"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)
Nick Anderson led Furman with 21 points (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Montreat put a scare in Furman for most of a half, but Furman’s depth and versatility enabled the Paladins to pull away to a 100-75 victory over Montreat in a Wednesday-night home game at Davis Field House on the Bob Jones University campus.Guard …
Continue reading Furmanology: Paladins overcome slow start, 100-75
By MONTE DUTTON Ben Vander Wal (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Man, the Clemson-Carolina game, won by the Gamecocks in overtime, was the first of many I expect see this season.n One never knows, but neither of the ones today is likely to be one. Presbyterian's playing Virginia University of Lynchburg this afternoon in Clinton. …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. On Thursday, I got up at dawn and got done after midnight.On Saturday, I got up at dawn and got done after midnight.In between, I left the house once but spent the majority of the day and night writing and laying out and selecting photos. I stayed …
By MONTE DUTTON Eddrin Bronson (2) guards S.C. State's Michael Teel (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. When a team gets off to a fast start, it cultivates a sense of destiny. No amount of adversity is too difficult to overcome.On Saturday at Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Furman lost leading scorer PJay Smith Jr. to a …
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. A nice man working the Columbia College-Presbyterian men’s basketball game – noon on Education Day at Clinton’s Templeton Center on Wednesday – befriended me. We had a chat in the parking lot, where he was guarding the staff lot near the back door.I usually like the men and …
Continue reading Furmanology: Sometimes a fellow can go too far
By MONTE DUTTON Clay Hendrix is riding the comeback trail (Furman photo) Click here. Perhaps there is some consolation in Furman’s 3-8 record in football.The Paladins are hardly alone in upward or downward mobility.Arizona State improved this year from 3-9 to 11-2. Florida State fell from 13-1 to 2-10. The Seminoles are a poster child …
Continue reading Furmanology: Paladins conquer Buccaneers, 58-42
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. My life is seldom mediocre. One night my old high school wins the Upstate championship game. The next morning my truck won’t start.No obvious reason except the cold. I drove straight home from Clinton High School’s Wilder Stadium on Friday night and worked till 3 a.m. on …
Continue reading Furmanology: Paladins return the Princeton favor
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman graphic) Click here. Mid-major is an interesting term. It refers to every team that isn’t a large major. It’s sort of burger joint that calls a small drink “large” and a large one “jumbo.”No one wants to be little. Mid-major is harmless hyperbole, inspirational in its pretense.Furman (8-1) is ranked 12th …
Continue reading Furmanology: Paladins, Tigers to battle in the middle
By MONTE DUTTON Ben Vander Wal became the 11th Paladin to score in double figures this season (Furman photo). Click here. It’s early in the annual basketball wars, but both Furman teams are storming the proverbial beaches so far.The men's Dins of Bob Richey and the women of Pierre Curtis are a combined 15-4, and …
Continue reading Furmanology: ‘Paladins, Paladins, where do you roam?’
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. It’s funny how many times common results and scores, otherwise lesser means of comparison, are cited when the choices of who gets in and who gets left out are defended.For all the formulas and analytics, the selection committees swap more horses than the Pony Express ever did.In college football last …
