Loran Smith

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Loran Smith/File Photo

Smith: Flea-flicker leads to unlikely victory

Loran Smith
Thursday, September 26, 2024
The criteria for the greatest plays cannot be drawn up on a chalkboard. They depend on several factors and circumstances that the best screenplay writers could not script.However, you could hardly improve on what played out in the Georgia-Alabama game between the hedges on Sept. 18, 1965, however.
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Loran Smith/File Photo

Smith: Georgia's lapse at Kentucky

Loran Smith
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Other than claiming the championship prize, the greatest circumstance in team sports is having an off day, playing poorly, and winning.From Georgia's perspective, the Bulldogs escaped defeat in Lexington on Saturday night by a very narrow margin.
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Loran Smith/File Photo

Smith: New press box at Sanford Stadium

Loran Smith
Thursday, September 12, 2024
You may have heard: that Georgia has a new press box.The old facility gave way to premium seat locations for donors, which has been a trend regarding the media in recent years – something that has taken place in stadium enhancements and enlargements across the country.I did not take a poll last...
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Loran Smith/File Photo

Smith: Callihan’s Mountain Retreat

Loran Smith
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Sapphire, North Carolina, a well-reputed and highly inviting plateau in the Blue Ridge Mountains, has always been a garden spot for visitors and residents alike with a bent for recreation and temperate days and nights that help bring about bountiful outdoor fulfillment.The pastime here is having a...
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Loran Smith/File Photo

Smith: Football today

Loran Smith
Thursday, August 15, 2024
There is so much uneasiness about college football today. While I am comfortable with paying the players, I cannot help but ask, shouldn’t there be some guardrails and respect for the grand ole game’s traditions?
Erk Russell was Georgia football's defensive coordinator for 17 years and helped start the football program at Georgia Southern. (Photo Courtesy of the UGA Hargrett Library)

Erk Russell was Georgia football's defensive coordinator for 17 years and helped start the football program at Georgia Southern. (Photo Courtesy of the UGA Hargrett Library)

Smith: Erk Russell tribute planned for Letterman’s Club at UGA

Loran Smith
Thursday, August 8, 2024
As another football season is about to get underway, I thought about all the lustful and enduring praise for offensive football, which has always been the talk of the town.
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Loran Smith/File Photo

Smith: Ladd McConkey

Loran Smith
Thursday, August 1, 2024
After a brief respite in the hills of Northwest Georgia, the Chatsworth Cheetah—a most appropriate byname for Ladd McConkey—has returned to Los Angeles with his sights set on continuing his football career with the Chargers.
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