"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 Click here. The National Football League has to do something about field goals. As a colleague of mine used to be fond of saying, “Merciful God!” I spent a lot of Sunday idly watching games. After high schools and colleges – going to one, writing about others, processing photos, posting stories, winning …
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By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. Sundays are lazy days, which is one of many reasons why the National Football League is so popular. The days leading up to it weren’t so bad. I went to Inman to watch Clinton play Chapman, but rain moved it up to Thursday. I was up till 2 …
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By MONTE DUTTON Trey Hedden (8), center Chris Luna celebrate (Furman photo). Click here. All is well. Furman’s 48-7 victory over Stetson on Saturday was just what “the doctor” ordered. Doctors are prevalent on campuses. The Hatters are, well, Hatters. They play in the Pioneer Football League, which means Stetson doesn’t award football scholarships. Presbyterian …
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. The week accelerated due to the prospect of tropical-spreading rain, but by the time Saturday at Paladin Stadium rolls around, by gosh, I’ll be relatively refreshed. The Clinton High game at Chapman moved from Friday to Thursday, which in turns, moves me to Inman a night early. I’m …
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By MONTE DUTTON John Holbrook (Furman photo) Click here. Know what? Charleston Southern’s 24-20 victory over Furman last week was like a first game. Both coaches with whom I talked on Monday suggested the same. They weren’t griping, just observing. The Paladins opened with a 76-0 loss at Ole Miss on Aug. 31, and Presbyterian …
By MONTE DUTTON People don't know how good we got it (Furman photo). Click here. I don’t really spend that much time on the road anymore. It’s not like the NASCAR years when I’d play Del McCoury headed through mountains to Bristol or Sheryl Crow on the wild freeways of Los Angeles. Hell, now I’ve …
By MONTE DUTTON Myion Hicks finds the going tough (Furman photo). Click here. I don’t know. Writing has been my job for most of the years since I graduated college, and following Furman has been an earnest pastime since I was 17, and I still don’t know why Charleston Southern upset the Paladins, 24-20, on …
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(Elena Davidson photo) Click here. A football team – quite possibly, many other kinds of teams, as well – is formed early in the season. It’s complicated, but what’s simple is that, in every game, both teams try, and adversity shapes a team’s character. Mississippi, in beating Furman, 76-0, as quickly as possible, provided the …
By MONTE DUTTON For Clay Hendrix, there's no place like home (Furman photo). Click here. Furman fans were not alone. The first full weekend of college-football brought little to savor for Palmetto State partisans. What could be worse than Ole Miss pounding the Paladins, 76-0? Oh, Furman fans are downtrodden, but the Paladins were playing …
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By MONTE DUTTON (AI generated) Click here. It occurred to me that two of my favorite things are the Clinton-Laurens football game and the Southern 500 stock car race. One was Friday night and the other was Sunday night. Not that the week was perfection. Furman and Presbyterian lost by 76 and 53 points, respectively. …
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