(Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The day after Bob Richey and men’s basketball ride a three-game win streak into the home Well, where another 3-0 team visits, Clay Hendrix and his football team visit Johnson City, Tenn., hoping to shine some light on a dim season,It’s a tale of two teams, the best of times …
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Furmanology: Fringe benefits of the games
By MONTE DUTTON Bob Richey's Paladins are off to a fast start, and reinforcements are on the way (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. It turned chilly on Wednesday, but it didn’t start raining outside until after Presbyterian senior Kobe Stewart rained 6/7 three-pointers on Wofford in a 71-68 upset of Wofford.They’re both good teams. It …
Stewart shoots PC past Wofford, 71-68
By MONTE DUTTON Quinton Ferrell offers advice to Kobe Stewart, who didn't need much (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Kobe Stewart’s first name seemed pertinent on Wednesday night.Presbyterian College senior Stewart, an Augusta, Ga., product, led a 71-68 upset of Wofford by scoring 26 points, including 6/7 from three-point range. He was 2/7 inside the …
Furmanology: It’s darkest before dawn
By MONTE DUTTON Clay Hendrix stays the course in the face of adversity (Furman photo). Click here. Clay Hendrix keeps his head up. Furman football, after consecutive 10-3 records, is in danger of having its worst season in 52 years.The Paladins’ precipitous slump is rooted in inexperience and injuries, which have ravaged the defense, in …
County Signs: Fun facts don’t pay the power bill
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Without the Internet, there’s no telling how much less useless information I’d know.I know why passenger planes don’t fly over the Himalayas, that almost all of South America is east of the United States, why the Air Force bombed northern Japan while World War II surrender negotiations were underway and …
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Paladins fine-tune recipe of success
By MONTE DUTTON Charles Johnston (1) made his presence felt (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Bob Richey brings a basketball team to a boil as if it were a fine Texas chili.This one required a greater heat. It was tasty, though. The ingredients were mostly fresh.A smiling Aussie, Charles Johnston, pumped in 25 points, hitting …
County Signs: Change rules the ballfields
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. The world’s gone crazy.I’m going to confine it to sports, which is my habit.In college football, LSU and Georgia got hammered. Indiana, Army and Brigham Young are undefeated.I haven’t examined the numbers, but someone who notably has, Paul Finebaum, said this morning that eight teams could tie for the Southeastern …
Furmanology: Paladins return to the Well triumphant
By MONTE DUTTON PJay Smith Jr. (Furman photo) Click here. In Music City, Furman picked up a spine-tingling men’s basketball victory on Friday night.Home fires were burning – burning down, figuratively, in Saturday’s football loss to Wofford – and the women’s basketball team endured a hopeless task in Athens, Ga., but all else was well.Men’s …
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Furmanology: Paladins look fine, but it’s early
By MONTE DUTTON Garrett Hien (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. As these words are written, it’s hard to make much out of Furman men’s basketball, but help is on the way.Auburn won an exhibition game against the Paladins by 21 points. No surprise there.Furman plastered Columbia International, 104-46. Nothing to see.On Friday night, Bob Richey’s …
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Furmanology: Paladins to seek redress versus Terriers
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. Wofford, nearby archrival that stunned a powerful Furman a season ago in Spartanburg, visits Paladin Stadium on Saturday, holding the presumptive upper hand this time.The Paladin faithful relish a big payback. When the Terriers won, 19-13, on Nov. 18, 2023, Furman had nine victories and Wofford one.An outcome …
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Nightrider's Lament 