"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 Dalton Epps (PC photo) Click here. Furman University and Presbyterian College have a mild little rivalry. They’re less than an hour away from each other, and it seems as if the bigger the sport, they less they play. In short, they play only occasionally in football and basketball, and they never play …
Continue reading PC tries to conjure up more magic at Furman
By MONTE DUTTON Ian Williams drilled three field goals (Furman photo). Click here. Anything doesn’t often happen, but it certainly can. I spent Friday and Saturday surprised in various degrees. I expected Clinton to win the Laurens County championship in high-school football, but not 50-0 over Laurens. I expected Furman to start the season with …
Continue reading Paladins take down Tribe as Blue Hose step up
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photos) Click here. In the next few days and nights, Nebraska is playing Cincinnati, East Carolina-North Carolina State, Georgia Tech-Colorado, Auburn-Baylor, Syracuse-Tennessee, Northwestern-Tulane, Texas-Ohio State, Louisiana State-Clemson, Alabama-Florida State, Notre Dame-Miami and South Carolina-Virginia Tech. Among many others. Big deal. William & Mary is playing Furman. I speak for no one …
Continue reading Paladins’ football prospects figure to rise
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. It is glittering and bright, this brand-new Timmons Arena. On a campus of stately brick buildings and picturesque fountains, Furman University’s reimagined basketball arena more closely resembles the fountains. A little of the Williamsburg architecture remains on the sides, but from the outside, the edifice is overwhelmingly …
By MONTE DUTTON Clay Hendrix (Furman photo) Click here. I am prone to overestimation of Furman’s football prospects. A year ago, as I perused Hunter Reid’s preview of the various position groups – the currently fashionable term is “rooms” – I discovered in the layout process that I had few action photos on file of …
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. So … … I’ve quipped for months that I hoped to live long enough to see the sale of my land go through so that I could make a new start in a new place and become successful again. It’s not as much of a joke as it used to …
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Some of the cooler things I’ve ever done: No particular order. Watching part of the Rolex 24 in Daytona Beach, Fla., at midnight from a Ferris wheel. Driving the Pacific Coast Highway in a car full of scribes when we pass a restaurant on the water. Out front, a man …
By MONTE DUTTON Tommy Spangler (Furman photo) Click here. At about the same time I arrived in the baseball valley on Tuesday, a familiar figure in a red shirt and a purple cap yelled my name. He brought someone with him. Was it a Clinton fan with Saluda roots? The only such person I know …
(Furman graphic) Click here. The Paladins showed up in the NFL Draft. Micah Robinson and long snapper Julian Ashby were selected in the seventh round. Both played four years for the Paladins, graduated from Furman and played their final years elsewhere. Robinson was selected by the Green Bay Packers as the 21st pick of the …
(Furman graphic) Click here. Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain … Norman is where the Furman women’s golf team is headed for regional play at Jimmie Austin Oklahoma University Golf Course on May 5-7. The Paladins, who are the No. 11 seed in Norman, are part of a 12-team regional field that …
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