"Our defense played great," said Griffin, who completed 15 of 18 passes for 135 yards. "We came out and played a good first half. But we had too many turnovers. That was the real difference in the game."Presbyterian hasn't beaten Furman since 1979, but the school has been chipping away at Furman's dominance in the last couple of years.The Blue Hose lost by 10 points in 2012 in Clinton, coming back from a 24-0 deficit at halftime.On Saturday, they matched the Paladins with 59 plays but compiled 96 more yards total offense. The Blue Hose also had possession roughly five minutes longer than the Paladins.
"We expected them to play hard. Everybody was fired up," Furman running back Hank McCloud said. "They had a big win last week, and we wanted to get our first win at home."While the Furman football team is off to a slow start this season, this week's home opener remains one of the most highly anticipated in the 32-year history of Paladin Stadium.When the Paladins and Presbyterian kickoff at noon today it will be on the stadium's new synthetic turf surface. Fans on the home stands will enter through Furman's new Pearce Horton Football Complex, and many will be sitting in new seats.
"It's exciting for us to get home and see all that come together this Saturday," Furman coach Bruce Fowler said. "I think it's a great reflection of where we are as a program. We're doing things to get going in the right direction."While the rainy spring and summer hindered construction, Furman athletic director Gary Clark said everything remained on schedule for this season. The only major upgrade left is the press box level, which should be ready by the Paladins' next home game, Oct. 5 against Elon."Weather did slow things down. There's no way around that with that kind of rain that we had this past summer," said Clark. "Triangle Construction has done a great job of getting us caught up so we could host the game Saturday. They've made a lot of progress in the last three weeks."
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