By MONTE DUTTON Not actually Jayden Daniels (AI-generated image) Click here. One Monday-night football game does not a career make, but I can’t remember a more impressive performance by an NFL rookie quarterback than Jayden Daniels’ brilliant night in Cincinnati. In a matchup of ex-LSU stars, Daniels was almost faultless in leading the Washington Commanders …
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Furmanology: Hendrix says Furman flaws are fixable
By MONTE DUTTON Clay Hendrix (Furman photo) Click here. The Southern Conference schedule begins for Furman at home when Samford takes on the Paladins at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The Paladins have already dropped as many games as in the entire 2024 season, in which they won their 15th SoCon title. Head coach Clay Hendrix …
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County Signs: Davidson regularly gets in a rush
By MONTE DUTTON Bailey Memorial Stadium will be under the lights again (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. Steve Englehart likens Presbyterian College’s first four football games to exhibitions. No surprises, thus far. The Blue Hose were outmatched in the opener, a 63-10 loss to Southern Conference member Mercer (4-0). Then, as expected, they defeated Erskine, …
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Furmanology: Lady Paladin Invitational tees off for 50th time
(Furman photo) Click here. It’s the Lady Paladin Invitational, teeing up for the 50th time on Friday at the par-72, 6,262-yard university golf course. The 54-hole tournament began Friday with a 10 a.m. shotgun start. The Paladins will teed off on holes No. 1 through No. 4 and opened in a group with Old Dominion, UNC …
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County Signs: Hendrix, Furman are one and the same
By MONTE DUTTON Clay Hendrix (Furman photo) Click here. I had an easy day on Thursday at the Laurens County Touchdown. I first got to know the guest speaker more than 40 years ago. When Clay Hendrix played football at Furman University, I worked there. I went off to chase stock cars. Hendrix went off …
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County Signs: Scrambled eggs, or sunny side up?
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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County Signs: Every four years, there’s another sport
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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County Signs: Two whistlestops on Monday morning
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 …
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Furmanology: Thinking on the road
By MONTE DUTTON People don't know how good we got it (Furman photo). Click here. I don’t really spend that much time on the road anymore. It’s not like the NASCAR years when I’d play Del McCoury headed through mountains to Bristol or Sheryl Crow on the wild freeways of Los Angeles. Hell, now I’ve …
Furmanology: Learn from mistakes and move on
By MONTE DUTTON For Clay Hendrix, there's no place like home (Furman photo). Click here. Furman fans were not alone. The first full weekend of college-football brought little to savor for Palmetto State partisans. What could be worse than Ole Miss pounding the Paladins, 76-0? Oh, Furman fans are downtrodden, but the Paladins were playing …
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