"game' has a lot of interpretations. I have always used the word 'willing' as well. "Willing" simply means 'willing' it has nothing to do with the circumstances. Basically when one is picked up and is willing, he has been picked up game. The only thing absolute about that situation is that time pretty much stopped right there. Anything that might would have happened, or 'was going to happen' is pure conjecture. We do not 'know' what was going to happen. We can use probabilities and past experiences to say what we think but when a dog is picked up and is willing to continue at that particular time he/she has been 'picked up game'.

The dog that laid the 18-22 minute ass kicking could have just as easy quit on top at 23 minutes or they both could have stayed til one died in the box and the other died shortly there after. We simply do not know.

"picked up game' just means at that point in time he was still willing. 30 seconds later, who knows?

EWO