Mel & Tim help mark the season's end

Here we are at the final Sunday of the regular season for the NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
The playoff fate of nearly a dozen teams rests on today's results, but I am mostly interested in the scene at Candlestick Park -- if the SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS defeat the Redskins, the Niners will finish the season 7-9 and improve to 5-4 under interim coach MIKE SINGLETARY.
Today also marks the final day in the radio booth for Niners' announcer JOE STARKEY, as he retires to concentrate on calling Cal football games. His enthusiastic calls will be missed.
I am marking the big occasion this morning by listening to some songs by MEL & TIM, including their timeless classic "BACKFIELD IN MOTION."
Mel Hardin and Tim McPherson were cousins from Holly Springs, Miss., who were discovered by Gene Chandler in Chicago.
Hardin's mother and McPherson's aunt, Yolanda Hardin, was once a singer herself. She signed the sweet-singing the duo to a recording contract with her Bamboo Records record label.
The resulting single, "Backfield in Motion," reached No. 3 on Billboard's R&B chart and No. 10 on the pop chart in 1969.
I also love the duo's next single, also from 1969 -- "GOOD GUYS ONLY WIN IN THE MOVIES."
I am hoping the good-guy Niners can win on the football field, too
POSTSCRIPT -- Joe Nedney's game-ending field goal lifted the Niners to a 27-24 victory over the Redskins. San Francisco team officials announced after the game that Mike Singletary will be retained as coach. Hooray!