By MONTE DUTTON Furman defense captures a would be Moc(kingbird). (Furman photo) https://www.sadlerhughes.com/ The University of Saint Thomas is in Saint Paul. Charleston Southern University is in North Charleston. A student attends the University of North Carolina Charlotte, but an athlete plays for Charlotte alone, as is true of the University of Tennessee Chattanooga. The …
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A ripsnorter of a football weekend
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants It’s been quite the football weekend. I’m sort of overwhelmed. Clinton won. Laurens won. Furman won. Presbyterian won. (Oh, wait. This just arrived via Pony Express. King beat Laurens Academy, 26-22.) Thornwell lost, 59-0, to a team called the Anderson Cavaliers. Oh, the Saints are just starting out. …
The case of the subdued feud
By MONTE DUTTON Luke Shiflett says hello to the end zone. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Life is full of surprises. Wonders, even. A few weeks ago, I noted that I hadn’t seen a close game all year, and I watched two of the best I’ve ever seen in the next two nights. As Harry Caray, used …
But I kid The Citadel …
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It was good to be back at Furman on Monday. It’ll be great to be there on Saturday when The Citadel comes to town. I suppose the annual battles between South Carolina’s Athens and Sparta don’t seem as frantic as they once did. The addition to the Southern Conference …
A matter of excessive timing
By MONTE DUTTON Good times were back at Wilder Stadium. (Monte Dutton photos) https://www.facebook.com/UpstateInsuranceConsultants On Friday night, I showed up at Wilder Stadium before any of the Clinton High School players. Keith Richardson and my paternal grandmother unwittingly made me ridiculously punctual. In an age in which most of my acquaintances are fashionably late, I …
From a jack to a king
By MONTE DUTTON Sometimes it can go either way. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ When Presbyterian upset Wofford, 23-20, I thought, thank God, I saw it. When South Aiken upset Clinton, 41-30, I thought, thank God, I didn’t. In the latter case, I was listening to most of it after serving as one of the judges in …
A latter-days version of playin’ hurt
By MONTE DUTTON Furman and Travis Blackshear (1) played much better than I felt. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Friday night at Wilder Stadium was a game-time decision. Fortunately, I was good to go. Back-to-back night games are tough on a body, particularly one that got bowled over at Paladin Stadium on Thursday night. I saw …
What to do when it rains
By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay) The last time I felt like this in June, I was in Seattle. The entire past week has been spent in days which my old man used to say “ain’t good for nothin’ ‘cept sleeping.” The more specific description of weather trends is global “weirding,” not “warming.” Warming is just a …
‘Go do that voodoo that you do so well’
By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay photo) Rules of the sportswritin’ road: If a coach tells you he doesn’t know what his team’s record is, it ain’t good. The truth is seldom more evident than when being vehemently denied. If a ball is placed between two yard-lines, the scoreboard operator will estimate the farther line for the …
The sport of kings
(Pixabay photo) On Saturday, when I awakened, King Charles III was getting his crown. While writing with the TV on, I half-watched the horse races leading up to the Kentucky Derby and then the derby itself. They were a perfect pair. The Coronation and the Derby were British and American versions of Rich People Looking …
Nightrider's Lament 