While it was not a weekend in which Georgia was playing a game that had something substantial on the line,
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Author Archives: Loran Smith
Loran Smith: The Clemson Aftermath
Georgia’s opening game victory has been hashed by the varied minions who range from the unwashed to the expert—some of
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Loran Smith: Dawg Alums at Quail Hollow
At a gathering of Georgia alumni at the Quail Hollow Country Club, organized by John Mangan, a doting alumnus who
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Loran Smith: Bill Lewis and Buck-To-Lindsay
Bill Lewis, Georgia’s secondary coach in the glorious football season of 1980, was in Athens recently to see the grandchildren,
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Loran Smith: Second the Motion – Frank Howard was a beauty!
In 1940, the Clemson Athletic Council met to name a successor to football Coach Jess Neely, who had just signed
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Loran Smith: Kickoff Tomorrow
Tomorrow will be the kickoff of college football and for the Georgia Bulldogs, it will be a road trip—to Charlotte
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Loran Smith: Slippery Rock
As Labor Day approaches, and football moves front and center, I think about the excitement the game brings about for
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Loran Smith: Football Has Changed
With football season kicking off Saturday, I think about how much the game has changed, how different it is played.
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Loran Smith: Football Next Saturday
As we begin to take leave of the month of August, we sense the outpouring of emotion for the upcoming
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Loran Smith: Jake Camarda Joins Long Line of Storied UGA Punters
With Jake Camarda being named to the Associated Press preseason All-America team, there was an immediate flashback to Georgia’s most
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Loran Smith on ESPN’s Holly Rowe
Holly Rowe, one of the most accomplished women of our time, was in Athens recently doing her homework—not housework, but
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Loran Smith: Trippi’s Advice
Football season is approaching. It is bringing about much excitement, but there still are concerns about the great number of
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Loran Smith: Sanford Memories
A few days ago, I spent time in solitude in the lower level of the South stands at the east
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Loren Smith Profile: Susan DeRose
Movies have provided entertainment for us, dating back to the prime years of Thomas Edison’s inventive mind. Since Americans began
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Loran Smith: Dead Horses and Burning Golf Courses
While thumbing through a sports humor book recently, “Let a Dead Horse Rest,” there was a recall of one of
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Loran Smith: “Big Bad Brad, No. 14”
In Tampa, BTB (Before Tom Brady), the most popular guy in town—even on intermittent visits—was Brad Johnson, the Oconee County
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Loran Smith: Beantown Beckons
Dateline Boston, Massachusetts. I have come to Boston for a brief holiday and the excitement builds as you make your
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Loran Smith: If I did not live in Athens…
ST. SIMONS ISLAND – If I did not live in Athens, I would want to live here, where the living
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