Props to the Furman Paladins

For earning a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1980.

March Madness: Furman earns first NCAA tournament bid in 43 years with SoCon win over Chattanooga

 

Anyone but the Wofford W-sips is good with me.

 

When I was living in the grad student section of Jester East some 40 years ago, there was an attractive blonde there who got her undergrad degree from Furman. She had the most delightful Carolinian accent.

 

Another round of props to the Furman Paladins (#13 seed) for bumping off Virginia (#4 seed) 68-67 with a late 3-pointer in Round 1.

(Susan B., I hope you are enjoying this.)

 

Way even mention those ***-holes. My GOD, they make me sick.

 

OK, I'll ask it. WTF is a Paladin??

 

I think it’s like a knight or something like that.

although when I hear the term I can't help but think of Richard Boone in “Have Gun, Will Travel”

 

I used to tell Susan B. that they should have gone with the Furman Vermin. She didn’t think that was funny. At all.

 

According to Rod Babers, the Furman folks like to chant

F.U. all the time!

 

Yeah, I was kind of wondering about that initialization of Furman U. Evidently they are not as straitlaced as they were 40 years ago.

 

I've seen the last 2 minutes of that game a few times and I have to say Furman made the shots, but Virginia absolutely dead brained that game away. Two missed free throws, a senior throwing the ball randomly in the air with 10 seconds left when you have a time out. That Furman guy who nailed two FT near the end was shooting 50% for the year and had not made two FT in the same trip to the line all year. Ballsy.