Duke Football Players Hit by Swine Flu

According to an ESPN report, more than 15 Duke football players have been diagnosed with swine flu symptoms.

Some of you might wonder why I'm mentioning this on a blog dealing with the Kansas Jayhawks. Quite simply because our Jayhawks will be playing Duke in the third game of the season on September 19th.

I'm no doctor and I'm certainly no expert on the Swine flu (technically the H1N1 flu). I wouldn't be surprised if a few more Duke players get infected simply because they have come in contact with some of the sick players. The report says that symptoms have been minor so I wouldn't expect that all of the infected players will be healthy by the time they arrive on the field in Lawrence on September 15th. What may give KU a slight advantage is that these players are missing practice time and their conditioning could suffer a bit. I really think this advantage, if any, will be minor. Hopefully all of the players will recover quickly. I want Duke to field the best team possible so that our Jayhawks can beat them fair and square.