Until two weeks ago, Brian Wozniak was a relatively unknown player on the University of Wisconsin football team.
That all changed with one short but eye-opening revelation from the freshman tight end on the Internet. Shortly after noon on Sept. 8, Wozniak broke the news that a flu outbreak had hit the Badgers. “45 uw football players out due to swine flu symptoms … oh boyyy,” was how Wozniak put it on Twitter, a popular social-media website.