Remembering Larry Munson’s favorite Bulldog calls
Nobody called a game like Larry Munson! (University of Georgia)
In honor of Larry Munson, longtime voice of the Georgia Bulldogs who died Sunday at age 89, here’s an excerpt from a piece I wrote in September 2009 …
No offense to Scott Howard or anyone else who ever mans a microphone for UGA football games, but in the hearts and minds of the Bulldog Nation, there’ll never be anyone who approaches the status of Larry Munson.
As coaches and players came and went, the one-of-a-kind broadcast legend was the constant in Georgia football for more than four decades and became one of the most beloved figures ever at UGA. It doesn’t usually take much prompting, either, to get Dog fans to wax nostalgic about their favorite Munson calls.
“From Herschel to a Hobnail Boot,” the memoir Munson wrote with longtime sportswriter Tony Barnhart, features Larry’s picks of his 10 favorite calls from his days in the UGA broadcast booth.
Here are the ones he picked:
1. The 2001 game in Knoxville, known forever as the “hobnail boot” call.
2. The 1980 “Run, Lindsay!” call in Jacksonville.
3. The 1975 Florida game’s Appleby-to-Washington “thinking of Montreal” call.
4. The 1980 “My God, a freshman!” call in Knoxville. (Munson says WSB got complaints about his language.)
5. The 1982 “Hunker down, you guys!” and “Look at the sugar falling out of the sky!” sequence at Auburn that kicked Munson’s legend into high gear.
6. The 1978 “Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!” call of Rex Robinson’s game-winning field goal at Kentucky.
7. The 1984 win over Clemson thanks to Kevin Butler’s 60-yard field goal (”The stadium is worse than bonkers!”).
8. The 2002 pass from David Greene to Michael Johnson to beat Auburn and send Georgia to the SEC championship (”Touchdown! Oh, God, a touchdown!”).
9. The 1978 come-from-behind win over Georgia Tech (”There’s a man open! Arnold!”).
10. The call of the 1973 Andy Johnson score against the Vols that had Munson yelling, “My God! Georgia beat Tennessee in Knoxville!” He says that last call was the one that really prompted the Bulldog faithful to embrace him as one of their own.
Good times. And even better because of the way Munson described them to us.
Got a question for the Junkyard Blawg? Send it to junkyardblawg@gmail.com.
Find me on Facebook.
Follow me on Twitter.
— Bill King, Junkyard Blawg
Tell us what you think about the site
Customer Care »
Vacation stops, manage subscriptions and more
AJC Services
Sections
Other Editions
Visitor Agreement | Privacy Statement
© 2013 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
118 comments Add your comment
dawggirl
November 20th, 2011
10:41 pm
RIP, Larry. There will never be another like you. I know you’re up there petting all of the Uga’s. Thanks for all of the wonderful calls. You will always be remembered by Bulldawg Nation.
D A DoubleU G
November 20th, 2011
10:45 pm
May he rest peacefully for all of time.
May his voice ring through the southern Georgia air for even longer.
DGD!!!
sandman053
November 20th, 2011
10:49 pm
Two simple words….Go Dawgs!!
Means so much more now. We used to not have cable an listened on the radio. I’d give up cable to have Munson back. But he’s up there with all those UGAs and likely having a cigar with Erk and worrying about the Tech Game.
red hill
November 20th, 2011
10:50 pm
Agreed, there will never be another like him. I grew up before every game was on TV so listening to Munson was the only option, and a great one it was. So many great games and great calls. No way to choose the best ones. They were all his best ones.
Memphis
November 20th, 2011
10:50 pm
Definitely one of a kind. Really exhibited what college football is all about. Such great passion and prise.
Eric C.
November 20th, 2011
10:50 pm
Great column and list…thanks. A moment of silence for Larry Munson…”Loran, what’ve you got?”
Chip
November 20th, 2011
10:53 pm
I will forever hear his voice broadcasting the game when I watch the Dawg’s. He is Legend and forever imprinted in our heads. My condolences to his family…he will be missed.
DostaDawg
November 20th, 2011
10:56 pm
RIP Larry.
Some of my fondest memories of growing up in south georgia involve being in a dove field while listening to Munson describe the action on an old transistor radio.
We were truly blessed to have him as one of our own.
Bam a Dawg
November 20th, 2011
10:59 pm
As Lewis Grizzard said, Listening to Larry Munson is better than being there.
Macclenny_dawg
November 20th, 2011
11:07 pm
RIP Larry!!! You will live on forever in Bulldawg Nation!!!
GT 2011
November 20th, 2011
11:09 pm
Rest in Peace Mr. Munson.
Michael
November 20th, 2011
11:12 pm
Corey Allen’s game winner against Georgia Tech in 1997 does it for me every time. I think that was one of Larry’s most enthused calls…it was also, considering I was 7 years old, the first call from him I remember.
Nut Job
November 20th, 2011
11:13 pm
Larry Munson is the reason why people listen to the radio while inside the stadium
Dawgma
November 20th, 2011
11:16 pm
Truly the greatest to ever call a game. Always listened to him on the radio no matter if they were on tv or not. RIP Larry. You will never be forgotten. THE BEST DGD!!!!! Larry Munson field at Sanford Stadium.
murfdawg
November 20th, 2011
11:18 pm
The Kentucky call almost got me in trouble with my neighbors. We had the windows open, the wine open, and the beer flowing all evening. When Munson started yelling ” Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!” my wife started yelling and I started yelling louder and my neighbors were coming home and getting out of their cars and heard all this yelling and screaming. The next morning my neighbor stopped me and wanted to know if everything was all right. I told him “He** yeah. We beat Kentucky.” He was glad to know I was just a loud, obnoxious Dawg and not a wife beater. Only Munson could work you up into a lather like that.
Dawg Fan
November 20th, 2011
11:20 pm
Larry Munson is Georgia Football.
I grew up listening to Larry Munson calling the games. Back then the Dawgs were not on TV every week like they are these days.
I can hear Munson now: “Get the picture…”
Warnell Dawg
November 20th, 2011
11:21 pm
As a life-long bulldog fan and now a graduate of UGA, I believe this hurts me more than any game the Dawgs ever lost. I’ll never forget all the times when I couldn’t watch the game on TV and I would be glued to the radio hanging on to every gutteral word that would come through the speakers. I am so glad that I got the opportunity to meet Larry and get his autograph on my copy of his biography that came out a few years ago. My first season as a student was in 2008 and one of my most fond memories of Larry was when they brought him out on the field at halftime of one of the games to honor him and the students and rest of the crowd were chanting his name over and over and even from the stands you could see him getting teary-eyed because I truly believe that he loved the Bulldog nation as much as we loved him. So long Larry, you will never know how much you contributed to my love of the Dawgs, but thank you for all the wonderful memories. And a side note, how about making some “sugar fall out of the sky” for our Dawgs the next two weeks?
Dbalcer
November 20th, 2011
11:26 pm
RIP Larry and prayers of comfort for your family. The Bulldawg Nation will miss you.
Carolina Dog
November 20th, 2011
11:26 pm
Count me among those that had no CABLE and LARRY explained it to us over the RADIO in the 60s and beyond to his last call in 2008-9. There will NEVER be another and the BULLDOG NATION is a better place due to him passing our way. Some people in this world CAN NOT be replaced – Larry was ONE OF OURS!!!!!!
Desert Fox
November 20th, 2011
11:33 pm
He was the best at what he did and his fans loved him. To honor him the University should rename the stadium, Sanford-Munson Stadium. He spent the better part of his career there so its more than fitting it should bear his name. He earned the honor.
Jay
November 20th, 2011
11:41 pm
You’d walk through Sanford Stadium in the 80’s and 90’s and thousands of people would have those big bulky headphones on listening to Munson. He’d keep you grounded when things were going well and commiserate with you when they weren’t. What a great announcer, what a great Dawg.
J D Pesterfield
November 20th, 2011
11:41 pm
The sun has set over Sanford Stadium…Dan Magill can now turn off the light in the broadcast booth…
DGD!
RAY
November 20th, 2011
11:54 pm
I remember growing up in small town GA in the late ’70’s to early ’80’s. I would have the Bulldogs blaring outside on the radio and people who lived further down the road would have their radio on and the whole neighborhood was filled with Larry Munson calling the games while we kids played football. I will always hold those memories dear. Mr. Munson, RIP. Prayers to your family. Now let’s hunker down and win the SEC!
bugsquacher
November 20th, 2011
11:58 pm
“Get the picture”…… there will never be another one like him….
Matt
November 21st, 2011
12:01 am
Damn Good Dawg!!!!!!! Larry Munson was the voice of my childhood listening to the Dawgs hunker down one more time. He was the absolute best at pulling true emotion out of Dawg fans. Heavens broadcast booth just got a lot better. Go dawgs!
jwmnatl
November 21st, 2011
12:17 am
Listen to the final minutes of the 1997 UGA-Ga.Tech game, listen to his voice crack as UGA stormed down the field that night in Lexington, Ky. in 1978. No one cared about Georgia football more than Larry Munson. We will miss you, Larry. God bless you!
OneNationUnderDawg
November 21st, 2011
12:19 am
RIP Larry. Hope you’re enjoying the Sugar in the sky.
Dr. Morpheus
November 21st, 2011
12:23 am
“Bulldogs moving from left to right…” You were the greatest, Larry, and no one could ever take your place.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 21st, 2011
12:44 am
That was a LONG and fruitful life.
mdbatl
November 21st, 2011
12:56 am
1997: Georgia 27, Georgia Tech 24. Mike Bobo to Allen with 8 seconds left, after they had scored just 40 seconds earlier. Larry’s call of that play is my absolute favorite– “Oh my, oh it couldn’t have happened!!” Scott Howard was incoherently screaming in the background, and Larry closed with “Michigan State had rocked Penn State 49-7 but nothing has rocked like this one. Nothing. Has. Rocked. Like This One.” I’ve looked everywhere for audio of that call; hopefully I can find it somewhere.
I was 9 years old and watching the game with my dad– that moment hooked me for life. Thanks Larry for all the memories and RIP.
HockeyDawg
November 21st, 2011
1:01 am
Like other Dawg fans in their 50’s, I grew up when Georgia games on TV were a rarity. So my picture of the Bulldogs was drawn by Larry, as I “got the picture”. So many great memories listening to Larry’s calls on the radio driving in the car, while I raked leaves and pinestraw, as I watched the game on TV, or maybe as I went to bed as a little kid. Nobody drew the picture any better, used more colorful descriptions, or described the action with any more passion than Larry. Scott Howard does a great job, but there will never be another Larry – a true ONE OF A KIND…
William
November 21st, 2011
1:05 am
I worked as Larry’s spotter during the Georgia/Georgia Tech Freshman game on Thanksgiving one time. He was a great guy. He will be missed. Rest in peace and praying for the family. I’m so sad.
RxDawg87
November 21st, 2011
1:07 am
Larry Munson, a beloved and great announcer, storyteller, hunter, fisherman, outdoorsman, a pretty fair piano player, and best of all, A DAMN GOOD DAWG!!!! Gone but not forgotten, rest in peace friend. You are loved by the bulldog nation and will be greatly missed.
dawg150
November 21st, 2011
1:15 am
UGA and SEC fans have lost an icon…..the man was, and forever will be, Georgia Football. Scott never scored and sugar will forever fall from the skies in Auburn…RIP, and we will always love and remember you Larry…..
Bluestreak
November 21st, 2011
2:09 am
RIP Larry! You will always be Georgia Bulldog Football.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 21st, 2011
2:19 am
From the day you are born you start Dying
From the day you are dead you start Lying
In between it is your job to send peoples souls Flying
If you are good at it thousands will be left Crying.
Larry you did that and there is no Denying!
7576DAWG
November 21st, 2011
2:41 am
Truly one of the most unique and great radio voices ever to be on the radio. There will never be one like him. R.I.P. Larry.
ZinoDawg
November 21st, 2011
3:06 am
God bless you Larry. Hard to sleep tonight after getting this news. So many memories.
“My God! A Freshman!”
Legend of Len Barker
November 21st, 2011
3:27 am
November 2002. Like a nut, I decided to see some high school basketball instead of watch the annual festivities with Auburn. Not just that, I decided to go see high school basketball in Statenville. Yes, unincorporated Statenville, where they having a little season tip-off tournament.
I took a radio and headphones with me, but it was quite difficult to pick up a broadcast from a small gymnasium in an unincorporated town in a county without a stoplight. (They did have wonderful chicken tenders, though.)
At halftime of an inevitable sweep of our participation in the tournament, I decided to leave. We’re beaten, Georgia’s getting beaten. Find your car in the entirely grass parking lot and go home.
Right outside the gym, that’s when I heard it.
TOUCHDOWN! IN THE CORNER!
The details soon came through. David Greene had found Michael Johnson. In the corner.
I danced in the grass.
In Statenville.
Michael Johnson has caught a touchdown pass.
In the corner.
We have beaten Auburn.
There is no traffic on GA 135, which is a very good thing, especially when you want to see with your eyes what you have seen through your ears via Munson’s. In the corner.
coondawg_69
November 21st, 2011
6:10 am
My favorite and with Old Fashion Hate this weekend:
We got the ball right down where it was. Only 16 seconds for 8 yards. We got 4 men split out, the ones to the right are kind of wide, Stafford pointing at the defense, our center. Shotgun Bobo, bobo going to take and look, throw in the corner, and TOUCHDOWN, A touchdown in the corner… oh, it couldnt have happened!!
UGA- GTU 1997. My favorit call
TECH FAN
November 21st, 2011
6:21 am
“Damn good Dawg”
ROGERITER
November 21st, 2011
6:21 am
Damn good dawg! Damn best dawg!!
Spike
November 21st, 2011
6:46 am
The best there ever was.. Thanks for the memories. Heaven will Get the Picture!
ATL_AU_FAN
November 21st, 2011
7:15 am
There are those of us who are fans of teams other than UGA but there are also those of us, like myself, who share in your loss of Larry Munson. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Munson family and the Bulldawg nation as a whole. Larry, when arriving Between the Hedges of Heaven, only one thing need be said, “Go Dawgs, Sic ‘em, woof, woof…”.
beachdog
November 21st, 2011
7:18 am
The GA/GA Tech game in I can’t remember the year but on the Dogs last drive Larry truly rose to the occasion.
Stafford hit Mo Mass for the TD and two pointer. Someone put it on the net.
Check it out
Tech fan
November 21st, 2011
7:23 am
RIP…Larry.
Old Dawg
November 21st, 2011
7:28 am
DGD The best there ever was, the best there will ever be. Oh, you Larry Munson! Rest in Peace.
Class of '98
November 21st, 2011
7:37 am
“Look a the sugar falling out of the sky” doesn’t even crack the top 10?
Blasphemy.
The hobnail-boot call was overrated. Even Munson himself admitted as much.
Rest in peace Larry.
Class of '98
November 21st, 2011
7:38 am
Ooops, nevermind. My reading comprehension skills aren’t very good this early in the morning.
NikkiFree
November 21st, 2011
7:43 am
Kevin Butler’s 60-yard field goal was my fave. Thanks for the memories, Larry.
Classof'82
November 21st, 2011
7:45 am
Just listened to the last 4:00 of the ‘82 Auburn game and I’m in tears.
Hunker Down
Raleigh
November 21st, 2011
7:58 am
In 2002 my mom, sister and I travelled up to at. Simons island from our home in Jacksonville Florida to watch the game with my granddad, who had a bad cold at the time. We were losing the whole game, everyone was down, and while we had the game on the tv, we had Larry on the radio too, and he was right there with us. Me laying on the floor in agony, fretting over our inability to move the ball, my mom couldn’t even listen, and my granddad on the couch rubbing his forehead with each incompletion. But Sean jones’ big plays gave us a spark. We had hope, and 70x takeoff took us to the championship game. At ten years old I had already been to many games and knew all about Larry and the history, but that game stands out. Larry was right there with us in that small condo on st. Simons island, and we loved him for it. Rest in peace Larry, you Wil be missed in the bulldawg nation.
dawgonit
November 21st, 2011
8:06 am
I don’t remember the game, I think it was Tech. But we were on the game winning drive and Larry say after a run that “the ball is 8 inches in front of the twenty yard line and the back of the ball is 4 inches behind the line.” He said, “I’m sorry if I’m getting technical, but I’m getting superstitious!”
I knew that he knew how I felt watching the game. He was agonizing as much as I was. That’s exactly what you want from your announcer. You want him to love your team as much as you do.
RIP Larry, a damn good dawg.
Tina
November 21st, 2011
8:08 am
The Bulldog Nation has lost its greatest supporter. RIP, Larry Munson.
Jordan
November 21st, 2011
8:09 am
http://isportsweb.com/2011/11/20/larry-munson-passes/
fred
November 21st, 2011
8:14 am
a clemson fan from sc… he was the best . i would listen to ga and watch clemson… !!!!!!
Jborodawg
November 21st, 2011
8:16 am
RIP to a great Bulldog. No…A Damn Good Dawg. Larry, I hope you’re enjoying a cigar at a heavenly fishin’ hole.
stendek
November 21st, 2011
8:18 am
I am deeply saddened. The voice of Georgia Bulldog football is now silent forever. Mr Larry Munson was not only a professional of the highest caliber but was one of the staunchest of all Dawg gridiron fans. I always felt like Mr Munson was hurt more by Dawg losses than I was. Now that is a true fan who lives and dies with the team. The voice of Mr Munson was unique. There was no doubt who was calling the shots for the Dawgs over the radio airways. Mr Munson called the impossible dream for the Dawgs against Florida which kept Dawg national championship hopes alive. So what if the announcer fell out of his chair? That rally was something worth falling out of a chair for! One of my favorite artists of all time is official Dawg football illustrator Mr Jack Davis. When Mr Davis reveals his memorial for Mr Munson will the AJC please share it with readers? I am still in shock. I cannot believe Mr Munson is gone. The voice of Georgia Bulldog football got to make the calls for one legitimate Dream Team in 1980. One can only hope he smiles knowingly from above as another Dream Team attempts to fulfil its destiny against tremendous odds. LSU, Alabama and Arkansas are excellent football programs but they are all lacking in one important aspect. None of them ever had Mr Munson! Rest in peace dearest friend. I love you. All of the Dawg Nation does.
C-ville dog
November 21st, 2011
8:27 am
RIP damn good dog
BobDawg
November 21st, 2011
8:27 am
I knew Munson was special in the 80’s when a Clemson fan in Easley SC told me he would listen to Munson during Clemson/Dawg games rather than his own announcer… He always laughed that Munson would create a “larger than life” player on the opposing team to scare us all to death.. Once he said Munson said their Nosetackle (The Fridge) was 500lbs and 6′ 9″ in size and “how are we gonna be able to block ‘em”???
stendek
November 21st, 2011
8:28 am
If I were a wealthy man instead of one of the poorest of all I would commission Georgia football illustrator Mr Jack Davis to produce a drawing of Mr Larry Munson falling out of his broadcast booth chair during his description of the Georgia-Florida 1980 showdown. It would be on prominent display at my home as long as I lived. It would be worth far more to me than any Rembrandt or Van Gough. I know most true Bulldog fans feel the same way. Rest in peace Mr Munson. You are missed. That welp you heard was from Russ. He misses you too.
PreyDawg
November 21st, 2011
8:43 am
All kuddos to Larry, a true legend. However, I must give props to Scott and Eric. I always thought we would spend years looking for the right combination to replace Larry. Thought we would change announcers ten times. But Scott and Eric made the transition smooth as silk. I think we went from having the best announcer in the college game with Larry, to having the best announcer team currently in the game.
Ed Pilcher
November 21st, 2011
9:02 am
Some of my best memories are of Munson calling games, as we didn’t have cable TV and UGA only played once or twice on TV at the most. My personal favorite:
“And now we’re gonna try and kick it 100,000 miles……Plus a foot and a HALF….And Butler kicks a long one….a LONG ONE……O MY GOD!! O MY GOD!!!!…….The stadiun is worse than BONKERS!!!”
Rest in Peace, Larry.
stendek
November 21st, 2011
9:07 am
For Larry Munson:
http://stendek.tumblr.com/post/13110725272/voice-of-dawg-football-silent-with-death-of-larry
ralph
November 21st, 2011
9:08 am
As a Georgia Tech graduate, I am not a fan of UGA football, LOL!. However, Munson was a great voice to the UGA football program. I must admit I would listen to UGA games on the radio just to hear his play by play. Larry, you will be missed
C
November 21st, 2011
9:10 am
Don’t forget Munson’s great Falcons calls as well. DEION!
DLHC
November 21st, 2011
9:10 am
Bless you, Larry. And thanks for the memories.
AltamahaDawg
November 21st, 2011
9:20 am
I think more so than the Famous Calls, it’s the comments Larry would make so effortlessly during the course of the game, that I miss the most. A mile. Tree Trunks. Came out of his shoes.
The guy could paint an impending doom and then break the tension with a “Larryesque” one liner better than anyone out there.
suwdawg
November 21st, 2011
9:24 am
Great comments and really can’t add much more other than this is a great loss for me the bulldawg nation and many others who really admired the Munson as much as he admired and loved the dawgs. I am UGA born and bred and much of it because of Munson. My condolences to his family and as you can tell he was very much loved.
Alphare
November 21st, 2011
9:31 am
Larry, rest in peace.
Not a UGA fan, not to try to offend you sir. In my honest opinion, to summarize your style, it’s pretty much: “coolaid, coolaid, oh my God, coolaid!”
I am glad you had so many UGA fans.
Bigdawg63
November 21st, 2011
9:39 am
Like all Dawg Fans, I am saddened by this news. There will never be a better DGD. Rest in Peace Larry!!! May there be a Sanford Stadium in Heaven and you get to call all the games you wish!!!
Go Dawgs!!!
WDE
November 21st, 2011
9:43 am
Larry rest in peace, I just haven’t got the words to express this loss,thank you sir a thousand times thank you !
+
November 21st, 2011
9:56 am
…. 3rd down and a 100 miles to go.
Jan
November 21st, 2011
9:56 am
Now Larry, you’ve added “extra sugar to the sky” and we know you and Lewis will be talkin up a storm about the “DAWGS !”
You were, are, and will always continue to be remembered and loved…..
robodawg
November 21st, 2011
9:56 am
I always liked just hearing what color “shirts” and “hats” the teams were wearing.
atgotbling
November 21st, 2011
10:02 am
RIP Larry, I hope you are getting in some fine fishing this morning!
south
November 21st, 2011
10:15 am
RIP Larry…
I was always frightened when he described the opposing teams…”Man are they BIG!!”
invictus mon
November 21st, 2011
10:16 am
Somebody needs to do a flyover in Sanford Staduim at our next game there and dumb a load of sugar onto the field. That or let’s win the SEC Championship so we can win the Sugar Bowl one more time for our iconic announcer. I much prefer the latter!
Bosox9
November 21st, 2011
10:31 am
Munson made Dog games sound like a day at the beach — Omaha Beach, on D-Day.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
November 21st, 2011
10:33 am
No details on when the funeral will be or where he will be buried?
This is a difficult week with the holiday to do a funeral I would guess.
Has Cuz said how Baylie is doing? Doesn’t she have surgery this week?
how2fish
November 21st, 2011
10:39 am
Can you just imagine if he was able to call the upcoming SEC championship this year….it would be so classic Munson “little Georgia vs the mighty fill in the blank”
Cuz
November 21st, 2011
11:03 am
Get the picture. 1982. 785 South Milledge, Athens Georgia. Sitting on the front porch with 75 of my closest friends. One keg and one radio, no TV. All is silent as the gravel voice comes out of the speaker.
“I know I’m asking a lot you guys, but hunker it down one more time!”
Auburn quarterback Randy Campbell throws incomplete on a final fourth-down pass, Georgia is able to run out the clock to claim an SEC championship and a spot in the Sugar Bowl.
“Look at the Sugar falling out of the sky, look at the sugar falling out of the sky!”
I looked up. You did too.
God bless you Larry Munson. The Bulldawg Nation is in morning.
how2fish
November 21st, 2011
11:05 am
Cuz how is your daughter doing ? Hope the surgery went well.
Cuz
November 21st, 2011
11:07 am
Still, Baylie has surgery tomorrow. I spent the morning in the Mayo business office while she slept. She has an appointment with the doctors in one hour.
She will be wearing a red top with black britches. Get the picture.
how2fish
November 21st, 2011
11:08 am
Cuz best of luck to her and your family !
The Grinch
November 21st, 2011
11:33 am
Bill, maybe you can help me with one of my favorite Munson calls. I beieve it was 1974 and the UF games wasn’t on TV. I remember hearing Larry’s voice rising in excitement as Glenn Harrison was returning either a kickoff or punt. The hair rose on my arm as the run played out. He ran it for a TD but it was called back because of a penalty. Munson said it was an unbelieveable run and he estimated Harrison ran about 150 yards total zigzagging back on forth. I would love to hear that again, but it won’t make anyone’s “top” list because the play was called back.
dawgphish
November 21st, 2011
11:35 am
RIP Larry, you have been and always will be missed. thanks for all the memories
Mr. Dawg
November 21st, 2011
11:43 am
For me it was the Auburn game in ‘82 with the “Sugar Falling from the sky”. I was a freshman in 1980 who graduated in ‘84. Lucky me. Back in those days only 2 or 3 games a year were televised and that usually included a bowl game. Somehow the deciding game for the SEC Champion featuring Heisman trophy favorite Herschel Walker wasn’t televised! Lucky me again in retrospect. I was home from school working out with weights in our basement that afternoon listening to Larry implore the Dawgs to “Hunker Down one more time!”. It’s a testament to Larry that considering how many great games I went to during that great run it was his call of that game on the radio thath stands out as vividly as anything I can remember from those days.
Jborodawg
November 21st, 2011
11:44 am
Just stuff like, “He picked up two, two and a half, three yards…”
Or…
“Third down and a LONG three, three and a half yards…and those big, I mean HUGE linemen they have over there that we’re trying to block…”
Of course, we’ll never forget, “Loran, whadaya got?” And how sometimes it sounded like he was a little annoyed…like Loran was buzzin him or somethin’.
Not just the “great” calls but his calls the whole game. And I tell ya something else…we HATE the delay between radio and TV! Otherwise, we’d ALL be listening to Larry.
PS…Best wishes to Loran…we know you’re grieving big time.
chris pendley
November 21st, 2011
11:49 am
When I was in my youth and I would play in the the back woods behind our house, late in the evening my mother would come out to the back porch and yell “come home son it’s time for supper”. Even though I could not see her I knew exactly who it was and where she was and what I wouldn’t give to here her voice once more. Even though we can’t see you Larry we know exactly who you were and where you are. Say hi to mom for me Larry.
Steve
November 21st, 2011
11:49 am
Thank you Larry.
chris pendley
November 21st, 2011
12:00 pm
And what I wouldn’t give.
harold
November 21st, 2011
12:16 pm
LARRY MUNSON AND JOHN WARD AT TENNESSEE WERE THE BEST EVER!
Felix Millan
November 21st, 2011
12:28 pm
RIP Larry, the Greatest Bulldawg of the all. Slide over Grizzard, company’s coming.
Yellow Jacket 89
November 21st, 2011
12:32 pm
Rest in peace, Larry. He was a great announcer and will be well remembered. Listening to UGA games (even when rooting against them) without him isn’t the same.
Heath
November 21st, 2011
12:35 pm
Your voice will never be silent and will live on for all time! Thank you for all the memories Larry!!!!
Russell Hall
November 21st, 2011
12:45 pm
Bill, I think you capture it perfectly in your final sentence. Munson’s calls are forever intertwined with our memories of the great moments.
fordcobra
November 21st, 2011
12:50 pm
RIP Mr. Munson, sorry we never fished together. You will always be the “Voice” of the Georgia Bulldogs. There will never be anyone like you.
Blessings to U and your Family.
Mobile Dawg
November 21st, 2011
1:05 pm
Eeery things is I can remember exactly where I was on most of those calls. There are times now when I can’t remember what I had for breakfast.
Cuz, God be with you and your Daughter too. I’ve got a “perfectly beautiful” 5 year old and I’m going through round two in life. Whenever I hear of someone going through difficult times with a child I count the blessings we have “right now”. You never know how long they are going to last. I appreciate things so much more now than I used to.
Mobile Dawg
November 21st, 2011
1:08 pm
Interrupted by a phone call, to finish that last paragragh Cuz, I’m sure you appreciate every moment also.
rich
November 21st, 2011
1:09 pm
I live in Tennessee and I am not a UGA fan, but driving through Atlanta one year, I was listening to Munson. I have never heard anyone mention this call because it was more of a conversation…..it cracked me up at the time. I believe UGA was playing Vandy and a Vandy received had just scored and knelt in the end zone in prayer. He was flagged for excessive celebration and Munson was incredulous. Loran Smith commented saying something like ‘as a Baptist, I think you should pray in your prayer closet’….and Munson said something to the effect of ‘my God, now you want to build closets in the end zone!!!’ I have probably got a lot of the details wrong, and I apologise, but Munson’s bewilderment regarding what Loran was talking about was priceless.
JJ
November 21st, 2011
1:19 pm
Always turned the volumne on the tv OFF and turned on the radio to hear Munson call the game…..
Georgia will not be the same. We’ve lost an original. RIP Larry!!!!!
Dawg in gatorville
November 21st, 2011
1:25 pm
I used to love the watch the game on TV and listen to Larry, You would here Larry about 3 seconds before you saw it.. He would describe it better than you could see it..
Rest in Peace Larry and God Bless
GolfDawg
November 21st, 2011
1:31 pm
To be really great you have to have a style of your own. Larry was great!!
macrotech
November 21st, 2011
1:44 pm
NONE of my favorite calls by Larry are listed in the blog, however, I do offer my condolences to all of the Dawg nation for the loss of a great voice. While my opinions conflicted with Larry Munson, I could ALWAYS appreciate his passion for his team! Rest in Peace Larry Munson….you’re a Damn Good Dawg!
Big Dawg
November 21st, 2011
1:50 pm
The one I will always remember “My God, a freshman!” I had just returned from Okinawa, Japan where I had been stationed for 3 long years and not being able to listen to him calling the games of my beloved Dawgs on the radio. I hadn’t even heard of Herschel Walker until that night in Knoxville when we came from behind and beat Tennessee 16-15. I also remember 1966 when he called the Auburn game when Dooley won his first SEC Championship. He was the best at painting a picture of the action of a game and YOU being able to see it in your mind. Yes I am a Dawg as I played there but Larry Munson was the consumate “Dam Good Dawg”. Rest in peace my friend, May our FATHER YAHWEH and our Lord and Savior Jesus keep in you in their loving arms forevermore.
Go Dawgs
harold
November 21st, 2011
1:54 pm
LARRY WAS THE BEST EVER. THE CURRENT CREW IS HORRIBLE AND VER UNEXCITING!
Rickster
November 21st, 2011
4:21 pm
The first Munson classic I remember was the ‘75 “Appleby to Washington.”
We were in the cages at Tucker HS, with the game blaring on the radio. When that play happened, and Larry said “the girders are bending” – I was on the floor, struggling to catch my breath after having screamed so loud and so long I almost passed out.
LadyBulldawg
November 21st, 2011
6:36 pm
Larry you will be missed by the Bulldawg Nation. We love you for your dedication, love, andf faithfullness to UGA Sports not just football. You brought happiness and a joy to all of us. You will always be remembered. Well done faithful BULLDAWG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tarryuga
November 21st, 2011
7:22 pm
Look at the sugar falling from my eyes!!!
RIP Larry, you are, and always will be the greatest!
tony
November 21st, 2011
7:41 pm
I listened to Larry every game since 1966 except one, the one when we played Bama on national tv when Dooley was still coaching. I went to Maine with my ex-wife’s family on Labor day weekend, i figured at least i’d get to listen to Larry on the radio. First, i was mad that the dumb yankees tv network up there deleted the game to play music videos, then i ran out to listen to Larry on the car radio and couldn’t pick up WSB at all. The Maine family thought it was so funny that i was so p.o’d but i told them “If I could hear Larry i would care less about the tv.” The next morning i walked to store to get the score (We lost)in the paper. (a 6 word comment in the sport page)I belive the proper way to honor this fantastic gentleman who bled red and black is to get a petition together and name the stadium Sanford-Munson Stadium now! DGD!
Bigdog2017
November 21st, 2011
10:40 pm
Nobody could ever call Dawg games like Larry Munson!
Railroad Dog
November 22nd, 2011
1:48 am
Re: Harold. Let”s not be negative just now. They are doing the best they can, following a legend is tough.
inkspot
November 22nd, 2011
6:26 am
I believe it was 1997, UGA at Kentucky, and Kentucky, after driving downfield late in the fourth, setting up for an easy game-winning FG, botched the snap and Georgia wins.
Munson: “Where did she come from, where did she come from?” Dramatic pause. “Lady Luck!!! We’d been waiting all game!!!”
The man was a kind of artist, he didn’t just call the game, he interpreted it, he brought it to life, gave it an aura of drama and pathos that was utterly unique.
Robert
November 23rd, 2011
3:11 pm
The man was a classic. Yes he was a homer. If you didnt like it, you could tune to another broadcast. Rest in peace
Larry Munson was to broadcasting what Bobby Cox was to stupid – i.e., the epitome of it
DawginTX
November 23rd, 2011
3:39 pm
I love all of those calls. I particularly enjoyed his references to Old Lady Luck, particularly when Sean Jones returned Jabar Davis’s fumble for a 97-yard TD against Tennessee. “They were gonna run a sweep with him… (he) dropped the ball. Old lady luck just laughed out loud right there! Holy Smokes!” I also am fond of Chuck Carswell’s interception against Alabama in 1990 “to save our fannies” and “Carswell fell on his whatchamacallit.”
Jecorey
November 24th, 2011
5:18 pm
We buried my Dad that wet day in 97. House full of Georgia fans after the funeral blew up when Allen made the catch. Remember standing in the corner with a lil smile on my face.
Ken Colquitt
November 25th, 2011
6:13 pm
I often said I was Munson was Munson wasn’t cool. I used to have an 8 track recording of his games from the early 70s I played on my dates. They thought I was crazy. My most memorable moments were obscure games no one remembers, Ga-Auburn in 71. His first comments, they’ve been roaring since 6 this morning on the bridge. Ga-Alabama 72, Look at Erk pleading with his defense to stop the TIde, Ga-Auburn(the greatest game he ever called in 1978 when they ended up tied 22-22). Cribbs and Brooks had 400 yards in the first half alone. Johnny Henderson’s brillant tackle in the Florida game. My greatest moment, sitting with him in Memphis Tennessee at Halftime of the State High School Championship game and he was shocked someone knew who he was. We hooked up again in Jax in 1989 at the Omni International. THe commute to Atlanta was awesome with him and Kathy Fishman on WSB>…..Remember him describing the Ninja Turtles movie….broadcasting a fake liftoff of the Space Shuttle…twisting at the right tackle and he stumbles forward for six yards…..Ga-Fla 1976 on the Flight Deck of the USS JFK broadcasted around the world on Armed Forces radio…the 2nd half made him a legend…..I;ve missed him terrible since 2008…..A part of me will be forever missing now.