Timing, they say, is everything. Casey Cagle played only one season as a strong safety for legendary football coach Erk Russell. The year was 1984, and Georgia Southern narrowly missed the playoffs that year. Over the next two years Erk’s Eagles began their storied march winning back-to-back Division 1-AA championships. With his unfortunate timing, Cagle “missed it by that much” as Agent Maxwell Smart might say. The same cannot be said of his political career. State Senator Cagle was first elected to the 49th district in 1994 ousting the incumbent Democrat. Cagle’s election was one in a series of Republican...