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 …
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Bucs upset Furman in the light of night, 24-20
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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Furmanology: Dins come marching home again
(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 …
Furmanology: Learn from mistakes and move on
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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Darlington seldom disappoints
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. …
Furmanology: It wasn’t all bad
By MONTE DUTTON Home never looked more welcome (Furman photo). Click here. I watched three football games, two of them, fortunately, on TV. Mercer crunched Presbyterian, 63-10, on Thursday. Clinton High raced past Laurens, 35-8, on Friday. Ole Miss destroyed Furman, 76-0, on Saturday. The combined scores were 174-18. For a Furman grad, seldom has …
Rebels swamp outmanned Paladins, 76-0
Dylan Chiedo (Furman photo) Click here. OXFORD, Miss. – Oh, 50 years ago or thereabouts, Winn-Dixie distributed cards for entries in a TV show of taped horse races. If No. 3 won and it was on your card, you won. It was the Draft Kings of its day. The show was called Let’s Go to …
Paladins to open against all odds
The Paladins lined up against the Gamecocks last year (Furman photo) Click here. Yes, it could be the best of times and the worst of times. Furman’s season opener takes place in the decidedly unfriendly confines of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Saturday at 7 p.m. against the sixth-ranked Ole Miss Rebels. The money is needed, but …
Furmanology: Raves for the runners
(Furman graphic) Click here. Given its history of success, it comes as no surprise that Furman cross country is ranked by the – okay, take this down -- U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. That’s USTFCCCA, which doesn’t simplify things. Women’s cross country is ranked third in the NCAA Southeast Region preseason …
Furmanology: Special teams are a specialty
By MONTE DUTTON Ian Williams scores against ETSU (Furman photo) Click here. The most inane stoppage in sport has spread to college football, which at least has the decency to call it “a two-minute timeout.” The NFL’s “two-minute warning” dates back to a time when many stadiums didn’t have visible clocks. An official trotted to …
