By MONTE DUTTON Click here. The world’s gone crazy.I’m going to confine it to sports, which is my habit.In college football, LSU and Georgia got hammered. Indiana, Army and Brigham Young are undefeated.I haven’t examined the numbers, but someone who notably has, Paul Finebaum, said this morning that eight teams could tie for the Southeastern …
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Blue Hose Blurbs: Centurions break ranks at PC
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. You might win big if a player from the other team, Antwon Corbin, warms up in a NASCAR tee shirt. It’s also a good sign when it looks as if the men’s basketball foe might practice in the same uniforms it wears in the game.Carolina Christian College, a member of …
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County Signs: Hose hang in there
By MONTE DUTTON Jonah Pierce (PC photo) Click here. Presbyterian kept its men’s basketball debut close but couldn’t pull out an upset as Charlotte upended the Blue Hose at the 49ers’ Halton Arena on Monday night.It was the nightcap of a women/men twinbill between PC and Charlotte.Jonah Pierce scored a game-high 22 points while grabbing …
County Signs: Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Hold your horses – or perhaps your pitchforks -- on the celebrations for Clinton High School in the Class 2A football playoffs.The Red Devils – and the ones in Liberty, too – have a lot riding on Friday night’s game at Liberty.Clinton (6-2, 3-0 Region 1-2A) must …
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Hurst leads grounding of Flyers
By MONTE DUTTON Collin Hurst (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. What is Presbyterian College if not a place for the little guy?Collin Hurst is quite a little guy. He’s 5-10, a buck 65. Plays QB. Just a red-shirt freshman, out of Davie, Fla.Davie, Davie, Florida, king of the wild frontier. A little mythology never hurt …
County Signs: Pretty much the same old cheeseburger
By MONTE DUTTON Not exactly the same, but you get the idea. Click here. Another sign that life is getting back to normal was I ate again at Steamers for the first time since it reopened.An old-fashioned cheeseburger plate with onion rings. It hit the spot. I’ve been enjoying an approximation of that cheeseburger off …
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County Signs: Politics is just a sport, too
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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County Signs: Too many plays put on hold
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, …
PC dominates Hatters, 42-14
(PC photo) Click here. DeLAND, Fla. – Let me attempt to write in behalf of Steve Englehart and his Presbyterian College football team. It was about damn time. The Blue Hose released a month of pent-up frustrations on the unsuspecting Stetson Hatters, steam-creasing their labors by a score of 42-14 at Spec Martin Municipal Stadium. …
County Signs: Whatever floats your boat …
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 …
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