Furman/Wofford Thread

[PaladinFan]

Wofford wins the toss. Furman gets the ball.

FU goes three and out.

[PaladinFan]

Wofford gets two first downs, miss a 48 yrd field goal wide right.

Paladin ball.

[thirdgendin]

Ok, I'll just post in this thread. We don't need two on the same game.

[thirdgendin]

Wofford is putting 9 in the box, trying to stop Furman's ground game. Paladins just benefitted from a 3rd down, live-ball offsetting personal foul penalty that negated an incomplete pass. Gray completed to Stepp, and Furman has moved down near Wofford's 20.

[PaladinFan]

Radio says that Wofford is stacking 9 in the box. Looks like Renaldo Gray will be throwing a bunch today.

[PaladinFan]

uhoh, ball on the Wofford 2

....lemme guess the next play.

[thirdgendin]

TOUCHDOWN FELTON! #13 on the season for the J-Train.

7-0 Paladins.

[PaladinFan]

Touchdown! Gray passes most of the way down the field for a few Felton plunges.

Jerome Felton with #13.

Paladins up 7-0

[PaladinFan]

note: I called that one.

[FUwolfpacker]

Ok...you two got to quit posting the exact same things:).

[FUwolfpacker]

note: I called that one.

I swear, if I still lived in the same apt. as you I would kick you in the face right now. Everyone who's ever seen or heard of Furman could have called that one:nod: .

[thirdgendin]

He must be reading my posts, then copying them. :D

[FUwolfpacker]

That'd be my guess 3rdgendin. JK, paladinfan;)

[PaladinFan]

hey. this was my thread. go play elsewhere.
:smiley_wi

"Leveled by Jeremy Blocker"......when have I heard that before? Oh right, every week.

[skinny_uncle]

Play nice, kiddies.
:D

[PaladinFan]

Wofford gets ball back with good field position after a lacking punt.

[PaladinFan]

Still 7-0 'Dins

[Hansel]

Felton is a touchdown scoring machine :nod:

[Paladin13]

Wofford at the 1

[PaladinFan]

Witmire is in the game at QB for Wofford. He's the guy that scared me last year. Had a great run down to the FU 1

[thirdgendin]

7-7
12:42 2Q

The next drive is key for Furman. So far on offense, we have two three-and-outs and a TD drive that was saved by offsetting penalties negated a 3rd down incompletion.

[PaladinFan]

Touchdown Terreiers.

7-7

...looks like this is going to be yet another prototypical FU/WC game.

[PaladinFan]

agreed. If they are going to pack it up in the middle, we have to start throwing the football

[PaladinFan]

TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!

[Paladin13]

TOUCHDOWN FURMAN!!!!

[thirdgendin]

99-yard kickoff return for William Middleton!!!!!!!

[PaladinFan]

Williams Middleton!!!!!

99 yrds to pay dirt!!!!!

[Hansel]

TOUCHDOWN FURMAN!!!!
Felton?

[Hansel]

99-yard kickoff return for William Middleton!!!!!!!
that's a nice way to bounce back :nod:

[PaladinFan]

nah, the kick return

[skinny_uncle]

Wow!

[thirdgendin]

That's helpful! :D :D

FWIW, Middleton should've been returning these kicks all season long. Two terrible kickoff returns killed us against UNC.

[PaladinFan]

However, I like the way you think Hansel. Though I don't think putting a 250 pounder on the kick return team works to our advantage :)

[PaladinFan]

Does Whitmire like paper or plastic, because he just got sacked.

[Hansel]

However, I like the way you think Hansel. Though I don't think putting a 250 pounder on the kick return team works to our advantage :)
I would like to see a kickoff coverage guy take on Felton when he has a 20 yard running start :nod:

[PaladinFan]

He wouldn't get far, but someone would get hurt.

Interestingly, he has very quick feet. You'll see him leap tacklers quite often (as dbs have no other way to bring him down than by his ankles).

[thirdgendin]

40-yard rumble for Felton down to the Wofford 10!

[Paladin13]

Felton with a huge run

[PaladinFan]

#45 cuts back for a gain of 35+ run

[PaladinFan]

Knocking on the door again.

[Hansel]

#14 upcoming???

[PaladinFan]

If Furman goes up two scores, this might be signed sealed and delivered.

[thirdgendin]

3rd and 1 at the 3. Give it to Felton.

First down but no TD yet.

[PaladinFan]

First and goal from the two. I wouldn't want to be a Terrier right now.

[thirdgendin]

#14!!! 21-7 Furman, pending the PAT.

[FUwolfpacker]

TD Furman! #14 for Felton!

[PaladinFan]

Jerome, Jerome, Jerome, Jerome!

Touchdown Furman! #14.

[Paladin13]

TD FURMAN!!

[PaladinFan]

that's two and we aren't out of the first half.

[FUwolfpacker]

Man, you must have beat me to that post by about .02 seconds 3rdgen. I hit the post button as soon as I heard TD!:)

[PaladinFan]

If Wofford doesn't rebound on this drive....this will be a long day for the gold and black.

[Hansel]

I think Jerome scores two more before the game is over :)

[thirdgendin]

Man, you must have beat me to that post by about .02 seconds 3rdgen. I hit the post button as soon as I heard TD!:)

I've been working on my quick replies during the weak in preparation for today's game. xlolx

[PaladinFan]

oh damn.

[thirdgendin]

Wofford replies with its own kickoff return for a TD. yikes!

[Paladin13]

Wow Touchdown Wofford

[PaladinFan]

Brandon Berry for Wofford runs back for a touchdown.

[Hansel]

jeez, this would be an exciting game to watch....

[PaladinFan]

For craps sake, typical Furman. Get a team in a position to end them and let them back into the football game.

How many times have we seen this? Good news though, we usually win those game.

[Paladin13]

I know, i wish i had CSS

[PaladinFan]

Furman trying to hurry up and drive before the half. 1&10 from WC 37

[PaladinFan]

TOUCHDOWN!!!

[PaladinFan]

Renaldo Gray finds a wide open Patrick Sprague right after a timeout.

[PaladinFan]

28-14 Paladins.

MAKE THEM SCORE ON OFFENSE FURMAN, NOT ON SPECIAL TEAMS.

[thirdgendin]

Gray is 7-9 for 92 yards and a TD today. If Wofford can't stop our passing attack, this game is over.

[PaladinFan]

Doesn't sound like a Wofford defender was within shouting distance of #5.

[PaladinFan]

Furman 28-14 at the half.

[Hansel]

alot o' scoring in this one

Furman offense sounding good :nod:

[PaladinFan]

Furman looks to be moving the ball at will against the Terriers. Wofford came out trying to shut down the run....and for a while did. However, with Gray being that efficient through the air, Wofford will have to respect that.

I would expect the Furman run game to crank up again the second half.

[thirdgendin]

alot o' scoring in this one

Furman offense sounding good :nod:

I was going to post some halftime stats, but it appears as if our radio crew won't be giving any. :bang:

I can say that our 28 points in the first half are more than Wofford allowed to South Carolina for the whole game two weeks ago.

[PaladinFan]

Wofford goes for it on 4th down. Ayers playing odds again.

[PaladinFan]

interception by Paladin's Thacker!

[PaladinFan]

FU gets the ball, 1&10 on the Wofford 11

[PaladinFan]

Felton down to the 7

[PaladinFan]

Felton to the goalline

[Hansel]

Felton down to the 7
I smell another one....

[PaladinFan]

Touchdown!!!

Renaldo Gray on a 1yrd keeper.

34-14 Furman

[PaladinFan]

35-14.

I'm no Nostradamus, but I smell ballgame.

[Hansel]

Touchdown!!!

Renaldo Gray on a 1yrd keeper.

34-14 Furman
What!... they need to feed Felton :p

[PaladinFan]

haha, can't score em all I guess.

[PaladinFan]

Wofford going to punt it away. Terriers look done.

Furman ball in Wofford territory again.

[PaladinFan]

Furman at Wofford 35

[HiHiYikas]

haha, can't score em all I guess.
Dear PaladinFan:

This comes as news to us.

Sincerely,

WCU

[PaladinFan]

Felton picks up first down on a 4th and 1. Ball on Woffy 23

[PaladinFan]

Dear PaladinFan:

This comes as news to us.

Sincerely,

WCU

xlolx

[FUwolfpacker]

Dear PaladinFan:

This comes as news to us.

Sincerely,

WCU

hahaha xsmileyclapx

[PaladinFan]

1st and 10 at 11. Stephone Lafrance running hard for the Paladins.

[PaladinFan]

Furman putting in 4 wideouts on the 7 with Felton in the backfield. How do you defend that?

[PaladinFan]

4th and 3. Furman will kick.

[PaladinFan]

wide right. 35-14

[FUwolfpacker]

Surprise, Beckler missed another kick:bang:

[PaladinFan]

alright, Hansel, I think you are the only one reading.

I have to go move some furniture. GO PALDINS!

[FUwolfpacker]

I'll try to keep the thread updated.

[FUwolfpacker]

4th down for Wofford deep in own territory. Ayers goes for it. Incomplete pass, turnover on downs. Furman with the ball around Wofford's 34 or 35.

[thirdgendin]

This one is over. I'll say that Wofford cannot score 21 points in the fourth quarter with the type of offense they run.

[Hansel]

I'll try to keep the thread updated.
thanx, for some reason Furman is one of my favorite teams :)

[FUwolfpacker]

Glad to hear that Hansel, NDSU is growing on me this year. Maybe it's because I've always liked the yellow/green color combo....who knows:)!

FU is just trying to run the clock. Beckler on to kick a FG.

[thirdgendin]

A 42-yard attempt for Beckler....no good again. 0-2 today.

Wofford 14
Furman 35

[youwouldno]

Beckler is terrible.

[Hansel]

Glad to hear that Hansel, NDSU is growing on me this year. Maybe it's because I've always liked the yellow/green color combo....who knows:)!

FU is just trying to run the clock. Beckler on to kick a FG.
We do it a little better than does Oregon :)

Is Felton still playing?

[FUwolfpacker]

EDIT: my feed must be a little more delayed that others.

[FUwolfpacker]

We do it a little better than does Oregon :)

You can say that again....yikes.

[FUwolfpacker]

WoCo moving the ball now. Deep in FU's territory. 6:30 left to play.

[youwouldno]

Furman needs to adjust its playcalling to account for the total impossibility of making a field goal.

[FUwolfpacker]

WoCo on the goalline.

[FUwolfpacker]

Furman makes two big stops on the goalline. 4th down WoCo

[thirdgendin]

Huge goal line stand for Furman!

[FUwolfpacker]

Furman's defense makes the goalline stand! WoCo with ball 2nd and goal on the 1 and went backwards 3 straight plays.

[thirdgendin]

With 3:33 remaining, Furman will look to run out the clock here.

[FUwolfpacker]

Wow....FU punt partially blocked. Everyone standing around....WoCo player picks it up and runs it in for a TD. Talk about giving them one.

[youwouldno]

Special teams, other than the Middleton return and Stepp's punt returns, has been horrible. Terrible kicking, kick coverage, punting, punt coverage. That's not going to cut it against App St.

[thirdgendin]

Special teams, other than the Middleton return and Stepp's punt returns, has been horrible. Terrible kicking, kick coverage, punting, punt coverage. That's not going to cut it against App St.

Agreed. We are great on returns this season, but the other aspects of our special teams play leave me worried.

[FUwolfpacker]

Onside kick...FU recovers. That should finish off the game considering WoCo only has 2 timeout's left.

[thirdgendin]

Furman recovers the onside kick and will run out the clock. Paladins win 35-21.

[Hansel]

Furman recovers the onside kick and will run out the clock. Paladins win 35-21.
Solid win for FU :)

[FUwolfpacker]

Nice game for FU. FU's defense only gave up 1 TD today. Special teams gave up 2 td's and missed 2 FG's. That's going to cost us eventually.

[PaladinFan]

Special teams have to get better. Offense looks very good. Defense only gives up one TD to the #2 offense in the SoCon.

[Death Dealer]

Just got home from the game! :hurray: Wow, what a great day for our offense. The defense looked really good too. They played back alot, let WC have alot of the short stuff, but pretty much kept them under control, and stuffed them when it counted. That fourth quarter goal line stand was awsome. I kept wanting them to get more guys in the box, and put more pressure on the QB, but Lamb must know what he's doing, they only allowed on TD.

My only concern is our special teams. They played more like a special needs team today. Can Beckler suck any more? When are they gonna get a replacement for him....I mean I understand wanting to give the kid a chance, but damn.:bang:

Anyway, great game, beautiful day, and another big old W. We're looking good folks.:nod:

[ngineer]

Good win for the Paladins over a team thought to challenge this year.

[matfu]

beckler is 1 for 5 for the year on field goals after being all southern conf his last two years; i hope he gets better quickly; and our punting today was horrible..i miss ingle martin booming them for us; offense and defense looks good.

[FUOneTime]

Went to Sparklecity and enjoyed this one live and am just getting around to posting myself. You guys have already touched on what I was going to say. Defense gives up only 1 TD, we scored more than SC, Felton is a god, etc.

Furman had a nice crowd there and we were loud and proud for most of the game. What took us out of it at the end was our wretched special teams. He had 3 punts, one of which was blocked, one was a shank, and other was a "boomer" for about 30 yards. Two missed FGs. One kickoff returned against us for a TD. That blocked punt was run back as well and there was no excuse for what happened on that play. We had a delay of game penalty just before the 2nd missed FG which pushed the kick back out of Beckler's range. Overall, it was awful.

What I haven't seen yet is a mention about how poorly the play calling and 25 second clock was managed today. There were at least a 1/2 dozen times when the call didn't come in from the sidelines until there was only about 10-12 seconds left. Twice the refs got tired of waiting on our "sideline huddles" to break up and made a trip-to-the-mound to break it up. I'm not sure what was up with Coach Lamb today, but it certainly wasn't his best day.

[FUwolfpacker]

Furman has been struggling to get the play in on time for the at least the last 5 years (that's all the experience I have with FU fooball dating back to my freshman year). That's nothing new. I only listened to the game, so you can speak to it better than I can, but that really doesn't sound out of the ordinary for Furman. Definitely not our best effort, but a W is a W.

[AndrewFU21]

I was at Gibbs stadium today. Definitely the most bizzare experience I have had at a football game. First of all, Wofford did not have a band AT ALL. It was so weird, because they had this techno and alternative rock playing during all the breaks, and it didn't really feel like you were at a football game. My favorite part of the stadium is that it is raised above the field, unlike Paladin Stadium where you are right at field level and don't have any depth perception at all if you're sitting down low. We had a very good crowd and were much louder than the Wofford folks at the game. Furman played pretty well, and dominated Wofford for the most part. Not as polished an effort as last week, but its a good conference road win and I'll take it.

[dungeonjoe]

I was at Gibbs stadium today. Definitely the most bizzare experience I have had at a football game. First of all, Wofford did not have a band AT ALL. It was so weird, because they had this techno and alternative rock playing during all the breaks, and it didn't really feel like you were at a football game. My favorite part of the stadium is that it is raised above the field, unlike Paladin Stadium where you are right at field level and don't have any depth perception at all if you're sitting down low. We had a very good crowd and were much louder than the Wofford folks at the game. Furman played pretty well, and dominated Wofford for the most part. Not as polished an effort as last week, but its a good conference road win and I'll take it.

Of course you were much louder than Wofford-- you obviously had more to cheer about. As far as alternative rock-- more like 80s stuff-- unless of course you are much younger than me-- then I guess AC/DC would be alternative/techno (don't tell Ralph)xlolx

I am more worried about the football team than whether we have a band at this point. To play a team like Furman and win you have to play perfect. We were a very long way from that today.

Furman is impressive and well balanced; as many have pointed out special teams is their weakest area. Good win Paladins.

[OL FU]

thanx, for some reason Furman is one of my favorite teams :)

Homer:D

[PaladinFan]

I don't like the afternoon games at Wofford. The visitors have to sit there with the sun in their eyes for 3 hours. Gets annoying after a while. You're right though, it is a surreal place to watch a football game. But going to the Beacon makes up for it.

[FUwolfpacker]

I don't like the afternoon games at Wofford. The visitors have to sit there with the sun in their eyes for 3 hours. Gets annoying after a while. You're right though, it is a surreal place to watch a football game. But going to the Beacon makes up for it.

Yes it does:nod:

[fuEMO]

Went to Sparklecity and enjoyed this one live and am just getting around to posting myself. You guys have already touched on what I was going to say. Defense gives up only 1 TD, we scored more than SC, Felton is a god, etc.

Furman had a nice crowd there and we were loud and proud for most of the game. What took us out of it at the end was our wretched special teams. He had 3 punts, one of which was blocked, one was a shank, and other was a "boomer" for about 30 yards. Two missed FGs. One kickoff returned against us for a TD. That blocked punt was run back as well and there was no excuse for what happened on that play. We had a delay of game penalty just before the 2nd missed FG which pushed the kick back out of Beckler's range. Overall, it was awful.

What I haven't seen yet is a mention about how poorly the play calling and 25 second clock was managed today. There were at least a 1/2 dozen times when the call didn't come in from the sidelines until there was only about 10-12 seconds left. Twice the refs got tired of waiting on our "sideline huddles" to break up and made a trip-to-the-mound to break it up. I'm not sure what was up with Coach Lamb today, but it certainly wasn't his best day.

I have to differ with you on the play calling. The first couple of drives BL was playing close to the vest. Woffy made some good calls on slants. Then BL started letting Gray put the game in his hands. Furman set Woffy up running Felton on the inside draw on the spread over and over then bam fake to Felton, touchdown Sprague as he gets behind the entire Wofford defense.

After that I got the feeling BL felt like he didn't need to show anymore. This team is in it for the long run. Furman has alot more offense in the tank… and that's scary. Wofford had two weeks to prep for Furman and Ayers got flat out coached and he said it.

[nick9c]

Wofford had some spark to start the game, but once Furman's D settled down and made some minor adjustments, the game was over. Furman left a lot of points on the board. Furman's D played good assignment football and kept Kevious Johnson to limited gains. Unless Wofford can mix it up a little more, I project they'll have a pretty long season.

[AndrewFU21]

Of course you were much louder than Wofford-- you obviously had more to cheer about. As far as alternative rock-- more like 80s stuff-- unless of course you are much younger than me-- then I guess AC/DC would be alternative/techno (don't tell Ralph)xlolx

I am more worried about the football team than whether we have a band at this point. To play a team like Furman and win you have to play perfect. We were a very long way from that today.

Furman is impressive and well balanced; as many have pointed out special teams is their weakest area. Good win Paladins.

Ha, yeah I forgot about Hells Bells on third downs.

I was surprised that Johnson didn't get the ball more. I realize y'all's offense isn't designed for one guy to get 20-25 carries, but that guy can make some plays.