(Monte Dutton photo) Click here. The longer it went, the worse it got. Chattanooga unleashed spectacular redshirt freshman quarterback, the colorfully named Battle Alberson, on Furman Saturday, and the result was a 45-28 victory for the Mocs at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tenn. Alberson, from Gulf Breeze, Fla., passed for 277 yards and four touchdowns. …
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Furman seeks to make things right at Chattanooga
By MONTE DUTTON Mercer contained Furman defensive end Joshua Stoneking (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Furman (5-4, 3-3 SoCon) and Chattanooga (4-5, 3-2) are vastly different schools with vastly different football programs. Somehow, the Paladins and Mocs tend to play fine games against each other. Among the SoCon middlings, the teams that play at noon …
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High Point punishes Furman men; women clobber NGU
Charles Johnston (Furman photo) Click here. A home court helps but not normally as much as the difference between the basketball games played at Rock Hill Sports & Event Center and Timmons Arena on Monday evening. High Point blitzed the Paladins at the Field of 68 Tipoff Marathon while the women’s team dominated North Greenville …
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Mercer wins a mismatch, 52-28
By MONTE DUTTON Ben Croasdale takes a handoff from Trey Hedden (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. For the first half of a quarter and the first three minutes of the second half, Furman was better than Mercer. Unfortunately, a college football game is more than 10 minutes and change; almost six times more. The Bears …
An upset of Mercer would be big for Furman postseason hopes
By MONTE DUTTON Joshua Stoneking (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Furman football gets an opportunity to make a statement on Saturday afternoon when Mercer (6-1, 5-0 SoCon) takes on the Paladins at their eponymous stadium, kicking off 2 p.m. The Bears, obviously residing at the top of the Southern Conference, is ranked 13th in the …
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The exhibition was a fleeting thing, but the venue is here to stay
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. It was a tiring weekend. I’m glad I’m tired. On Friday, I drove to Blacksburg for a high-school football game in which there was no doubt which team, Clinton, was going to win. It was a fair jump up the interstate for 48-7. I got back home, …
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Dins down Dogs with 2nd-half surge, 24-14
By MONTE DUTTON Jayquan Smith (28) scored two TDs (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. The Citadel is coming! The Citadel is coming! The Citadel must be stopped. It’s easy to say it’s just another football game. It’s easy to say, oh, the rival is Wofford now. Well, Wofford won last week. When Furman plays The …
A win over The Citadel would fix a lot
By MONTE DUTTON Gavin Hall rushed for 101 yards against East Tennessee State (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. As Furman prepares for homecoming and the annual invasion of The Citadel, it would be helpful to develop some of that old-fashioned distaste for the combatants of Charleston. Forty years ago, The Citadel was the last game …
Terriers exacerbate Furman slump, 31-13
(Wofford photo) Click here. Lord have mercy. I wasn’t there. Gibbs Stadium isn’t currently a happy place for a Furman grad. In each of the previous two football meetings, Wofford won, 19-13. This time the score was 31-13. I was watching unbeaten Presbyterian crush Stetson, 42-7. The story in Clinton is extraordinary. Spartanburg is to …
Furman aims to put Western Carolina behind
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. Most everyone who watches sports overreacts. When I wrote about NASCAR for a living, occasionally I drew the ire of a famous driver (or owner, family member, sponsor, PR rep, etc.) for something I wrote. “You think I’m tough? Read my mail,” I’d say. “I’m Fans Light.” Back …
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