Forty-one years ago, in early November, Bulldog partisans were tipping their Red & Black caps to Georgia Tech, an expression
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Author Archives: Loran Smith
Loran Smith: On Tommy Lawhorne
The Golden Isles have never been more golden than today with more and more people wanting to settle down into
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Loran Smith: Halloween and the WLOCP
As we reach the end of October, we know it is time for Halloween….Halloween always falls on the 31st of
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Loran Smith: Wrightville Reflections
This is where I grew up, where my daydreams took me places with which I never thought I would actually
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St. Simons recently lost one of its greatest Bulldogs with the passing of former UGA All-America swimmer, James Kenneth Bankston
Talk of moving the Georgia-Florida game out of Jacksonville brings about considerable debate. I have gone on record with that
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Loran Smith: Fly Fishing the Chattahoochee
We’ve got at least six months, maybe seven, to enjoy fly fishing the Chattahoochee, Georgia’s most romantic river, which begins
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Loran Smith: Golf and Fly Fishing
This week, I have an invitation to fly fish the Chattahoochee with my long-time friend, Jimmy Harris the proprietor of
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Loran Smith: October Football
Georgia plays Kentucky tomorrow between the hedges. The Wildcats in blue got off to a good start this season and
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Loran Smith: Kentucky, a “fasten your chinstrap” opponent
With Kentucky’s upset of Florida a little more than a fortnight ago, there was an uptick of respect for the
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Loran Smith: Football Side Trips
If you are a football fan, you probably enjoy following your favorite team on the road. You can make the
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Loran Smith: Drink Local Wine
Today is drink local wine day. Now that is a holiday I can get excited about. There are several
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Loran Smith: Columbus Day Reflections
Today is Columbus Day, a holiday in many parts of the world which honors Christopher Columbus, the Italian who reached
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Loran Smith: Georgia vs. Auburn History
If you have had 50 birthdays, you probably know much about the history of the Georgia-Auburn football series. The teams
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Loran Smith: Touring in A VW Beetle
The days after you take possession of a new car are emotionally intoxicating—blissful days, accompanied by elevated feelings. You drive
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Loran Smith: “Don’t inhale your success, you could choke on it.”
Dizzy Dean, the colorful baseball player, who also had a wealth of pitching talent, once said, “It ain’t bragging if
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Loran Smith: No Guarantees
Like a sudden snap of the fingers, a third of the college football season has been completed. It seems
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Loran Smith on Jack Daniels
LYNCHBURG, Tenn. – This community of 6,336 is “small town USA” in the most graphic of terms, such as only
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Loran Smith on Scott Howard
College play-by-play announcers are generally homers for good reason. Their employer, at least indirectly, is the school which they represent.
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