By MONTE DUTTON John Holbrook (Furman photo) Click here. Know what? Charleston Southern’s 24-20 victory over Furman last week was like a first game. Both coaches with whom I talked on Monday suggested the same. They weren’t griping, just observing. The Paladins opened with a 76-0 loss at Ole Miss on Aug. 31, and Presbyterian …
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County Signs: Kevin Long was a hero of mine
By MONTE DUTTON Kevin Long When I was in the seventh grade at Bell Street Middle School, on the first day of school, I sat in the gym and listened to instructions regarding the academic discipline of physical education. The side baskets had been lifted to the rafters, and on the back of one of …
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Rain accelerates prep previews
By MONTE DUTTON Clayton Lawson (60) and Tre Aiken on the rush (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Squalls out on the Gulf Stream / Big storms coming soon – “Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season,” Jimmy Buffett In this case, according to the most recent forecast I saw, it’s no big deal here. Dry winds …
County Signs: Every four years, there’s another sport
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Since politics has become a sport, what if political debates had replay officials? Or officials at all. If a candidate commits a foul, he or gets a yellow card and doesn’t get to answer the next question. Okay. Maybe not. By the way, why is it that …
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County Signs: Two whistlestops on Monday morning
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Monday, from morning to mid-afternoon, was fast, and then, because my wifi turned balky, it turned slow. Presbyterian College has a weekly media conference at 10. Furman University has one at 11:30. I decided to see if I could make both of them. I could. Being a fool, I’ll likely …
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Furmanology: Thinking on the road
By MONTE DUTTON People don't know how good we got it (Furman photo). Click here. I don’t really spend that much time on the road anymore. It’s not like the NASCAR years when I’d play Del McCoury headed through mountains to Bristol or Sheryl Crow on the wild freeways of Los Angeles. Hell, now I’ve …
County Signs: Everybody’s an expert
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Technology speeds people up. It catches them in the moment, and they lose sight of broader truths. On Saturday, I was driving up I-385 listening to pregame shows and the like. Three “experts” said that, after a lone victory over Texas A&M, Notre Dame was “already in” the college football …
Presbyterian sinks refurbished Fleet, 31-14
(PC photo) Click here. GREENWOOD -- It’s not every Saturday a college football team wins both its 11th straight against a nearby rival … and also its first in 73 years. Perhaps more explanation is needed concerning Presbyterian’s 31-14 victory over Erskine, a college that abandoned football for almost 70 years. The Blue Hose lead …
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Bucs upset Furman in the light of night, 24-20
By MONTE DUTTON Myion Hicks finds the going tough (Furman photo). Click here. I don’t know. Writing has been my job for most of the years since I graduated college, and following Furman has been an earnest pastime since I was 17, and I still don’t know why Charleston Southern upset the Paladins, 24-20, on …
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County Signs: BHP rolls Raiders under, 55-6
Marquese Henderson (3) evades Laurens' Brayden Patterson (courtesy John Clayton). Click here. Marquese Henderson may be the state’s top running back. The Belton-Honea Path star, bound for Clemson, made a believer of Laurens in a 55-6 verdict on Friday night in Honea Path. The Bears as a whole rank at the top of Class 3A. …
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Nightrider's Lament 