Smith: Orange Bowl full of memories

My college years included the football season of ’59 when serendipity graced the University of Georgia campus as it had almost two decades earlier.

Smith: Norman King

Years ago, Reader’s Digest published a periodic feature under the heading of “The Most Unforgettable Character I Ever Met.

Smith: Viva Las Vegas

Early morning brings time for reflection and inspiration—a time to assess your environment, connect with humility, and graphically underscore positive thinking. Makes one wonder if such moments ever came about for Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Mao, the Unabomber, and Al Capone.

Smith: Mark Richt

LAS VEGAS – Not sure how many halls of fame Mark Richt will become a member of, but there are a few which have not yet been established such as “The Nice Guy Hall of Fame,” and the “Gentlemen’s Hall of Fame.

Smith: CBS no more

For the following, I am wearing the hat of a fan. I don’t know all the details of the Southeastern Conference’s breakup with CBS, but I am going to miss those guys. Following this weekend, the CBS network will no longer carry SEC football as it has since 1996.

Smith: I’m thankful …

Each of us is given the gift of 86,400 seconds each day. How often have you used one of those seconds to say, “Thank you,” to those who extend a helping hand or those who are doing good for the world? It may be a neighbor, a family member, a waitress, a bellman, a construction worker, or a friend.

Smith: Facing Tennessee

Although Georgia and Tennessee competed in football in the early 1900s, the two teams did not play each other from 1937 to 1968. Over the years I have been asked about that but don’t know exactly why there was no competition between the two schools.

Smith: Gen. Robert Neyland

When Georgia opened the season in 1959 between the hedges against Alabama, one of the press box luminaries in attendance was Tennessee’s General Robert Neyland. That caused quite a stir. In the first quarter, Bill Godfrey burst through the line of scrimmage and dashed 40 yards for a touchdown.

Smith: Henderson and Worley

In sports, we always flash back to a time when there was a singular moment that remains unforgettable. You always enjoy reliving those memorable plays and games – precious memories, how they linger.

Crane: The SEC and me

Thankfully, as a nation, we still have sport and play and rivalries and school spirit, which reward and embrace us, giving us new experiences and memories, atop layers of the old.