I sure hope it's not serious. It's definitely not a good sign to hear he had surgery and he's still in the hospital. 

Thanks for letting us know.  Very tough news.

We forget a lot of the players are only 18-20 years old.  Some of these kids have probably never experienced having someone they were close to have this kind of medical emergency.  It's hardly surprising they came out flat at the start of the game.  I remember thinking, if you can't get up for a game at Stanford, what's wrong?  Now I feel like an idiot.  Just goes to show how easy it is to criticize when you may be completely clueless as to what someone else is going through.

Friday, they had a safety who might have been on his way to an All American season break his leg, on top of all the other injuries, and Saturday they wake up to their OC hospitalized with a medical emergency.  I think they can be forgiven for feeling snake-bit and not playing their best at the start of the game.  It's commendable they put it back together in the second half, in my view.

And, I criticized the clock management, too.  It was fair criticism, clock management was very poor.  But then, maybe the coaches were a bit distracted on Saturday.  

I'll hope no word just means Hippa policies. Wishing Joe all the best.