"Why do they [write] for their money? Why do they [work] for short pay? They ain't getting nowhere and they're losing their share. They must have gone crazy back there." — Michael Burton (paraphrased)
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ I would have liked to be in Frisco. I’ve got a lot of friends in the area, and at least one who would have let me sleep on his couch. All I would have needed was some gas and spending money. I could’ve not paid my taxes for …
Continue reading Mainly thinking again about what might’ve been
By MONTE DUTTON Jeremiah Jackson (0), Braden Gilby (43) and Cally Chizik clobber a UTC runner. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Before football season began, I knew it would be good and thought it would be great. After the first Chattanooga game, I knew it was a clutch team capable of making big plays in all situations. …
Tyler Huff prepares to pass. (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ MISSOULA, Mont. – Furman football season died with its boots on. Junior Bergen returned both a kickoff and a punt for touchdowns, and Clifton McDowell threw an overtime touchdown pass of 13 yards to Keelan White, and that’s why Montana defeated the Paladins, 35-28, in the quarterfinals …
By MONTE DUTTON Tyler Huff (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ By any measure, Furman’s game at the University of Montana on Friday night is a challenge. Among the basic measures are the over 2,000 miles separating the two NCAA FCS quarterfinal foes and 2,225 feet, the difference in elevation of Missoula (3,209) and Greenville (984). It’s not …
Continue reading Just another burly football team a long way away
(Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ A shocking Saturday loss to Wofford made it a bit more nervous and cost Furman a few seedings, but the Paladins are safely seeded seventh with a first-round bye in the playoffs of the Football Championship Subdivision. (It’s the same reason one should occasionally say the Pledge of Allegiance, just to make …
Continue reading Furman seeded 7th with home playoff game Dec. 2
Clinton, South Carolina, Sunday, December 1, 2019, 10:30 a.m. It was a lone outpost consisting of a pop-up tent, a silver-gray trailer with a big-screen TV, another whose screen wasn’t as big, tables of food, coolers of ice and beverage, and a small group of would-be celebrants. The Furman University campus was mostly vacant in …
Clinton, South Carolina, Monday, November 13, 2017, 11:12 a.m. And you know the sun's settin' fast And just like they say nothing good ever lasts Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye but hold on to your lover 'Cause your heart's bound to die Go on now and say goodbye to our town, to …
Clinton, South Carolina, Saturday, September 10, 2017, 1:38 p.m. I can’t imagine a better place to watch a football game than Presbyterian College, that is, if you don’t mind it if the Blue Hose lose. It’s early yet. Yes, Presbyterian has been been outscored 99-13, but Wake Forest and The Citadel are stiff competition for …
Nightrider's Lament 