By MONTE DUTTON Too many times, yellow flags told the story. (Monte Dutton photo) https://www.scfbins.com/agents/buddybridges Watch what you ask for. You might just get it. You may recall that last week I wrote a column when I realized had not witnessed in person a single close game all year. Jesus must have thought that a …
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Paladins pull free in final minute, 31-28
Dominic Roberto knows hot pursuit. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ KENNESAW, Ga. – Furman found itself in a difficult spot on Saturday. Kennesaw, named for a nearby mountain and battle, is nestled on the outskirts of Atlanta, and its university is noted for an upwardly mobile football team. The Paladins escaped Fifth Third Bank Field with a …
Furman to visit Hooters
Strong safety Kam Brinson (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman faces a tough assignment in Kennesaw, Ga., as it attempts to build momentum entering the Southern Conference schedule on Saturday. Kennesaw State (1-1) takes on the Paladins at Fifth Third Stadium, beginning at 5 p.m. The game may be streamed on ESPN+. The Owls are coming off …
Take their medicine, get back to work
By MONTE DUTTON Joshua Harris (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ The mood at Clay Hendrix’s weekly media conference was best expressed in an 1888 poem by William Ernest Henley, who was British and thus unlikely to have competed in American football. My head is bloody, but unbowed. The poem’s name is “Invictus.” I had to memorize and …
A brave front afterward
By MONTE DUTTON Hugh Ryan skirmishes with South Carolina's Xavier Legette. (Furman photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ My lingering memory of South Carolina’s 47-21 victory over Furman wasn’t on the Williams-Brice Stadium surface. It was in the postgame media conference. Hugh Ryan, the Paladins’ much-decorated safety, sat there in anguished agony. He’d had a rough night. A lot …
Paladins can’t corner Rattler
By MONTE DUTTON Xavier Stephens can't quite get there. (Furman photo) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ COLUMBIA – A disastrous ending to the first half opened the floodgates in South Carolina’s 47-21 victory on Saturday night at Williams-Brice Stadium. The Gamecocks’ well-traveled senior quarterback, Spencer Rattler, didn’t allow any opportunity for the Paladins to reverse that flow. The epitaph …
Paladins dream of chicken dinner
By MONTE DUTTON Tyler Huff passed for 172 yards and rushed for 42 in the season opener. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It’s improbable. It’s unlikely. It’s unexpected. Furman is playing South Carolina on Saturday night at 7:30. The Paladins have lost eight of their last nine visits to Columbia and 13 of their last 14 …
A latter-days version of playin’ hurt
By MONTE DUTTON Furman and Travis Blackshear (1) played much better than I felt. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Friday night at Wilder Stadium was a game-time decision. Fortunately, I was good to go. Back-to-back night games are tough on a body, particularly one that got bowled over at Paladin Stadium on Thursday night. I saw …
Paladins clip Eagles’ wings in 2nd half
By MONTE DUTTON Dominic Roberto scored twice on 9-yard runs. (Monte Dutton photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ It took a while, but Furman wound up glittering as much as its helmets in a season-opening 45-10 conquest of Tennessee Tech in Thursday-night football at Paladin Stadium in front of 9,827. Nothing like the chrome on display under lights ever …
Paladins back in black (and chrome) on Thursday night
(Elena Davidson photos) https://dunesproperties.com/agent/mark-mitchell/ Furman embarks Thursday night on a football season that could not possibly have arrived too soon. The second Paladin Stadium game on a Thursday night is also the second in as many years. Clay Hendrix’s seventh season as Furman head coach begins against Tennessee Tech of Cookeville, and his latest edition …
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Nightrider's Lament 