CBS SportsLine columnist Clay Travis examines the true underbelly of a popular sports bar activity by interviewing two college students who tested the levels of bacteria found in a typical game of beer pong.

Salmonella? Check.

E. coli? Check.

Pneumonia germs? Check.

I guess dipping a ping-pong ball — that had just been fetched from under a pool table — into a cup of water doesn’t exactly equate to “sanitizing.”

This scientific discovery ought to deter participation in the drinking game by about … oh, 0%.