"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 Steve Englehart (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Presbyterian College’s football team is 2-1, coming off a 52-0 ransacking of Virginia University of Lynchburg, and all is right with the world. Success is fleeting. The next two Saturdays find the Blue Hose uncomfortably ensconced at home when Gardner-Webb and Davidson come to town. …
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(PC photo) Click here. Not since 2021, the Year of Kevin Kelley Coaching Dangerously, has Presbyterian College dominated a football game so thoroughly. The Blue Hose doused any hints of fire from a band of traveling Dragons. Presbyterian demolished Virginia of Lynchburg, 52-0, at Bailey Memorial Stadum on Saturday afternoon. Here’s a modest prediction. Steve …
(Monte Dutton photos) Click here. COLUMBIA – Laurens took on A.C. Flora on Friday night, still without a quarterback who is actually a quarterback. Nehemias Fernandez, one of the wildcats who took turns being Raiders, rushed 26 times for 215 yards and a touchdown, but it wasn’t quite enough. The Falcons edged Laurens, 20-17, at …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Have you ever awakened feeling discombobulated? Have you ever heard the word? My first thought was, Oh, geez, I gotta get to Furman. The second thought was, Oh, geez, I gotta get back to work on the Clinton game. My third thought was, Hmm. Nature calls. Clinton …
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By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook on the prowl (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. INMAN – It wasn’t just another rainy night, but it was the second in a row. The final score of Clinton’s 49-27 victory on Thursday night at Chapman was a bit misleading. The Red Devils led, 35-7, at halftime, 42-7 midway through …
By MONTE DUTTON Kevin Long When I was in the seventh grade at Bell Street Middle School, on the first day of school, I sat in the gym and listened to instructions regarding the academic discipline of physical education. The side baskets had been lifted to the rafters, and on the back of one of …
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By MONTE DUTTON Clayton Lawson (60) and Tre Aiken on the rush (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Squalls out on the Gulf Stream / Big storms coming soon – “Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season,” Jimmy Buffett In this case, according to the most recent forecast I saw, it’s no big deal here. Dry winds …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Since politics has become a sport, what if political debates had replay officials? Or officials at all. If a candidate commits a foul, he or gets a yellow card and doesn’t get to answer the next question. Okay. Maybe not. By the way, why is it that …
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By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Monday, from morning to mid-afternoon, was fast, and then, because my wifi turned balky, it turned slow. Presbyterian College has a weekly media conference at 10. Furman University has one at 11:30. I decided to see if I could make both of them. I could. Being a fool, I’ll likely …
Continue reading County Signs: Two whistlestops on Monday morning
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Technology speeds people up. It catches them in the moment, and they lose sight of broader truths. On Saturday, I was driving up I-385 listening to pregame shows and the like. Three “experts” said that, after a lone victory over Texas A&M, Notre Dame was “already in” the college football …
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