Two-minute drill: Get well Loran, Greenie update, Dr. Basketball
As Chip Towers reports, longtime Bulldog jack-of-all-trades and gadabout Loran Smith was injured in a serious car accident in France earlier this week, but Smith is now back home in Athens and says he’s “sore as hell but I’m going to be OK.” Smith, who cohosts the pregame tailgate show on the UGA radio network, reports from the sidelines during games and edits/writes the game programs, is probably mainly fretting about the fact that the accident prevented him from making his annual trip to golf’s British Open. Get well quickly, Loran! …
One of the most likable guys ever to play for the Dogs is all-time NCAA winningest quarterback David Greene (”Greenie” to his many friends). Greene is involved in Saturday’s Countdown to Kickoff and the Athens Banner-Herald provides an update on what he’s been doing since retiring from the NFL after four frustrating seasons in which he never got into a game. Greene says once the season starts, “I’ll definitely miss the game. There’s no doubt about that.” But the workouts and practices, “I really won’t miss that. … I won’t miss two-a-days for sure.”
And in case you missed it last year, here’s my chat with Greene about his days at UGA, including his favorite games and plays and that “44-flatback-rooskie” play he was the master of, faking the handoff and hiding the ball until his receiver was wide open. …
Finally, the Louisville Courier-Journal has an interesting story on how former Kentucky basketball player Mark Pope decided to give up medical school at Columbia University to become one of new coach Mark Fox’s assistants at UGA.
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Dawgdays
July 17th, 2009
3:52 pm
ya!
Dawgdays
July 17th, 2009
3:54 pm
Loran has 50 days to get well soon, I hope you get well sooner than that!
Class of '98
July 17th, 2009
4:02 pm
If I had to have one UGA quarterback to win one game…. it would David Greene.
Class of '98
July 17th, 2009
4:03 pm
….it would BE David Greene. Thanks for the memories, Greenie. That ‘02 in Auburn was the best ever.
BruffDawg
July 17th, 2009
4:05 pm
Greene had one of the best playaction fakes of any qb i have ever seen. He will always be my favorite UGA qb because he was a winner. Let us never forget 4th down at Auburn; Greene to Johnson. Ive never been so excited in my life. Hobnail boot as a fresh? Still gives me goosebumps. I wish David Greene the best in all of his future pursuits (qb coach at uga?). DGD
Cuz
July 17th, 2009
4:10 pm
Scott I feel like big Geno Atkins and Jeff Owens jut stopped me from running up the middle. Then Rennie Curran hit me in mid air and dropped me to the turf. Back to you Scott.
Cuz
July 17th, 2009
4:12 pm
Greenie was so good at the fake he would fake out the cameraman on the televised games I watched. I have never seen a QB so good at the fake. Good luck David.
Fools Gold
July 17th, 2009
4:14 pm
Stafford had the lousiest playaction fakes. Cost UGA the game 2 years ago when UGA didnt even score a T D . Blew an opportunity at a shot in playing for the National championship too.
Fools Gold
July 17th, 2009
4:15 pm
The South Carolina game….
Big Bad John
July 17th, 2009
4:21 pm
dorks, dorks, dorks, dorks!!!
Braindawg
July 17th, 2009
4:23 pm
Thanks David! Good luck in the future!
toccoadawg
July 17th, 2009
5:09 pm
Loran, stop playing nascar in France just to get ready for Football. we need ya on the sidlines.
Sting 'em Buzz
July 17th, 2009
5:09 pm
Get well soon, Loran.
David Holton
July 17th, 2009
5:12 pm
Hey Loran: Get Well Soon. See ya on the sidelines.
David From Augusta,Ga
Poodog
July 17th, 2009
5:40 pm
That 4th down at Auburn was epic. I still don’t know how we got away with that offensive pass interference.
southgadawg88
July 17th, 2009
5:59 pm
..D Greene was a tough cookie…probably took more shots than anybody we ever had at QB.
dawgjammin
July 17th, 2009
6:14 pm
it’d be nice to see guys like pollack and green get into coaching, but with their name and connections they probably stand to make a better living in the business (green) and tv world (pollack). it’d probably be easier on their families as well as far as the time commitment. plus why ruin the great bulldog legacy that they have if they turn out to be bad coaches….
AltamahaDawg
July 17th, 2009
6:15 pm
uh, that would be Greg Talley.
superDawg
July 17th, 2009
6:34 pm
God speed loran.
superDawg
July 17th, 2009
6:35 pm
I liked Green to Veron Haynes.Call them the HOBBITTS.
Bryan G.
July 17th, 2009
8:49 pm
I liked David Greene a lot, too…BUT…
…I’ll always kind of wonder what path UGA would have taken had Shockley been the QB in, say, 2004. Shockley’s 2005 season was the best a UGA QB has had ever. Ever. Freaking Ever. Just look at the numbers…esp. his TD/INT ratio.
Bob B.
July 17th, 2009
9:02 pm
loran or lauren smith, WHO CARES, Nothing happening there, Who is this guy ? Some USED CAR salesman who lost his job, SLOW news day !
Bill King
July 17th, 2009
11:52 pm
Bob. B:
If you don’t know who LORAN Smith is, you’re really on the wrong blog!
Gbal
July 18th, 2009
4:59 am
good chance to retire LS
dawgfanatic24-7
July 18th, 2009
7:30 am
Thanks for chiming in Bill. Bob B just embarassed himself.
dawgfanatic24-7
July 18th, 2009
7:35 am
Hope you feel better Loran.
Carlton Powell
July 18th, 2009
9:36 am
Good response Bill and dawgfanatic24-7 regarding Loran Smith. One assumes those reading & responding on this blog have some idea who the relevant “players” in the UGA athletic family are. No one could be as stupid as Bob B., could they? Hopefully, his post was for reaction only. Let’s just leave it at that. If it was for real, well, the less said the better.
superDawg
July 18th, 2009
10:48 am
Bob B The B stands for been on crack for three days.What ya got happy.
AltamahaDawg
July 18th, 2009
11:03 am
Not to mention, used car salesman who lost his job, as an analogy, or your weak excuse for an insult, misses on so many levels.
d.b
July 18th, 2009
12:12 pm
injuries from a car wreck are the worse pain one could imagine . get well loran and hope to see on the sidlines ….
Cuz
July 18th, 2009
12:54 pm
Loran at least get well enough for the pre-game show for the opener. Maybe Coach Magill will come over and keep you company. Two legends.
Johnny DangerDawg
July 18th, 2009
1:29 pm
Greene’s last game in Sanford Stadium. Bitter cold and rainy. Greene gets hurt and Shockley goes in. Dawgs lose all momentum and Tech’s D is dominating. Richt sends in Greene WITH A CRACKED BONE IN HIS THROWING HAND for one final drive and the crowd goes wild. Greene drives the Dawgs down the field to victory. Legendary.
athensdawg
July 18th, 2009
2:18 pm
Never forget hanging out at keeneland before a UGA v UK game one Saturday afternoon…..turned around to go place another bet, and there was Loran…enjoying the race.
He’s a classy man, I wish him the best.
Groing up, I was suprised to hear his last name was Smith, I thought his last name was “Whatayagot.”
BruffDawg
July 18th, 2009
3:02 pm
I was there Johnny and you are right. It was gutsy and made me proud to be a bulldog. THWGT!!!!
djawjuh
July 18th, 2009
3:56 pm
Magill’s a legend, Smith’s nickname is “lowran” because he’s an arrogant free-loader whose show is a bore.
BG
July 18th, 2009
6:22 pm
David Greene is a winner.
Dawg
July 18th, 2009
7:46 pm
Get well Loran… we need you back on the sidelineS! David Greene is the man! And I have been on Mark Bradley’s blog about GT actually winning a game. And it makes me sick to my stomach to listen to the ignorance of the GT fans. They beat us once in a while and suddenly they come out of the woodworks! And they can say so many things that make NO SENSE! At least they will be hushed come this fall!!!!
m
July 19th, 2009
8:42 am
45-42….glad it hurts so bad…and it is just the beginning.
Cuz
July 19th, 2009
8:50 am
Don’t hurt at all m. But if you break into the Carpenters “We have only just begun” I may suffer some pain from your singing. Good luck with that high school offense in year two of the Coach Pajamas era.
Cuz
July 19th, 2009
9:05 am
Dawg, try a little Pepto for that sick stomach. You will hear the same refrain from now until Thanksgiving weekend. Get used to it. On that Sunday, I expect there will be a lot less buzzing in the hive.
m
July 19th, 2009
10:36 am
Eric Zeier was smarting off on the radio about Paul Johnson running a high school offense. Johson’s reply….well it may very well be a high school offense, but you BETTER have a pretty good high school defense to stop it.
I will never stop laughing at you dawgs…and I don’t think Paul Johnson will either.
45-42…high school offense wins…and it is only the beginning.
Paddy
July 19th, 2009
1:04 pm
Bob B. that was as crass a comment I have read on these blogs. If you had parents they would not be proud.
Cuz
July 19th, 2009
1:44 pm
m, pretty good reply by Coach PJ’s. I am glad we are entertaining for you. I don’t think I could bear it if we were less than that. Let me know if I can be of further help for your obsession.
m
July 19th, 2009
2:03 pm
cuz..you seem more civil than most dawgs.
Bottom line is this….the dawg nation is going to regret the day that chan gomer gailey got replaced by a real coach.
DirtyDawg
July 19th, 2009
2:50 pm
To all you Tech turds hanging around here, leave it to one of yours to screw it up for the world and the rest of us and take the Open Championship from a legend. I thought Sink’s – yes I said Sink – stroll down the 18th fairway was the epitome of narcissism…he actually thought that all that applause was for him. Just as the rest of you think that last year’s fluke meant something other than ‘flukes happen’.
Cuz
July 19th, 2009
4:20 pm
m, as Past President of the Sacred and Noble Order of the FANS OF CHAN, FOC for short, I already regret it. But it looks great on my resume.
Congratulations to Stewart Cink. Tom Watson had his chance to win, he just fell short. Sort of like a game we played last November. As Robert Plant sings, No no no no no……..body’s fault but mine.
Mr. Skynyrd
July 19th, 2009
5:26 pm
Hey Paddy, I think DirtyDawg can give Bob B. a run for his money in the dhead department. What a schmuck.
Hey DirtyDawg, we can only hope you’re sterile. It would be a shame to pass on such damaged genes. Why don’t you GFY?
He probably wasn’t thinking the applause was for him. He was probably thinking how great it is to be a Jacket, you know, like Bobby Jones. Maybe you’ve heard or Mr. Jones. Probably not. You should look him up.
And Cink was probably praising the Lord that he’s not from UGA.
THWG and nadlickers like DirytDawg!
DirtyDawg
July 19th, 2009
6:11 pm
Hey skynyrd and m…as long as you’re into acronyms how about a KMA-SFB…and I’ll give you Wee Bobby, but at least when he walked down the 18th in Scotland he ‘knew’ that applause was for him and even then he didn’t wave his hat.
BruffDawg
July 19th, 2009
6:18 pm
What’s the difference between a techie and a dawg? Bowl game blowout vs. BCS victories. Can’t even win in your own backyard? We beat LSU at death valley.
Cuz
July 19th, 2009
11:14 pm
Oh my God I just noticed. We have an Exprssway in Augusta named after a Tech grad Bobby Jones. At least we have a suburban community named after our esteemed Defensive Coordinator, Willie “The Fireman” Martinez. Funny how no one else pronounces it right.
If Bobby Jones was a lawyer, when did Tech close their law school?
Mr. Skynyrd
July 20th, 2009
6:34 am
Yeah Cuz.
There’s a golf course there he had a little something to do with too.
DawginLex
July 20th, 2009
8:55 am
The what if question about Shockley and Greene is interesting to ponder. I can tell you this with a great deal of certainty: Greene doesn’t play in 2002, we don’t win the SEC. Shockley was an “interception waiting to happen” to quote Tubberville.
I think things played out just right for the two QB’s . Shockley got his day in the sun and won his own SEC championship.
Cuz
July 20th, 2009
9:18 am
Yeah Lynyrd, I live 150 yards away from that golf course.
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