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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Tag Archives: Loran Smith
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: 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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Loran Smith: Dog Days End
Not that there will be a noticeable impact, but the dog days of summer officially end today. That does not
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Loran Smith: Readin’, writin’ and arithmetic
It is back to school time again, that time of the year when summer vacation has ended and it is
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Loran Smith: Faye West’s Front Porch
In the last fortnight, I had the pleasure of meeting a devoted reader, Faye West of Bowman. I have never
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Loran Smith: The Golden Isles
I just returned from a short stay in Georgia’s Golden Isles. What a lovely place. It has been a lovely
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Loran Smith: Tybee Light and Atom Bombs
Have you been to Tybee Island lately? Next time you are in Savannah, take the 18-mile drive to Tybee where
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