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Georgia's Joe Cox lost a key fumble on this hit by OSU's Shane Jarka. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman. ORG XMIT: KOD

By John Helsley

jhelsley@opubco.com

What’s it worth to have your ailing quarterback quarantined, via airplane, yet available to play?

In the case of Georgia’s Joe Cox, $6,274.

Check it out here,where the Athens paper reveals the plan to deliver Cox to Stillwater for the OSU game separately from the team, so not to risk the spread of a virus he was battling.

That was the charge of a Georgia aviation company to fly Cox into Stillwater solo on the Friday night before kickoff. He had missed Thursday’s practice with a fever of more than 100 degrees.

Cox started the game and played the whole way, but was not all that impressive after an initial drive to a touchdown — the Dawgs’ lone TD drive.

So the return on the investment is questionable.