Wisconsin 34 Fresno State 31 2OT (final)

[Jake]

The Badgers are clinging to life in OT.

 

[Jake]

Heading to OT number 2, tied at 31.

 

[Mike80]

INT - Wisky Ball in the 2nd OT still tied at 31....

 

[Jake]

INT for the Cheeseheads. Only need a FG to escape.

 

[Jake]

Bucky wins, 34-31 in 2OT.

 

[Bernini]

Pretty good win considering half of Wisconsin's players reportedly contracted the Swine Flu. And you could tell based on some of their individual performances. But the players from in state and the seniors wouldn't allow the team to lose in the end. Bielema can still fellate me though because his teams are some of the most undisciplined I've ever seen and continues to make game management mistakes. Not an egregious error, but just something that is a pet peeve of mine - when will icing the kicker stop? It has no proven efficacy - if anything from watching it's counterproductive. For as many kickers whose nerves continue to build, there are kickers who use that time to focus more than they would have otherwise. It was really just a strategy created out of procrastinating on facing defeat.

 

[localyokel]

Bulemic is my least favorite B10 coach. He's made more than one questionable executive decision.

 

[Steve19]

Pretty good win considering half of Wisconsin's players reportedly contracted the Swine Flu. And you could tell based on some of their individual performances.

Bernini, no one is playing with Swine Flu. It hospitalizes you or puts you on your back in bed. I know from personal experience.

Lucky for you and the Big Ten, they got down early and came back.

Send this to Bielma:

Tackle: (Good)

Tackle: (wrong thing, see above)

Summer's over. Time to get back to playing defense.

 

[OSUbuckeye09]

Bernini, no one is playing with Swine Flu. It hospitalizes you or puts you on your back in bed. I know from personal experience.

Lucky for you and the Big Ten, they got down early and came back.

Send this to Bielma:

Tackle: (Good)

Tackle: (wrong thing, see above)

Summer's over. Time to get back to playing defense.

HAHAHAHA

 

[Bernini]

Bernini, no one is playing with Swine Flu. It hospitalizes you or puts you on your back in bed. I know from personal experience.

Wanna bet? You can play, you're just going to suck.

It was confirmed that J.J. Watt had Swine Flu and he played. Gabe Carimi too. UW's top CB Aaron Henry contracted it last night and tried to play through, but as a result couldn't play jam coverage as he's accustomed due to lack of strength and wherewithal to adjust to a receiver's move. He also badly missed on a tackle because of weakness. CB Marcus Cromartie confirmed he had Swine Flu through his Twitter. Don't recall the other players specifically who were ravaged by it, but it was very prevalent. The Swine Flu has been circulating throughout UW's campus since students arrived at school at the start of the month.

Wisconsin players are not alone among athletes in attempting to play a sport with the Swine Flu. A couple weeks ago USMNT soccer star Landon Donovan played with it against Mexico. As a result he was the culprit on both goals.

For which I ripped him at the time:

I was very disappointed in Donovan after he was arguably MOTM outside of Howard against Everton in the MLS all-star game, and not looking out of place at all against Barcelona. Just when you think he's turning the corner into being a pseudo World Class player he has a stinker like this. His turnover led to the first Mexican goal, and then he got burnt on the second one. His anticipation was atrocious on the day.

but absolved him of guilt once I discovered his ailment

Wow! That's the best excuse for a bad performance ever. He's absolved. And it somewhat mitigates the entire team's disappointing play. His recent form was the cause for me being semi confident the Nats could come away with a point in Azteca this time around. Hard to have a palatable outcome when your best player is a shell of himself through no fault of his own.

http://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum/...-mexico-wc-qual-wed-4-pm-et-telemundo2-5.html

 

[Steve19]

Wanna bet? You can play, you're just going to suck.

It was confirmed that J.J. Watt had Swine Flu and he played. Gabe Carimi too. UW's top CB Aaron Henry contracted it last night and tried to play through, but as a result couldn't play jam coverage as he's accustomed due to lack of strength and wherewithal to adjust to a receiver's move. He also badly missed on a tackle because of weakness. CB Marcus Cromartie confirmed he had Swine Flu through his Twitter. Don't recall the other players specifically who were ravaged by it, but it was very prevalent. The Swine Flu has been circulating throughout UW's campus since students arrived at school at the start of the month.

I'd like to see a doctor's report corroborating the H1N1 (Swine Flu) status. I just spent a month in bed recuperating from H1N1 and pneumonia. It is life threatening.

I mention this because training is a major concern with H1N1. Exercise is extremely dangerous and must be avoided. I can't believe that any team doctor would allow a player with H1N1 to play, especially at Wisconsin (see below). Anyway, it would be impossible to perform because you can't breathe.

Our first South African H1N1 death was a university rugby player who thought he had recuperated enough to go to gym and train.

Here's a University of Wisconsin professor's study...(link)

In contrast with run-of-the-mill seasonal flu viruses, the H1N1 virus exhibits an ability to infect cells deep in the lungs, where it can cause pneumonia and, in severe cases, death. Seasonal viruses typically infect only cells in the upper respiratory system.


"There is a misunderstanding about this virus," says Kawaoka, a professor of pathobiological sciences at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine and a leading authority on influenza. "People think this pathogen may be similar to seasonal influenza. This study shows that is not the case. There is clear evidence the virus is different than seasonal influenza."

Here's a WHO advisory...(link)

Doctors are reporting a severe form of H1N1 that goes straight to the lungs, causing severe illness in otherwise healthy young people and requiring expensive hospital treatment, the World Health Organization said Friday..."During the winter season in the southern hemisphere, several countries have viewed the need for intensive care as the greatest burden on health services," it said..."Perhaps most significantly, clinicians from around the world are reporting a very severe form of disease, also in young and otherwise healthy people, which is rarely seen during seasonal influenza infections," WHO said." In these patients, the virus directly infects the lung, causing severe respiratory failure. Saving these lives depends on highly specialized and demanding care in intensive care units, usually with long and costly stays."

So, if it helps you, believe the H1N1 stories. I think probably they just have seasonal flu.

 

[Mike80]

I'd like to see a doctor's report corroborating the H1N1 (Swine Flu) status. I just spent a month in bed recuperating from H1N1 and pneumonia. It is life threatening.

I mention this because training is a major concern with H1N1. Exercise is extremely dangerous and must be avoided. I can't believe that any team doctor would allow a player with H1N1 to play, especially at Wisconsin (see below). Anyway, it would be impossible to perform because you can't breathe.

Our first South African H1N1 death was a university rugby player who thought he had recuperated enough to go to gym and train.

Here's a University of Wisconsin professor's study...(link)

Here's a WHO advisory...

Flu bug hits Badgers football team

Swine Flu isn't the black death or anything. It sucks you were sick but others are able to function with it.

 

[Steve19]

Flu bug hits Badgers football team

Swine Flu isn't the black death or anything. It sucks you were sick but others are able to function with it.

Tell me about it. So much fun to be in an isolation ward at a hospital wearing a mask for a week and a half. I don't want to be pedantic, but here is that report...again, seasonal flu is not swine flu. Although some people can get a relatively mild strain, it still affects the lungs.

Flu bug hits Badgers football team



MADISON - At least 10 UW-Madison football players are experiencing flu-like symptoms.

A team spokesman says several players began showing symptoms on Sunday, the day after Wisconsin beat Northern Illinois. Most of the players are underclassmen who live in dorms on campus. Team officials didn't say whether the players have swine flu.

My point again to young athletes reading BP is to see your doctor before you participate in demanding exercise. Don't take chances.

 

[pokey]

I hope Fresno State skipped the pregame handshake.

 

[Mike80]

Tell me about it. So much fun to be in an isolation ward at a hospital wearing a mask for a week and a half. I don't want to be pedantic, but here is that report...again, seasonal flu is not swine flu. Although some people can get a relatively mild strain, it still affects the lungs.

My point again to young athletes reading BP is to see your doctor before you participate in demanding exercise. Don't take chances.

Just because they DIDN'T say they had swine flu or not doesn't necessarily mean they didn't.

Wisconsin's campus has something north of 200 cases. There's essentially no way the football team is unaffected by it.