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Do Home Losses Have Health Consequences for SIU Football Coach?

October 23, 2006 RSS Feed Print
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Jerry Kill, Southern Illinois University's head football coach, suffered a seizure this weekend, the morning after his team's 27-24 home loss to Western Kentucky University. It was Kill's third seizure since coming to coach SIU in 2001, the Daily Egyptian reports. His last seizure came in October 2005–which, before this Saturday night, was the last time the Salukis lost on home turf. The first also followed a home loss.

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