It appears that the dreaded flu going around the college football landscape (and landscape in general, I guess) has finally hit our beloved Buckeyes, and it couldn't come at worse time. According to the internets, at least the following players are known to have, or have had the flu:

Mike Adams

Jake Ballard

Andy Miller

Michael Brewster

and Jon Thoma, of course, started it all off the week after the USC game. All in all, "five or six" players are sick, and it may result in JB "False Starts" Shugarts as your starting LT. Shugarts will be working against Badger pass-rushing terror O'Brien Scofield, so this should give pause to any blowout thoughts you might be having. Brewster and Ballard are apparently healthy enough to play, but I'd expect them to be getting spelled more often than usual. Fortunately, most of the attrition outside of the tackle spot is happening at positions at which we can afford a temporary loss or two, and even at tackle, Marcus Hall can provide competent depth if and when Shugarts gets winded. But even with everyone healthy, Wisconsin was going to be a tough game. Now, missing the top two left tackles as well as the injured Dexter Larimore, it's positively scary.