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For UGA fans: Larry Munson
Posted on 12/6/19 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 12/6/19 at 2:20 pm
We barely ever play Georgia, but Munson's legend is well-known basically all throughout the SEC, the only time I heard him live was briefly during a UGA-Auburn game in the mid-00s that Auburn won (I was driving between AL and GA). He was the biggest homer I had ever heard, referring to the Dawgs as "we" constantly, but I thought it was cool since it was almost like micing up a fan 
I'm curious about two aspects of his career:
a) How long did he call Falcons games? I watched an ESPN doc on one of the run and shoot Falcons teams with Deion that beat the Saints in the playoffs (thankfully too young to have much recollection of that), and Munson was doing his usual routing during one of the Falcons' big plays "we intercepted it and lateraled it and ran it in!"
b) RE: his famous "hobnail boot," why did he have such animus against Tennessee?? Yall hardly ever played each other before realignment in 1992. I've never seen this series this called a rivalry. When I lived in Tennessee, they all talked about Florida or Bama.
I'm curious about two aspects of his career: a) How long did he call Falcons games? I watched an ESPN doc on one of the run and shoot Falcons teams with Deion that beat the Saints in the playoffs (thankfully too young to have much recollection of that), and Munson was doing his usual routing during one of the Falcons' big plays "we intercepted it and lateraled it and ran it in!"
b) RE: his famous "hobnail boot," why did he have such animus against Tennessee?? Yall hardly ever played each other before realignment in 1992. I've never seen this series this called a rivalry. When I lived in Tennessee, they all talked about Florida or Bama.
This post was edited on 12/6/19 at 2:26 pm
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Posted on 12/6/19 at 2:22 pm to Mithridates6
We hadn't beat UT in Knoxville in sometime if I remember correctly.
Posted on 12/6/19 at 2:28 pm to Mithridates6
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He was the biggest homer I had ever heard, referring to the Dawgs as "we" constantly
Do you know of a college football program announcer that isn't a complete homer? I'm not sure I'd want one that wasn't.
As for the Falcons, I don't remember him doing that for very long.
I don't think he had any real animosity towards Tennessee. It was just a big game and at that point in time, Tennessee had beaten us much more than we had beaten them.
Posted on 12/6/19 at 2:35 pm to HTDawg
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Do you know of a college football program announcer that isn't a complete homer? I'm not sure I'd want one that wasn't.
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it lol, he was an all-time legend. I guess it's b/c I grew up listening to Jim Hawthorne for LSU, who seemed to be fairly even-handed.
Posted on 12/6/19 at 2:37 pm to HTDawg
Posted on 12/6/19 at 2:42 pm to Mithridates6
Not even a Dawg fan, but Larry Munson is a National Treasure. That is all.
Posted on 12/6/19 at 3:15 pm to Bigtime92
Posted on 12/6/19 at 3:18 pm to Mithridates6
I am going to get down voted and ostracized big time for this....
But i hated listening to him call a game. he had some great individual calls, but sometimes he would get so lost in emotion over a game I couldn't tell what was happening.
But i hated listening to him call a game. he had some great individual calls, but sometimes he would get so lost in emotion over a game I couldn't tell what was happening.
Posted on 12/6/19 at 3:21 pm to DawgsLife
First DV
Posted on 12/6/19 at 3:31 pm to DawgsLife
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sometimes he would get so lost in emotion over a game I couldn't tell what was happening.
because you could not figure out that if he was upset, it was bad for the Dawgs & if he was happy that things were going well
Posted on 12/6/19 at 3:35 pm to dcbl
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because you could not figure out that if he was upset, it was bad for the Dawgs & if he was happy that things were going well
No. I remember one game when i was in the car, and we had the ball and it went something along the lines of "We hand the ball off and he breaks through the line and...Oh my god...oh my god...oh my god.....I don't believe it..."
This went on for 10-15 seconds. i couldn't tell if we fumbled...or if we broke a long run..or what happened.
I was a communications major, so I am probably more critical than a lot of other people when it comes to announcers.
This post was edited on 12/6/19 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 12/6/19 at 3:39 pm to DawgsLife
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But i hated listening to him call a game. he had some great individual calls, but sometimes he would get so lost in emotion over a game I couldn't tell what was happening.
Lmao he sounds like the complete opposite of Jim Hawthorne of LSU. Both were great in their own way. Also idk why UGA people are downvoting my OP, did it seriously come off as negative?
Posted on 12/6/19 at 3:42 pm to Mithridates6
Larry was a homer.
But he was the biggest pessimist on air that you would ever hear.
It made the good moments all the more glorious.
Later in the career, he would struggle with pronunciation or even spitting out the correct yardage in sequence. But he was Larry. DGD. The best we will ever have calling games.
But he was the biggest pessimist on air that you would ever hear.
It made the good moments all the more glorious.
Later in the career, he would struggle with pronunciation or even spitting out the correct yardage in sequence. But he was Larry. DGD. The best we will ever have calling games.
Posted on 12/6/19 at 3:43 pm to Mithridates6
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Lmao he sounds like the complete opposite of Jim Hawthorne of LSU. Both were great in their own way. Also idk why UGA people are downvoting my OP, did it seriously come off as negative?
I thought it was a great thread. Complimentary, even. Much better than most threads have been this week.
I doubt it was Georgia fans downvoting the thread, unless they did a kneejerk reaction when they saw you were a LSU fan.
Good luck tomorrow. I hope it is a good, close game.
Obviously, I hope we win, though.
Posted on 12/6/19 at 4:30 pm to Mithridates6
I got used to listening to Ferguson and Hawthorne calling games for LSU when I was a kid. A few years ago when I moved to Georgia I first heard Munson call a game. I thought he was the biggest doofus ever, but then I kinda fell in love with hearing him call a game. It got to be downright addictive even.
I'm purple and gold through and through, but I did indeed love listening to some of the calls he made while broadcasting UGA games. As several others have said in this thread, he was a national treasure. Maybe there ought to be a sports broadcasting award named in his honor. No one could call a game like Larry Munson.
I'm purple and gold through and through, but I did indeed love listening to some of the calls he made while broadcasting UGA games. As several others have said in this thread, he was a national treasure. Maybe there ought to be a sports broadcasting award named in his honor. No one could call a game like Larry Munson.
Posted on 12/6/19 at 4:33 pm to DawgsLife
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I was a communications major, so I am probably more critical than a lot of other people when it comes to announcers.
Gtfo.
Posted on 12/6/19 at 4:35 pm to Mithridates6
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Larry Munson
The guy from Kingpin?
Posted on 12/6/19 at 4:37 pm to Mithridates6
The greatest was his on campus radio show where he had coeds join him to watch a movie then review it...Legend.
I would also chuckle when he called basketball because nobody liked saying "Coach gives "x" a quick blow" more than he did.
I would also chuckle when he called basketball because nobody liked saying "Coach gives "x" a quick blow" more than he did.
Posted on 12/6/19 at 4:37 pm to Mithridates6
quote:it ain't UGA people downvoting you
idk why UGA people are downvoting my OP
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