From today’s online Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) an article about Ole Miss problems with the flu – The link: Rebels climb to No. 6 in AP poll as flu spreads : College : Memphis Commercial Appeal Not sure why they let the players on the field on Sunday if they had flu symptoms. Also, an eighth grader who played football at Memphis’ White Station School died from swine flu this weekend.
27 (!) players have it now Flu still affecting Ole Miss football team | clarionledger.com | The Clarion-Ledger
tulane had to cancel their fan day a few weeks ago. christ! im beginning to think we will be lucky if lsu doesnt go through this.
Spoke to a big Ole Miss fan last night and he said it was really bad. He didn't think they'd have enough to dress out if they did have a game this weekend.
If there is anything lucky here, it's that the bye week is next weekend followed by Southeastern Louisiana Sept. 19. 27 players out of practice Wed. QBs - Snead, Tapp, and Cotton FBs - Hartmann and Hoffman Rec - McCluster and Hodge OL - Green and Jerry TE - Allen DE - Lockett and Tillman LB - Walker and Kight DB - Green and Brown (backups- red and blue -- purple and gold) IF this thing gets going around too bad, it can cause lots of grief. As I said, OM may be very lucky that it happened now. I would hate to think of someone like LSU catching this right before the Florida game. Or one of the two teams who make it to the SECCG with possible titles on it. Or a team about to play for the NC. TODAY'S CLARION-LEDGER-- 73% of colleges are reporting cases of flue illnesses among students. So far there has been only one flu-related college death. Troy University freshman Andrew Salter, 18, of Valley, Ala., died 9/4/9 after fighting first H1N1 and then pneumonia. So far Washington State Univ. in Pullman has been hardest hit, with about 2,500 cases. Typical symptoms include fever, headache, body aches, chills, sore throat and a cough.
