The SoCon Spread

 No. 15/16 Furman will look to put the worst loss in the modern era of the program behind them Saturday night Charleston Southern (0-1) at No. 15/16 Furman (0-1) Sept. 7, 2024 Paladin Stadium (14,)/Greenville, S.C. 3:30 p.m. EST Series: This will mark just the third all-time meeting between the two programs, with Furman winning each of the previous two, including a 24-19 triumph in North Charleston two years ago. Head Coaches: Furman-Clay Hendrix (51-30/8th Season)/Charleston Southern-Gabe Giardina (4-8/2nd Season) Greenville, S.C.--Furman's football program isn't used to big losses. That includes against FBS programs. Sure, the Paladins have had a few over the years, but nothing like what it had to endure in its 2024 season opener at Ole Miss, which saw the Paladins fall, 76-0, marking the fifth-worst loss in program history. The Paladin loss also marked its worst loss ever to an FBS foe since re-classification of the SoCon to FCS in 1982, as well the most points it has surre...

  FBS sixth-ranked Ole Miss came into the season with the highest ranked transfer portal class in the nation, and the Rebels showed why there has been much hype around their football program entering the 2024 season, handing FCS No. 9/12 Furman its worst loss to an FBS foe since 1955, defeating the Paladins 76-0 before a sellout crowd of 66,105 on-hand Saturday night at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. The night was certainly historic for Furman, and not in a good way by any stretch. The Paladins came into the contest with a brand new and inexperienced secondary facing off against maybe the most prolific passing attack in all of college football. It’s an Ole Miss offense that has the type of potential to be record-setting led by a Heisman Trophy Award candidate under center, and by season’s end, could be a unit that makes us even forget about that 2019 LSU offense, which was led by Joe Burrow. Adding even more to the comparisons between Dart and that Burrow-led LSU offense of five yea...

Furman head coach Jimmy Satterfield (1986-1993 /photo courtesy of Furman athletics) On April 18 at Hotel Hartness in Greenville, SC, the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame honored its 2024 Hall-of-Fame Class, in what was its 11th such annual celebration of the best talent to ever play football in the Palmetto State.   Among those honored were a pair Southern Conference legends, as well as a future Southern Conference player, who is headed to Furman University to play for head coach Clay Hendrix's Paladins this fall.  The Citadel's former Hall-of-Fame running back Stump Mitchell and former Furman head coach Jimmy Satterfield were the latest Southern Conference inductees from the Palmetto State, while future Paladin offensive lineman Steven O'Dell (Broome High School) was one of three honorees from the state's prep ranks to win the Bridge Builder Award.' In three separate articles, I will take a look at each honoree, and with both Satterfield and Mitchell, I will ta...