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re: Is Larry Munson the GOAT?
Posted on 10/15/20 at 7:28 am to JetDawg
Posted on 10/15/20 at 7:28 am to JetDawg
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Without question, Munson's the greatest college football announcer of all time! Not even close!!
John Ward. The consummate professional, the voice of the Tennessee Vols. Munson was entertaining, a clueless fan in the booth that has 2 calls that get repeated ad nausium.
Ward was an old school announcer, a professional that loved the game and loved the Vols that inspired generations.
Munson was fun and lived and died with each game but rarely knew what was happening.
Posted on 10/15/20 at 7:37 am to Smokeyone
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Munson was fun and lived and died with each game but rarely knew what was happening.
The guy called college football games for 50+ years and you think he didn't know what was happening. That's rich.
Posted on 10/15/20 at 8:12 am to Smokeyone
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Munson was entertaining, a clueless fan in the booth that has 2 calls that get repeated ad nausium.
It wasnt that Munson was clueless at all, he just called the game from an emotional perspective and let his color guy Scott Howard fill in the details. I thought Munson was very good at understanding he moment and delivering it perfectly. I wasnt a UGA fan but Munson was worth the listen.
Now, who WAS clueless was "Loran whadayagot?" on the sidelines. It would be in the heat of the moment and Loran is down there interviewing some past UGA tennis player or something completely irrelevant. It was pretty funny actually.
Posted on 10/15/20 at 8:48 am to Smokeyone
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John Ward. The consummate professional, the voice of the Tennessee Vols
don't under estimate Bill Anderson (not that you did). But they were great togehter.
"Bill Anderson, Memphis State has come to play."
Posted on 10/15/20 at 9:24 am to Smokeyone
Oh PUH-LEEZ!
My posting handle reflects the fact that I was once a sports writer and covered SEC football for 20 years.
The last SEC game I covered before moving over to news was at Sanford Stadium. Which means I could listen to Munson up close without having it fade in and out with the vagaries of AM radio transmission across hundreds of miles. (This was pre-streaming on the Internet.) Which I did in detail because the game was an absolute dud. (Alabama stomped a 31-0 mudhole into the Dawgs in 1995 and I could write an arse kicking in my sleep with zero heavy lifting, probably still could.)
Munson was already getting a little age on him, but while he did all his shtick, you better damn well believe he also described every microscopic detail that happened on the field that day, sometimes before it even happened.
The GOAT for college football ... mic drop.
My posting handle reflects the fact that I was once a sports writer and covered SEC football for 20 years.
The last SEC game I covered before moving over to news was at Sanford Stadium. Which means I could listen to Munson up close without having it fade in and out with the vagaries of AM radio transmission across hundreds of miles. (This was pre-streaming on the Internet.) Which I did in detail because the game was an absolute dud. (Alabama stomped a 31-0 mudhole into the Dawgs in 1995 and I could write an arse kicking in my sleep with zero heavy lifting, probably still could.)
Munson was already getting a little age on him, but while he did all his shtick, you better damn well believe he also described every microscopic detail that happened on the field that day, sometimes before it even happened.
The GOAT for college football ... mic drop.
This post was edited on 10/15/20 at 9:27 am
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