Gamecocks Nighty Cap
by edwzipper on Friday, September 25th, 2009 at 12:25pm

* With a streak of 5 wins in ESPN’s Streak for Cash I figured the most obvious play for last night was #4 Ole Miss over unranked SouthCarolina. This did not even have anything to do with a point spread, just win baby. Colour me surprised.
Once again, Steve Spurrier, the man who couldn’t coach in the NFL, wreaked havoc with his team on the field. The Ole Miss Rebels entered with their highest ranking since Archie Manning was quarterback in 1970. But against Spurrier, the Ole Miss coach, Houston couldn’t bust a Nutt.
The stats of the game are amazingly equal. A difference of 37 net yards. Each team had no picks, one lost fumble and 4 sacks. And yet South Carolina came out of the game ahead 16-10.
Amazing how often the Visor gets lucky.
* Fret not Adrian Peterson fantasy owners. He says his back injuryis much adieu about nothing. How he lasted until the 4th pick in one of my leagues will always remain a mystery. Of course, I picked 5th.
* J.R. Rider was arrested, again. Yawn.
* Hanley Ramirez is a solid #1 fantasy pick and he has given his owners some fantastic numbers this year. In fact he is having a year of historic proportions according to the Palm Beach Post:
When Dick Groat hit .325 for the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates, he became the first National League shortstop to win the batting title in 25 years.
Almost five decades later, no one has matched Groat’s accomplishment. But Florida’s Hanley Ramirez is close to changing that.
* Giants Safety Kenny Phillips is done for the season. Phillips had two receptions from Tony Romo, I mean interceptions, Sunday night has been placed on injured reserve with has been described as an “unhealty knee”. Next up someone will actually explain what a sports hernia is, because my Doctor says he doesn’t know.
* Plaxico Burress can learn a lot from Tom Brady. A lot.
Even if he loses a freshly-filed civil lawsuit, New England quarterback Tom Brady will not face NFL suspension for an alleged shooting incident at his April wedding in Costa Rica.
Two photographers are seeking $1 million in damages from Brady and wife Gisele Bundchen. Yuri Cortez and Rolando Aviles claim that Bundchen’s security team fired guns at their car when the paparazzi refused to surrender their camera equipment. Cortez and Aviles filed suit Tuesday in a New York City court.
“Bodyguards are not supposed to be pulling out guns and firing at photographers,” Aviles and Cortez’s attorney John Paul Gleason told People Magazine. “It just shows terrible lack of training and supervision.”
* Is that a Beanie or a Yarmulke?
Beanie Wells is toting a football with his name on it from the locker room to meetings at Arizona Cardinals headquarters this week.
Teammates try to sneak up and strip the ball from him. If he drops it, he pays a $200 fine to charity. So far, he said, that hasn’t happened.
The rookie running back acknowledges he’s getting a bit weary of all the attention given to his two fumbles in last Sunday’s 31-17 victory at Jacksonville.
