UGA versus LSU, as the mighty Munson might have called it
Could Georgia hook just one more big fish for the Munster? (AJC file)
Georgia plays top-ranked LSU on Saturday. Were the radio man Larry Munson, who died Nov. 20 at age 89, around to call the game, it might sound a bit like this:
Munson: “Get the picture: We’re wearing red jerseys and silver britches, going left to right on your radio dial. And we have NO CHANCE. They’ve got 12 guys who make Big Jonathan Jenkins look like Tom Thumb. And such SPEED. Even Vandy didn’t have speed like this …
“We kick off to them. Their guy runs right through 10 of our guys — look at that speed! — and gets all the way out to their 25. We have NO CHANCE. But Jarvis Jones breaks through and knocks the quarterback down! They have to punt! Whaddaya know about that? …
“Crowell in the ‘I’ and we give it to him and he goes five, TEN, FIFTEEN yards! He ran right through those monsters! Looked like that professor in ‘Jurassic Park’! And now Murray fakes it and throws it and … we catch it! Over their heads! MALCOLM MITCHELL! Touchdown! It’s a TOUCHDOWN! It’s a miracle! A miracle on … whaddaya call this street thingy outside the Dome? Northside? It’s a Miracle on NORTHSIDE DRIVE! Old Saint Nick just dropped through this roof and smacked LSU with a gunnysack full of coal, and Les Miles is standing there with a nose as red as Rudolph’s!
“I gotta calm down before I destroy some Dome property. Loran, whaddaya got?”
Loran Smith: “Larrah, the lovely Julie Moran sent me a note telling me she’d be watching from Hollywood and rooting for her Dogs … ”
Munson (interrupting): “We kick it off and their man has it. He runs through 15 of our guys and he’s gonna score and there goes our lead. He ran that kickoff back TWO HUNDRED YARDS.Have you seen SUCH SPEED? We have NO CHANCE.”
(We move to further action, as they used to do on Notre Dame replays.)
Munson: “Second quarter, tie game, and LSU’s acting like she wants to score. And we can’t stop anybody. We are so puny and so slow! How’d we ever get in this game, anyway? But now Jarvis Jones knocks down their quarterback again — four sacks for him, Hondo Williamson tells me — and they have to kick a field goal. And we’re down 10-7 and we’ve got NO CHANCE.”
(We skip ahead to the fourth quarter.)
Munson: Getting very, very late now, and we need a miracle. We need Lindsay and Herschel and Appleby all baked in one big APPLE PIE! They’re up three and they’re about to put us away and … JARVIS JONES knocks down the quarterback AGAIN! Six sacks for him! And they have to punt to us! Whaddaya think, Scott? Do we have a chance?
Scott Howard: “We might, Larry.”
Munson (snorting): “You young guys ALWAYS think there’s a chance. We don’t have enough TIME. But looky here! We give it to little Thomas and he knocks people backwards, and now Murray throws a screen to the tight end and … Orson Charles! ORSON CHARLES!!! RUN, ORSON!!! … And it’s a touchdown! IT’S A TOUCHDOWN!!! … We throw a two-inch bomb and he takes it TWO THOUSAND YARDS! We just took a 2X4 and smacked Mike The Tiger right in his striped backside!!!
“But there’s TOO MUCH TIME. We can’t stop them again. We’ve got no SIZE, no SPEED. We shopped at the dime store and they went to Rich’s. And our guys are SO TIRED …
“BUT it’s fourth down! FOURTH DOWN with 61 seconds left! I might be asking too much, but: Guys, just ONE MORE TIME! HUNKER DOWN! HUNKER DOWN!!! And they snap it and … MY GOD! JARVIS JONES! JARVIS JONES!!! He got him AGAIN! It’s OUR BALL! All four legs just fell off my chair! And we’re in the victory formation and we’re under 10 seconds and …
“Sugar is falling out of the sky! NO! It’s little Chick-fil-A cows! On parachutes! They’re COWS DIPPED IN SUGAR! LOOK AT THOSE SUGAR-DIPPED COWS FALLING OUT OF THE SKY!!! …
“We had NO CHANCE! But we had Old Lady Luck! And Old Lady Luck just slapped Les Miles in the face with that APPLE PIE! And that pie had a ANVIL in it! We broke their NOSE! We broke their HEART! I broke my CHAIR! I spilled my COKE!
“We’re going to the SUGAR BOWL! Beignets and crawfish etouffee for New Year’s! We’re gonna paint Tchoupitoulas Street red and black! Who’ll we play there, Scott?
“Houston, huh? Have you SEEN Houston’s quarterback? And all that SPEED? We’ll have NO CHANCE.”
By Mark Bradley
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seezy
December 1st, 2011
1:53 pm
First.
Paul
December 1st, 2011
1:56 pm
Very nice, Mr. Bradley.
MatthewH
December 1st, 2011
2:00 pm
I sure hope you don’t take any flack for this column. This is almost exactly what I think he would say. I love the image of taking that 2×4 and smacking the Tiger on his backside. I swear there were times when I could hear his voice as I was reading.
Good work.
missouridawg
December 1st, 2011
2:00 pm
classy. you hit a home run.
DawginLex
December 1st, 2011
2:00 pm
“In the end, we had no business winning this game.”
Michael
December 1st, 2011
2:00 pm
You hob – nailed it Mark!
kevin
December 1st, 2011
2:01 pm
I must say Mark, it was a nice Munson impersonation. Thanks for that!
MarkKimsey
December 1st, 2011
2:01 pm
So good it brought tears Mr. Bradley. Classic…
sogadog
December 1st, 2011
2:01 pm
Love it. You have Munson pegged. Perhaps you should write his biography? ( seriously )
buckblue
December 1st, 2011
2:01 pm
You got this all wrong…..He would have said…..Thank Sweet Jesus that we did not play LSU during the regular season….cause if we did we would have got B-Slapped and USC would be playing for the chance to get punked as welllll
Geaux Tigers…..pulldogs…get ready
PreyDawg
December 1st, 2011
2:03 pm
GREAT FUN MARK!! Laughed out loud and had got a little tear in my eye too. Gonna print this one out and tack it to the cubicle wall. Thanks for this one!
DILLIGAF
December 1st, 2011
2:03 pm
Excellent job, Mr. Bradley!
That just put a huge smile on my face during an otherwise boring day at work.
R.I.P. Larry Munson.
Hunker Down You Hairy Gawgs!
UGA/85′
GATA!
Sam Robards, Dawg Fan
December 1st, 2011
2:04 pm
Very well done, Mr. Bradley.
I have to admit this piece made me smile from ear to ear.
Jimmy
December 1st, 2011
2:04 pm
Excellent rendition!
OkieDawg
December 1st, 2011
2:04 pm
I could hear Larry’s voice while I read the article….You, Mr. Bradley, are a genius.
RIP Larry and forever a DGD..
Mike the Tiger
December 1st, 2011
2:04 pm
No chance is right. I think those are chicken nuggets falling from the sky, not sugar. Tigers win by 40.
jaglaw
December 1st, 2011
2:05 pm
I dont know whether to smile, laugh, shake my head, say “great job” Mark, or say you have too much time on your hands, …….so I’ll just say all of the above. Very enjoyable piece that does Munson proud.
PreyDawg
December 1st, 2011
2:05 pm
buckblue, I know you guys in Louisiana can barely write, but this would be a good time for you to go away. See if you can find your own blog. It will probably have lots of pictures and maybe some crayons you can play with.
Chuck Dowdle
December 1st, 2011
2:06 pm
Will Georgia pull another black out stunt??? LSU is gonna hit Dawgs in the mouth and beat em up. Crowell will take himself out of the game by 2nd Qtr. Dawg fans will leave early as usual when getting beat badly – say 3rd Qtr. It’s well known in the SEC that Georgia has the most obnoxious fans when their team starts to play well. Saturday night they get a dose of reality.
Michael
December 1st, 2011
2:08 pm
That’s certain to help you shed the “Bark Madley” label…
Joey
December 1st, 2011
2:08 pm
Great job! Brought tears to my eyes. RIP Larry. GO DAWGS!!! Leave it all on the field. GATA!!!!
BobDawg
December 1st, 2011
2:08 pm
Mark, Munson is fishing and smiling right now. Ditto, you hit it out of the park.
UGA Insider
December 1st, 2011
2:08 pm
I remember Julie and I know here family from the Thomasville area. Good folks.
Mark,
I just got a call from a source that says 1, possibly 2 RB’s are suspended for the game. Is there anyway this is true?
Mark Bradley
December 1st, 2011
2:08 pm
There’s no question I have too much time on my hands.
But thanks for the kind words, folks. I’m in your debt.
harold
December 1st, 2011
2:09 pm
LARRY: “MY GOD THESE LSU TIGERS ARE NFL LIKE! THEY ARE JUST SHOVING US ALL OVER THE FIELD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL. THEY ARE RIPPING OUR HEADS OFF AND DOMINATING THE DAWGS.
WE ARE GETTING ABUSED BY THESE SNARLING TIGERS.
Class of '98
December 1st, 2011
2:09 pm
From your laptop to God’s ears, Bradley. I too could hear Larry’s voice reading that. Go dawgs.
Dirty Dawg
December 1st, 2011
2:09 pm
Thanks Mark, we needed that….
PreyDawg
December 1st, 2011
2:10 pm
cows dipped in sugar was one of the best lines. I think we have a new tailgate food here. Gotta see if the wife can make these. If I talk her into it I am going to send Bradley some. Just read it again. I think the last paragraph is the best. That is EXACTLY what Larry would have done.
By the way, I published a Munson article of my own. But Marks is more fun and way more fitting for this week.
http://athens.patch.com/articles/good-bye-to-munson-and-much-much-more
D-Dubb
December 1st, 2011
2:10 pm
I found myself reading it with that Munson gravel voice! Very nice job Bradley
UGA Insider
December 1st, 2011
2:11 pm
By the way, All Tech fans can kiss my arse after you booed our band while playing the Munson tribute. By the way, I was on the sidelines and our players heard it and after that we hit you even harder than before. Your fans gave us more motivation that CPJ did.
PreyDawg
December 1st, 2011
2:11 pm
Once before a Tennessee game I will never forget, Larry goes, “Folks, I have called these games for over thirty years, and I am here to tell you that these Tennessee linemen have got the biggest fannies in the history of football. How on earth are we going to block guys with fannies this big?”
Spanish Speaking Sicilian
December 1st, 2011
2:12 pm
MB,
You sir, are a scholar AND a gentleman
DC
December 1st, 2011
2:12 pm
haha uga isn’t going to CFA bowl if they lose…they will get better bowl than that..prolly cotton or outback depending if capital one bowl wants to have them first..
LSU isn’t winning by 40..prolly 14 though..
GA Walt
December 1st, 2011
2:12 pm
Great job, sir! Enjoyed it very much!
mike28212
December 1st, 2011
2:12 pm
fantastic job Mark as usual. Gave me chills. Hopefully, old lady luck will be on our side come Saturday.
MDAWG24
December 1st, 2011
2:12 pm
Agree with “jaglaw” – nicely done MB. We will never forget Larry, go Dawgs!
TheItalianDawg
December 1st, 2011
2:12 pm
Very funny and well done! Go dawgs
Jarvis Jones
December 1st, 2011
2:12 pm
I’m gonna get a sack on every play! Yay me! How come when I say we’re as good or better than LSU’s defense, their players agree with me? Is this a trap?
Wofford T-Dawg
December 1st, 2011
2:13 pm
Bradley – your absolute very best work! Impressive and Munson would be proud!
Steve
December 1st, 2011
2:13 pm
another good one MB
Frank Lane
December 1st, 2011
2:13 pm
This is so good Mark. I just posted to my Facebook. Great job. Gave me chills just reading your interpretation of Munson.
reebok
December 1st, 2011
2:14 pm
tech fan here, and Mark, this is HILARIOUS! you’ve got Munson down cold!
Dawg77
December 1st, 2011
2:14 pm
Hilarious! I can hear Mr. Munson speaking now…..thank you Mark.
LakeDawg
December 1st, 2011
2:14 pm
GO DAWGS!
Douglas Dawg
December 1st, 2011
2:15 pm
Well done Mark!
I would give anything to hear Munson make one more call for us….
Joe
December 1st, 2011
2:16 pm
Mark- Thanks! This is a classic…I too, could hear his voice…….
Gary
December 1st, 2011
2:16 pm
Kudos, MB. I read it in my best Larry Munson voice (all inside my head, didn’t want to scare my co-workers) and it felt like the old days. Damn funny too! You nailed it.
Fridawg
December 1st, 2011
2:16 pm
I was right in the spirit of Larry until the sugar-dipped cow line. Thanks for a fun article!
Remarkable
December 1st, 2011
2:17 pm
Mark, If you can get the voice down pat, you have found yourself a second career. This was GREAT! I just hope it all comes together exactly like you wrote it. We DO have a chance.
Tech Fan David
December 1st, 2011
2:17 pm
From a long-time Tech fan. This was beautiful Mark! I could hear Dear Ol’ Larry’s voice in every line. Hope the Dogs can pull it off! I’ll be rooting for them.
Hard Truth Black Soldier
December 1st, 2011
2:17 pm
Mark how about this one as time winds down, “The Streets Of New Orleans with be filled with Sugar and Bulldawgs, and it’ll be a Sweet reminder even as the Tigers go to the BCS Bowl, that this is there nemesis, and were back in there home again in January.
CATDOG
December 1st, 2011
2:18 pm
Just saying, after that first loss the AJC sports writers had jump ship on the dogs but now it seems like after tech faltered you have return looking for your seats back. Remember that picture with the caption, “now that’s a heart felt handshake if i have ever seen one?
We know you guys like tech, but tech sucks, So we will go and win this Sec championship for the real fans who never bolted on us!
Go dawgs!
kevin
December 1st, 2011
2:18 pm
Mark, my wife is a 26-year old lifelong Clemson fan and two-time Clemson grad. We’ve been married for four years and during that time she’s been getting an education in all things UGA. She only heard Munson call a few games before he retired, but since his death, she’s heard all of his greatest calls many times. She works with some UGA grads, so it’s not just me. I think if she read this without knowing you wrote it, she’d easily believe it was Munson’s words.
Bill Sanford
December 1st, 2011
2:19 pm
Well played sir.
KPH
December 1st, 2011
2:20 pm
That was great Mark! The hair was standing up on my arms while reading that! Thank you Lord for letting the Bulldawg Nation borrow Larry for all those years!
Macclenny_man
December 1st, 2011
2:21 pm
Very nice article. You just missed 1 of his lines. We got 4th down and a mile for a 1st down!!!
JB
December 1st, 2011
2:21 pm
Great stuff Mark…and a fine tribute to a man who really loved his job and the Bulldogs…..And your words would not be far off…….LSU 38 Dawgs 17…………..I hate it, but these guys are monsters and we can’t block. Sorry fellow Dawgs.
How is the view from Columbia?
December 1st, 2011
2:21 pm
Hey BuckBlue and Mike the Tiger – UGA has the talent to compete with anyone – they were a young team in the beginning and improved as the year went on. LSU has only played two offenses worth a darn this year – Oregon and WVU – both teams got a ton of yards and points on LSU, but lost because of turnovers. UGA’s offense is more diversified that any offense LSU has faced this year. Game will be tight if UGA doesn’t turn the ball over – LSU scores half their points on turnovers because the run the Red Grange offense. And by the way, how’s the view from Columbia? The reason why we are playing (and the pretenders from Carolina are not) is AUBURN – we gave Auburn their worst beating in 14 years, and the COCKS got beat to death at home (that Auburn team that can’t run the ball had over 200 yards rushing on your vaunted defense). And I don’t want to hear the Lattimore excuse – he played in the Auburn game and was shut down (36 yards rushing, 2 fumbles). Everyone knows UGA pushed USC all over the field but gave the game away by allowing 3 touchdowns due to turnovers and special teams – UGA has grown up since then. Can’t wait to see you in Columbia next year – no Alshon Jeffrey, no QB that can throw the ball worth a darn, and no far A$$ #6 to make plays. Enjoy the Outback Bowl!
Beeeeg Boy
December 1st, 2011
2:21 pm
MB, Not bad, not bad at all. Thanks for the smiles you brought!
Mark Bradley
December 1st, 2011
2:22 pm
I missed a lot of Munson lines, I know. But he did have a lot of lines.
Hard Truth Black Soldier
December 1st, 2011
2:22 pm
Beat ole Les and his Boys, and be ready for a rematch in next years SEC CG. This is a preview of the two best teams you’ll see next year.
AidDawg
December 1st, 2011
2:23 pm
Just WOW Thata was great……
B-Dawg
December 1st, 2011
2:23 pm
“Look at those sugar-dipped cows falling out of the sky!” I never comment on these articles, but that deserved a standing O.
vmguru
December 1st, 2011
2:24 pm
Mark this may be in your all-time top 3 articles. I can’t remember when I have laughed so much at an article. Great work! Like some of the others, I could hear Larry in my head saying all that!
Tilli
December 1st, 2011
2:24 pm
Nailed it Mark. My inner voice was channeling Munson.
RichtOWNStech
December 1st, 2011
2:24 pm
Nice work Mark! I’m going to print this out and hang it on some of the techie’s cubicles that work for me!
Cobb Dawg
December 1st, 2011
2:25 pm
A piece of art, MB. Genuine art. And I think Larry couldn’t have said it — any of it — any better.
Spanky
December 1st, 2011
2:25 pm
Yeah, Mark! That was cool! Thanks!!
JRabDawg
December 1st, 2011
2:25 pm
Priceless… Made me smile, big… Thank you!
vmguru
December 1st, 2011
2:26 pm
And I think Mark deserves a big :”Kudos” for the article!
hairy dawg
December 1st, 2011
2:27 pm
I did hear Munson’s voice..I did shed a tear..I did laugh out loud.. It did brig back a lot of memories..I was definitely moved…Thank you it was AWESOME
WinderDawg
December 1st, 2011
2:27 pm
Great job Mark…I got the picture!
PaulPaul
December 1st, 2011
2:28 pm
I smell Pulitzer for this one. This was really a fun article to read. You got Larry down perfectly. You can keep these coming. Every Bulldog should read this.
Congrats
Hard Truth Black Soldier
December 1st, 2011
2:28 pm
By God, these freshmen, these freshmen, There shaking up LSU’s secondary and they look like there lost out there. Totally lost in the dome.
DAWG ONE
December 1st, 2011
2:28 pm
Absolutely perfect, MB. Great job, and yes, I too could hear Larry’s voice with the read!
Mark Bradley
December 1st, 2011
2:28 pm
Thanks again, folks. I appreciate the kind words.
OconeeDawg
December 1st, 2011
2:29 pm
Great job MB. That is first class!
cursive
December 1st, 2011
2:30 pm
Ha ha! This made my day. Read the whole thing in his voice.
chris
December 1st, 2011
2:30 pm
best column ever Mark. Gave me chills. Here’s hoping you are a prophet and we win this one for Larry.
Summit Dawg
December 1st, 2011
2:31 pm
Now that’s as close to Munson as you can get….good one Mark!! GO DAWGS!!!!!!
williebkind
December 1st, 2011
2:31 pm
That was simply great! My hat off to you Mark.
Mountain Dawg
December 1st, 2011
2:31 pm
Absolutely perfect Mark! Your best article…. I could actually hear Munson’s voice. Great article, and GO DAWGS!!
old devil
December 1st, 2011
2:32 pm
Thank you, Mr. Bradley, for letting me see Larry in my mind’s eye just one more time. By the way, do you do Lewis Grizzard, too? Just hopin’…..
efuzz
December 1st, 2011
2:32 pm
In tribute to Mr. Munson, I share this review of my Thanksgiving visit with family…
Now get the picture. It’s been a long day already. It’s been raining all day, the state patrol has had the highway covered tight and the drive to Grandma’s house must’ve taken 5,000 hours you guys. We get there just in time to see Uncle Joe carving the last bit of turkey from the empty carcass. I don’t see how we even get a scrap of meat at this point. I look down and I see two slices of white meat and a leg left on the plate. The clock is not our friend and old lady luck looks like she’s finally left us for good. My wife goes in the door first making the rounds with hugs to all. I slip in behind her and make a quick move for the table. I make the table and grab a plate, now two plates! I’ve got a fork too! Goodgodalmighty, that turkey is right there! It’s right there! Uncle Joe is distracted by the mashed potatoes but he is headed back to the turkey. Is this even possible?
I extend my fork and reach for the turkey, I’m leaning past the cranberry sauce… over the rolls …now just beyond the gravy boat. Uncle Joe is closing in but he’s not gonna make it! Reach man, reach! …… TURKEY BREAST! TURKEY BREAST!TURKEY BREAST! My god! I just reached in there and snatched that turkey right out from under Uncle Joe’s nose! I just stole it from him. Think about all the people who drove from all over to get to Grandma’s. Man, there will be some naps taken today!
Chuck Dowdle
December 1st, 2011
2:33 pm
JUST REMEMBER WITHOUT HERSCHEL – GEORGIA IS OLE MISS. LSU HONE SPANK PUPPY DAWGS.
JB
December 1st, 2011
2:33 pm
We’ll need ole Larry to put down his rod and reel from that stream loaded with trout Saturday and give us a hand…..Talk to big big guy Larry and Tell him about Mark and all the wonderful things he does. We need a miracle.
RIP muns
December 1st, 2011
2:33 pm
Mark, I don’t always agree with your writing but that was GREAT. Larry would have loved that. No matter what you say for the next month you get a pass from me. Well let’s make it a week. Loved it.
Doc
December 1st, 2011
2:34 pm
Regardless of the outcome on Saturday, Mark, you have put one in the W column with this piece. You are a winner, my friend !!
Mark Bradley
December 1st, 2011
2:34 pm
I could never do Mr. Grizzard, old devil. Wouldn’t even try.
buccanbulleagle
December 1st, 2011
2:35 pm
absolutely hiLARRYus! your best column EVER and perfect munsonisms!! thanks, mark!
markie mark
December 1st, 2011
2:35 pm
beautiful…
RawDawg
December 1st, 2011
2:35 pm
Well done Mark, I could just hear Larry calling it!
Go Dawgs and “smack Mike The Tiger right in his striped backside” for Munson!!
JB
December 1st, 2011
2:36 pm
They will talk about this one at your wake one day……
SenoiaDawgs
December 1st, 2011
2:36 pm
Wow Mark Bradley!!!! You nailed it. As I was reading and laughing my tail off I could hear Larry’s voice in my head. RIP Larry!!!
MB just simply outstanding!!!
Hunker down 1 more time Saturday Dawgs!!!
Go Dawgs!
December 1st, 2011
2:37 pm
“We just saved our whatchamacallits by some grace of some whatever.”
JB
December 1st, 2011
2:37 pm
Mark, how about a book on the blogs over the last 2-3 years?
crose714
December 1st, 2011
2:37 pm
Wow… Thank you Mark Bradley, my Thursday afternoon just got better!
catlady
December 1st, 2011
2:37 pm
Grat work! Mooocved me to tears!
Mtn Dawg
December 1st, 2011
2:38 pm
Bradley, that was so good. Like those of us who listened to Munson, it was his voice in there. Great job!
Now I’m ready to go out and celebrate. GO DAWGS!!!
Fair and Balanced
December 1st, 2011
2:38 pm
Now that was clever and fun! Such a good job that could hear LM in my brain as I read! Very well done!
Tar Tar Sauce
December 1st, 2011
2:39 pm
you left out “THERE IS GONNA BE SOME PROPERTY DESTROYED IN BUCKHEAD TONIGHT!!”
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December 1st, 2011
2:39 pm
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Jack
December 1st, 2011
2:39 pm
Thanks Mark! I couldnt help but read silently in Munson’s voice. It’s a dream come true if only for a minute and a half!
Big Time???? Not!
December 1st, 2011
2:39 pm
Pretty darn good. Let’s hope for some semblance of it Saturday!
Toom
December 1st, 2011
2:40 pm
It’s been awhile since I enjoyed something that much. Teary-eyed in my office. I could hear Larry just then!
Spider29
December 1st, 2011
2:41 pm
Really enjoyed reading that, Mark! Thanks!
munsondawg
December 1st, 2011
2:43 pm
That bought tears to this Dawg Fan’s eyes….I read it silently in Munson’s voice too…..
ARdawg
December 1st, 2011
2:44 pm
Bradley
A first from me to you but, thanks guy, that was excellent
Tom Resident Georgia Fan
December 1st, 2011
2:44 pm
Way to go Mark. Gave me chills and brought tears to my eyes … We are going to miss that man so much.
GC
December 1st, 2011
2:48 pm
Perhaps the most enjoyable thing I have ever seen from you. I could hear Larry coming right off the page.
JJ
December 1st, 2011
2:48 pm
UGA’s ball and “there’s not enough time” LSU gets ball back and “there’s too much time” Classic
Dawglasville
December 1st, 2011
2:49 pm
Very nice Mark. You captured him. Larry loved to talk about New Orleans. I heard him spend about 30 minutes describing a stripper to Van Note who was named Colt 45. It was rich. Then he spent another 30 minutes talking about a girl who swung over a bar on a swing. Not many people had the charm to pull that off on radio.
Dickie McCarthy
December 1st, 2011
2:50 pm
Best article you ever turned out! You should retire now! Loved it!
dawgy
December 1st, 2011
2:50 pm
Thank you, Mr. Bradley.
Turtsnap
December 1st, 2011
2:52 pm
Larry Legend is truly missed and MB, what a fantastic job of capturing what Larry might have said.
RIP Larry Munson….. here’s hoping that when I am in the Dome Saturday I see the sugar falling from the sky!!!!
dawg tired
December 1st, 2011
2:53 pm
Thanks, Mark. I’m still laughing.
PTC DAWG
December 1st, 2011
2:54 pm
Thanks Mark.
Old Dawg
December 1st, 2011
2:54 pm
Mark, you (hob) nailed it. Great times, great memories.
Hope Dawgs pulled this one out and bring home the trophy!
DawginLex
December 1st, 2011
2:54 pm
Loran Smith-”Larry, I understand LSU did win the bar brawl last night in downtown Atlanta. That makes them 2-0 in thise this year.”
Larry Munson-”Thanks Loran.”
ryedawg
December 1st, 2011
2:56 pm
What a great article….. I can hear Larry’s voice as though it were yesterday resounding those words.
I think he would be proud!
DIT
December 1st, 2011
2:56 pm
Good Stuff Mark. Brought a smile to my face! Thanks
jvillebil
December 1st, 2011
2:56 pm
Mark,
If our Dawgs pull the upset, this will be one of the most brilliant insights of what coulda transpired if Larry was able to sit behind that mic one final time! As I was ready, I could actually hear his voice in my head.
tdawg
December 1st, 2011
2:57 pm
That is awesome and it makes you feel like Munson is in the room when you read. Great tribute to greatest announcer of all time. now lets shock the world on Saturday.
DawginLex
December 1st, 2011
2:57 pm
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FlaDawg
December 1st, 2011
2:57 pm
Thanks, Mark! That brought a smile to my face!
chank a long
December 1st, 2011
2:57 pm
Great piece Mark, thanks for the tribute to our beloved Munson. Brought tears to my eyes.
McDawg
December 1st, 2011
2:57 pm
sounds great
Dawg
December 1st, 2011
2:58 pm
Great column Mark. I heard Larry’s vice as I read it! Let’s hop it’s prophetic!
DIT
December 1st, 2011
2:58 pm
What’s all this stuff I’m hearing about our running backs? Are we going to have anyone totting the rock Saturday. Who gave update me? Thanks
Wild Hoage
December 1st, 2011
3:02 pm
A thing of beauty Mark. Munson also has a new gig calling the Afterlife Bowl :
http://onlineathens.com/opinion/2011-11-25/evans-munson-calling-afterlife-bowl
OmahaDawg
December 1st, 2011
3:02 pm
Extremely well done Mr Bradley – a classic!
RiffRaff
December 1st, 2011
3:02 pm
Well played Mark.
mountain man
December 1st, 2011
3:02 pm
just 2 simple words Mark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank You
Maddy
December 1st, 2011
3:03 pm
Nice work Mark. What a tribute to Larry. I read it exactly as Larry would have spoken it. Sad to think larry wont be watching the game in person saturday, but have no doubt he’ll be watching from above. Thanks Mark.
PERFECT
December 1st, 2011
3:03 pm
P.E.R.F.E.C.T, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You hit the nail on the head.
Mark (another one)
December 1st, 2011
3:03 pm
Most of the time I skip over tribute columns. They’re usually fillers. This is the exception, and I felt a little misty eyed. Great job. Larry is and will continue to be missed, and twice you have scored writing about him. I know my wife and I will be thinking about him as we sit in the Dome on Saturday. DGD.
Tom
December 1st, 2011
3:04 pm
Perfect. I could hear his voice. Just ONE MORE TIME for Larry. The apple pie had an anvil in it…..that’s a good’un
DIT
December 1st, 2011
3:04 pm
Just looking at that picture with Munson holding up that Bass. Makes me want to go home, grab my son and do some fishing!
Love Larry, but LSU Rolls
December 1st, 2011
3:04 pm
Actually, you could probably just go pull ou the tape of Larry calling the 2003 SEC Championship game and play it again. Final score LSU-34, UGA-13.
william
December 1st, 2011
3:04 pm
Kudos Mark Bradley. A really fine piece of writing. Thank you.
Dawgwild
December 1st, 2011
3:05 pm
Mark Bradley this was by far one of the best and most touching stories you’ve written. I use to turn off the sound to games growing up and watch them on the TV. I’m only 28 but most of my childhood was spent listening to Munson. This sparked a few tears for me for some odd reason.
Football fan
December 1st, 2011
3:05 pm
Mark, I don’t think you could have written a bettter tribute to Mr. Munson nor made Ga fans any happier with this article. You just captured 30+ years of memories for me. Thank you.
TN Jeff
December 1st, 2011
3:07 pm
Just when I think you couldn’t possibly do anything dumber you go and do something like this … and totally redeem yourself! Thanks
DAVID MAYNARD
December 1st, 2011
3:07 pm
damn good article Bradly for a damn good dawg!
Hold Dem Tigers
December 1st, 2011
3:07 pm
And Damon will hold dem red panties too…….
78dawg
December 1st, 2011
3:07 pm
I could here Larry calling those words with his voice inflections. I had forgotten about how Loran said Larry. Thanks Mark for making this old dwag smile. Loved it !!
UGAHERCEY75
December 1st, 2011
3:07 pm
I love it! Win it for Munson. He died knowing that we were in the SEC championship. No Fear! Go Dawgs!
Dawgs Roll
December 1st, 2011
3:08 pm
Why not pull the 2005 tape instead?
Just Wanna Say
December 1st, 2011
3:08 pm
well done sir. My favorite column of yours…ever.
AltamahaDawg
December 1st, 2011
3:09 pm
I suppose it would be clever to try to put down a Munson voiced rendering of: we had no business even reading Mark Bradley, no chance to like the guy at all, but here we are, all of a sudden, look at this!!!! But I’ll leave it at, good job.
Andy
December 1st, 2011
3:11 pm
Nice Mark. I always loved how Larry was obsessed with the clock regardless if the Dawgs were up or down. “Look at the clock! It’s not moving!”
Old water boy
December 1st, 2011
3:11 pm
As a UGA letterman in the 80’s , it takes me back to my pre and post school days listening to the games. Well done…like others, I was reading in my mind with the ‘voice of Larry’ .
harold
December 1st, 2011
3:14 pm
SEE HAROLD’S POST @ 2:09 PM. UGA IS GOING TO GET ABUSED. THIS GAME WILL BE A MASSACURE. RICHT’S BIGGEST CONCERN IS HOW BIG THE HOSPITAL BILL WILL BE.
Lakedawg57
December 1st, 2011
3:14 pm
Mark great job I heard his voice for every word you wrote. I love being a under Dawg !!! Just hoping these young man can keep on plugging. I think we (They) win it for LARRY.
The Dome is worse than Bonkers
December 1st, 2011
3:15 pm
We just crushed their face with an anvil apple pie!
HCCynic (and Tech dropout)
December 1st, 2011
3:15 pm
Well done Mark, VERY well done.
Please overlook my loyalities for a brief moment, and allow me to say, simply, that when i learned of Mr. Munson’s passing, I immediately prayed for comfort for his family, felt a sense of sadness for everyone in the Dawg nation (which includes my wife),
and had a flashback to the “day” of AM radios, Saturday afternoons when the voices of Al Ciraldo (GT) and Larry Munson (UGA) would both be blaring in one room or the other, around the house.
RIP Mr. Munson and thanks for the memories
And to the UGA Football team, Win this one for Larry!
Spaceman Spiff
December 1st, 2011
3:17 pm
@ DIT
From what am hearing is that IC did something the seniors didnt like…dont know what it is, but they gave him a “good one”… take it for what its worth
Kudos Mr. Bradley.
December 1st, 2011
3:17 pm
Was anyone else brought to tears? I had to “use the bathroom” at work after reading this.
Tim
December 1st, 2011
3:17 pm
Good stuff!!! Very well done and really enjoyable to read.
WDE
December 1st, 2011
3:18 pm
Having a pretty crappy day here at the old salt mine today got a chance to read this during lunch, thanks for the laugh Mark! Well done very well done indeed !! You know you’ve been “channeling” your inner Larry for a few days now some of your best work ever!! Kudo’s !
Bob
December 1st, 2011
3:18 pm
This may be your greatest column. I sat at my desk and fought back the tears.
harold
December 1st, 2011
3:18 pm
I AM AN IDIOT. MY POOR JACKETS GOT HAMMERED LIKE A CHEAP DATE ONCE AGAIN.
OoltewahDawg
December 1st, 2011
3:19 pm
Whoever read this wonderful piece and did NOT hear Larry’s voice just ain’t right.
WDE
December 1st, 2011
3:19 pm
@harold = great place to park a “hobnailed boot”
Spaceman Spiff
December 1st, 2011
3:20 pm
Excellent job, MB!
Charles
December 1st, 2011
3:20 pm
I just read that to myself from start to finish in Larry’s voice. Yeah, you nailed it, really nice work.
Run Lindsay Run
December 1st, 2011
3:21 pm
I have never had a nice thing to say about your columns, but today I must admit it brought a tear to my eye and a shiver up my spine! Very well done!!! Go Dawgs!!!
robodawg
December 1st, 2011
3:25 pm
Classic. This is something to keep. You might add our players are wearing red hats.
claytondawg
December 1st, 2011
3:25 pm
“MY GOD, A JOURNALIST!!!” Thanks for the happy tears, thoughts, and memories.
JIV
December 1st, 2011
3:26 pm
Newsline – Heavan …..
And now Ladies and Gentlemen, W-GOD would like to welcome our new play by play man who is ready to call the action for you today and for rest of eternity … the big Dawg himself … Mr Larry Munson.
Thank You God … Great to be here … Ok … get the picture now …
R.I.P Larry – hope I am luck enough to hear you live again at some point soon …..
UGADog83
December 1st, 2011
3:27 pm
I could hear Larry’s voice while I was reading this. He was the best. His voice has been part of my life since he came to UGa when I was 5 years old. I will always miss him. Let’s hope he’s in the booth standing behind Scott on Saturday evening! Go Dawgs!
Patrick
December 1st, 2011
3:27 pm
Thanks so much for that, Mark. It brought me a chuckle and a few chills. You really captured ol’ Larry very well. I miss his voice already.
Troll Power Ratings
December 1st, 2011
3:27 pm
That was awesome. Trolls everywhere are cringing.
Rusty
December 1st, 2011
3:27 pm
Mark, I often critisize what I perceived to be your bias against UGA. However, you did a good job on this one.
Bo
December 1st, 2011
3:28 pm
I know today’s journalist wants to be known as objective but you know every now and then we need our hometown folks to be a little more of “homer.” Jesse and Furman were beloved and considered great sports writers and they weren’t above finding good in the hometown college teams. After all its not he NFL writer style that leaves a legacy. I hope that 20 years after you are gone people still remember your name and associate it with some warm, endearing story about “our guys.”
Ted M
December 1st, 2011
3:28 pm
great blog
dean
December 1st, 2011
3:30 pm
Sigh. I miss Larry. Saturday night, I think what I’ll do is turn the TV sound down and “listen” to Larry’s call.
GeorgiaFanStuckInGamecockCountry
December 1st, 2011
3:30 pm
Great job. I really enjoyed this. Sounds just like how Larry would call it. RIP Larry!!!! GO DAWGS!!!
Dalton Dawg
December 1st, 2011
3:31 pm
I got such a mixed bag of emotions reading this column. It gave me chills, and I couldn’t help but hear his voice as I read. Great Job Mark. You hit the “hobnail” on the head. RIP Larry. You DGD!
Steveo
December 1st, 2011
3:34 pm
Good job Bradley…you brought a tear to my eye…wish Larry could have called this one…..”Hunker Down Dawgs …just one more time”!!
Ray Stalvey
December 1st, 2011
3:34 pm
Great article. Gave me goosebumps!
DIT
December 1st, 2011
3:35 pm
Thanks Spaceman Spiff
Makes one wonder how long Crowell will be around especially if we get Marshall.
BklynDawg
December 1st, 2011
3:39 pm
D@mn, Mark.
That was eerie. Beautiful, perfect, and hopefully prophetic. . . but eerie.
Must-read for every Bulldog.
TexDawg
December 1st, 2011
3:40 pm
Well done! I could hear Larry making the call. Thanks for that.
DawgFan (the original)
December 1st, 2011
3:40 pm
That took a lot of work Mark…great job and God Bless Larry Munson and the Dawgs!
Beachdawg
December 1st, 2011
3:42 pm
Great job, Mark!!! Munson was as important to the Bulldogs as….well….the Bulldog!!! There will never be another Munson and God Bless Scott Howard for having to follow him. He’s in a no-win place with fans. The history that Larry Munson helped re-create with his words are why we all can give our imitations and recollections. They’re forever burned in our minds. I hope YOUR rendition becomes reality on Saturday. Larry WOULD say, “we don’t have a chance”, yet deep in his heart of hearts he knew that we did!!!! Hunker Down Dawgs!!!!
timthebrave
December 1st, 2011
3:42 pm
Mark, good one
JDawg1785
December 1st, 2011
3:43 pm
Well done, Mark! I could hear Larry in my head the whole time.
Old Boy
December 1st, 2011
3:43 pm
Thank you Mark. I could hear his voice through the entire article. Well done.
Woosinator
December 1st, 2011
3:43 pm
Great job Mark!!
If you believe in Karma (and I do)…there is nothing better than being a massive underdog in a championship game where NOBODY thinks you have a chance. Munson made us feel that way even when we were heavy favorites. He would have a field day with this one! I really miss him.
Its only justice that the Dawgs shock the world. “We were out of it and gone….I gave up…so did you.” If the game is close early watch those Tiger collars start tightening….maybe Larry can give a tug from above.
SHOCK THE WORLD!!! Go DAWGS!
DePort
December 1st, 2011
3:45 pm
We cant honor a legend without some of these idiots still getting on here and making idiotic comments about stuff that dont matter…. Geaux get a girlfriend/boyfriend or something ….
Say What???
December 1st, 2011
3:46 pm
Inspired piece of prose, Mr. Bradley. Thank you for sharing that with the Dawg Nation.
Hankie Aron
December 1st, 2011
3:51 pm
Mark- Easily the best column you ever wrote. Smiles and tears. If I could add anything to it, on the PAT it would be “Walsh stuck it in there”
VA Dawg
December 1st, 2011
3:54 pm
Priceless. Great job!
balismith
December 1st, 2011
3:54 pm
anyone who is a true georgia fan has loved listening to larry describe the action of a georgia game and frankly yours does not come close
dean
December 1st, 2011
3:54 pm
Dear blog gobbler. Please release me. Never mind. I’ll say it again.
Sigh. I miss Larry. On Saturday night, I think I’ll turn the TV sound down a “listen” to Larry’s call.
Mike
December 1st, 2011
3:55 pm
I know one thing – he would have had a nervous breakdown and we would have had NO CHANCE – but you know he would have died a little with each point scored against us and lived every point we scored. No player on the field would have been more exhausted at the end of the game than Larry. We miss you!
JSD
December 1st, 2011
4:00 pm
This is the most rediculous article you have ever written. Next.
Go Dawgs
Cuz
December 1st, 2011
4:01 pm
Mark, you managed to put every over the top reference Larry ever did in one article. I don’t think even Larry would use them all at the same time. But I have to admit, it was entertaining and a tribute to “The Voice of the Dawgs”.
441North
December 1st, 2011
4:09 pm
Mark, you gave me chills. Ohhhh you Mark Bradley ! ! ! Just posting and blogging with those skinny fingers ! ! ! My God a Senior Writer ! ! Give the guy some rest …………………..
H DAWG
December 1st, 2011
4:11 pm
Man, that brought a smile to my face and a tear to my eyes ! Go win it for Larry boys and make us all proud !
WDE
December 1st, 2011
4:11 pm
Damn I just went back and read it again…that Mark was wonderful piece of writing ! On parachutes! They’re COWS DIPPED IN SUGAR! LOOK AT THOSE SUGAR-DIPPED COWS FALLING OUT OF THE SKY!!! …you just can’t get any better than that!! Have a great evening Bull Dog Nation !!!! My God after a 0-2 start we are going to get to play for a SEC title !!
Beast from the East Eaten by Dawg
December 1st, 2011
4:13 pm
Great piece, Mark. Munson was one of a kind.
Sose
December 1st, 2011
4:14 pm
As many before has said, this was a great, great read (listen?). It is in true Munson style and his voice rang out with each line. It did give me chills down my spine, perfectly done. Well played Sir! God I miss listening to that man.
barrow dog
December 1st, 2011
4:14 pm
Funniest damn thing i’ve read in the sports pages since Lewis Grizzard.
thanks and GO DOGS!
Vince
December 1st, 2011
4:16 pm
You made me cry reading this article. Excellent job! The mark of a very good sportswriter. Let’s equate this to something like Cindy Crawford—-a really nice piece!
Dennis
December 1st, 2011
4:17 pm
Good job Mark. Larry would be proud!!
the old coach
December 1st, 2011
4:21 pm
Mark you just made an old 71 year old man cry. OMG I felt Larry sitting right here beside me. I f we win which I am a believer you need to do this story on a nice parchment paper. I think you could make some bucks. One of the best pieces I have ever read that you wrote. By the way I coached one of your associate writers Kevin Whaley.
LSUTigerinATL
December 1st, 2011
4:22 pm
“Oh my God I’ve never seen any team beat us like this LSU team. Man are they one damm good football team!”
bill
December 1st, 2011
4:22 pm
God bless Thurman–
Ron Burgundy
December 1st, 2011
4:22 pm
Larry would probably say….Geez itsa been forever since we won a national title…and that one was lame cause the schedule was so easy.
collegedude
December 1st, 2011
4:22 pm
Ok, usually I don’t like anything Mr. Bradley writes, but here is the exception to the rule. Extremely well done Mr. Bradley.
Did anybody else hear Larry’s voice reading that? Sounded in my head like Larry was saying every word of it.
The Big Cat
December 1st, 2011
4:23 pm
Mark great article. However everytime you had dialog for Scott Howard it should have just said “(silly giggling and squealing)” That is all that he does.
Go back and listen to the “Hobnail Boot” call. While it was one of Munson’s greatest, it is almost ruined by Scott Howard screaming like a 12 year old girl at a Justin Beiber concert.
Scott Howard and Eric Zeier are so bad that in honor of Larry Munson passing away they both should quit.
WOW!
December 1st, 2011
4:25 pm
Your greatest work! Man I had chills a Dawg could bite! Heck, I honestly think we gonna win. Hear that Dawg fans? We gonna pull it off!
Snack Shack
December 1st, 2011
4:25 pm
Wonderful! Absolutely, wonderful!
VALDOSTADAWG
December 1st, 2011
4:27 pm
That was a wonderful article. RIP Larry we miss you so much…DGD. Thats what we need to hunker down one last time
Wofford T-Dawg
December 1st, 2011
4:27 pm
Shultzie – whatta ya got?
Marvin Mangrum
December 1st, 2011
4:27 pm
Read that, tears falling, dang you man , dang you.
John Boy
December 1st, 2011
4:29 pm
That made me cry. He’s gone and we will never hear him again.
Chopper
December 1st, 2011
4:29 pm
PERFECT!
evil empire
December 1st, 2011
4:29 pm
MB…quit feeding these uga idiots…you can evoke all the great prophets and greats you like, it isn’t gonna help uga’s players when LSU puts the hammer down…LSU 44 UGa 10…thats just the way it is in the real world, not the fantasy land you and the dawg faithful want it to be…
Marvin Mangrum
December 1st, 2011
4:30 pm
Tis Thursday afternoon, alls well, then I gotta stick my nose into your silly renderings, dang man, dang. He was a genius, surely was.
Dink
December 1st, 2011
4:32 pm
Great job MB! You brought a big smile to this old Bulldog’s face!
evil empire
December 1st, 2011
4:34 pm
earth to dawg fans…in 48 hours you will begin getting the beatdown of the decade by a vastly superior LSU squad with much bigger fish to fry…start working on your excuses NOW…
Mole
December 1st, 2011
4:36 pm
Fantastic, You made my day
impressed
December 1st, 2011
4:37 pm
Mark, thanks for having too much time on your hands. Hands down best guess at a Munson call Sat night. Love it….
Geaux Tigers
December 1st, 2011
4:37 pm
Man GA fans, the reality of Saturday is going to be PAINFUL to deal with.
GA hopes to win, LSU expects to win.
Bo
December 1st, 2011
4:37 pm
Evil empire your comments are for another column on another day. This is about Larry, He did not hate LSU and he would have loved to have been in the booth for this one on Saturday.
ViningsDawg
December 1st, 2011
4:38 pm
Best Work Ever!!! Sugar dipped cows… Brilliant!!!
1980_Georgette
December 1st, 2011
4:39 pm
Just curious – do folks know that Larry was really seeing ACUTAL SUGAR (CUBES) ‘falling from the sky’ at that fateful Auburn game? I was there when it happened: Folks started throwing the sugar cubes – my guess from the upper deck when we took the lead. I was shocked and amazed that someone was smart enought to think to bring bucket loads of sugar cubes! So – I always assumed that Larry saw what was happening and just described it – but from reading the tributes – I think that fact that there was ‘real sugar falling’ has gotten lost – so now you know the rest of the story! I just remembered getting pelted and loving it (you could say it ‘was’ truly very very sweet momement in time!!!). I have a feeling folks threw the sugar cubes at the Auburn fans too – since they retaliated years later (or the next year) with the water cannons on us… Perhalps fans going to the Dome and to Munson’s memorial should sneak in sugar cubes – they’re easy to buy in a box on the sugar isle in the grocery store and again let the sugar fall from the sky…. AND Dawg fans – remember you can’t spell SUGAR without UGA!
Dink
December 1st, 2011
4:39 pm
Bo
Well said! Man, what is with some people…
DLHC
December 1st, 2011
4:40 pm
Bravo! Bravo! Larry would be proud.
joekill
December 1st, 2011
4:40 pm
awesome GO DAWGS lets win it for larry
Perfect
December 1st, 2011
4:41 pm
You nailed it.
Snoopy
December 1st, 2011
4:41 pm
A classic job, Mark.
KB
December 1st, 2011
4:42 pm
Thats the best article you have ever done Bradley. Great work
South Carolina DAWGS
December 1st, 2011
4:42 pm
thanks Mark
Across the great Savannah WE enjoyed it. Well Done my man!!!!
GaDawgs7
December 1st, 2011
4:42 pm
May have been your best column ever!
egeagle
December 1st, 2011
4:45 pm
Good piece, Mark. As one who grew up like KCCynic, listening to Larry and Al on an AM radio while sitting under a shade tree in a porch swing, I could hear Larry loud and clear. Those strong bonds to Dawg football last until now and will remain forever. I’m a Georgia Southern fan, but I guess you could say I’m an illegal alein in the Bulldog Nation as well. I’m also an honor graduate of the fabled Munson School of Worry. Until Larry’s retirement, no college season could begin until I heard Larry say, “Get the picture” for the first game. Even if I was in the Boro or wherever the Eagles were opening, that phrase was a must hear. I’ll never forget how he and Chuck Dowdlw announced a GS game against Northern Iowa on our first championship run. He got excited in that one even. One last call that rarely gets mentioned came from 1976 when Lindsay Scott returned the second half kickoff for a TD and UGA beat LSU 24-17. We just beat LSU in Bqaton Rouge on Saturday night!” 35 years later, I hope to hear Scott Howard say something similar.
SweatDawg
December 1st, 2011
4:45 pm
this is the best you have ever been. I have a tear in my eye. Go Dawgs!
Ron Burgundy
December 1st, 2011
4:45 pm
He is probably saying….what do we have to do to win a national title around here? I mean we have the easist schedule since 1980 and we still mess it up!
MidGA Dawg
December 1st, 2011
4:46 pm
Outstanding article! i could hear every word in his voice!
“I GAVE UP, YOU DID TOO! AND JARVIS JONES CAME FLYING IN THERE TO SAVE THE DOGS!”
Doodaddy
December 1st, 2011
4:47 pm
Thanks so much for this piece, Mark. You definitely hob-nailed it. Forever lives the spirit of Munson.
Tripp Bowden
December 1st, 2011
4:48 pm
Mark I often enjoy your columns but this just might be the best one yet. You absolutely nailed ol Munson dead on. Nicely done. I too got a little lump in my throat reading it, having grown up listening to Munson. My dad would turn down the tv volume and turn on Munson. There will never be another. Thanks for this. Cheers. Trippster
DCBrave33
December 1st, 2011
4:48 pm
The funny thing is that if you ever listened to Munson, all the talk about other teams speed is so true. Regardless of who it was, they always had “one of those track guys” that could blaze down the field and our defense had no chance against him. He built a monster that, if you didn’t see a television image accompaning his radio call, had you scared out of your mind?
Could we lose to Northwestern State? Larry says they’ve got two guys that are faster than any two we have on either offense of defense.
It made every Georgia victory seem like a win for the underdog. A miracle from the heavens. I will probably miss that the most about him.
Thanks Mark.
Smitty
December 1st, 2011
4:48 pm
READ THIS AND JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND YOU WILL HEAR MUNSON CALLING THE GAME…WHAT A GREAT ARTICLE
Marion
December 1st, 2011
4:49 pm
love.this.column.
SEC Fact Finder
December 1st, 2011
4:49 pm
Larry Munson and his era of announcers could really paint a picture. Miss those guys.
Good Job Mark.
si
December 1st, 2011
4:50 pm
I lived next to his apt in Atl, he partied a lot and had lots of working women, go larry!
And thats 100% true
lanier
December 1st, 2011
4:50 pm
best thing you have EVER written. the dawgs need you on the mic
sUGAr DAWG!
December 1st, 2011
4:50 pm
Standing “O”
SugarBowlBound
December 1st, 2011
4:51 pm
Very nicely done, Mark! Larry would be proud!
Forever a Dawgfan
December 1st, 2011
4:52 pm
Perfectly written Mark. I can see him saying every last word! Well done.
Bigdawg1980
December 1st, 2011
4:53 pm
That is priceless….thanks for sharing. Munson will always be alive in Dawg Nation…..
Now that's funny
December 1st, 2011
4:53 pm
Loran Smith: “Larrah, the lovely Julie Moran sent me a note telling me she’d be watching from Hollywood and rooting for her Dogs … ”
dawg fan
December 1st, 2011
4:53 pm
Thomas has never knocked anyone backwards. That should be edited.
DLink
December 1st, 2011
4:54 pm
I enjoyed that read immensely. Never heard Larry or of Larry Munson, not being a big sports fan. If this is how he announced games, though, I’d probably be a lot more into the sports scene than I am. I love a great character, I think we all do. Thanks for introducing me.
Drewski
December 1st, 2011
4:54 pm
Absolutely wonderful. Awesome job, Mark. DAWGS, WIN OUT FOR MUNSON.
tiger-uga
December 1st, 2011
4:55 pm
Great work, I could hear that voice! I saved this work of art!
Disoriented Dawg
December 1st, 2011
4:56 pm
Good piece Mark. You must have been hard at work on this one while you dropped those past few puff pieces on here. This one definitely makes up for those!
RIP Larry
Joseph Pulitzer
December 1st, 2011
4:56 pm
Beautiful … Mr. Bradley, you win the prize.
GT Dude
December 1st, 2011
4:56 pm
Nice read, thought I could hear Munson as I read it
Unfortunately, it’s not going to change the outcome; LSU is too deep for UGA to keep up in the second half.
Gainesville Dawg
December 1st, 2011
5:00 pm
Mark, Wonderful story!!!!! I could just hear Munson’s reactions during the game.
You are to be commended!
Thanks!
DawgOne
December 1st, 2011
5:00 pm
Absolutely wonderful. As someone who grew up with Munson on the radio, I can hear him in your writing. A wonderful tribute to a legend by a writer I consider one of the best in sports media.. One of the best articles I’ve seen written in some time.
longtimedawgfan
December 1st, 2011
5:02 pm
credit where credit’s due…nicely done…very good…
Rowdy
December 1st, 2011
5:06 pm
Awesome!
Jeff
December 1st, 2011
5:07 pm
I was fully prepared to be offended that you’d try this but …you did Larry proud.
Paul in NH
December 1st, 2011
5:07 pm
Great post Mark – made me laugh a great deal.
dawg4u
December 1st, 2011
5:08 pm
Great rendition Mark. You “out-munsoned” Munson. That brought me back to the many games I listened to Larry on the radio especially in the early days BI (before internet). Fine trip down memory lane and as Jesse Outlar would say “Kudos.”
SSIgator
December 1st, 2011
5:09 pm
Speaking of Larry, have they put him in the ground yet? If not, he will be a little ripe by December 10th.
Ron Burgundy
December 1st, 2011
5:09 pm
At least Larry got to see other teams win BCS titles. Ho hum.
Sandlot
December 1st, 2011
5:11 pm
Well played, sir.
JoeDawg
December 1st, 2011
5:12 pm
That brought a tear to my eye, Mark…We will never be lucky enough to have another Larry Munson.
MerryMary
December 1st, 2011
5:18 pm
Wow! Thanks for this. I couldn’t read it aloud to family members for laughing and crying at the same time. You caught the Munson spirit. It was so good to hear “Munson” one more time-I have missed him so much since he left the booth when health forced him to retire.
LawDawg86
December 1st, 2011
5:20 pm
Very nicely done, Mark! I was grinning ear to ear, with some non-dry eyes because I could really hear Larry calling it just like you wrote. +1 for Bradley!
superDawg
December 1st, 2011
5:21 pm
I said “HUNKERDOWN YOU GUYS ONE MORE TIME”.
Buckeye
December 1st, 2011
5:22 pm
Larry Munson is THE best of Georgia football and among the best of all of college football.
I give Larry all credit for my paying any attention to dog football here in Atlanta. Listening an AM 750 WSB on Saturdfays was always a treat.
shaggy
December 1st, 2011
5:22 pm
Mark,
This is the best column that I have ever read by you.
God Job!
GO DAWGS!
Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof!
superDawg
December 1st, 2011
5:23 pm
I miss Larry and I love UGA football.It is not the same without him but he will be there as long as I live.
Buckeye
December 1st, 2011
5:24 pm
How much did Chick Filet pay for the plug, MB? Too funny.
The Ole Ball Coach
December 1st, 2011
5:24 pm
Hats off Bradley….you nailed it…..You nailed it…..
kirktfish
December 1st, 2011
5:24 pm
Gonna miss Larry till I see him again.
Jacketdad
December 1st, 2011
5:26 pm
I am a Tech fan from Tennesse but this was a great job of writing. It really captured the sprit of a Munson broadcast. He was an unbeleiveable sportscaster – we were all privileged to have listened to him.
superDawg
December 1st, 2011
5:26 pm
GO DAWGS!NUFF SAID.
Barry
December 1st, 2011
5:26 pm
As a Georgia player many years ago I knew Larry Munson in his earliest days and most thereafter. I believe he would love this article and be flattered, for obviously it is written with admiration. Nice going Mark Bradley!
AlaskaDawg
December 1st, 2011
5:26 pm
Awesome! Best tribute to Munson yet!
GeorgiaBoner
December 1st, 2011
5:27 pm
Gay.
Dirty Dawg
December 1st, 2011
5:27 pm
The thing about this is, I suspect, you – Mark – had to think about what to say and how to say it…with Larry it just spewed forth. I’ll always believe that the man was a ‘throwback’. He did football like an announcer from the 30s. I never realized it until one day I was watching some old movie from about that time that included the radio broadcast of some game…it was as if Larry was doing the game.
Either way, this one was fun…and memorable.
The Ole Ball Coach
December 1st, 2011
5:28 pm
Why don’t they sale the complete games where Larry Munson called them on the Radio comlete with commericals……… Munson Estate, WSB 750, and UGA could make some big dollars….
Heck I would buy many of the games just to listen to his voice…..
georgia tiger
December 1st, 2011
5:28 pm
MB
As a Georgia Tiger and a UGA parent you got it exactly right. Larry is pleased I am sure. Only problem is Jarvis Jones would have to be able to catch those Tigers! Go LSU. Very nice job.
Pitbull
December 1st, 2011
5:29 pm
Don’t forgetMark that when Georgia or the other team got down inside the other team’s five yard line they were “knocking on the door”
And when a Georgia field goal kicker kicked for a long one (over 48 yards) it was “watch it…watch it… watch it…it’s good and Georgia gets three on the board.”
And when a Georgia defensive player tacked hard, he “really racked ‘em.”
And the line was “when did she walk in the door?” when something great happened. Who she was Larry never said on the air but it was Lady Luck.
Hoopster
December 1st, 2011
5:29 pm
Well except for the fact that Crowell won’t be dressed out or playing, it’s cute.
Y3ll0wjacket
December 1st, 2011
5:31 pm
Freakin’ great article, Mark. Thanks for making me crack up while at work. This definitely brings back the memories. I’ll be rooting for the Dawgs along with Larry during the game, even if I am a Yellow Jacket, class of ‘88. I was a Munson fan long before I went to Tech.
Brent
December 1st, 2011
5:35 pm
The best of your career. I’m a lifelong Tech fan and have tears in my eyes. Mark, that was unbelievable.
Michael Ruffin
December 1st, 2011
5:35 pm
Mr. Bradley, for this column and the one the other day about the BCS rendering the SEC title game irrelevant you, sir, deserve the Pulitzer Prize…
DawgInaTruck
December 1st, 2011
5:37 pm
Great job dude. I could hear his voice as I read the article. That means you absolutely nailed it.
Brent
December 1st, 2011
5:39 pm
A work of Lewis Grizzard proportions. That’s the ultimate compliment from a southerner.
P-Man
December 1st, 2011
5:41 pm
Very nice, Mark. I also heard Munson’s voice in my head as I read it.
I especially liked the reference to the Notre Dame replays, as that took me way back…
MH
December 1st, 2011
5:52 pm
Jeff Foxworthy might say you know you are a serious Dawg fan if you get cold chills reading a made up Munson call of the upcoming Uga -Lsu game. I Did and proud of it. Incredible job of portraying how Munson might have called the game. You knew him well. Thanks for the memories. Mh
Louie
December 1st, 2011
5:52 pm
I hope it works out just like Larry called it.
UGA Junior
December 1st, 2011
5:53 pm
I like it mark. But damnit i told you to never say the dawgs will win again
Joe
December 1st, 2011
5:57 pm
Does this qualify for a Peabody Award? If so, you deserve it. I don’t know whether to start crying or bash my head through the office wall. Stirring!
JDW
December 1st, 2011
5:57 pm
Should we prevail, the words “look at the sugar falling from the sky” in Munson’s voice should echo from the rafters!
GATA
December 1st, 2011
5:59 pm
“We got no business even BEING here! LSU’s got all that size and speed, my God the speed! The Dawgs come in with NO running backs no not even ONE! What I wouldn’t give for even a backup from Clarke Central! The entire universe is sitting right square on top of Murray’s head and everybody in the state is wondering how we’ll survive this thing!”
Great article Mark – I can just hear Munson’s voice…
WNCDawg
December 1st, 2011
6:00 pm
Great job Mark. Nailed him. He was back with us for a few more minutes….
DAWG
December 1st, 2011
6:01 pm
Thanks, Mark. Definitely brings tears. I hope Larry knew how much he was loved and how good he was !! The BEST !!!
bulldogbubba
December 1st, 2011
6:06 pm
Thank you Sir! Santa will most definitly be good to you this year. If we had for Larry for one more game.You Big Softy!!!!!!!!
andrew
December 1st, 2011
6:08 pm
Nice job Mark
Texas Dawg
December 1st, 2011
6:09 pm
Great work, Bradley. Munson would love it.
great piece
December 1st, 2011
6:12 pm
well done
Eldawg
December 1st, 2011
6:17 pm
Great job Mark! I enjoyed that.
Disoriented Dawg
December 1st, 2011
6:20 pm
This is better than watching (or listening to) the real game.
In this one, we win!
BozinGa
December 1st, 2011
6:20 pm
Can’t tell you how good this piece is Mark. You outdid yourself. My eyes got misty. Thanks!
MAT Dawg
December 1st, 2011
6:22 pm
Very good job Mark!!
Calder Ehrmann
December 1st, 2011
6:22 pm
Genius Mark! The best piece I have ever read and I have been reading sports articles for about 25 years. Thank you for this!
WDE
December 1st, 2011
6:23 pm
@SSIgator hey pinhead can you do us a favor can you get Mushchamp to guarantee a LSU victory please……God you are a sore loser but good news you are going to get a lot of practice in the near future..
mh
December 1st, 2011
6:23 pm
Whether you have memories of listening to Larry Munson call the games from back to 1966 like I have or were just blessed to hear him the last 10 years or so, you can probably understand why sports writer Mark Bradley’s rendition of how Larry might call the upcoming game could be so touching and stir many fond memories. He was a classic pessimist regarding whomever Georgia was going to play but there was NOBODY more excited when Georgia would pull out a win and hundreds of thousands of UGA fans will never forget his unbridled bias toward the Dawgs, his passion and love for the game, his enthusiasm and unrehearsed calls on many critical plays that inspired the Bulldog Nation.
I think Jeff Foxworthy would probably say something along the line of “if reading a made up article about how Munson may have called a game yet to be played gives you good cold chills, then you probably are a serious multigenerational Bulldog fan especially since at least 1966 when Larry graced the microphone to call the UGA.
games.” Foxworthy would be right for me personally as I did get cold chills reading it and am proud of it.
If you are not interested in or have never followed UGA football, all this will probably seem hard to understand.
If however you bleed red and black, then you have to nominate Mark Bradley for a pulitzer as one blogger posted. If you knew and followed Munson’s career, you cannot read Bradley’s “how Munson might have called the upcoming game” without be amazed at the timing in his wording and phrases that Munson made famous, at his recollection of all the games Larry would worry about ahead of and during the games, at the unintended sense of humor Larry displayed, at the raw enthusiasm about great plays etc. It is though you were listening to Larry again. Absolutely amazing work of writing. Mark Bradley knew Larry Munson very, very well, loved the man and misses him as so many of us do.
62-39-5 vs Tech- 48-40-2 vs Florida
December 1st, 2011
6:24 pm
Great impersonation of the greatest football radio play by play man in the history of earth.
130on2
December 1st, 2011
6:25 pm
One word. OUTSTANDING!!!!
Mark Bradley
December 1st, 2011
6:26 pm
Once again, I thank y’all. I’m humbled. Really.
Ludatripp
December 1st, 2011
6:29 pm
The part with Lorne Smith was spot on. He would have said something stupid and Munson would have interrupted him.
jimmyd
December 1st, 2011
6:41 pm
Great job, brought tears to my eyes. Growing up in Waycross in the 60’s and listening to Munson was a way of life. My first memory of Larry Munson was calling the Georgia/ Miami game and big Ronnie Jenkins running through the mud to lead Georgia to a win. I do not think I missed a game on the radio for the next 40 years. Thanks for all the memories Larry.
62-39-5 vs Tech- 48-40-2 vs Florida
December 1st, 2011
6:42 pm
I enjoyed that read immensely. Never heard Larry or of Larry Munson, not being a big sports fan. If this is how he announced games, though, I’d probably be a lot more into the sports scene than I am. I love a great character, I think we all do. Thanks for introducing me.
You would have loved him.I listen to him ever since I was
a little boy and I’ll be 54 in two weeks.You coud be driving down the road at night and it would be like you
were on the side line with the team.There was many a game
I would pull off the road just so I could concentrate on
what he was saying and what was about to happen.When more and more of the games started getting televised,like many have said, I would turn down the tv sound and listen to Larry. After 911,it seemed the games started having time delays and it was out of sync with the picture .I sure miss him.Go Dawgs beat LSU.
Ole dog
December 1st, 2011
6:47 pm
Awesome!!!
I laughed out loud a couple of times and could picture myself up at Clarke Hill Lake listening on the radio on a Saturday afternoon. It would be great if it can happen anywhere close to that. The one thing that gives me hope is remembering 1984 Cotton bowl against undefeated # 2 Texas and the dawgs won late, 10 to 9. (# 1 Nebraska lost to Miami that day too!) So yes it is possible and that is why we play the games. Can’t wait to see this one.
Allen Waters
December 1st, 2011
6:48 pm
Just play our best game young men! How about LSU in Athens when David Greene threw 5 td passes against them or the SEC 2005 when we beat the heavily favored #3LSU for the Championship while being ranked #13. Remember the big score in BR the last time? It was a shame to give up the game on a ridiculous penalty against AJ with the bothched ko and long run by them to take the game in Athens. I beleive these are some of the reasons they play the game! UGA fan in India that will be watching at 230am on Sunday.
Bat Masterson
December 1st, 2011
6:50 pm
Well done, Bradley.
Really
ChattDawg
December 1st, 2011
6:56 pm
A+ piece of work!
Max Sizemore
December 1st, 2011
6:59 pm
Well, the others have said it all. But it was SO GOOD that I’ll post anyway: SPECTACULAR. It simply could not have been better.
Allen
December 1st, 2011
7:02 pm
Started listening to Larry in the 70’s, great great piece.
rooster
December 1st, 2011
7:03 pm
What a fine thing you’ve done, Mark. Excellent.
Elementary my Dear Watson
December 1st, 2011
7:03 pm
Bradley………you kicked the ” whatchamacallit ” out of this article
AltamahaDawg
December 1st, 2011
7:10 pm
Keep swelling Brandley’s head and he’ll have to borrow hats from some other staff member.
Dawg Fan
December 1st, 2011
7:12 pm
Dont forget—-OMG,OMG,OMG,OMG, dont raise the academics or we will be like Vanderbilt—We are only in it for football, not graduation, or jobs in the future. Hang Jan Kemp, we would have been National Champs for good ole Vince, if Jan hadn’t caught us changing dumb players grades, just so we can play football.
JaxDawg
December 1st, 2011
7:15 pm
Mark, I swear I could hear Larry too! Got a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat.
Mike
December 1st, 2011
7:24 pm
Beautiful, Mark.. Sincere thanks. We needed that.
Tim
December 1st, 2011
7:29 pm
for ALL you LSU fans! Im gonna take the 14 points LSU is giving up! Sitting in SEC 118 Row 3 BET WHAT YOU WANT!!!!
todd grantham
December 1st, 2011
7:30 pm
Mark, you really did capture The Great Man. All those phrases I grew up with and into middle age with. I’ll bet you even know that when people refer to “run Lindsay run” that is in error. The Great Man said run just once.
What a privelige it must be to have personally known him. I’ll bet he’s reading your piece and thinking “My God Almighty Bradley’s good!!”
juvenal
December 1st, 2011
7:34 pm
don’t like wes, either-give me Vin Scully any day-Al told you where the ball was, Kim added the color……..
Lisa
December 1st, 2011
7:41 pm
That was the greatest article Mark! I could just hear Larry. Thanks for the updated memories and go Dawgs!
Free A.J.
December 1st, 2011
7:43 pm
Mark this is awesome. Great creativity on your part. As I read it I could hear Munson’s voice…you are right on the money here…let’s just hope the game turns out this way!
coladawy
December 1st, 2011
7:51 pm
Mark, This is the finest column you ever written. Save it for the scrapbook.
Remembance
December 1st, 2011
7:57 pm
Thanks so much for the from the heavens memories.
Remembance
December 1st, 2011
7:59 pm
Dawg Fan: Clearly, you are not.
James
December 1st, 2011
8:00 pm
Nice!! Brought a tear to my eye.Thanks
wally
December 1st, 2011
8:01 pm
I am 62 years old and am from Anderson SC. In the late sixties all Clemsom started at 1 pm and Georgia startd at 2 om. i would go to the Clemson games and coming home We would listen to the Great Munson. I decided to attend my first Georgia game maybe Baylor, not sure, I remembe it being about as hat as you could get it.. Everything went perfect they stll had the train running, it may even stoppned and watched the game. I met one of the nicest guys in the world from Atlanta, he even ask me to have lunch with him. My first Georgia game was wonderful. NO more Clemson Tigers. a whole lot of Larry Munson, Hershal Walker. My favorite player over the years was a walk on line backer No 47 by tne name of Griffeth. Back in those days the stadium was not closed in and you could actuall speak to the guys as they went into the locker room. I was there for most of the home games, he recognied me and alwas spoke. Boy, it was great to be a BULLDOG then and it is great to be a BULLDOG noe. PLEASE can ther be an upset Saturday, This ole Man from SC wants to see one real bad.
dawgfacedboy
December 1st, 2011
8:06 pm
Dudes, just heard a rumor that Crowell has been dismissed from the team. Anybody heard anything???
1969 Graduate
December 1st, 2011
8:06 pm
Hey, Wally, I’m older than you are, and I’m not old, so you can’t be either.
That was great. I don’t know how you did the sound track, but I could hear Larry’s voice just as clear as it ever was, which is to say it wasn’t clear at all, and nothing made sense all by itself, but all together it was as pretty as a picture.
The man was a poet.
Hunker down, Bulldogs.
Jeff
December 1st, 2011
8:09 pm
I was thinking the same thing, brought tears to my eyes. I could just hear Larry saying! Great job, Mark. Awesome! Now let’s go GATA, you Hairy Dawgs! Show them what your made of.
lee
December 1st, 2011
8:13 pm
the best tribute to Munson yet
Jacksonville Road Dawg
December 1st, 2011
8:22 pm
Pretty Darned Nice MB ! — One of the greatest memories of all times! Listening to Larry “Call the Dawgs !”
Mobile Dawg
December 1st, 2011
8:25 pm
Classy Mark. Lesson here is to treasure the things in life you enjoy.
Dawgface, I really wouldn’t be surprised.
UGA89
December 1st, 2011
8:31 pm
Mark you made me both laugh and cry at the same time.
Oh what memories , Dang I miss Larry Munson.
Hunker Down Saturday, Defense Hunker Down One More Time
Swampdawg
December 1st, 2011
8:33 pm
Steve Spurrier and Pat Dye just announced that they enjoyed the read too Mr Bradley but then they said “THE BULLDOGS ARE NOT MAN ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF THE PURPLE AND GOLD.”
Mobile Dawg
December 1st, 2011
8:37 pm
Swampy, truer words may not have ever been spoken, but then again, they are man enough to be on the field with them, that’s enough for me after the years we’ve had.
This DAWGS GOT CHILLS
December 1st, 2011
8:38 pm
Mark, you hit a home run here! What a great job, I got goose bumps thinking back to all those great calls by Larry. You just made me believe for a minute…we have hope!
dawggum
December 1st, 2011
8:42 pm
Mark- Not sure you’ll read this far thru the blogs but still wanted you to know that this article was fantastic and I have sent it to all my Bulldawg buddies!
mac_the_dog
December 1st, 2011
8:44 pm
Sure do miss Larry calling the games. Thanks for the refresher Mark.
sports
December 1st, 2011
8:51 pm
you all rite , mark
Marietta Dawg
December 1st, 2011
9:01 pm
Great job Mr Bradley. I could hear Larry the entire read.
GATA!
Maxfliga
December 1st, 2011
9:02 pm
A fitting tribute to a remarkable man! Mark you out did yourself, great article, made goosebumps come up while reading it. Lets see if we can Hunker Down One More Time for Larry!!
Go DAWGS!
catlady
December 1st, 2011
9:02 pm
“Oh, no, Oh, no! They just ran it in for a touchdown. 3 minutes before halftime, AND EVEN THE REDCOAT BAND COULDN’T TACKLE HIM!”
Sun Devil Dave
December 1st, 2011
9:02 pm
Rest In Peace Mr. Munson.
Thanks Mark, a heart warming story, and GO DAWGS – tear up some feral kittens!!
P.S. We need a coach in Tempe, tell Coach Mark Richt, they’re paying good.
THE REAL PHIL
December 1st, 2011
9:07 pm
Like everyone else said Mr. Bradley, that was really good.
Chris Snow
December 1st, 2011
9:08 pm
Cheers Mark! Well done. Dawgs are certainly going to need lady luck on Saturday night.
ugauga
December 1st, 2011
9:13 pm
Thanks, Mark….One for the ages…God Bless Your Soul And Rest In Peace, Larry Munson…..thanks for the moments and memories…your life and legacy will never be forgotten!
Delbert D.
December 1st, 2011
9:13 pm
Heckuva script, Mark.
Greg
December 1st, 2011
9:18 pm
What an awesome tribute. I could HEAR Larry! Super job capturing the essence of Larry Munson. Now let’s hope it all comes true. GO JARVIS!!! GO DOGS!!!!
SportsPaige
December 1st, 2011
9:19 pm
Excellent job Mark!!!! Thoroughly enjoyed this!
Swampdawg
December 1st, 2011
9:21 pm
Excellent Job Mark Bradley!
“Watch the Clock You Guys” “139 seconds left… “Can we hold’um one more time”…. 65, 64 ,63………20,19,18…..”One more TIME you guys. “God Almighty… Did You See What They Did”
We really miss you in Jersey GA Larry… The games are just not the same….
Rest in Peace
Eric C.
December 1st, 2011
9:22 pm
MB, very creative…thanks
Poopdawg
December 1st, 2011
9:26 pm
Good job Mark.
adamrush
December 1st, 2011
9:53 pm
Mark Bradley’s Column as performed by me….
http://youtu.be/EtCWnqVCpuo
RollDog
December 1st, 2011
9:57 pm
Brilliant!
todd grantham
December 1st, 2011
9:59 pm
i remember, as Mr Munson would characterize it, as the old, Old, OLD Days when during a break in the action he would say “This is Larry Muson with Bob Youngs; usual spotters Dick Payne and Louis Phiillips; engineer Luke Drury and producer Hugh Christian of WRFC here in Athens, Georgia”.
St. Bernard
December 1st, 2011
10:00 pm
Great article.
brandon
December 1st, 2011
10:02 pm
that’s pretty clever. well done.
Randawg
December 1st, 2011
10:07 pm
-Great read,MB….thanks for letting me re-live the moments of Larry’s broadcasts..I hung on his every word in those days and you made it seem like that had just happened..
Brucerugby79
December 1st, 2011
10:13 pm
Great Job Mark I really enjoyed that–GO DAWGS
bardawg
December 1st, 2011
10:16 pm
What an absolutely outstanding tribute to Larry Munson. I did’nt know you had it in you Mark Bradley, but as I read your article, you pretty much nailed the essence of the voice of the Dawgs. No wonder you make the big bucks, & thanks for reminding us how much Larry will be missed.
Bull
December 1st, 2011
10:22 pm
Mark,
This is by far your best piece. Give ya credit man, nice job and I like the creativity you pulled out of the bag.
bardawg
December 1st, 2011
10:25 pm
Adam Rush ,congrats on a great job (I know you had a ton of fun doing your Munson impersonation/ tribute)
Bull
December 1st, 2011
10:27 pm
Mark, this is what fans and readers crave man. Nice to see something great all of a sudden get produced out of the ajc
No sugar this time
December 1st, 2011
10:30 pm
Sugar will not be falling from the sky, and the hobnail boots will be planted in Georgia players’ faces.
Call it LSU by 21 points.
Snake Doc
December 1st, 2011
10:32 pm
Classic!
I got chill bumps reading this!
If only the real Munson was here to make those calls.
It just ain’t the same without ole Munson. Dang I miss that man calling GA games on Saturdays.
Forrest
December 1st, 2011
10:39 pm
Excellent. Listened to Larry the whole time I was reading it.
Go Dawgs
Dawgdrummer
December 1st, 2011
10:40 pm
Mark, I always enjoy your blog (that’s what a column is now, right?), but you have outdone yourself! Thank you for your work on this piece. It was truly special! I could hear Munson’s gravely voice throughout! Go Dawgs!
Swampdawg
December 1st, 2011
10:49 pm
Anybody seen me nuts?
Seem to have dropped them along with me man card.
FLA DAWG
December 1st, 2011
10:51 pm
The Dawgs are not worried about this game. Hell, they’re juiced and ready! The Dawgs have absolutely nothing to lose and eveything to gain.
LSU Tigers are blowing nervous confidence to overcome their anxiety. They are worried about a loss that could knock them out of the BCS.
If The Dawgs play to their potential and Bobo doesn’t screw things up it’ll be close at first then The Dawgs surge and win by 13!
Well, I can dream can’t I !?
rabundog
December 1st, 2011
10:58 pm
Well done Mark
GO DAWGS
Lynch carries Seahawks to 17-7 lead over Eagles – Atlanta Journal Constitution
December 1st, 2011
11:16 pm
[...] UGA versus LSU, as the mighty Munson might have called it [...]
todd grantham
December 1st, 2011
11:23 pm
Having to go to Soperton to an arts and crafts festival with my mom when i was 10 and i would have died if i couldnt have listened to Larry and the Dogs on the way home.
Mudcatjoe
December 1st, 2011
11:23 pm
You didn’t say anything about the old drunk spilling his bourbon! LSU – 42 UGA – 6
Mudcatjoe
December 1st, 2011
11:29 pm
We have always known Bradley was secretly a Dawg fan! It kills him to have to write something good about Georgia Tech.
Kevin
December 1st, 2011
11:34 pm
Some of your best work. I’m sitting, reading to myself silently trying to not let my water filled eyes pour over with chill bumps running down my arms and the hair standing up on the back of my neck.
Lets hunker down one more time!!
R.I.P. Larry Munson
KL Jacket
December 1st, 2011
11:35 pm
Well done… Bradley…
Mudcatjoe
December 1st, 2011
11:36 pm
Kevin, you’re such a wuss!!
bitter impressed
December 2nd, 2011
12:22 am
were tired—-beat-en down—-3rd and 15——murry drops back—-pressure from the back
—————–there he goes—–see bradley what you have started!!!!
—————————-ole lady luck was on your side——friend
———————————god bless L.M
big o
December 2nd, 2011
12:51 am
WOW !!!!! This may be your best work this year Bradley… Im hoping something real special happens at the dome… Go Dawgs !!!! BTW… with all this talk about BCS championship If memory serves was not the Dawgs ranked 2nd or 3rd in 08 or 07 and teams ahead of us lost.. but we were passed over for the game with the justification that we didnt win the SEC… whats up with that ?
BirdDawg
December 2nd, 2011
1:03 am
WooHooo! Well done Mark! RIP Larry! Kick ass Dawgs!
Outer Banks Dawg
December 2nd, 2011
1:31 am
Truly this is the best article you have ever written…ive been reading your work since i was in high school 20 years ago….great tribute to Larry Munson. I have to think that circumstances regarding his passing and his legacy will be a motivating factor in this game. Here’s my version, Mark:
‘we threw it over there six inches and he ran it a mile!… Their guy was over there, they brought the blitz, and the corner was there… he just threw it over there to the big tight end… their corner came up, #7 I believe it was, he was there. I don’t know how we did it. BIG Orson Charles…. He plowed right through the guy, and he ran for a mile…he scored and he saved us. I can’t believe it. I don’t know how we did it… We had NO Chance….24-20…. DAwGs on TOP.’ I can’t believe it. We were gone, we were backed up, and the clock was sticking its tongue out….old lady luck was beginning to stick her tongue out and there was NO Time…but then Murray just threw it over there six inches and OUR GUY broke a tackle, and he ran it a mile and he SCORED….BIG Orson Charles just stomped on their faces and scored…. He ran over Matthieu, the LSU corner, It was #7 on #7 and Charles just got the best of him and he ran FOREVER and he scored and he saved us….24-20 DAWGS ON TOP! I can’t believe it! I don’t know how we did it… He just ran over him and he saved us! Can you imagine the amount of property that’s gonna be destroyed tonight? 24-20 and I can’t believe it.
57Cat
December 2nd, 2011
2:36 am
Like I tell the guy who makes those scrumptious pork bar-b-que sandwiches at the Georgia Pig in Brunswick, “You keep practicing making those sandwiches and you’ll get pretty good one day.” You keep practicing writing your column, Mark, and you’ll get pretty some day.
. Great job!
bodog
December 2nd, 2011
2:45 am
Mark, Thanks for giving me a little more memory of a great man. I really appreciate you for this. It brought tears of joy to these tired eyes one more time……Merry Christmas, Bodog
DeepDiver
December 2nd, 2011
4:13 am
Mark this was a risky choice…but so very well executed and you are getting the feedback you deserve for this. Great job.
clay
December 2nd, 2011
4:40 am
Wow MB. That was great. Second greatest article ever written twice in one week. Great job man. Loved it
dawggirl
December 2nd, 2011
5:16 am
loved it. thank you!
dawgdip
December 2nd, 2011
5:33 am
Very good article Mark. I could really hear his voice as I enjoyed every word. RIP Larry.
Nub
December 2nd, 2011
6:04 am
Mr. Bradley…. Recently you have written some of your best stuff … Many thanks for honoring the legacy of Larry Munson…. !!! Larry… While you are probably fishing for 1,000 lb golden
Bass in heaven … How bout asking Big Daddy for a lil help saturday so it will be raining sUGAr all up in here Saturday evening…. Nub
mike holdren
December 2nd, 2011
7:01 am
That was awesome, hit it on the head. Congrats -
DoggieDog
December 2nd, 2011
7:04 am
Very good, MB. The game is not likely to turn out that way, but anything can happen.
Air Force Dawg
December 2nd, 2011
7:09 am
One of your best articles ever Mark!
GovClintonTyree
December 2nd, 2011
7:09 am
This Gator thought this was excellent. You nailed this Dawg treasure. I remember driving around Atlanta doing errands the Saturday of the Hobnail Boot game, first absently listening to the radio, getting drawn in, then after “We stepped on their neck with a hobnail boot!!!” thinking he’s crazy, but possibly the most compelling sports announcer I’d ever heard. Great job, Mark.
bill
December 2nd, 2011
7:23 am
Wow! I’ve been reading your columns for as long as you’ve been writing them and I can say that this one is going to go down as one of your best ever…should be nominated for whatever award is appopriate.
Let’s hope that the Dogs make it even more memorable after tomorrow’s game.
Thanks!
TD Mike
December 2nd, 2011
7:34 am
Got goosebumps reading this… great work!
Sid
December 2nd, 2011
7:36 am
Like I said, Larry Munson will be calling this one from the Heavens.
Mark Bradley
December 2nd, 2011
7:37 am
Thanks again to one and all. I’m honored.
Ugat
December 2nd, 2011
7:47 am
Mike the Tiger
I’ll take some of that action! Please, please, please give me the Dawgs and 40 points! For say a small little wager of $1 million!!!
Top Recruit
December 2nd, 2011
7:47 am
A very nice remembrance of a wonderful man and great announcer for our beloved Dawgs all those years. Sad Larry Muson is not here for the game. Hopefully, he will inspire many to want to enter the broadcast field and journalism and excel. We will forever be indbted to Larry for the joy and excitement he brought to Georgia and SEC football.
Your tribute is very kind and thoughtful. Truly another reflection and reminder of the love, respect, and admiration we had for him and his craft.
Ugat
December 2nd, 2011
7:49 am
Mark, thanks for this! I too teared up a bit thinking of that ol Munson growl! I could just his his voice so well through your words. RIP Larry, we miss you and love ya man!!
Kenny L
December 2nd, 2011
8:04 am
One of the best homages to a great announcer that I have ever read. Thanks, Mark.
bob
December 2nd, 2011
8:09 am
Mark, I always enjoy your work, but this one may be your best! I am sitting here at the office with a HUNDRED THOUSAND things to do, and I have NO TIME (read in your Munson voice), but I always have time for this caliber of writing! You realize we have no shot tomorrow, but then again we had no shot when we went and played big, giant Texas in that Cotton bowl a hundred years ago in 1983.
saddawg
December 2nd, 2011
8:10 am
i want him back.
Bo Spalding
December 2nd, 2011
8:18 am
Thanks for this. Laughed out loud over cereal this morning.
SW
December 2nd, 2011
8:20 am
Awesome, Mark. Thank you.
Shug
December 2nd, 2011
8:20 am
Loved the Loran Smith bit.
CovingtonDawg
December 2nd, 2011
8:22 am
glad someone did this. I could hear larry’s voice as i read through.
Joshua Barlowe
December 2nd, 2011
8:26 am
I don’t know if Larry knew enough about marijuana or the NCAA suspension system to call this game. How many failed drug tests and suspensions are represented in this game?
bigdon
December 2nd, 2011
8:28 am
Liked the idea, but the content stinks. In alll the years I never once heard Larry use an old quote for a second time. It was all original and none of yours was. The veiled “four wheel drive riding up Mike
the tiger’s rear end” as a sorry take off on the hobnailed boot call. Come on, man.. Chick filet falling
out of the sky? Really? Run Orson, run. Really? And all that other crap you came up with is in my opion a sophmorice waste of my time. Truth be told, while I can appreciate your love for Larry’s
ability, and god knows I shed a few tears at his passing and simply cannot listen to dawgs games on the radio anymore, there’s no way of telling what he would have said or how he would have called it
but one thing for sure is it wouldn’t have sounded in the least like this waste of space. Why can’t you stretch your imagination and come up with some new lines. BORING garbage.
I Remember
December 2nd, 2011
8:29 am
“You can’t play for the BCS championship if you don’t win your conference”-Nick Saban
“We are going to invite Auburn instead”-Outback Bowl Selection Committee
“If georgia beats Tech on Saturday I will never post on the AJC blogs again”-Yellow Fuzz
Junebug
December 2nd, 2011
8:29 am
Best. Bradley. Ever.
bigdon
December 2nd, 2011
8:32 am
Somebody has got to be the gad guy, right? Larry, we’ll miss you, man. See you Saturday at Sanford stadium.
Ellijay Chief
December 2nd, 2011
8:36 am
Wow. No true dawg fan could have read that and not felt that feeling that Munson provided us for all those years. One of your best Mark. Go Dawgs.
Shewdawg
December 2nd, 2011
8:38 am
Well done, indeed. I got goose bumps. Thanks, Mark.
Bob
December 2nd, 2011
8:40 am
That is the best you have ever done. Thanks!
WDE
December 2nd, 2011
8:41 am
@Joshua Barlowe thanks for the comments troll now kindly slither off into the dark.
crossdawg
December 2nd, 2011
8:48 am
Fantastic! Hope it’s a prediction. Go Dawgs
jonb
December 2nd, 2011
8:49 am
Mark,
I missed the column yesterday – was working (hard for a government official to even say) and since I am now in Texas, only get the electronic version of the ajc. I read it this morning and both laughed and cried reading it. I was reading it aloud, and the lady in the cubicle next to me was asking what I was doing. I told her just remembering a great man. Thanks Mark, for the memories, and for the prediction. I will be watching the game with you and the Great One on my mind. And seriously, you ought to look into doing the biography of Larry. Thanks once afain for brightening my Friday!
DawgByte
December 2nd, 2011
8:51 am
I keep reading the following false line: “Georgia hasn’t played a ranked opponent all year.” I researched this… FACT: Georgia played 5 preseason Top 25 teams and beat 3 of them. You can look it up. Granted we lost to two of the highest ranked teams, however in the case of SC we dominated that game. You take away the three turnovers and we easily defeat the Gamecocks. That’s all water under the bridge. Georgia is a good football team, period.
Jeff and the Camaros
December 2nd, 2011
9:02 am
That was great! I could almost hear it my head!
dawgswin
December 2nd, 2011
9:09 am
Dang Mark! Laughed through the whole thing. Go Dawgs!
JimR
December 2nd, 2011
9:09 am
Does Scott Howard need a play by play sidekick? Great stuff Mark. I laughed all the way through picturing Munson saying all of that. Really enjoyed it. You really nailed it today.
Hoppy
December 2nd, 2011
9:15 am
Wow! I got goosebumps reading that! You nailed Munson’s voice Mark…Kuddo’s to YOU!
Bondo
December 2nd, 2011
9:15 am
Mark, my 14 year old son printed this last night and couldn’t wait to show it to me. Even he could recognize an instant classic when he saw one! Put this one in your hall of fame. I hope you don’t mind if we borrow a few of your lines as we watch on Saturday. I think I might bake an apple pie to eat after Orson takes that two-inch screen and goes for two thousand yards!
SCDawg
December 2nd, 2011
9:18 am
I can hear Larry’s voice now while reading this. That could be one of your best columns ever Mark. Outstanding work and you absolutely nailed Munson. Kudos to you sir and GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!
Dawg Whisperer
December 2nd, 2011
9:22 am
A classic!
Jakevol
December 2nd, 2011
9:24 am
I hate to say it, but I miss him. As Vol fan I understand his loss. Larry was great! I enjoyed reading the calls of the game as though he was calling them you wrote. I found myself listening to Larry and just got a kick from his calls on the radio. I can recall many time trying go adjust the radio and find a station, just to listen to him. I know the call in Knoxville will always be with us. It was a classic, even though it hurts. We miss our guy John Ward too. I wish you guys the best when you play LSU. Seems I’ve become pulling for the underdog for some years now. Anyway, I know Larry will be in the press box Saturday with you guys.
DeputyDawg
December 2nd, 2011
9:25 am
LMAO and COL! Seriously, I was laughing and crying at the same time. One of your best! Thanks!
UGA SR.
December 2nd, 2011
9:29 am
Got chills and not so shamefully teared up a little bit. Lets go dawgs, hunker down one more time!
Thanks Mark.
Pat
December 2nd, 2011
9:32 am
Well played, MB. Well played.
Dr. Phil
December 2nd, 2011
9:32 am
Pretty good, except for the part about Crowell dragging players into the end zone. UK knocked Crowell out in two plays. LSU may do it in one.
Les Miles
December 2nd, 2011
9:34 am
Made my day. Now Dawgs go make our weekend and beyond. Thanks Mark
GulfShoresDawg
December 2nd, 2011
9:40 am
Mark…did the same as some of the others here..read the whole piece in Munson’s voice…even shed a tear for the greatest college football announcer of all time…thanks Larry Munson and thanks Mark for the memories that will never be forgotten!
Freedawg
December 2nd, 2011
9:40 am
Mark, you are the best! Great column. I could hear Munson…
Alphare
December 2nd, 2011
9:43 am
Here is a summary of Larry’s style:
“Look at the Kool-Aid falling out of the sky!! Look at the Kool-Aid falling out of the sky!! ”
“Kool-Aid! Kool-Aid! or my God, Kool-Aid! ”
UGA fans cannot get enough of them.
Mr. Monsun, rest in peace. I along with dawg fans enjoyed your voice on this earth.
Bob K
December 2nd, 2011
9:44 am
Mark, best column you have written. Ever. Thanks
John Galt
December 2nd, 2011
9:46 am
Very well done, Mark!
Jakevol
December 2nd, 2011
9:49 am
As it often stated in the work force, everyone can be replaced. No one can replace Larry.
Bondo
December 2nd, 2011
9:52 am
Mark, my 14-year-old printed this out last night and couldn’t wait to show it to me. Even he could spot a classic when saw it! Go ahead and put this one in your hall of fame! I hope you don’t mind if we use some of your material as we watch the game on Saturday. I think I’m going to bake an apple pie and pull it out when Orson takes that two inch screen pass and goes for two thousand yards!
Priceguy
December 2nd, 2011
9:58 am
Nice job Mark – Larry would be proud!
Tony
December 2nd, 2011
10:03 am
Incredible piece! I could hear every word. Thanks!
M. B.
December 2nd, 2011
10:04 am
Good column, Mark. You have truly got Munson down, brother. UGA has had good teams most every year, but Old Lady Luck has ALWAYS been more than a little kind to her. Won’t happen on Saturday, though, . . . unless.
Buckhead Bulldog
December 2nd, 2011
10:24 am
Thank you Mark! Very nice…
Sic’ ‘em DOGS!!!!
NCDawg
December 2nd, 2011
10:25 am
Well done! I hope we have “old Lady Luck” with us tomorrow….
82noledog
December 2nd, 2011
10:25 am
One of the two best AJC columns I have ever read – with Lewis Grizzard’s tome after the death of his beloved lab Catfish being the other. Well done Mr. Bradley – you are in fine company.
jrdpdawg
December 2nd, 2011
10:26 am
Great job on this column! Fun read.
Danny Jones
December 2nd, 2011
10:33 am
CLASSIC !!!! Thanks Mark.
tulsadog
December 2nd, 2011
10:49 am
That was wonderful. Now to make it happen, which I think can, if Georgia can play like they played against Auburn, and LSU plays like Auburn played against us. Go Dogs!
Murphy
December 2nd, 2011
10:57 am
@ Mark Bradley,
Great article.I have tears in my eyes. This win will be for Munson!!! Go Dawgs Hunker down one more time!!! Dawgs 18 LSU 16
jeff d
December 2nd, 2011
11:12 am
this is truly fantastic
npgator
December 2nd, 2011
11:13 am
GO LSU!
LW
December 2nd, 2011
11:18 am
So funny…all of us can here Munson’s call. Mark, a truly creative piece. Thanks
Nashville Dawg
December 2nd, 2011
12:07 pm
One of your best ever. It put a smile on my face that will stay there all weekend. I will be at the game tomorrow thinking of Larry and Montreal and the Olympics and hoping Crowell runs out of his shoes, 80 yards. Go Dawgs.
BUCCADAWG
December 2nd, 2011
12:15 pm
Great job Mark, good read . GO DAWGS!!!!!! No matter what.G.A.T.A.
yearofthedawg
December 2nd, 2011
12:26 pm
Kudos. Very well done.
RememberDuaneAllman
December 2nd, 2011
12:46 pm
I thought this was priceless!!!!
Chris
December 2nd, 2011
12:52 pm
Your an a–hole Bradley for making me red eye up at work. Larry would want you to stop all this nonsense you know, but please carry on.
Get em on.....Get em over..... Get em Home
December 2nd, 2011
12:59 pm
Oh My God I think I bust my gut laughing so hard. God Mark that was priceless. You nailed it.
bulldog1962
December 2nd, 2011
1:02 pm
Mark you truly brought a tear to my eyes reading this. I miss Larry and I can tell you do too.
Go dogs; have a great game on Saturday … for Larry!
Dawgbone
December 2nd, 2011
1:45 pm
Mr.Bradley,
You just ran chills through my body, put tears in my eyes and a smile on my face. I needed that. Thank you. Go Dawgs!
BillyD
December 2nd, 2011
2:11 pm
Mark, you deserve a sports journalism award for this article. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. The image of Mike the Tiger getting whacked across his striped backside is priceless. A great tribute to our wonderful friend Larry Munson.
Erk
December 2nd, 2011
2:16 pm
seldom wrong and right on again. thanks mb
Cali Dawg
December 2nd, 2011
2:21 pm
I just teared up reading this. Holy cow! This was unbelievable. I hope this becomes true in some form. Goooo Dawgs!
schmeckdawg
December 2nd, 2011
2:23 pm
Mark,
You made me both laugh and cry!
Thanks you so much. This is definitely your best!!!!!
Go DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kelly
December 2nd, 2011
2:43 pm
Yep. You could hear the gravel.
WDE
December 2nd, 2011
2:56 pm
You know Mark when you do your “Best of Mark Brandley ” book I’m not sure if you should lead off with this one or save it for last??
Brian
December 2nd, 2011
3:14 pm
Mark- Tears of joy streaming down my face as I read this…As others have said, I can absolutely hear Larry’s voice and wish he had the chance to experience a win for the ages like you describe. Fantastic.
Tommy P
December 2nd, 2011
3:23 pm
Mark…well done. You could hear Munson in your written words…that’s a gift not to be taken lightly. All long time Georgia fans appreciate this gift today!
Thanks..
Birrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd Man
December 2nd, 2011
3:26 pm
Mark, AWESOME job. Thanks.
Aunt B
December 2nd, 2011
3:44 pm
Amazing Mark! Thank you for this!!
Go Dawgs!
Jack King
December 2nd, 2011
4:15 pm
Well Done Mark! It was like reading Larry’s scrpit. Memorable!
Old Geezer
December 2nd, 2011
4:36 pm
Good interpretation, Mark. All fantasy of course………
JD
December 2nd, 2011
5:34 pm
A classic! Well done Mark.
I own you
December 2nd, 2011
5:58 pm
Man, that was pretty good. You nailed the voice. That’s talent.
Doug
December 2nd, 2011
6:22 pm
Priceless.
Return to Glory
December 2nd, 2011
6:53 pm
Love it, Larry was the best..hope he and Erk pull some strings for the Dogs maybe ol Lewis Grizzard will help out also: GOOOOOOO DAAAAAWGS.
benjamin
December 2nd, 2011
8:12 pm
Mark, its the 20 th aniversary of the SEC championship. Please post your collumn you wrote 20 years ago about why the SEC should keep the game in Birmingham. Funniest thing Ive ever read. Loved Larry. Miss him tremendously.
Renee L
December 2nd, 2011
9:30 pm
Great article! I can almost hear him as I read it. Great homage to Larry!
Wheelbarrow of love
December 2nd, 2011
10:18 pm
Beautiful work Mark. I could hear Larry all the way through. He sure had a gift of drama and team-bases perspective.
Tom Robinson
December 2nd, 2011
10:25 pm
Doesn’t get much better than this, unless the Dawgs pull off such an upset! Great read, and ’spot-on’ for capturing Munson’s on-air personality, so-richly.
Dawg in gatorville
December 2nd, 2011
10:43 pm
Win or lose, LSU fans are the biggest Aholes in the country. No one else even compares and that includes gators and vols.
np
December 2nd, 2011
10:55 pm
I snorted out loud at “2 inch bomb… TWO THOUSAND YARDS”. Great, fun read. Thanks for that and could you start doing one for every game? Please?
P. Bull Terrior
December 3rd, 2011
12:56 am
For two days I passed this column by because I thought I had read enough Larry Munson tributes. I’m glad I finally took the time to read it. Nice job, Mark.
There is no running back at Georgia EVER who has brought us as much BAD PRESS as Isaiah Crowell has already in just his first 10 games.
December 3rd, 2011
2:14 am
It has gotten to the point now, that even his most ardent supporter Mark Richt, has resorted to gagging the tailback and refusing to comment about it at all with anyone for any reason.
This leaves it to Greg McGarity, Mark Richt’s boss and former tennis player here at UGA to tell everyone that Isaiah Crowell will play.
I don’t believe that there is anyone who is concerned whether he plays or not Greg McGarity. The question we all have is what DISTRACTION to the game, to the team, and to our fans, will be wrought upon us all in THIS GAME by Isaiah Crowell ?
Will he be shown POUTING on the sidelines while the nation is largely totally disinterested in this game, unless of course, LSU gets beat by 50 points by us. (Holding your breath?) Most likely the other way.
Will he jump up JAWING at LSU players and be hit with a 15-yard penalty after he has a running attempt for yards ?
He jaws at even our worst cupcake opponents, and they have been many such this season. 10 wins not 1 of which is a team ranked in any poll today and none of the 10-wins will be ranked when the season is over either.
He has all the drug issues.
He has been given preferential treatment by Mark Richt who has KICKED-OFF PLAYERS from this 2011 roster alone to make room for Isaiah Crowell.
He has been criticized in public by his own high school football coach, Carver Columbus Dell McGee, for his DISTRACTIONS.
Against this cruddy # 43 Strength of Schedule the entire 2011 season, according to the Official NCAA SoS, he realistically cannot even make 1000 yards now in this 14-game season for us.
There are Five (5) running backs at LSU who all 5 have run for MORE TOUCHDOWNS than Isaiah Crowell this season already.
He has been SUSPENDED multiple times.
I would have suspended for MORE.
He ran to the Athens Banner-Herald and complained to them about being tackled and how he never expected to be tackled in The SEC.
I believe if Mark Richt is relying upon Isaiah Crowell, that LSU most assuredly have all those wimp statements to the Athens Banner-Herald posted all over their defensive players’ lockers.
He is fragile.
He raises his hands and takes himself out of the games.
He sits alone on the sidelines like there is not a player who respects him.
He runs his mouth on and off the field.
You HAVE to wonder about his grades.
He finds 229 other players on this 2011 recruiting class ALONE who have MORE SPEED than his.
He doesn’t particularly take a hit very well.
This is whom Mark Richt is basing his entire offensive game plan this afternoon.
If Mark Richt is viewed as having NOT BEAT any team who is ranked today YET AGAIN THIS SEASON and in fact finds himself NOT VIEWED AS SUCCESSFUL here at UGA by the alumni and former Bulldog football players and coaches, and national media, it will boil down to this 1 player for Mark Richt upon whose entire career he rests his case being judged as beating the top teams or not beating the top teams on Isaiah Crowell.
Obviously, Aaron Murray is not going to beat any team who ends up ranked in the top 25 for Mark Richt. He never has and will be 0-8 at that this afternoon.
So, what have got going into The SEC Championship Game ?
Good defense, no special teams with walk-ons and no coach, and a sorry running game headed up by this pip-squeak coached by a Bozo and defended as he was recruited by Mark Richt asking all the team to line up in the recruiting process on Sanford Stadium without a tailback.
Mark Richt, NO WONDER he has run into all these issues.
7 running backs, and now we pin our hopes and your career being judged as able to beat teams who end up ranked in the top 10, on Isaiah Crowell.
I wouldn’t give you a PLUG NICKEL on that bet.
Jborodawg
December 3rd, 2011
9:25 am
Good one M. Bradley! I think Larry would like it too!
“We just stepped in their etouffee and rubbed it in their NOSES! A big black CALDRON of efouffee! We just broke the backs of about a MILLION crawfish!”
Jborodawg
December 3rd, 2011
9:33 am
“There is no running back at Georgia …December 3rd, 2:14 am…”
Way to go, Thomas Brown…er 11-3 et al. It’s an article about Munson.
Ben Myers
December 3rd, 2011
10:25 am
This brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for such a well written piece.
savannahdawg
December 3rd, 2011
10:47 am
Mark, great job! I hope the game goes exactly like that. Munson would be proud. Thanks for the great read! Perhaps your finest piece of writing. Lewis Grizzard would also be proud of you.
GO DAWGS!!!
Bob
December 3rd, 2011
10:56 am
With much trepidation I clinked on the link. I didn’t think it could be pulled off without being too sappy. But I thoroughly enjoyed this, Mark. Thank you for using your imagination to get in Larry’s head for us one more time.
dawg555
December 3rd, 2011
11:48 am
Most enjoyable article that I have ever read from you…haha. Thanks for letting me relive some great memories
Moneypuddlegum
December 3rd, 2011
11:56 am
“Sugar is falling out of the sky! NO! It’s little Chick-fil-A cows! On parachutes! They’re COWS DIPPED IN SUGAR! LOOK AT THOSE SUGAR-DIPPED COWS FALLING OUT OF THE SKY!!! …
What a line. Yes, Larry will be calling the game today for all the UGA fans who have gone before us. In the perfect world above in the heavens, we will win. I just hope the real world agrees.
wde
December 3rd, 2011
1:31 pm
No one gives us a chance we are too small, too slow, don’t have enough depth etc. Folks we won 10 we played and beat 6 teams that LSU played and beat and yes they scored more points in most of them…we need an edge, a sign, a talisman of some sort to give us a boost to overcome these tough odds cause folks LSU is for real. No smoke and mirrors no gimmick offense as stout a defense that doesn’t play on Sundays…what we need now that Larry, God rest his soul can’t worry us up a win…we need Will Mushchamp to guarantee a LSU victory.. this should be a heck of a game win or lose this UGA team has shown guts and the will to win I’m just damn proud of them and their coaches..and it is GREAT to be a Georgia Bulldog !!
Jborodawg
December 3rd, 2011
3:18 pm
Outer Banks Dawg @ 131AM….good one!
Charles Tollison McDonough
December 3rd, 2011
3:52 pm
Mark, this is my favorite column out of all I have ever read of yours. I could hear Larry growling out every word you typed. God bless him. (y)
The SEC Championship That Apparently Doesn’t Matter « Diva Dogology
December 3rd, 2011
3:55 pm
[...] all honesty, though, I am super worried about this one. Larry-Munson-level-worried, even. It’s hard not to buy into at least some of the aforementioned hype. My biggest worry [...]
stendek
December 3rd, 2011
8:36 pm
Time for Mark Wretch and cronies to go! That was an abysmal embarrassment. The Dawg defenders played their hearts out. The punt return team players should be left behind in Atlanta. They are all flat out awful! Whoever considers Aaron Murray an SEC quality QB is delusional. His giveaways against major foes in critical games have become legendary. What a pathetic effort after the pick which resulted in an LSU TD! Wretch is a loser. The Dawgs will be losers as long as Wretch and Mike Dodo are at the helm! Put the defensive guy in charge. At least he cares if the team wins or loses. Send everyone else packing! Dawg fans deserve far better than this season after season. The Dawgs will always defeat technical institutes under Wretch but choke against decent opponents. Is anyone as sick of this as I am? To heck with this bull!
