I may have been a little reckless in stating these were confirmed cases of Swine Flu. They were confirmed cases of Flu, many of which are presumed to be Swine Flu. Through Sept. 5, 198 students were evaluated for flu-like symptoms at the University of Wisconsin Health Services. Of the cases tested so far, 81 percent are positive for H1N1. I think it's a safe presumption that many of the cases among Wisconsin players were Swine Flu. I don't know how long that test takes to conduct. Many had just started to show symptoms recently, so they couldn't have possibly been cleared. Either way, it's pretty ignorant to express serious concern that a 170-330 pound 20-year old male could die from the illness. You have to be a very small child, extremely old, or have a seriously weakened immune system to die from it. It's not really much more deadly than your standard flu.
Regardless, Bielema just acknowledged to the media that there were 42 cases of the flu throughout the roster. He was just downplaying it before by just reporting there were around 10. He didn't want them to have a built in excuse going in so they'd be mentally defeated going in, knowing the game was going to played anyways. This was an impressive win for Wisconsin under the circumstances. The Badgers are pretty good this year, I think.
