By MONTE DUTTON Charles Johnston (Furman photo) Click here. The Citadel’s 77-75 victory over Furman wasn’t a matter of the last man standing on Wednesday night in Charleston. For the second time in four days, it was a matter of the most men left. For the third season in a row, the Paladins and Bulldogs …
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Paladins’ injuries pile up
By MONTE DUTTON Bob Richey (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. It’s funny how everything changes overnight. Wofford erased a 13-point deficit in the final 10 minutes to edge Furman, 74-70, in the first of two regular-season meetings between the teams Saturday at Timmons Arena. The “bottomless injuries” special haunted the Paladins, who gave up a …
Dins down Dogs with 2nd-half surge, 24-14
By MONTE DUTTON Jayquan Smith (28) scored two TDs (Monte Dutton photos). Click here. The Citadel is coming! The Citadel is coming! The Citadel must be stopped. It’s easy to say it’s just another football game. It’s easy to say, oh, the rival is Wofford now. Well, Wofford won last week. When Furman plays The …
A win over The Citadel would fix a lot
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 …
Paladins dig a little deeper in The Well, 85-42
By MONTE DUTTON Tom House perfectly splashed The Well (Furman photo). Click here. Many years ago, a broadcaster who wasn’t occupied with play by play at the time was holding court on a baseball press row when he proclaimed, regarding a certain football team, that it was “the best 0-9-2 team in the country.”’A nearby …
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What do the Paladins do for an encore?
By MONTE DUTTON Eli Brasher (Furman photo) Click here. In itself, Furman’s 17-16 victory at The Citadel last Saturday was not a precursor of further success. It was an aversion of disaster and an escape from a rival’s ambush. A switch flipped in the fourth quarter at Johnson Hagood Stadium. Man, was it sweet. Man, …
Furmanology: Paladins take it to the limit
By MONTE DUTTON (Furman photo) Click here. On Saturday I was duly impressed by Vanderbilt’s upset of top-ranked Alabama. I was saddened by Presbyterian’s late implosion in San Diego, Calif. It was nice to have power restored at my home after nine days without it. On Sunday morning, I enjoyed the first hot shower in …
Furman, like Frampton, comes alive
Jackson Pryor looks it in (Furman photo). Click here. CHARLESTON – Furman freshman quarterback Trey Hedden portrayed Thomas Edison in the Paladins’ miraculous 17-16 victory over The Citadel on Saturday. A light came on, and Hedden wasn’t the only Paladin equipped with a bulb. Hedden, from Tampa, Fla., found Jackson Pryor -- yes, freshman of …
Furmanology: ‘Dogs almost always ornery in Charleston
A year ago at home (Furman photo) Click here. While Clemson continues its fated tour of storm-torn football locales, Furman returns to action, almost dipping its figurative toes in the currently stable Atlantic. The Tigers miraculously played – and defeated -- Stanford last week while surrounded by Helenic despair. This week’s game in in Tallahassee, …
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County Signs: Darlington, Dogs and Raiders
By MONTE DUTTON Zay Pulley is a dangerous leadoff man and a fine center fielder. (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. A lot of my early trips to Darlington Raceway were in the spring. The first race I saw there was on Labor Day, but I was occupied practicing football on that Monday for the next …
Nightrider's Lament 