kansas (2-1).

Carson-Newman 59, Bentley 18 - Carson-Newman ran back two interceptions for touchdowns, one on the opening play of the game, en route to a rout at Waltham.

Carson-Newman, the 12th-ranked team in Division 2, has won 14 of its last 16 games.

Bentley (1-2) had five turnovers for the second straight game.

AIC 13, S. Conn. 12 - Marek Prezbylek kicked a 25-yard field goal with 15 seconds left to cap the Yellow Jackets' comeback at New Haven.

Nichols 26, Framingham St. 6 - Robert Morris ran for 168 yards and scored two touchdowns as the Bison scored 26 second-half points at Dudley.

Texas postponed today's game against Arkansas in Austin to Sept. 27 because of Hurricane Ike. Texas Christian, located in Fort Worth, moved its kickoff for today's game against Stanford from 6 p.m. to noon.