irieboy8 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa confirmed Wednesday that 13 football players were hospitalized this week with an unusual muscle disorder following grueling offseason workouts. The players have rhabdomyolysis, a stress-induced syndrome that can damage cells and cause kidney failure in severe cases, school spokesman Tom Moore said at a news conference two days after the players were hospitalized in a Iowa City. The school has said the players, whom they would not identify, were "in safe and stable condition" and responding well to treatment. tomb it may concern MOD EDIT - Please don't post entire articles. Read THIS LINK if you have any questions. knapplc Quote Link to comment
Hercules Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Weird... not to go overboard with baseless accusations, but is this something where performance enhancing drugs could have played a role? Or served as a catalyst? Quote Link to comment
CornKing Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 It sounds like the high school that had their team taking Creatine. That high school had like 15 players drop out sick all at once after hard practices. Link to ABC.com news coverage of the High School. Quote Link to comment
bigg10 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Read where some past players are saying, "thats Iowa ball", not for the weak. Some also said they know had it not been for the way the program is run they never would have made it to the pro's. Iowa has a reputation for taking not very highly recruited kids and turning them pro, thier motto goes something like, hard work beats talent when talent does not work hard. Quote Link to comment
JTrain Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 There seems to be something stranger than just working hard here. Do you not think Alabama or Florida or Ohio State push their kids to the limits during workouts? But 13 players hospitalized in the same week? That's not something you hear too often, anywhere. Are we to believe Iowa just works their kids harder than all of those schools, not to mention the other 100+ FBS teams? Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 People are calling for Ferentz's head over this deal. LINK And if you think about, maybe he deserves to be fired. After all, it's pretty tough to put 13 highly conditioned athletes in the hospital. Somebody screwed up big time. Quote Link to comment
sd'sker Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 People are calling for Ferentz's head over this deal. LINK And if you think about, maybe he deserves to be fired. After all, it's pretty tough to put 13 highly conditioned athletes in the hospital. Somebody screwed up big time. i heard the trainers confused four loko for gatorade in the water coolers, and the athletes chugged it all the same. 1 Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 People are calling for Ferentz's head over this deal. LINK And if you think about, maybe he deserves to be fired. After all, it's pretty tough to put 13 highly conditioned athletes in the hospital. Somebody screwed up big time. i heard they confused four loko for gatorade, and the athletes chugged it just the same. Ha ha! Yeah, there's a picture in the Woodshed of one of their players sitting on the curb after practice. Quote Link to comment
Lil' Red Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Wasn't Dobson an assistant strength coach for Iowa? Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 irieboy8 - you got a link for this? Quote Link to comment
irieboy8 Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 irieboy8 - you got a link for this? i am not proud of this link.. but am a news junkie and check several sites....... AP articles tomb it may concern Quote Link to comment
T_O_Bull Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Read where some past players are saying, "thats Iowa ball", not for the weak. Some also said they know had it not been for the way the program is run they never would have made it to the pro's. Iowa has a reputation for taking not very highly recruited kids and turning them pro, thier motto goes something like, hard work beats talent when talent does not work hard. Sounds like the Huskers of the 70ies, 80ies and 90ies. T_O_B Quote Link to comment
bigg10 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I am not saying there is not foul play here, I am just saying I am not a rumor type person and from what I have heard and read, they push those boys pretty hard. Quote Link to comment
BIGREDFAN_in_OMAHA Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 This article provides some more insight: http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/14604719/offseason-workouts-need-changes-before-the-next-funeral Quote Link to comment
DJR313 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 The bad press just continues to pile up at Iowa. Eventually enough is going to be enough and Ferentz will be let go. From the outside, he certainly emits a "win at all costs" type mentality that the program appears to be built on. Quote Link to comment
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