Around the Big Ten

[THE_WIZARD_]

When your great-grandpappy was driven out of Wyoming for bigamy and selling alcohol to the Indians and then settled in the lawless Nebraskan desert to found Wizzie's Brothel & Distillery, he established from the start a certain level of service. He would be ashamed at the rudeness on display today

Buy ya a brew iffen you come to Wizzie's Saloon...

[AlabamAlum]

Fun trivia on Preston Brooks. Not even six months later he was dead. By all accounts it was an extremely unpleasant death by slow suffocation, trying to claw open his own throat so he could breathe. The cousin whose "honor" he was defending followed him to the grave just a few months later, also dying of disease.

What was his disease? Clawing your own throat open sounds pretty tough and I have seen a lot of people die, but I can’t recall seeing that. My Google-Fu has failed me.

[AlabamAlum]

Never mind. Found it. “Croup”. Odd for an older person.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Yeah, croup. So I suppose in reality it could've been a number of diseases. And I didn't realize it but the part about him tearing at his own throat to try and breathe came from Sumner's private letters so, heh, maybe a bit of literary license. The cousin he was avenging died of dropsy in the summer of 1857.

[AlabamAlum]

Croup isn’t often fatal and it’s more associated with kids, but it is certainly possible. In the past any URI was called “croup” and was likely a result of an upper respiratory influenza.

“Dropsy” was almost certainly heart failure. You still hear CHF called “dropsy” with older, country people.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Was tuberculosis pretty much the only thing referred to as "consumption" or did that term cover a lot of different things too? Just out of curiosity.

[iam416]

Wiz, you’re needed here

[AlabamAlum]

Was tuberculosis pretty much the only thing referred to as "consumption" or did that term cover a lot of different things too? Just out of curiosity.

Probably more commonly tuberculosis (the chronic symptom cluster is pretty straightforward for TB), but diagnostics were in the Stone Age and often the town barber or some other layperson decided what was wrong with you, so you’re correct, could be something else.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Wiz, you’re needed here

The gentlemen of refinement are having a discussion of 19th century medical prognosis. Why don't you scuttle off to another Friday night with your Matlock Season 3 DVD collection and fantasize about what might have been had you chosen criminal law over the riveting field of trademark registration?

[AlabamAlum]

lol. I missed Talent’s comment.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Wiz, you’re needed here

Nope...you fucking jackass...you are on your own...

hello

[crashcourse]

STFU

[THE_WIZARD_]

shaddup®

STFU®

[Dr. Strangelove]

The Big10's new media deal is reportedly done. And Warren claims we're not done expanding. Lots of detail below -- I didn't realize CBS is mostly breaking up with the SEC.

Big Ten announces new multi-billion-dollar media rights deal - Sports Illustrated

[lineygoblue]

I can't imagine that the SEC will stand by and watch the B1G make more money than them. They'll want to renegotiate, and ABC/ESPN/Disney is going to have to pay thru the nose.