"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 (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I usually go to football games about 90 minutes early. I like to hang out and watch the band do its rehearsal. I take photos of trees and clouds. I chat with officials, ball boys and chain crews. The people who work football games aren’t there for …
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By MONTE DUTTON Click here. The election is in less than a week. That’s all I know. Or maybe I know too much. At this point, the only surprise is that there aren’t commercials with ex-candidates offering deals on how to bet. Take the under on Trump in Massachusetts. Crapshoot! Dot.com. (Disclaimer: I made that …
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By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook (3) has plenty of company (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. High-school and college football have never been so offensive. In the last two games I’ve attended, one winning team had 801 yards in 60 minutes, and the other had 605 in 48. I suppose which meaning of “offensive” depends on …
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I was at a football game on Friday night. I watched on TV all day and well into the night on Saturday and Sunday. The most common part of all the games was holding. And other assorted infractions. The best quotation came from Clinton High School head coach Corey Fountain, …
By MONTE DUTTON (Courtesy John Clayton) Click here. If you go to a homecoming game, and you have no idea who is going to be the queen, bet the quarterback’s sponsor. At Clinton High School, the monarch was Ry’Dai’ja Mars, who was – wait for it, wait for it – sponsor of the quarterback, Tushawan …
By MONTE DUTTON Javen Cook runs away (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Blacksburg came to Wilder Stadium for the first time ever and to Clinton for the first time since 1938. It didn’t go well for the Wildcats on Friday night. Clinton (6-2, 3-0 Region 1-2A) torched Blacksburg (3-5, 0-2), 61-14, and rolled up 605 …
Tyler Huff as a Paladin (Furman photo) Click here. Amidst an otherwise dreary Furman fall, it’s comforting to see Tyler Huff swashbuckling his way through Jacksonville State games on weeknights. Huff is doing for the Gamecocks what he did for the Paladins in a pair of 10-3 seasons at quarterback. The 6-1, 215 “mega senior” …
By MONTE DUTTON Moonlight through the pines (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. It’s seldom a good sign when someone answers a question by saying, “I just do.” Everyone has a right to say it. For instance, if you ask me why I dislike raw onions, I might say, “I just do.” Most issues, though, have …
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Two baseball memories for a Wednesday. I’ve got a lot of Furman baseball memories. Apparently, I’m not getting any more. Dum spiro spero. I was in San Diego, Calif., in the middle of Fernandomania. I saw Valenzuela pitch against the Padres at Jack Murphy Stadium. It was the wildest scene …
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By MONTE DUTTON D.J. Clark (18), Tushawan Richardson (1) and Jevan Cook (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. With two games remaining, Clinton (5-2, 2-0) is alone at the top of the Region 1-2A football standings, having shoved Landrum out of the S.C. Media top 10 with a 56-22 thump last week. The Red Devils’ hopes …
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