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OK football mutants, bear with
me for a second while I muttle
through some baseball news. The
gridiron will follow in due course.
First, as usual, let's talk about
the pennant race in the National
League West. The Atlanta Braves
did come back from a horrendous
Labor Day weekend to sweep the
Mets and the San Francisco Giants
and won the first against San
Diego. You might notice a change
in the Braves Watch graphic, Ronnie
Gant has been dropped from
the MVP Watch. That's right, Rich
and I finally reazlized that Ronnie
is not going to be in the running.
However, Terry Pendleton has
battled back from an August slump
to start climbing back into the
race. He will remain in the MVP
Watch.
And how about the first combined
no-hitter in National League
history that the Braves put together
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lose some of that steam. I think it
was a great play. If that is really
what he was doing, then it is exactly
why he should be MVP. It is
this kind of leadership, besides
puiung up me great numoers,
which he has, that makes him the
most valuable player in the league.
And that's right, it is still a great
time to be a Braves fan.
Now all I have to do is convince
a few of my professors to cancel
class for a couple of days in October
? I've got other plans.
As for you who want to know
what other MVP candidates are
doing, such as Will "the thrill-less"
Clark, I will update you on their
stats in this space, rather than soil
sacred space alloted for the Braves
Watch. In the Cy Young race, lefthander
Tommy Glavine is the
ONLY candidate worthy. Don't
tell me about John Smiley being a
candidate. Where has he been all
season? OK, so he's won a few
games lately, (17 total) he can't
match Glavine in all-around
performance.
Through Wednesday's game,
Clark was hitting .304, with 105
RBI's and 26 home runs. Not bad,
right? No longer on a triple crown
pace, Clark has been spectacular
this season. Over the past 11
games, however, he is hitting around
.200. Still, Clark's numbers
warrant some consideration. The
only reason I think he does not
qualify to be MVP is that his team
is not in the race.
To be voted MVP, I believe the
Wednesday night. Kent Merker,
who usually works out of the bullpen,
pitched the first six innings,
the rookie-phenom Mark Wohlers
pitched the seventh and eighth and
Alejandro Pena pitched the ninth
for his eighth save.
Just to further his cause, Terry
Pendleton provided all the offense
necessary with his 20th homerun,
and his second in as many games.
Pendleton's biggest play of the
night, however, came in the ninth,
on defense. With two out, Darrin
Jackson hit a chopper between
short and third. Raphael Belliard
came over from shortstop and appeared
ready to make the play,
which would have been close to
begin with. Pendleton darted in
front of Belliard and missed the
ball causing an error to be charged
to Pendleton.
My argument is that Pendleton
booted the ball on purpose, realizing
Jackson might have beaten the
throw from Belliard, and spoil the
no-hitter. As a veteran, Pendleton
knows it is important to keep
momentum in a pennant race. He
player's team should benefit in the
standings. For Clark, this hasn't
happened. San Francisco has only
challenged for a few weeks all season.
A team that was touted as a
frontrunner during spring training,
the Giants have been relegated to
the role of spoiler. Sorry Will, not
this time.
OK mutants, here we go. Everyone
just quit complaining about
this past weekend's tie against
Duke. Duke was a tough, experienced
ball club that executed
when necessary. USC, on the other
hand, is inexperienced in a lot of
key positions, that didn't execute
when necessary. Turn your atten"pel
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tion to Morgantown, W.Va. Saturday
for the first road game of the
season. A win on the road after the
tie would do wonders to catapult
South Carolina back into the preseason
optimism that was lost
when Aaron Shaw scored the twonoint
conversion Saturday night.
The Gamecocks, like Sparky
said, played like a young team.
You can't coach experience. All
Woods can do is trust his players
to learn from the mistakes against
Duke and not make them again
against the Mountaineers. Woods,
however, might take heed that all
is not well in the world of the
Gamecock fan. Many people have
professed concerns about Woods
ability as a head coach. Why go to
the prevent defense with four minutes
left? Why start Albert Haynes
over a more-talented Rob
DeBoer?
These are questions only Woods
and his players know the answer
to, answers we would all like to
know.
What a game Monday night in
Dallas. The Redskins traveling to
Texas Stadium and beating the favored
Cowboys made for a hell of
a Monday night game. Even
Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones
couldn't spoil this night. Chip
Lohmiller put on possibly the most
spectacular kicking display I've
ever seen. Lohmiller was true four
times from at least 45 yards and
consistently kicked off into or out
of the end zone. And hey, Mark
Rypien even looked like an NFL
quarterback for a change.
Has everyone heard about
George Felton? He will become a
nonsalaried assistant at Georgia
Tech for former teammate Bobby
Cremins. Felton, who still has a
year remaining on his USC contract,
said he might enroll in some
classes and serve as a graduate assistant.
So, Carolina's head coach
is only wortny ol a graduate assistantship
at Tech? Could this possibly
be some sort of revenge by
Cremins, after he blasted USC for
its handling of the Felton Firing?
Well, if it is, it worked. Once
again, USC will look like a
laughing-stock. Oh well, we
should be used to it by now.
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South Carolina junior center
Edmond Wilson says he will
undergo surgery on his right
knee and miss the upcoming basketball
season.
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arthroscopic surgery, which
forced him to sit out about 10
days at the start of the season.
Wilson, who will still have
two seasons of eligibility remaining
after sitting out this
season, said his knee continued
to bother him during this past
season.
Wilson said he made several
visits to the Hughtston Clinic in
Columbus, Ga., where doctors
said the fold in the inner tissue
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Gridiron gripes ,
Well, I've praised the mighty
49ers and blasted the mentally
handicapped (excuse me, mentally
challenged) NFL Rules Committee.
For your reading pleasure, I
thought I'd ramble about the highs
and lows of the first two weeks of
the pro football season.
Highs
New York Giants fans the
world over were humbled this past
week when the lowly Los Angeles
Rams beat their precious team at
the Meadowlands. I'm sure every
dock and steel mill in New Jersey
was buzzing over that one. The
ever-fickle Giants fans are already
calling for QB Phil Simms to start
again. Gee, only a week ago, Jeff
Hostetler was God on Earth while
former Super Bowl MVP Simms
was a nobody. If the Giants lose to
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around the knee was damaged
and required surgery.
Dr. Robert Peele of Columbia
will perform the surgery, probably
within about six weeks,
Wilson said Tuesday.
"Whew. . . a major setback,"
Wilson said. "But I'm trying
not to look at it as bad as that.
I'll try to look at it in a positive
way."
Wilson played sparingly this
pas>i bcaiuu, avciaging i.j
points and 1.7 rebounds a game.
He was looking forward to his
first season under coach Steve
Newton, who has a reputation
for developing talent. Newton
replaced George Fclton, who
was fired earlier this year.
"Obviously, with the numbers
as they are, we need everyns,
coache
Chicago, look for Simms to have
the starting job Week Four, which
should have been his from the
beginning.
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their coach Joe Bugle. The Cards
are 2-0 for the first time in nearly
20 years. Bugle has turned a perennial
loser into a contender in
only his second year with the
team. If they win the NFC East or
even make the playoffs, he has my
vote for Coach of the Year.
The Cincinnati Bengals and
Atlanta Falcons are both 0-2, and I
couldn't be happier. Sam Wyche
of the Bengals and Jerry Glanville
of the Falcons are the biggest jerks
in the NFL (no, I don't find Glanville's
exploits charming; they're
just plain stupid); Wyche is classless,
with not an ounce of sportmanship
in his whole body. As for
the Falcons, their cheap-shot tactics
reflect Glanville's personal
sliminess. Hopefully, their teams'
horrible openings will ensure both
those creeps a place in the unemployment
line.
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South Carolina opens the
1991-92 season Nov. 23 at
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The AFC is finally back. The
Houston Oilers and Buffalo Bills
are playing as good as any teams
in the NFC right now. One of
those two will make it to* the Super
Bowl and I wouldn't bet against
either one from winning it all. It
would be very cool if Warren
Moon or Thurman Thomas got a
Super Bowl MVP; they both deserve
it One note: isn't it funny
how Houston is doing so much
better once Jerry Glanville got
fired? Hmmm . . .
Lows
The biggest lows of the season
by far are the quarterback casualties.
Randall Cunningham, who
makes my short-list of the five
most e.xr.itinp ntavors to wafrh in
the NFL, is out for the season.
Even worse, Joe Montana may
need surgery for a torn tendon in
his throwing arm. However, I have
full confidence that Montana will
be back; if not this season, then
the next. Joe has survived back
surgery and a bad concussion; the
only thing that will stop him is a
silver bullet.
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