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Nov 7, 2005 

The Mind And Body Disconnect Of T.O.

TERRELL OWENS DISAPPOINTS US

So, what's going to happen to Terrell Owens next? According to the Eagles, he will be suspended four games and then not allowed back on the team in a scenario similar to the Buccaneers banishment of Keyshawn Johnson a few years back.

In the last 20 years there is only one professional athletes on par in antics and disappointment with Owens--Mike Tyson--but even that comparison is iffy. Owens does not have the tinge of inner-city toughness and danger that Tyson possesses. There isn't a feeling that Owens would kill someone with his barehands like you might imagine Tyson could in your warped and creative minds.

But Owens is wholly similar to Tyson in this respect; you never know what he might do. In this case, it isn't an enhancement to the public's viewing pleasure, but a disappointment.
Owens is a disappointment. A complete disconnect from the romantic notion of the body and mind working in beautiful harmony.

Every teammate, pundit and sports writer agrees that Owens is the consummate big-play receiver. His work ethics is noble and legendary. His body a finely tuned machine as much due to a heavenly blessing than to consistent work habits. The question is why is he so stupid?

This week Owens went from a colorful jerk to a serious failure. The public and his team has given up on him. And what makes Owens even more an enigma is that we haven't a clue what his true motives are. Of course, on the surface, it's about money and the respect it affords.

Every athletes wants his due money in the large bag of dough that is the NFL, but nobody has ever repeatedly trashed the man who writes the checks, the man who names the starting lineup and every other person in the locker room.

Owens' insanity is about more than money. It's about a man hurting from a lot more than a helmet to the ribs.

We should program what songs should be on T.O.'s iPod.

In fact, I'm compiling a list of them.

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http://www.pambanana.com/to/

Great Point Wonderbread!!! I agree 100%... Milt

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