With the evolution of the college football playoff system, the holiday bowls are not what they once were, but fortunately
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Author Archives: Loran Smith
Loran Smith: He’s got the chip
Football, as we are often reminded, is a physical game. The old timers from Walter Camp to Fielding Yost to
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Loran Smith: Christmas Favorites
As we approach Christmas, we keep hearing those traditional holiday songs that we hear over and over, year after year:
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Loran Smith: Victory From The Jaws of Defeat
As the extended overtime game versus Georgia Tech played out last weekend, there were so many times when one’s confidence
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Loran Smith: I’m Thankful
The Thanksgiving season is a wonderful time of the year, and we should never tire of giving thanks on this
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Loran Smith: The Drought Breaker
Every year at this time, I usually hark back to the Tech game of 1957 when Theron Sapp and Georgia
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Whaddaya Got Loran: The Georgia-Georgia Tech has always been a hard-fought rivalry, but it has been classy for the most part when compared to others in the south
When I arrived in Athens as a freshman in 1956, Georgia football was mired in a depression brought on by
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Loran Smith: Do Unto Others…
As we move from the Thanksgiving season to the New Year, we note that the pace picks up considerably. There
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Loran Smith: It was a full house of full throated “Damn Good Dawgs”
Coach Kirby Smart showed up at Sanford Stadium last Saturday excited and buoyant with a positive frame of mine, but
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Loran Smith: On Bobby Garrard
After winning three Southeastern Conference championships and making six bowl trips—including the Rose Bowl and two trips to the Orange
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Whadda You Got Loran: Recollections of Tennessee football and the colorful, Gen. Robert Neyland
Through the years, a question about Tennessee football and scheduling has often surfaced in casual conversation: “Why did we not
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Whadda Ya Got Loran: Georgia vs. Ole Miss 2024
Arriving here early for the Georgia-Ole Miss game, there was a flashback to the days of Archie Manning, when the
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Loran Smith: On Oxford
OXFORD, Miss. – Is it a fair assessment that when this country had its beginnings that college towns sprang up
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Whaddaya Got Loran: Georgia-Florida is about good football and good times by the beaches
The lean years of the 1950s saw Florida winning six times in Jacksonville and then the Gators were victorious from
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Loran Smith: Spurrier thought he said “Stanfill”
There will always be memorable games in any series involving two teams, and Florida, with Steve Spurrier as head coach,
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Loran Smith: The Riches of Fall
There is so much to enjoy about the landscapes of our state which have unsurpassed variety—from the alluring mountains to
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Loran Smith: Black Bear at Daybreak
GLENVILLE, N. C. – When you travel to a different landscape, there is often an opportunity to connect with the
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Reminiscing about Georgia vs. Texas that dates back to the 1948 Orange Bowl
My first graphic memory of the Texas Longhorns came in 1957 as I had just enrolled at the University of
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