. >> owen thomas to me was a critical case.21-year-old who was a hard-hitting lineman from the age of nine on. >> and then, seemingly out of nowhere, he decided to take his own life. had ever been diagnosed with a concussion, never had a problem in the world. >> narrator: owen thomas had hanged himself in his off-campus apartment. chris nowinski secured his brain for dr. mckee. without any history of diagnosed concussions, it seemed unlikely he had cte. >> i was fully prepared to see nothing. i remember late at night looking at the brain and thinking, "just going to knock this one off." and it just floored me, it just... i just couldn't believe what i was seeing. >> narrator: such an advanced case of cte had never been found in such a young person. >> in, like, 20 spots in his frontal lobe. he's 21. he's so young. you know... that changes the game to me. >> wrapped up and brought down by owen thomas. >> narrator: because he'd never had a diagnosed concussion, dr. mckee suspected thomas might have gotten cte from the everyday su

owens and it is awesome. it is awesome. >> all right. so, thomas, just told you the birds back in philadelphia their plane landed just before 5:00 a.m. next up momentum continues at home against three-seven bears , i put a poll up on twit ter unofficial, of course and asked the question. lets see how many people voted so far but i asked the question i said eagles are nine-one. eight straight win. playoffs, doh super bowl what do you think, options heck yah , no way, still too early, 47 votes so far, 57 percent of people are saying heck yah we are heading to the super bowl. >> i'm voting right now i don't want to say it. i don't want to put on it the universe but we know the answer. >> vote, vote early, vote often. >> keep us updated on that one >>> definitely 5:06, notorious cult leader and serial killer charles manson has died. manson made national headlines in the late 1960's when it was revealed he led a calculate that cult led to the murder of nine people including pregnant actress sharon tait. he was found guilty of first degree murder, conspi