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Yesirree, little David slays another Goliath!! Defending Southern Conference champion Wofford College was back in action yesterday, taking on The University of Tennessee/Chattanooga after having a week off. Wofford is the smallest school playing NCAA Division-I football, with only 1250 students (about half are men). Wofford's only loss this season was a last-minute upset loss to the University of South Carolina, playing before 86,000 fans in South Carolina's Bryce Stadium.
Saturday was a day for big plays as No. 9 Wofford College (4-1/2-0) scored five of their seven touchdowns from 20 yards or more to claim a 56-7 win over Chattanooga (1-6/0-3). Quarterback Ben Widmyer, who took over the controls of the wingbone attack from the graduated Josh Collier, got the Terriers rolling early with a 75-yard option run for a touchdown on Wofford's second offensive play. After Tennessee/Chattanooga scored to even the game at seven apiece, Wofford went on to score 49 unanswered points. This article includes a number of photographs and three videos.
You've just to take a little bit of time to read about this Wofford football team and watch the video highlights from some of their games. You'll just sit there and say to yourself—WTF!! Yep, indeed you will!Yesirree, little David slays another Goliath!! Defending Southern Conference champion... more
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Tiny Wofford College, the smallest school playing NCAA Div-I football, with only 1,250 students, almost pulled off a shocking upset of The University of South Carolina on Saturday night.
Playing before 76,600 football fans at Carolina's Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, the spunky Wofford Terriers pulled to within 16-13 in the fourth quarter. But South Carolina managed to score a touchdown in the final two minutes Saturday night to edge out a last-minute 23-13 victory.
This article includes photographs and video highlights of the game.Tiny Wofford College, the smallest school playing NCAA Div-I football, with only 1,250... more
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On September 11th, 2008, the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks, Wofford College, a small liberal arts college in South Carolina that had been segregated up until 1963, paid honor to Vernon Baker. Baker is the only living African-American to have been awarded the World War II Medal of Honor.
For his acts of valor during WWII, Baker had earned the Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, The Distinguished Service Cross and The Medal of Honor. However, it took 52 years before those heroics were recognized. Baker, because he was an African-American, was not honored for his bravery until 1997, when he and six of his comrades were finally awarded the Medal of Honor from then-President Bill Clinton at a White House ceremony. Baker was the only member of the group of honorees who was still alive.
Wofford College President Bernie Dunlap presented Vernon Baker with the college's third annual Sandor Teszler Award for Moral Courage and Service to Humankind to a thunderous standing ovation during Wofford's 2008 Opening Convocation Ceremony. Dunlap and Wofford College Dean David Wood also presented Baker, who is now 89-years-old, with an Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree and Spartanburg's Mayor William Barnet followed by giving Baker a key to the city.
This detailed article includes a number of photographs, three videos and a documentary about Vernon Baker's acts of valor during WWII.On September 11th, 2008, the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks,... more
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Wofford College, a small classical private (and once highly segregated) Southern college, will confer upon Vernon Baker an honorary doctorate degree in September. Baker and six of his soldier comrades waited 52 years to receive their Medals of Honor that they deserved, but which had been denied after World II because they were African-Americans. By the time they were finally awarded, Mr. Baker was the only one who was still living to accept the Medal of Honor in person.
This very detailed, complex article includes photographs and two gripping videos (with a documentary about Vernon Baker).
I honestly am not concerned about "blogdom popularity" with regard to this piece. But I hope that some of you will care about reading it. On the one hand it's a very complicated article, but at the same time it's also just so deeply touching and heart-wrenching. The multi-faceted thoughts that are evoked by this narrative pierces ever so many of the issues that are tearing many of us apart today: racism, the escalating ravages of wars, the indifference of morally corrupt governmental bureaucracies and more.Wofford College, a small classical private (and once highly segregated) Southern... more
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Little Davidson College from the Southern Conference earlier had posted a first-round win against seventh-seeded Gonzaga University, with Stephen Curry sinking 40 points in that game. On Sunday night, in a true David vs. Goliath match, Curry scored 30 points, including a rousing 25 points in the second half, as No. 10-seeded Davidson College rallied to stun No. 2-seeded powerhouse Georgetown University, 74-70.
Photographs and videos are included.Little Davidson College from the Southern Conference earlier had posted a first-round... more
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"Sandor Teszler: The Story of a Passionate Life." This is the story of Sandor Teszler, a Hungarian man whose dramatic life story arcs from the Holocaust to the American Deep South of the 1950s. His life provides us with some deep and moving lessons about justice and the power of lifelong learning.
Photographs and a video are included."Sandor Teszler: The Story of a Passionate Life." This is the story of Sandor... more
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