By MONTE DUTTON Gavin Hall rushed for 101 yards against East Tennessee State (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. As Furman prepares for homecoming and the annual invasion of The Citadel, it would be helpful to develop some of that old-fashioned distaste for the combatants of Charleston. Forty years ago, The Citadel was the last game …
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Terriers exacerbate Furman slump, 31-13
(Wofford photo) Click here. Lord have mercy. I wasn’t there. Gibbs Stadium isn’t currently a happy place for a Furman grad. In each of the previous two football meetings, Wofford won, 19-13. This time the score was 31-13. I was watching unbeaten Presbyterian crush Stetson, 42-7. The story in Clinton is extraordinary. Spartanburg is to …
Storms are brewing in the SoCon
Ja'Keith Hamilton (Furman photo) Click here. The Southern Conference is getting organized. Each member is a squall drifting off the coast of Africa. The local meteorologists breathlessly give us the latest analyses of where each storm is headed and its chances of development. Furman (3-1, 1-0 SoCon) is coming off an impressive road victory at …
Furman gets off to solid SoCon start
(Furman photo) Click here. HOMEWOOD, Ala. – Clay Hendrix knows how to win, and he knows how to rebuild. He knows Furman University like a founding father. Been there. Done that. Whether as a player or an assistant coach or head coach, Hendrix knows anything can happen. Coach long enough, and it will. Recently, Hendrix …
Furman looks to emerge from SoCon muddle
By MONTE DUTTON Jackson Pryor (17) has three catches for 42 yards and a touchdown (Furman photo). Click here. The Southern Conference football championship is there for the taking. Furman takes its first shot at SoCon opposition on Saturday when the Paladins visit Samford at 3:30 p.m. Forget about picking a favorite. Only Mercer is …
SoCon race is wide-open
Evan James (Furman photo) Click here. Last week Clay Hendrix said he thinks Furman has as good a chance as any of winning the Southern Conference football championship. It’s true. No school has emerged as a favorite. All appear to have chinks in their armor. The Paladins have defeated two Coastal Athletic Association schools, William …
Furman winding up spring nicely
(Furman photo) Click here. For a school that doesn’t field a baseball team around which to anchor its spring, the weekend’s sporting contests were rather exciting. The Paladins were shotmaking in golf, exuberant in tennis, dominating lacrosse, and so on and so forth. With the score tied at 3-all, senior Marissa Pennings defeated Alessandra Caceres, …
Ryu leads Paladins to another SoCon title
(Furman photo) Click here. As is quite often the case, Furman is the Southern Conference champion in women’s golf. Audrey Ryu, at even par, was individual medalist, and Furman (+34) won the team title by nine strokes at the Solina Golf Club in West Columbia. The Paladins, who have won eight of the last 10 …
Paladins to face North Texas in NIT
Nick Anderson (Furman photo) Click here. If you're reading this, there's a solid chance you're filling out a bracket. My advice is to look for incentive. When you're picking your upsets -- and there are going to be upsets -- look at the teams that have something to prove against the ones that probably are …
Slow starts back home
By MONTE DUTTON Gardner-Webb coach Jeremy Luther took his medicine in Johnson City (Monte Dutton photo). Click here. Being away on my great basketball road trip spared me an inglorious period back home.It was sorrowful in Johnson City, Tenn., too. (I can’t say those three words without thinking of “Wagon Wheel.”) I was moved by …
Nightrider's Lament 