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Sep 15, 2014
6:11:48pm

fulano

Is that you Roger Ried?

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fulano

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New excuse for a loss in Provo.... Sickle Cell

disco

9/15/14 6:00pm

Subtle jab at BYU's white-boy syndrome. I'm okay with white boys, though.

spoxjox

9/15/14 6:04pm

Is that you Roger Ried?

fulano

9/15/14 6:11pm

Maybe he's actually just aware of a couple of players on his team that will be

Michicoug

9/15/14 8:13pm

Your assumption of my racism is racist!

spoxjox

9/16/14 10:12am

BYU actually lost recruits based on this in the past

byu1

9/15/14 6:06pm

we lost recruits because of sickle cell?

9/15/14 6:15pm

yep, some people can't live at high altitudes and don't know they had it

byu1

9/15/14 6:28pm

I knew there was a reason Laramie isn't getting all the top recruits

meowmeow

9/15/14 6:59pm

That's why we killed FSU. Oh wait...

Shore10

9/15/14 6:42pm

Meant for OP

Shore10

9/15/14 6:42pm

Wow.

idacoug

9/15/14 6:08pm

Denver has the same advantage

mosterlow

9/15/14 6:09pm

what the crap

9/15/14 6:15pm

Isn't there an nfl player who can't play @ Denver because of sickle cell

Utesplease

9/15/14 6:16pm

Ryan Clark (formerly) of the Steelers

HuskerFan2

9/15/14 6:25pm

elevation is definitely an on field advantage

Utesplease

9/15/14 6:29pm

Yep, Clark almost died. I had a student in Japan with sickle cell

CougarBuckeye-BYUI

9/15/14 9:32pm

One of my friends' sisters was in the hospital for like two months because

canadiancougar624

9/15/14 11:12pm

We talked about this in Anatomy class

'dweller

9/15/14 6:40pm

I'm actually surprised this isn't more of an issue than it is.

9/15/14 7:15pm

That's a good point.

9/15/14 7:57pm

It's a completely legitimate issue

cougorute

9/15/14 7:34pm

RE: New excuse for a loss in Provo.... Sickle Cell

BaconatorCoug

9/15/14 7:40pm

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BlueK

9/15/14 7:44pm

O2 levels controlled in an aircraft cabin.

9/15/14 7:44pm

A legitimate question

cougorute

9/15/14 7:59pm

Couldn't the opposite also be true (see Kenyan distance runners) where some

NewMexiCoug

9/15/14 8:12pm

Certainly yes,

cougorute

9/15/14 8:42pm

Hate to be the nerd here but there is a difference between sickle cell trait and

HansMoleman

9/15/14 8:23pm

SCT people still have hemoglobin S in their system, but they have enough

cougorute

9/15/14 8:37pm

Of course "they can" but you are refrencing an extremely rare event. 1/10-12

HansMoleman

9/15/14 10:21pm

8-10 percent isn't extremely rare.

cougorute

9/15/14 10:53pm

Exactly. You are referrencing a rare event in a disease prevalence

HansMoleman

9/15/14 11:00pm

YOU quoted 1/10-12 as an example of an extremely rare event.

cougorute

9/15/14 11:33pm

Haha. Reading comprehension, my friend.

HansMoleman

9/16/14 5:47am

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