By MONTE DUTTON Trey Hedden set a school record for passing yards (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Surprisingly, I didn’t drive to Clemson on Saturday. I couldn’t go through all the hassles of big-time football just to watch the Paladins fall with a thud. I’d watched a thud on Friday night, though that had nothing …
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Mercer wins a mismatch, 52-28
By MONTE DUTTON Ben Croasdale takes a handoff from Trey Hedden (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. For the first half of a quarter and the first three minutes of the second half, Furman was better than Mercer. Unfortunately, a college football game is more than 10 minutes and change; almost six times more. The Bears …
Furman looks to emerge from SoCon muddle
By MONTE DUTTON Jackson Pryor (17) has three catches for 42 yards and a touchdown (Furman photo). Click here. The Southern Conference football championship is there for the taking. Furman takes its first shot at SoCon opposition on Saturday when the Paladins visit Samford at 3:30 p.m. Forget about picking a favorite. Only Mercer is …
Paladins’ football prospects figure to rise
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photos) Click here. In the next few days and nights, Nebraska is playing Cincinnati, East Carolina-North Carolina State, Georgia Tech-Colorado, Auburn-Baylor, Syracuse-Tennessee, Northwestern-Tulane, Texas-Ohio State, Louisiana State-Clemson, Alabama-Florida State, Notre Dame-Miami and South Carolina-Virginia Tech. Among many others. Big deal. William & Mary is playing Furman. I speak for no one …
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War Eagles, Red Devils slug it out
By MONTE DUTTON Angelo Cromer rambles for the Red Devils (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. CHAPIN – Gray Collegiate’s 7-0 exhibition decision over Clinton offered a complicated means of comparison on Friday evening at Chapin High School. There were similarities. The Red Devils are the reigning Class 2A state football champions. The War Eagles won …
Devils fork the Fury
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook shifts gears (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Woodruff High School is a familiar place for Red Devils to play, though on Thursday night they were playing Class 4A Fountain Inn at W.L. Varner Stadium, where I once played and Varner was still the Wolverines’ head coach. As I sat on …
Fans can like what they want
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. My opinion is grounded in most of a lifetime of sportswriting. It’s not wrong to hope others like you do well. What’s wrong is to limit an activity, sport or career only to people like you. Bubba Wallace’s victory at the Brickyard 400 made me ponder this topic. I have …
Was that only yesterday or 40 years ago?
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Time flies like an arrow, and fruit flies like a banana. No. I didn’t think of that. It just makes me chuckle softly. It’s amazing how long ago it was when certain things happened. Check that. When all things happened. I was watching the British Open on Thursday. Announcers were …
Here ‘n’ there, this ‘n’ that
By MONTE DUTTON Many things in life are predictable. When a major golf tournament is on TV, and coverage shifts to a player who is out of contention, the shot is going in. They don’t have to mention all the “possible side effects” of prescription drugs. It’s obvious from the commercials that almost all of …
Blue Hose complete a wild, wonderful sweep
(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. What Presbyterian College used to play baseball games looked like bats, but they behaved like wands. Magic wands. Sunday’s 16-13 victory over Gardner-Webb was just another stark, raving mad, wondrous, wacky adventure. Elton Pollock Field was the Wild West. Sean Sean Hollister Click here. On Saturday, Gardner-Webb (11-14, 1-5 Big …
Nightrider's Lament 