Loran Smith

Loran Smith/Columnist

Loran Smith/Columnist

Smith: Braves outing

Even when the Braves come up short, an outing at Truist Park can still be a resonating affair, especially when the weather is good, and the team is headed to the playoffs.
Loran Smith/Columnist

Loran Smith/Columnist

Smith: Seasons change, fans don’t

If it weren’t for fans, there would be no television or college football mania. Fan support is the first step in building a program attractive to television networks, whose influence is as dominant as Herschel Walker was on the toss sweep.
Loran Smith/Columnist

Loran Smith/Columnist

Smith: Coast-to-coast arrivals

With the semester system in place at most colleges across the country, most incoming freshmen have now settled in, beginning a journey that should be enhanced by their campus experience.
Loran Smith/Columnist

Loran Smith/Columnist

Smith: Making of champions

It doesn’t matter about the championship team. Research confirms that most of them had a close call during their season of glory. In the last 20 years, half of the teams that became national champions lost one game. In 2007, LSU won the title, but lost two games, which is very unusual.
Loran Smith/Columnist

Loran Smith/Columnist

Smith: Running backs coach Dell McGee

Few people have figured as prominently in Georgia’s ascent to the summit of college football as Dell McGee, the Bulldogs’ run game coordinator and running backs coach.
Loran Smith/Columnist

Loran Smith/Columnist

Smith: Lytham and St. Anne’s

With the Open championship (you see I am yielding to the Brits who prefer – sometimes insist – that their national golfing championship, not include the prefix British) taking place this weekend at Royal Lytham and St.