Owing to the generosity of one Fred Butler, the Coca-Cola impresario in my neighborhood, I got to enjoy the six
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Tag Archives: Loran Smith
Loran Smith: On Wrightsville
WRIGHTSVILLE – This laidback town of 2,237 is one of the many economically challenged communities across our state (and also
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Loran Smith: Orange Bowl Memories
In the Sixties, the Orange Bowl became the preferred holiday attraction for most college football teams except for those in
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Loran Smith: Charley Trippi Superstar
Charley Trippi, one of the most accomplished superstars in the history of American sports, turned 100-years-old on Tuesday and was
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Georgia’s return to the Orange Bowl brings back past major bowl memories when traveling for post-season games wasn’t even in vogue
In the twenties and thirties, Georgia, like most colleges across the country, aspired to play in the Rose Bowl, the
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Loran Smith: Las Vegas Musings
There has always been a fascination about the western part of our magnificent country—even with its troubled constituency—that brings about
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Loran Smith: Postgame Reflections
On the way home from Historic Grant Field last Saturday, it was nice to take phone calls from friends and
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Loran Smith: I’m Thankful
I’m thankful that it is Thanksgiving again, a time when we can pause and reflect on the good things in
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Loran Smith: On Charleston Southern
Charleston Southern, a Baptist School in Charleston, South Carolina, is Georgia’s opponent tomorrow in the last home game of the
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Loran Smith: My Friend Sam Huff
Long before they cross the River Styx, we learn that our heroes are neither invincible nor indestructible. In his prime,
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While the methods have changed dramatically, the attention to details for getting our team to road game remains impeccable
The first team travel exposure came about for me during my senior at Georgia when Dan Magill suggested to baseball
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Loran Smith: Sautee-Nacoochee
This is an unincorporated community which brings about a salient point. If you took a year attempting to find
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Loran Smith: On Mark Richt
There would be no way to establish conclusively who could claim certain superlatives if you attempted to definitively identify who
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Loran Smith: On Don Faurot
With Georgia playing Missouri tomorrow between the hedges, I never think about Mizzou without recalling the Tigers famous coach, Don
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Whaddaya Got Loran: No graduate enjoyed being a Bulldog football letterman and alumnus more than Fred E. Farah
No graduate enjoyed being a Bulldog football letterman and alumnus more than Fred E. Farah The 1950s were not good
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Loran Smith: Georgia’s Greatest Defense
Forty-one years ago, in early November, Bulldog partisans were tipping their Red & Black caps to Georgia Tech, an expression
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Loran Smith: The business of being the No. 1
This business of being the No. 1 ranked team in the country is nothing to be nervous about. It
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