Where's the right guard when you
need him?
That 49ers-Rams game in September 2003 stunk even more than we
thought. This week's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine
details how five St. Louis players developed infections from turf
burns, and how two or three 49ers developed infections after playing
the Rams.
(Couldn't have been Cedrick Wilson, because he didn't hit the
turf after catching that pass in regulation, so the Rams won in
overtime.)
Poor hygiene was the prime culprit, and linemen are the main
victims, not that those two are related in any way, nope. The
article didn't name the players but said those with larger body mass
are more susceptible to the infections.
So that's why the 49ers want all those 260-pound defensive
ends!
WILL HE PLAY?
Head-faking Saturn
Sports astrologer Andrea Mallis says Terrell Owens faces a
challenging Saturn aspect (the planet of limitation) to his Mars
(physical energy) while trying to come back early from ankle
surgery.
``It should be fascinating to watch his role, however limited, as
Saturn tends to delay, deny and restrict,'' she said. ``Much to his
chagrin and dismay, it looks like his chart may render him a
non-factor -- or worse, he can reinjure himself. He may be dismayed
if he is not utilized enough, as Mars in Capricorn opposes his
Saturn in Cancer on Super Bowl Sunday -- sort of a cosmic double
whammy.''
ON THE WEB
Survey says
In the annual pre-Super Bowl poll conducted by Competitive Edge
Research (www.cerc.net), more than
two-thirds of Americans say they will be watching the game, and the
New England Patriots are clearly favored to beat the Philadelphia
Eagles.
Forty-three percent pick the Patriots, while 25 percent believe
the Eagles will win, a margin of 18 percent.
Today's game will probably surpass the 2004 Super Bowl as
history's most-watched football game. Last year, when Competitive
Edge's pre-Super Bowl poll found that two-thirds were going to watch
all or part of the game, 44.2 percent of American households had the
game on TV, and a record 140 million watched. This year's survey
finds 71 percent saying they will watch, so the viewership record is
likely to
fall.
