ESPN just reported at 6:45pm on Friday that Chris Wells will not play, according to Ohio State HC Jim Tressel.

To add to the disbelief, Kirk Herbstreit, who is out here for GameDay and to announce the game, said he just saw ‘Beanie’ going through warmups, catching the ball and stuff, and said he did not look like a player who was not going to play in the biggest game of his life.

Is this a wheel chair ploy a la Paul Pierce or what? We swear this guy is going to roll out of the tunnel, separate from his team, to the rousing cheers of the Suckeye faithful.