The SoCon Spread

On Dec. 19, 2016, Clay Hendrix was named the 23rd head coach in Furman program history. With Clay Hendrix announcing his retirement last week, it's time to take a look at yet another part of his unforgettable legacy as the head coach. Hendrix boasts a 62-50 mark as Furman's head coach, including a 46-28 ledger against SoCon foes.  Furman (2-7, 1-4 SoCon) heads to arch-rival The Citadel (2-7, 0-5 SoCon) this weekend in what will be the final time for the Paladins head coach to square off against the Paladins' most bitter of rivals. No team in the nation has lost more one-possession games than the Paladins, who have six entering Saturday's showdown with the Bulldogs, including coming off a heartbreaking, 27-26, setback just last week against Western Carolina.   Furman's six-straight losses have come by a combined 27 points, and the losing streak marks the longest under head coach Hendrix, and it's the longest losing streak by Furman's football program since l...

 Western Carolina 27, Furman 26 Halloween became a scene played out in real life Saturday afternoon at Paladin Stadium, but it was the same horrific result for Furman that played out following the same script as the preceding five outings, as Western Carolina escaped with a 27-26 win over Furman courtesy of a 36-yard Bryan McCollum field goal with four seconds remaining. The Paladins, who have now dropped six-straight games to FCS foes by a combined 27 points, falls to 2-7 overall and 1-4 in SoCon play,  while Western Carolina improves to 4-5 overall and 2-3 in league play.  It was Western Carolina’s third-straight win in the series. Furman now leads the all-time series 36-16-2 and has lost three in a row to WCU for the first time since 1992-94. The Paladins are now 19-8-1 all-time against the Catamounts in Greenville.  Head coach Clay Hendrix, who announced that he would be retiring at the end of the season, fell to 62-50 (46-28 in SoCon) at the helm of the Furman F...