Loran Smith replaced as UGA sideline reporter
(Updated 8 p.m.)
ATHENS — After 36 years as sideline reporter on radio broadcasts of University of Georgia football games, Loran Smith will not be in that role this season.
He’ll be replaced by Chuck Dowdle, the former WSB-TV sports director.
Smith will continue in his other long-time role as co-host, with Neil Williamson, of Georgia’s three-hour radio pregame show, the “Tailgate Show.”
Georgia associate athletic director Alan Thomas said the change of sideline reporters had been “contemplated” since the 2008 retirement of legendary play-by-play voice Larry Munson altered the “dynamics” of the broadcast.
“I had 36 good years on the sideline,” Smith told the AJC Thursday night. “It’s been fun, and I appreciate the support of the Georgia people.
“I had a good time, and I look forward to more good times. I don’t have to be on the sidelines to enjoy the broadcast and my role.
“I finally get to sit up in the press box where I can see,” Smith added with a laugh.
Smith said he joined UGA’s radio broadcast team in the early 1970s and has served as sideline reporter continuously since 1974. Munson’s hand-off call to Smith became a familiar and enduring part of UGA lore.
Munson’s exact words varied from time to time, Smith said. “‘Whaddaya got, Loran?’ That’s how it started, and I think it became interchangeable,” Smith said. “I think just whatever came to mind. He might have started with my name or might have concluded with it.”
Smith, 72, said he leaves the sideline with “a lot of good memories” and confidence many more are yet to be made under coach Mark Richt’s leadership.
“I’m just looking forward to the future,” Smith said.
Thomas said Smith remains an important part of the broadcast team on the pregame show. Having Dowdle serve as sideline reporter is “a natural progression” of his role on the post-game locker-room show, Thomas said.
In another change to the radio lineup, veteran SEC broadcaster Charlie McAlexander will join Jeff Dantzler on the “Bulldog Game Day” show, which airs one hour before the “Tailgate Show.”
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home&home
August 26th, 2010
4:52 pm
Does Chuck like boiled peanuts?
Vick=Dog killing Thug
August 26th, 2010
4:53 pm
I always liked Loran
Greg Mc
August 26th, 2010
4:54 pm
I love Loran and he’s a great Bulldog. However, this is another great upgrade for UGA broadcast. I will look forward to this change.
Bradley G
August 26th, 2010
4:54 pm
Whaddyagot Loran…will be missed.
JMLDawg
August 26th, 2010
4:56 pm
Say it ain’t so! Is nothing sacred? First Larry, now Loran…
69dog
August 26th, 2010
4:57 pm
Jeff Dantzler is a great talent. Jeff is a total UGA man. He needs to be involved as THE featured broadcaster. Jeff Dantzler needs to be included in the broadcast in any way possible. Chuck Dowdle is a dope. Charlie McAlexander is a total UT man. Go back to Tenn!
fo fi free
August 26th, 2010
4:59 pm
who cares? to hell with them all
josh
August 26th, 2010
5:01 pm
quick, someone tell reggie brown’s high school coach.
gem dawg
August 26th, 2010
5:01 pm
Nobody can say whaddyagotLoren like Munson. I think Dowdle will make a good sideline voice so I’m happy with that.
rj
August 26th, 2010
5:01 pm
Chuck Dowdle is an arrogant a** and certainly can’t add anything to any sport
Mr. Dawg
August 26th, 2010
5:02 pm
For sentimental reasons I would never have called for either Larry’s or Loran’s job. But like Larry, Loran lost his groove a long time ago. In my opinion Loran was always there more for tradition than knowledge and talent on the sidelines. Once Larry stepped down the charm was gone. Love ‘em both. But I look forward to the new energy and insight.
Griff
August 26th, 2010
5:03 pm
Although we appreciate Chuck Dowdle, Loran is very special; a true Southern Gentleman with class. We love hearing his gentle cadence and value his long history with UGA. In our opinion, he should be kept there until his health says otherwise.
jarvis
August 26th, 2010
5:05 pm
Dowdle an a-hole? I’ve never heard that before. I’ve always heard he is one of the nicest guys in the business.
As for Loran, I agreee with Mr. Dawg. He was there for tradition purposes only. Didn’t add a lot.
Concrete Pete
August 26th, 2010
5:06 pm
josh- ben scott
jonnycash
August 26th, 2010
5:07 pm
Great news. Smith was terrible.!!!
Chuck Doodle
August 26th, 2010
5:09 pm
Twiddle dee and twiddle dum get ready for some softball analysis of UGA football.
David
August 26th, 2010
5:09 pm
Loran Smith hasn’t uttered anything relevant for 15 years. Hopefully Dowdle will find something of interest to report on. If not I’d rather listen to a student give updates from the student section during games. It would be more interesting than what we’ve heard from Smith for all these years.
Frank
August 26th, 2010
5:11 pm
Man how am I going to findout if any of the players catch the cramps, and findout if its Norma Genn Riley’s birthday. Seriously nobody made more fun of Loran than me, but he will be missed. The broadcast will not be the same without him.
mateo
August 26th, 2010
5:11 pm
Chuck has the same hairdo when he was at Ga. Sate 40 years ago.
Clemson Kyickah
August 26th, 2010
5:12 pm
‘…we’re here on the sidelines with the Clemson kickuh…’
bulldog bubba
August 26th, 2010
5:12 pm
Why can’t they leave tradition alone? Loran does a great job.I thought Chuck retired from sports.Why can’t Jeff Dantzler do color instead of Eric Zeier? These are the “tough questions”.Wheres channel 46 when you need them? Oh wait they don’t do sports anymore.Bring Loran back!Bring Loran!Bring Loran back!!!!!!!!
RADIO DAWG
August 26th, 2010
5:15 pm
If I’m not mistaken,
what Larry Munson always said was :
” Loran, What a ya got ? ”
I do know Larry always said Loran first.
Stinger
August 26th, 2010
5:15 pm
Loren was one dumb sideline reporter. Weeellll Larrrrr, he may be back for the second half, but then again he may not. Yankee Doodle won’t be any better. What a homer. I am thrilled that I won’t see hit butt on TV again, one pathetic sports announcer.
CCdawg 84
August 26th, 2010
5:16 pm
So now instead of “Loran, whaddayougot?” we”ll get “What’s up Chuck?”
MCT
August 26th, 2010
5:17 pm
I’ll certainly miss hearing Loran’s voice on the radio, but this seems as good of a time as any for a full changing of the guard. Best wishes to him!
I tend to judge people in the spotlight based on how they treat children. Mr. Dowdle was my first experience with this. I met him when I was probably 8 years old at a tennis tournament. Though he was just trying to do his job, he was very friendly to me and everyone else enjoying the presence of our local “celebrity.” I’ve liked him ever since.
Good for him, and GO DAWGS!
Clete
August 26th, 2010
5:17 pm
About time. Loran sucked as a sideline reporter. He is a DGDawg, though.
Joanna
August 26th, 2010
5:18 pm
NOOOO! This isn’t right! I still wanted to hold on to something after Munson left. Loran was it.
TheNumber34
August 26th, 2010
5:18 pm
69 Dog….I’m with you. JD is the most knowledgeable UGA man outside of Dan McGill, and JD is a natural. JD has his detractors, but there’s no denying his love and knowledge of the Dawgs.
Briarcliff Baron
August 26th, 2010
5:19 pm
Chuck Dowdle is a good guy.
Eric Zeir and that “squeaky” voice needs to be replaced.
Nice One
August 26th, 2010
5:21 pm
Josh- Reggie Brown’s high school coached passed away soon after Reggie played from kidney disease. Weak attempt at a joke
Dawg85
August 26th, 2010
5:24 pm
Stinger — I’m glad you listen to Georgia football broadcasts. Another sign of Dawg envy from nerd nation.
Loran, What a ya got ?
August 26th, 2010
5:24 pm
Yea,
I’m pretty sure it was “Loran. What a ya got ? ”
Can someone verify this with Mr. Munson or Loran ?
jarvis
August 26th, 2010
5:24 pm
“Laaaarrrry, I’m down here surrounded by some Comadoor backers. They seem unhappy about their current situation in the ball game. Seems they would prefer to be in the lead. Back to you Laaarrrry.”
On the pointless scale of 1-10, Loran was usually about a 31. That kind of crap won’t be missed.
The Tick
August 26th, 2010
5:25 pm
nothing against chuck … he’s just miles below Loran … light years even. I will never understand the lost love for Loran over the past 5 or 10 years. I think someone just started the precedent (to downgrade him) and it became all the rage to pile on. Totally undeserved. He’s still the same great Dawg he has always been. Consider this exchange on the tailgate show when visor boy went to the
Redskins: Hondo: “Well I for one wish him well in the NFL.” Munson: “I’ll go along with that. What do you say, Loran?” Loran: “I hope he dies … I can’t believe y’all!!”
In my book if you ain’t on Loran’s side, you’re on Spurrier’s
Travis
August 26th, 2010
5:25 pm
Jeff Dantzler is NOT the man for play by play nor color. He’s a nut and a nugget. He wears his heart on his sleeze. Wonder what color his panties are?
Dawg85
August 26th, 2010
5:27 pm
I’ll miss Loran. He was a tradition on the sidelines. I always like him. I do have to echo the above comments about Jeff Dantzler. I always thought he should have been the guy who replaced Larry.
It's About Time
August 26th, 2010
5:28 pm
Probably one of the worst voices in any medium. Always sounded like he was coming out of a coma. Add to that a lack of substance and it was some of the worst tv/radio in the business. The ONLY reason he was around was because Larry kept him for sentimental reasons. Otherwise there’s no way any athletic department would have hired him, much less kept him around for any length of time.
He can count himself lucky for having a job for that long. The luckiest guy in GA given his talent level.
olddawg
August 26th, 2010
5:29 pm
About Damn Time
Dawg85
August 26th, 2010
5:29 pm
Travis wanting to know what color JD’s underwear is tells us all we need to know about Travis.
Mr. College Football
August 26th, 2010
5:30 pm
An unspeakable human tragedy.
Tom Davis
August 26th, 2010
5:30 pm
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I never understood what Loran was talking about and I liked it that way.
Buzz
August 26th, 2010
5:30 pm
Travis already know what color my panties are.
mcdaviddawg
August 26th, 2010
5:32 pm
Chucky is about as terrible as anyone could be. Loran may not have been great but he does represent tradition and is way ahead of Chucky. Bad move Georgia.
AltamahaDawg
August 26th, 2010
5:32 pm
“whatchagot Loran” is an entity of it’s own. Doesn’t even have to do with Loran Smith anymore neccesarily. It’s just the universal language around the tailgate for anybody asking a question. I’m one fan that will miss him.
Loran, What a ya got ? or Watchagot Loran?
August 26th, 2010
5:33 pm
Can we please get an answer,
Was it ” Watchagot Loran? ”
or ” Loran, What a ya got? ”
or both?
Tville Dawg
August 26th, 2010
5:34 pm
UGA has had for a number of years a very capable goodwill ambassador in Loren Smith. He goes throughout the state and represents the university in a number of ways-speeches, writings, visits to the Bulldog club chapters, etc.
Loren has always been acommodating local people all over the state, whether acknowledging a funeral for one of the bulldog faithful, or writing a piece for the local newspaper about a favorite son or daughter that is in Athens participating in the programs.
Thanks Loren for all you have done-look forward to hearing your tailgate show.
HBTD
August 26th, 2010
5:35 pm
I’ll miss Loran. He’s a DGD! He’s been an institution for a long time. Should have been allowed to call it quits in his own time.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
August 26th, 2010
5:35 pm
Chuck Doodle are you kidding
Great
Scooter Howard and Chuck Doody well I just retired my headphones
How about Zeir and Kevin Butler
At least with those two you get knowledge about the game and not the
Yea yea yea yea TOUCH DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWNNNNNNNN crap and a Chucky whats going on down there?
Well Scott I really enjoyed watching that great great play. Water girl what did you think
George G.
August 26th, 2010
5:36 pm
Good gracious…I know Dowdle’s an “Atlanta sports legend” and all, but how does he continue to get work? He’s awful on the Braves postgame, awful with Chuck and Chernoff and awful in general. He doesn’t bring anything to the table other than his name, which quite honestly isn’t that good with people under the age of 35.
HBTD
August 26th, 2010
5:36 pm
I think Larry said it a few ways.
Munson FAN
August 26th, 2010
5:37 pm
Larry aways said Loran first, then said whatayagot?
ugag is irrelevant
August 26th, 2010
5:37 pm
yet another nothing story about a nothing school
We'll miss you Loran
August 26th, 2010
5:38 pm
It was most certainly “Loran, whatdoyagot?”
HBTD
August 26th, 2010
5:38 pm
And yet ugag you continue to read them and comment. Interesting.
The Tick
August 26th, 2010
5:38 pm
it was Loran, whadda got?
are y’all fans or what?
dam
thom
August 26th, 2010
5:38 pm
AWESOME – LOVE CHUCK! GREAT UPGRADE – WILL MISS LORAN! http://www.wedgeorgia.com
Dawg85
August 26th, 2010
5:39 pm
ugag has a textbook case of Dawg envy.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
August 26th, 2010
5:39 pm
Chucky has had nothing really to do with the program until Richt got here
This is crap,
Give it to Kevin Butler he calls it like it is
And again My headphones were just tossed in the trash
Give me a break
getting to old
August 26th, 2010
5:39 pm
I can hear
“Loran, whatayagot”?
in my sleep.
Ted Striker
August 26th, 2010
5:40 pm
Glad he will still be on the pre-game show and I always enjoy his columns.
p.s. Maybe he’ll call Munson up on the tailgate show and ask “Whatchagot Larry” about an hour before kickoff one Saturday. That would be priceless to me.
ozzfest
August 26th, 2010
5:40 pm
FOR ANYONE WHO WAS LISTENING TO THE 1996 SOUTHERN MISS POST-GAME….JIM DONNAN JUST CRACKED A SMILE.
how2fish
August 26th, 2010
5:40 pm
Well I’m glad Loran will still be with the broadcast team I’ve never been a huge fan of his sideline reports, however his and Munson’s exchanges are the stuff of Bull Dog legend I wish him the best and hope he is part of the team going forward for years to come.
THANKS, The Tick
August 26th, 2010
5:41 pm
Thanks, The Tick
I’m glad a REAL FAN finally got it right.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
August 26th, 2010
5:42 pm
Scooter Howard and Chucky Doody
Boy thats a dream team announcing crew
Boy thats like listening to Mississippi States broadcast if any of you heard that crap
Zeir and Butler please
Boca Baby
August 26th, 2010
5:43 pm
Welcome Charlie Mac! I love your radio voice even though, in your enthusiasm and heat of the moment, you sometimes place the emphasis on the wrong word.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
August 26th, 2010
5:44 pm
Crap
Crap
Crap
Crap
Russ just Crapped himself
Boca Baby
August 26th, 2010
5:45 pm
Then again, with Charlie Mac on board Scott Howard better watch his back.
Loran, what you got?
August 26th, 2010
5:46 pm
Well, Larry after ’bout 100 years I still “got” absolutely nothing.
Otto
August 26th, 2010
5:46 pm
Will we hear a “wassup Chuck?” ala Peanuts and Charlie Brown?
Sad day
August 26th, 2010
5:46 pm
My prayers are with Loran’s family………
Our AD
August 26th, 2010
5:47 pm
http://flashlightmediagroup.com/sabanmovie/
Athens, Georgia
August 26th, 2010
5:47 pm
Hey Tim Tucker,
On AUTHENTIC Munson Radio……..
The question was:
.
LORAN, WHATAYA GOT ?
edward
August 26th, 2010
5:49 pm
I always liked Loran and will miss hearing him on the sidelines. Since I can only listen to most games on internet radio in pittsburgh, he always helped me feel like I was at home again. Chuck won’t be able to reproduce that feeling
Thenumber34
August 26th, 2010
5:49 pm
Travis, many of the best play-by-play guys were/are a little on the quirky side, so as to your referring to JD as a ‘nut’…well, the best play-by-play guys seems to be a bit nuts (ie. Larry Munson, Jon ‘Chucky’ Gruden, etc).
As far as being a nugget, I guess it takes one to know one, and perhaps you have a nugget fettish.
Koogan
August 26th, 2010
5:49 pm
The problem with Dantzler is he can’t stop talking about himself. If they go to him on the sidelines, he’ll want to discuss what he’s wearing, where he’s going after the game, where he was the last time UGA played Tennessee, etc., etc.
Really?
August 26th, 2010
5:52 pm
The man is a tool and should’ve been gone, along with Munson 20 years ago. Neither one of them had any idea what was going on during the game.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
August 26th, 2010
5:53 pm
Chuck whats going on down there
Well Scooter
The Water Girl just handed me a candy bar and some of that green kryptonite kool-aid
I love this stuff
Back to you Scooter Howard
StevieDawg
August 26th, 2010
5:54 pm
THANK God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Malcolm X
August 26th, 2010
5:54 pm
Smith is even worse than that guy Munson. Glad they got of Munson a few years ago. Past time they got rid of Smith. Talk about a homer.
slawb dawg
August 26th, 2010
5:55 pm
yahoo, never heard a reporter so outtatouch, misinformed, etc. as Loran.
RJ DAWG
August 26th, 2010
5:55 pm
It’s about time!Loran needed to go before Munson.Loran was terrible over te last 5 or 6 years and askrd some dumb questions.I wish we could have kept Larry Munson forever.Loran Smith needed to go he was lucky to be around as long as he was.It was tie to move on.Chck will do a better job.
Savannah, GA
August 26th, 2010
5:56 pm
I bet Furman Bisher knows how Larry always addressed Loran.
GaDawg59
August 26th, 2010
5:56 pm
I miss Larry and I will miss Loren. A nice gentleman and a great ambassador for UGA. I think this means we are all gettting old. lol
I would like to post a letter by the late great Coach Russell if I may.
I hope this brings back great memories and inspires you as much as it does me.
Gentleman: (and Lineman)
The football season of ‘80 will be my seventeenth as a Georgia Bulldog.
During this time there have been many thrilling Saturdays of competition, each with it’s indivdual memories, because each game has it’s own personality.
There are two Saturday traditions and experiences which have remained basically the same throughout the years for me and I would like to share them with you.
The first one concerns THE RAILROAD TRACK CROWD. These are my people because they love the “Dogs almost as much as I do. Oh, I know they do some crazy things-liek turn over our opponet’s busses sometims and now and then they throw one another down the bank and into the street below. But they stamp out Kuczu and they pull for us to win and that ain’t bad.
If you can get off the bus to the cheers of THE RAILROAD TRACK CROWD and walk down those steps to the dressing room and not be inspired to play football as best you possibly can, something important is missing beneath the Georgia jersey you wear. It is impossible not to be inspired. They choke me up!
The season of 1980 will be the last for the RAILROAD TRACK CROWD. A great Georgia tradition will have passed with the new addition to our stadium. The view from the track will be no more.
Your team will the last Georgia Team to be greeted and cheered by
Paul Has A Small Johnson
August 26th, 2010
5:57 pm
Chucky Doodle
What is new down there
Well Scooter Howard
The Water Girl wants to know what the score is
Back to you Scooter
Paul Has A Small Johnson
August 26th, 2010
6:00 pm
GaDawg59
Was that you on Rivals radio the other day
GaDawg59
August 26th, 2010
6:00 pm
THE RAILROAD TRACK CROWD. Wouldn’t it be fitting if their last team was also the best Georgia Team ever. Think about it!
Another Saturday tradition which has mean so much to me over the years can be stated very simply: “THERE AIN’T NOTHIGN LIKE BEING A BULLDOG ON STURDAY NIGHT—–AFTER WINNING A FOOTBALL GAME”. I mean like whipping Tennessee’s a** to start with, then ten more and then another one.
This is the Game plan. We have no alternate plan.
Sincerely,
Coach Russell
Traditions will alway live even our people change. Dan McGill, Loran and Larry will always be in our hearts as Coach Russell is.
Go Dawgs.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
August 26th, 2010
6:02 pm
Chucky Doodle
Whats new
Well Scott and Eric
Water Girl wanted to know what is a pass
Larry, I got nothing
August 26th, 2010
6:03 pm
Don’t care for Dowdle all that much, but Loran has had nothing for 20 years. About time.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
August 26th, 2010
6:04 pm
Chucky Doodle
Whats new
Well Scott and Eric
When do think we will have a bathroom break those burrito’s are kicking in
Smiling Jack
August 26th, 2010
6:06 pm
Some people have to build themselves up by comparing and calling names. Then there are others who have to just tear down by name calling. What sad creatures they must be. Chuck Dowdle will do a fine job. Time for changing of the guard is never easy, but necessary. If you haven’t noticed time marches on…changes occur..we continue to adjust. Go Dawgs! It will be a great year!
Cookie Monster
August 26th, 2010
6:10 pm
I’ve listened to Georgia games since I was 5 and I’m 40 now….and Loren will be missed. And Larry most definitely said “LOREN, WHADDYA GOT????”
ATL Native
August 26th, 2010
6:12 pm
Mr. Smith is a great Southern gentleman and a fine man. Thank you Sir for the memories, pregame shows and all you’ve done for UGA!
george
August 26th, 2010
6:13 pm
Get ready, side line reporter this year, head coach next year.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
August 26th, 2010
6:15 pm
Time marches on and changes do have to be made
But make the right change
Kevin Butler would do much better and is more knowledgeable than Dowdle about the program and the game.
Sorry but this is crap and Im sure a behind the scenes power play
Worm
August 26th, 2010
6:17 pm
@69dawg-Charlie MC is a Vandy guy..Left there and went to South Cackalacky..Good guy..Hope Dowdle gets a hat, cause he’s sure to mess up his doo down on the sidelines..What’s upChuck-Well, I’m having a bad hair day won’t cut it!
ANTI 69 DOG
August 26th, 2010
6:17 pm
Hey 69dog… Charley Mac is NOT! a UT man. He hates UT and is a HUGE Vanderbilt fan! Get your facts straight!!!
Big Dog 98
August 26th, 2010
6:17 pm
Finally.
jerry
August 26th, 2010
6:17 pm
Whaddayagot Chuck,…..sucks.
Matt
August 26th, 2010
6:20 pm
Loran has GOT to be the worst excuse for a sideline reporter in all of college football. What a joke, he never added anything of substance to any broadcast and his post-game questions were laughable. Good riddance.
Rod
August 26th, 2010
6:22 pm
The Tick, I’m you. When I was 10, Loran came to my Granddad’s best friends funeral. I would guess the people that don’t like hearing Loran really don’t have UGA in there blood and are relatively new dog fans. Bulldog traditions just were not handed down to them from their parents and grandparents. This was a great post you made.
nothing against chuck … he’s just miles below Loran … light years even. I will never understand the lost love for Loran over the past 5 or 10 years. I think someone just started the precedent (to downgrade him) and it became all the rage to pile on. Totally undeserved. He’s still the same great Dawg he has always been. Consider this exchange on the tailgate show when visor boy went to the
Redskins: Hondo: “Well I for one wish him well in the NFL.” Munson: “I’ll go along with that. What do you say, Loran?” Loran: “I hope he dies … I can’t believe y’all!!”
In my book if you ain’t on Loran’s side, you’re on Spurrier’s
Dawg Man 87
August 26th, 2010
6:24 pm
Finally.
He should have left when Larry retired.
Time has passed them by…
Tom in ATL
August 26th, 2010
6:25 pm
So many favorite Loren moments:
Charles Grant REALLY likes…..boiled peanuts.
Well Larry, down here on the field you can really feel that wind a whippin……oh, I’m sorry that’s just one of the sideline fans…..
Freddie Gilbert’s got a bruised knee, Freddie Gilbert’s got a bruised knee. Back to you Larry.
He’s not the MOST famous person from Hawkinsville, that would be Young Jeezy.
Alabama Communist
August 26th, 2010
6:25 pm
Meanwhile back in the Dawgs Team Dressing Room, Dowdle was assigned the task of cleaning the Team jockstraps in a WSB cost cutting move by charging a dime per strap to the Dawgs Alumi Club……..
Jm
August 26th, 2010
6:27 pm
Loran belongs in a rest home. Good bleeping riddance.
Bulldawg78
August 26th, 2010
6:30 pm
People get real.
Loran should have retired years ago.
Like Larry, he waited far too long.
He added nothing but stupid comments.
He was an embarrassment to UGA.
Notso Fast
August 26th, 2010
6:32 pm
It was just time for a change.
Fred
August 26th, 2010
6:35 pm
Thanks for the mammories Loran.
jdawgs34
August 26th, 2010
6:36 pm
You know you really hate to lose a tradition, but we all knew it was coming. My problem is that ISP and the new company run the show, we should have control. I coule see this at the Galleria the other night with CMR…congrats to Dowdle for getting a great second retirment job at the greatest place…UGA…double dipping that salary….
kevinstthm
August 26th, 2010
6:38 pm
I certainly hope that this was Loren’s idea! Loren, is to Georgia football as Peanut Butter is to Jelly.
Jeff
August 26th, 2010
6:41 pm
I agree with Mr. Dawg and Griff at 5:02 p.m… very well said. I grew up listening to Larry and Loran with the biggest Dawg fan I know, my father. It was part of UGA football history and their voices during a tense game will be missed.
I like the addition of Chuck Dowdle… he is a true professional and one of the nicest guys I’ve ever met. Talk to anyone in the business, they will tell you Chuck is genuine, kind and knowledgable. He will be a great addition to the crew.
I only have one bone to pick with the Georgia broadcasts… I loved Eric Zeier as a player, but I am NOT IMPRESSED AT ALL with him as a color analyst. He doesn’t excite me at all or get edgy at all. Please, to those in charge of the Georgia broadcasts, look at some other options for the future. Truth be told, I’d kinda like to hear ol’ Kevin Butler do color sometime… he’s not afraid to say what he really thinks. But overall, Scott Howard is good with a lot of passion… Hondo and Loran do a great job on the tailgate show… and I think Chuck does a great job with the postgame interviews.
Can’t wait for the season…. go Dawgs!!!
Red Dog
August 26th, 2010
6:41 pm
Looks like Chuck has been eyeing this position for a while. Sudden retirement from WSB TV. Hmmmmm.
Jeff
August 26th, 2010
6:45 pm
Oh and I agree with jdawgs @ 6:36 p.m….. giving ISP control of UGA broadcasts was IDIOTIC. ISP is TERRIBLE. They do Ga. Tech games… ’nuff said.
Georgia sports broadcasting is a valuable commodity and should be treated as such, not just “another college program.” UGA should have ULTIMATE editorial, talent and content control.
To Georgia: FIRE ISP! Take control of the broadcasts. They already sound like other schools’ broadcasts with their lame, generic bump music… they are OUR games and OUR broadcasts… Glory Glory to ‘Ol Georgia!!!
10SEConds
August 26th, 2010
6:49 pm
This is actually a pretty fair arrangement. We get the benefit of Loran’s historical knowledge on the pre-game and perhaps a more active observer on the sideline. I’ve been a Dawg fan and listener for about 40 years, so I’ll miss Loran, and I believe he had unusual access to coaches and players because of his history, knowledge and connections, but he’s not the value add that he once was. I’ll go a bit further and observe that I prefer his written words to his spoken words. Sometimes we got more than we really needed from the sideline. I remember one broadcast from, I think, the late 70’s, in which Larry impatiently cut Loran off to get back to the game–one of Larry’s great strengths was his focus on the action–and when Larry went back to the sideline for Loran, there was silence! A rare moment of discord, and perhaps an example that even Larry found Loran too wordy at times.
Red
August 26th, 2010
6:52 pm
Enter your comments here UGA fans can’t be satisfied with anything.
Jim Tavegia
August 26th, 2010
6:52 pm
Who cares about Chuck or the rest of them. The game is what matters and none of them has a crystal ball that works, so while they rant about woulda, coulda, shoulda; listen to some music until the game starts. Why can’t people who retire, stay retired.
jaxdawgfan
August 26th, 2010
6:53 pm
They say some people have a face for radio. Loran has a voice for the newspaper. He sounds like Gomer Pyle and is guilty as charged of so many meaningless comments and silly questions so I wondered how he got and kept his job… then I found out he was the producer. All that said, you won’t find a more dedicated Dawg fan.
Someone new at his position is probably a good move… and Loran will still have 3 hours prior to games to continue his “tradition.”
mark white
August 26th, 2010
7:01 pm
The Barney Fife of UGA has finally been put to rest
WestOfAthens
August 26th, 2010
7:12 pm
Out with old, in with the new? Complacency, that is.
May seem to be a good fit. We’ll wait and see eh?
HBTD
Loquatious T. Futtbuck
August 26th, 2010
7:20 pm
“Well, Larry, the grass down here is green, and you can’t drop the footbowel, Larry, and, uh, I fogotted what I was going to drivel, uh, back to yoyLarry!”
trojan94
August 26th, 2010
7:20 pm
Josh is a moron for the comment he made earlier!!!
Danny G
August 26th, 2010
7:21 pm
There was a time when I could not watch a Dawg game without the radio on. Now, it really doesn’t matter. All of the icons are gone, so I might as well listen to the announcers on TV. At least they will be insinc with the game.
Thanks
August 26th, 2010
7:23 pm
Glad he is being replaced. His post game locker room questions were just dreadful and not relevant most of the time. I do wish him well however.
gtbob45
August 26th, 2010
7:28 pm
One old senile Dawg replacing another old senile Dawg where is the story here.
joe
August 26th, 2010
7:32 pm
Oh God, Chuck Dowdle is downright awful. He ruins the Mark Richt show to the point where I can’t watch it. Last thing we need is Chuck on the sideline.
joe
August 26th, 2010
7:33 pm
“Glad he is being replaced. His post game locker room questions were just dreadful and not relevant most of the time.”
Have you ever seen Chuck Dowdle conduct an interview? What the Mark Richt show to see how he ruins that show.
Lifelong Dawg
August 26th, 2010
7:35 pm
I’ve always liked Loran, but we all need to face the future at some point, and Loran isn’t part of it. UGA will still play football on fall Saturdays whether Loran is on the sidelines or not. That’s the only tradition that really counts, after all. We’ll still appreciate Loran and Larry and their contributions to the University.
Howdy Dowdle
August 26th, 2010
7:36 pm
This guy is soft as Mr. Rogers. He dares not to ask CMR any hard ball questions.
What a goof !
Paul Has A Small Johnson
August 26th, 2010
7:40 pm
Chucky Doodle
Ruined the Mark Richt show
Im tired of all the stupid crap thats put on that show
I want to see the replay’s and what the call for each play was and why
Not Water Girl wants to know
Or what the players are eating for breakfast
Howdy Dowdle
August 26th, 2010
7:44 pm
The Mark Richt Show seems to be a spin off from Mr. Rogers neighborhood.. Have to agree with Paul has a small Johnson on that point as well.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
August 26th, 2010
7:49 pm
Mr. Rogers that was a good one
How a about Sesame Street or Barney
Your right though
I think the hardest question Doodle has asked Richt is what will the water girl be cooking for dinner
Rusty
August 26th, 2010
7:53 pm
First Larry, now Loran. A piece of my childhood just died.
JJC
August 26th, 2010
7:54 pm
Well Larry I’m down here on the sidelines talking to Coach Richt… I’m sorry, my mistake, no I’m not.
michael
August 26th, 2010
7:57 pm
loran spoke at my awards banquet in 1977 but i am still a yellowjacket. good speaker though.
puff
August 26th, 2010
7:58 pm
Loooooooooooong overdue. Should have happened years ago.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
August 26th, 2010
8:01 pm
Chucky whats going on down there on the sidelines
Well Scotty
I just talked with the water girl and she believes the Kryptonite kool-aid will be the deciding factor to an undefeated season this year
Beaming it back to you Scotty
messin with sasquatch
August 26th, 2010
8:02 pm
was he partyin in buckhead?
messin with sasquatch
August 26th, 2010
8:04 pm
superman is gone to denver, relax……………
Paul Has A Small Johnson
August 26th, 2010
8:05 pm
Chucky Doodle
Give us a sideline report
Well Scotty I just found out that Russ took a dump and a Arkansas player slipped on it
Beaming it back to you Scotty
BA Smyrna
August 26th, 2010
8:06 pm
No one may see this post, but I had to anyway. THANK GOD! Loran Smith has ZERO talent. I asked every year why in the hell this guy had a job. He sucks. It made no sense why he was in broadcasting. I wish him well as a person, but he had to know someone on the inside to get that job. Just awful.
crusher dawg
August 26th, 2010
8:06 pm
Put Chuck in the broadcast booth. He’s better than any of the ones they have now.
Castleberry
August 26th, 2010
8:11 pm
Who remembers the details of Loran making Jim Donnan blow-up about the heat cramps
question? I remember Donnan shot back at Loran saying something like ” I dont give a damn about heat cramps. ”
I believe Adams fired Donnan soon after the heat cramp episode on live radio.
michael
August 26th, 2010
8:13 pm
those were loran’s red panty’s
SatillaDawg
August 26th, 2010
8:15 pm
Whattayagot, Loran?
Uh, well, uh, well, uh, well, uh, Larry….!
Give that Bulldog legend a bone. We won’t forget you, Loran.
Thanks for all the great years on the sidelines.
Now, let’s get ready for another great season of Bulldog football, folks.
Only nine days to kickoff!
Go Dawgs! Sic ‘em! Woof, Woof, Woof!
Paul Has A Small Johnson
August 26th, 2010
8:15 pm
Well if we have Loren to thank for getting rid of Jim Dummy
Well then he did UGA a favor
Thanks Loren
Glen B
August 26th, 2010
8:16 pm
Is nothing sacred??? Wasn’t it Loran who reported from the sidelines about Hershel’s shoulder popping out in the New Orleans Sugar Bowl. Captivating memories. Surely the new AD didn’t make this decision.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
August 26th, 2010
8:22 pm
No
Chuck Doodle and the CSS network did Im sure
defactodawg
August 26th, 2010
8:22 pm
Thanks Loran but it has long been time to go. Now, If only we could get a broadcast professional in the play-by-play role, the broadcast would be worth listening to. Scott Howard is ineffective on his best day and generally unbearable the rest of the time. If Scott would try to craft his own style, there may be hope but his attempts to out-Munson Munson leave him as a parody of himself.
Please end this experiment in perpetual homerism and bring a talented broadcaster to the booth.
the real Old Gold
August 26th, 2010
8:26 pm
THANK GOD! This guy is the absolute worst. I don’t listen to a lot of UGA broadcasts, but sometimes in the car I can catch UT or UGA football when I’m out and about and this guys was a channel changer. My neighbor is a UGA season ticket holder and we both used to make fun of him all the time. Good move for the “Dawgs.”
SatillaDawg
August 26th, 2010
8:29 pm
You know, I kind of agree with you defactodawg.
I have never cared for Scott Howard, who gets players and even TEAMS mixed-up at times.
With all the money Dawg fans pump into the program, we should get a return on our investment. I’m not against homerism per se. I loved Larry.
But Scott is no Larry…nowhere close.
And never will be.
cattle dawg
August 26th, 2010
8:29 pm
Loran is from Wrightsville I believe, and whats the deal with Reggie Browns high shcool coach?
Loran's best (is dead)
August 26th, 2010
8:30 pm
“Well Larry.. I just had a hot dog.. WITH MUSTARD… and I think I saw Elvis in section 102. I’ll have security check his ID and get back to you during the 3rd quarter when I find my shoes.”
Hee Haw
August 26th, 2010
8:31 pm
Sometimes corney is a good thing.
Bulldog Through and Through
August 26th, 2010
8:32 pm
If Eric Z. is the best radio can do, I will not be turning down the volume on the tv to hear the radio side. He is terrible.
69dawg
August 26th, 2010
8:33 pm
Hey ANTI 69….. GO EFF YOURSELF.
Loran, What a ya got ?
August 26th, 2010
8:34 pm
We can still hear the ole boy on the pre-game show.
you young whipper-snappers.
jimmymack
August 26th, 2010
8:34 pm
is this more adams bs. chuck who i really like, could not at this point and time ,replace one of the most knowledgeable men in the bulldog nation.it would be great if this didn’t happen the week before the season started.UNDER THE PRESENT ADM THE PEOPLE WHO DONATE,PARTICAPATE AND ARE TRUE BULLDOG,S WILL NEVER HAVE A VOICE
Bride of Chucky Knapp
August 26th, 2010
8:35 pm
Now let’s get rid of Mr. “Too Cool to Finish Schooll” Zeier!
It's 'Loren, whatdoya got?'
August 26th, 2010
8:36 pm
He and Mr. Munson will both be missed. 10 years from now, we’ll wish we could hear them both on the radio again. One more sad milestone in Georgia Bulldog history.
Loran, What a ya got ?
August 26th, 2010
8:37 pm
Larry, it’s 105 degrees down here on the field, and thats without a uniform on.
It's 'Loren, whatdoya got?'
August 26th, 2010
8:39 pm
What ‘A’ ya got sounds funny.
Loran, What a ya got ?
August 26th, 2010
8:41 pm
Kinda like The Varsity,
What a ya have, What a ya have ?
The Exterminator
August 26th, 2010
8:42 pm
Thank you for posting that letter from Erk to the team before the 1980 opener against UT. A classic.
It was most certainly, “Loran, whadya got?”
Loran didn’t have much but he was a great tradition. He’s a heck of fundraiser, too.
Chuck Dowdle bleeds Red & Black and will be great. He is a great guy, too.
And Tech still sucks.
Loran, What a ya got ?
August 26th, 2010
8:43 pm
They just turned the sprinkler system on here at Jordan-Hare Larry,
and all the Dawg fans are soaked.
Loran, wutah ya got /
August 26th, 2010
8:47 pm
Thanks Larry !
SatillaDawg
August 26th, 2010
8:49 pm
I didn’t think about it before my earlier post, but I agree… “Loran” came first:
Loran, whattayagot?
Uh, well, uh, well, uh, well, uh, L a r r y….!
Loran, wutah ya got /
August 26th, 2010
8:49 pm
I think all the verbal exchanges between Larry and Loran would make a great book.
Higher education at it’s best.
AD Stinky Fingers
August 26th, 2010
8:52 pm
Wha da ya got, Courtney? Red panties? I be liken the fire down below. Well worth throwing away my life, just like a typical UGAg douche.
Loran, whattayagot?
August 26th, 2010
8:55 pm
Larry, you have to drive all the way to Dacula to buy the AJC.
AD Stinky Fingers
August 26th, 2010
8:56 pm
When I first moved to Georgia and saw Dowdle on WSB-TV, I thought he was mentally disable with a speech impediment. The poor f**k just has a horrible southern accent and appears to be only mildly brain damaged and is a demented UGA slobbing bootlicker.
Loran, whattayagot?
August 26th, 2010
8:57 pm
The Sticky Fingers in Charleston has good baby back ribs.
Baldemar Huerta
August 26th, 2010
8:57 pm
17-17, one second on the clock, LSU at the one.
Loran what you got for us?
Well Larry, I just figured out why they call them tight ends. I’m here with the dentist for the 1938 UGA volleyball team. Roger, how many fillings did the team need, and did the university pay for it?
And don’t get me started on his joke of a show “Sports Conversations”, that still has no network sponsors after a year and a network change.
The Exterminator
August 26th, 2010
8:58 pm
Larry: “It’ll be 3rd down. Loran, whadya got?”
Loran: “Well, Laaarrry, I’m standing here next to Mary Crabapple, who cheered for Georgia in the 40’s. Mary, what do consider your most exciting mo–”
Larry: “Third down and 4 on the 48, Georgia in a stand up 5, we really need a stop here…”
UGA fans are so ...
August 26th, 2010
8:58 pm
Loran should have left when Larry did. Tech may suck but Wes Durham is a much better announcer than Scott Howard could ever hope to be.
Wisdom, Moderation, Justice
August 26th, 2010
8:59 pm
Maybe you should now move AWAY from Georgia.
SatillaDawg
August 26th, 2010
8:59 pm
This is Georgia. Georgia is in the Deep South.
Is there some kind of problem with having a Southern accent in Georgia?
I think not.
Go Dawgs!
Mark H - Tampa Dawg
August 26th, 2010
9:01 pm
Sad to see that era come to an end. Glad however that Loran is still with the program. He is a great asset and a true gentleman. Thanks Loran from the Tampabay Bulldog Club.
Baldemar Huerta
August 26th, 2010
9:02 pm
“Wisdom, Moderation, Justice ” HA! The State should be sued for false advertising.
SuperB
August 26th, 2010
9:02 pm
Nothing against Chuck, but Loran belongs on the sideline as long as he wants. He’s been “Bowdened.”
Ron Hyatt
August 26th, 2010
9:10 pm
2 months ago 5
Chuck Chuck Bo Buck
Banana Fana Fo–HEY!
Whaddayagot Question Answered
August 26th, 2010
9:10 pm
I think it became interchangable.
He might have started with my name or he might have concluded with it.
.
Good investigative journalism, Mr. Tim Tucker.
Thanks for clearing thing up.
LarDawg
August 26th, 2010
9:11 pm
They may not even have to tell him he’s not on the air anymore.
Man Enough
August 26th, 2010
9:12 pm
Well the sound of UGA football is changing. We all knew it would come some day. I will miss them both. Lets just hope the change is for the better on the field. I just dont understand how any Dawg fan can talk bad of them. It’s Tradition. I had always known their voices as UGA football ever since I can remember.
Ron Hyatt
August 26th, 2010
9:13 pm
And now Ollie Williams with weather..Ollie?
“Everybody looks like ants!”
Former Radio Man
August 26th, 2010
9:15 pm
I grew up listening to the UGA games on the radio & Braves games on the radio. In my opinion, both broadcasts are close to ‘unlistenable’ now. The way Don Sutton stumbles through play by play & with the idiot now doing Georgia games hollering over every big play, it makes me long for Sundays when I can listen to Wes Durham & David Archer do the Falcons games.
SatillaDawg
August 26th, 2010
9:16 pm
Freddy Fender…..#1 Georgia Bulldog Fan!
Glory, Glory to Old Georgia!
Ron Hyatt
August 26th, 2010
9:17 pm
Wes definitely is becoming the iconic broadcaster in the state. His style is his own.
Baldemar Huerta
August 26th, 2010
9:18 pm
SatillaDawg, +1 internet for you. First poster in over 1000 posts to get it.
Associated Press
August 26th, 2010
9:21 pm
……… .The last laugh
.
Both ESPN and CBS Sports are courting Loran Smith as a sideline reporter.
Baldemar Huerta
August 26th, 2010
9:23 pm
gotta have some eye candy for the blue hair set.
SatillaDawg
August 26th, 2010
9:24 pm
I don’t need no stinkin’ internet…
I’ve known who Baldemar Huerta is/was for more than 40 years.
Go Dawgs!
WAGA
August 26th, 2010
9:27 pm
Ed Thelenius would be proud.
Baldemar Huerta
August 26th, 2010
9:29 pm
Go Dawgs, and take Ga Southern with you!
Smegmatic
August 26th, 2010
9:29 pm
Thinking that this will relieve poor Neil Williamson from having to traffic-cop the nonsense Loran and Munson would ramble on about. Larry was great, don’t get me wrong, but Loran was unlistenable. Dowdle, who knows. But this takes a load off Neil’s plate. What’s funny is that back in the day on WQXI, Neil had the SAME role, trying to make Gary McKee’s rambling, which happened a lot, worthwhile to listen to. Oh, yes.
DAWG DRUNK
August 26th, 2010
9:31 pm
“What ya got Loran?” Larrryyy I’m down here on the sideline with the Georgia cheerleaders and you should see the legs on this Sophomore from Evans County! I haven’t seen legs like this in Athens since Lindsay Scott was here.”
SatillaDawg
August 26th, 2010
9:31 pm
Hey, Freddy…
Delta is ready when you are.
John
August 26th, 2010
9:33 pm
Typical Exchange
What you got, Loran?
Well, Larry, if it rains, the players will get wet?
……..
Back to you, Loran.
Larry, if the Dogs don;t score, they won’t win.
Ray Goff
August 26th, 2010
9:36 pm
There’s a job open on the Georgia sidelines?
HomeComing
August 26th, 2010
9:38 pm
Did Loran ever come up with a big scoop?
UK THOROUGHBRED
August 26th, 2010
9:43 pm
Who cares? uga will lose to Kentucky again this year!
Chuck UGA
August 26th, 2010
9:48 pm
Chuck Dowdle may be a nice guy, but I just decided to leave my radio home from now on. His broadcast voice is hideous to listen to, and I’m no fan of Scott Howard except in basketball. I am writing Greg McGarity to suggest he seriously look for a new announcer.
Addition by subtraction
August 26th, 2010
9:48 pm
Good riddance
PTC DAWG
August 26th, 2010
9:54 pm
Loran, you will be missed.
Mobile Dawg
August 26th, 2010
9:55 pm
This goes out to any and all posters who have had negative comments on a DGD. May bedbugs dine upon your flesh tonight. Sweet dreams….
God bless you Loran, thanks for the many good years, and memories. We miss you and Larry as a team….Good luck to Chuck and welcome to the future.
jimmy Swindel
August 26th, 2010
9:57 pm
Does anyone else every notice that The University of Georgia never hires a black man like my self for positions like this? When will people start seeing a man and not the color of his skin?
Yes
August 26th, 2010
9:57 pm
Munson Catch Phrase to Loren is: Loren, what do ya have? what do ya have?
PTC DAWG
August 26th, 2010
9:57 pm
Any of you calling our Loran, I’m willing to meet at the nearest BP station to whip your azz.
truedawg
August 26th, 2010
9:58 pm
Loran has been a damned good dawg for a long time. I am truly amazed at the number of jackasses that feel the need to slam him.
Loran
August 26th, 2010
10:01 pm
Whatchagot Chuck
For what it's worth
August 26th, 2010
10:04 pm
On September 21, 2007
Mark Schlabach of ESPN said this about Munson’s retirement:
Loran Smith, who long ago became the target of Munson’s
” Loran whatdayagot? ”
call for sideline reports.
said the fact Georgia started winning when Munson went into the booth helped his popularity as much as anything.
Ben There
August 26th, 2010
10:04 pm
Unless you really know McGill, Loran and Larry you can’t be a complete Bulldog. Those that really don’t know them show their ignorance with their opinions. They don’t know UGA and would be very good Tech fans. Rant on some more to prove my point.
Karvey Heitel
August 26th, 2010
10:08 pm
Munson, Martinez, Evans, Smith. Who cares, good riddance.
Richt should be next.
36 Dawg Gone Years
August 26th, 2010
10:14 pm
`
36 years on the sideline, that’s a lot of football games.
We will miss your reports Loran.
JaxDawg
August 26th, 2010
10:16 pm
“Well Larry”, Musa has a high ankle sprain but it looks like he’ll be alright!!
Mark in Woodstock
August 26th, 2010
10:17 pm
Even as lifetime Clemson fan it’s sad to see Loran go….I always thought he brought a southern gentlemen’s approach to his broadcast. Loran–you can enjoy just being fan for the remainder of your days.
Loran, whatdayagot?
August 26th, 2010
10:20 pm
I still got the pre-game show, Larry.
Very Dawg
August 26th, 2010
10:21 pm
loran’s act is old and out of date. Dowdle–better, but they could have done better.
Dalton Dawg
August 26th, 2010
10:24 pm
Tim, it is obvious that you never listened to the Dawgs on the radio. I can hear, Munson now… “Loran, what cha got”. Loran would say, Well…. He most always started with well. This was a great team that will not be forgotten. Go Dawgs!!!
Hallelujah
August 26th, 2010
10:25 pm
Loran was the worst I could ever imagine. He knew about as much about football as my 4 year old. PATHETIC!!!!
By the way he was also quite rude…
dawgydawg47
August 26th, 2010
10:26 pm
How are we gonna get Chuck’s head out of Mark Richt’s a** long enough to do a report? What a butt kisser. My 5 year old could ask tougher questions.
Jessie
August 26th, 2010
10:28 pm
Dowdle is truly one of the nicest guys in the biz. Genuine and hard working, too. Will be good to hear his voice on Saturdays.
JDW
August 26th, 2010
10:31 pm
Loran for Chuck Dowdle? You got to be kidding. Don’t know who made this call but they got it wrong in a big way.
Rabun Dawg
August 26th, 2010
10:33 pm
I would bet that Donan and Loran never had a beer together. Loran was a UGA legend, but his time had come. DGD, for sure!! Personally, had rather listen to most network announcers on tv, than those doing UGA games on radio. Need more Kevin Butlers, who doesn’t “sugar coat” the situations.
king of mean
August 26th, 2010
10:47 pm
Now if the Braves radio group would get rid of Don Sutton… the WORST play by play announcer EVER…
example: “This is the 4th time that Kuo has gone more than 1 inning. He’s done it 3 times before.”
Really Don? 4 is more than 3? Thanks for clearing that up for me…
Dawg Gone It
August 26th, 2010
11:13 pm
Not a SEC Championship in sight! Long Live CMR!
rainbow
August 26th, 2010
11:25 pm
how’s it hangin’ dowdle…
Ben There
August 26th, 2010
11:30 pm
Rabun Dog, You would lose a bet on Loran never having a beer with Donnan. I don’t know if he knows Donan. There was never a Coach Donan at UGA. If you don’t even know the UGA coaches, I can see why you need a numb-nut TV announcer to help you and your wife through a football game. You certainly haven’t been spending your time in Athens on Saturdays. Donan? Donan? Please go to a deer hunting site and never voice an opinion about UGA again! Donan?
Play it loud
August 26th, 2010
11:32 pm
To keep the thought of that 1980 title, uga fans can still play old recordings of larry munson and loran from the early 80s in the parking lots before the game! It’s the closest they will get to a title in a long time.
Bill
August 26th, 2010
11:36 pm
It’s not “Whaddayagot, Loran”, but the exact opposite, “Loran, whaddayagot?”
uga grad
August 26th, 2010
11:42 pm
u want fries with that?
Jed Leland
August 26th, 2010
11:45 pm
Now, possum-head Dowdull can be an official pimp instead of merely a de facto one. As for Smith, good riddance to that femme-voiced homer. Tweedle Dee to old man Munson’s Tweedle Dumber. Larry was a destructive force to UGA (the university). To boot, he was senile & incompetent for at least the last lustrum.
GT BABY
August 27th, 2010
12:10 am
..
GT BABY
August 27th, 2010
12:13 am
HEY, THE AJC HASN’T WROTE A STORY ABOUT BUC TO LINDSEY IN THE PAST FOUR DAYS…..IT’S JUST ABOUT TIME FOR ANOTHER ONE. GEORGIA FANS ARE SO STUPID! WHEN WILL YALL GET OUT OF 1980? AT LEAST STOP ACTING LIKE YALL HAVE WON THREE NC SINCE THEN. IT’S GETTING OLD!
athhound
August 27th, 2010
12:17 am
Loran has rarely added anything outside of the glaringly obvious in several years. Dantzler has a great voice, and more knowledge of UGA athletics than anyone not named Dan Magill. He needs a more prominent role, and if he can stay out of trouble with the DUI police, I think he’ll eventually get one. Dowdle is the worst possible choice. He sounds as though he’s been sucking helium and is, in person, the most condescending, arrogant media personality I’ve ever met outside of Wolf Blitzer.
GT BABY
August 27th, 2010
12:19 am
IS LARRY MUNSON DEAD?
John Wayne
August 27th, 2010
12:22 am
I can’t believe this…might as well shoot me in the back. Just shows what happens when you got the wrong kind of people running things.
Ben
August 27th, 2010
12:34 am
Loran, I miss you already sir. Enjoy the easy seat in the box. You knew Charles liked boiled peanuts – greatest sideline question ever.
TN Jeff
August 27th, 2010
12:44 am
Gonna miss such astute observations as – “Well Larry if GA scores more points than TN, then they’re gonna win”
Gator Hater
August 27th, 2010
1:33 am
I still miss Munson but won’t miss Loran. I’ve been listening to and attending games for over thirty years and still haven’t figured out what Loran was talking about. “Loran, Whatayagot?” was a apparently a trick question for Loran because he always came back with nothing of substance.
“Well Larry, I had lunch on Tuesday with Miss Allebelle Jones who some of you may remember was the sister of Jerome Jones whose high school backfield mate was George Jernigan, a four year lettermen for the Dawgs, who pulled a groin in the locker room after Georgia’s 1946 Oil Bowl victory over Tulsa. Tulsa, that reminds me of a story…”
I’m all for tradition (including no black uniforms or helmets) but is it really tradition if only two people know it happened or is it just history? Someone asked me on Wednesday if Loran was going to be back this year and I said that I hoped not and wanted them to give Butler a shot. But Chuck Dowdle? Haven’t the ISP guys seen the coach’s show or any of his other work? Scott Howard is pretty good and Zeier isn’t as bad since they turned his microphone down or he took it out of his mouth. Go Dawgs!
SEC X
August 27th, 2010
2:38 am
Loran will be missed but in a way only he could summarize:
“Loran, how’s it going to be working in the press box?
Well, the press box has seats and it won’t be grassy like the field. Back to you”
It will let him contemplate more wonderful thoughts such as “The team that scores the most has the best chance to win” and “he looks ready to come back in the second half after a warm up (the player being spoken of was on the sideline on crutches in street clothes).” Those are just two of the most useless quotes of his I can remember. Not once can I remember him adding anything constructive to any broadcast. Nice or not, he was a waste of airtime, like I would be if I were a sideline reporter.
Fooper
August 27th, 2010
3:18 am
Loran… whatdayagot?
Larry…I got me a Maker’s and ginger, how about you?
common sense
August 27th, 2010
5:08 am
finally GONE!!! I am very pleased to have a new voice. Loran was the ultimate softball interviewer, really nice guy but no always on point to the event s of the day. Lets be honest Munsons coat-tails just werent long enough..
Davis May
August 27th, 2010
5:43 am
there is an announcer at Clemson that’s great, named Will Merritt. Can we get him? He’s really funny because there are people in the announcer’s booth that laugh at everything he says and he laughs at everything he says. Can we get him? Is it too late?
jake
August 27th, 2010
5:50 am
i will miss :
rail road tracks
poss cups
erk russell
cheerleaders that were true beauties
larrys voice
freddy jones
avery mcclain
squab jones
vince dooley
lauren smith
tailgating
hershel walker
seagraves
############# they are all gone and will be missed ##########
everything is so damm political these days
mike
August 27th, 2010
6:02 am
whatdayagot loran made my day…guess uga is next to go…this aint good..leave well enough alone
mike
August 27th, 2010
6:04 am
jake you are dead on screw the new system..
mike
August 27th, 2010
6:06 am
are they cutting the damn headges next and planting castus
Richard Tardits
August 27th, 2010
6:07 am
Will be missed but long overdue.
Coastal Dog
August 27th, 2010
6:09 am
does this mean that comments from the sideline report may actually end before play on the field resumes? Let’s embraced some change! Thanks for all the years Larry.
LAKEDAWG
August 27th, 2010
6:34 am
Chuck surely do suck. Loran is a classy gentleman, which seems to be out of favor at UGA since Adams took over. What’s next? Chuck’s good friend Neal Boortz doing the play by play?
» SEC: Long-time Georgia radio personality replaced John Clay’s Sidelines
August 27th, 2010
6:44 am
[...] Georgia radio fixture Loran Smith out as sideline reporter, reports Tim Tucker of the AJC. [...]
Tuckergirl
August 27th, 2010
7:30 am
As so many of you have rightly said, Chuck’s not a bad guy but why is he getting every sports reporting gig in the state now? First the Braves, now UGA? There’s a lot of talent out there so maybe we should give somebody else a shot.
JJ
August 27th, 2010
7:40 am
Dantzler will never be hired for anything other than the host of one of these pregame shows or call-in shows. He’s got more baggage than a Delta flight from Atlanta to China.
Not to mention that any Georgia native who professes to be a NY Yankees fan, and thinks Chris Berman is a “legend” and sports icon, should be banished from working for anything to do with UGA athletics anyway. This is the South, bubba.
Sam
August 27th, 2010
7:43 am
not a GA fan but will miss Loran – Chuck is a jerk – have come across him many times in the past and always arrogant
Timbo
August 27th, 2010
7:49 am
Loran has been stealing money for years.
obama sin Laden
August 27th, 2010
7:55 am
PHASJ has it right. It is a good decision to get rid of the 2 bit reporter(Per donnan). Bad to put doodle in. No upgrade what so ever. Butler or one of the other guys are da bomb.Rotate em to see which one the FANS want.
jimmymack
August 27th, 2010
8:01 am
the president said he wamted to change the tradition, well peice by peice he is doing it
jimmymack
August 27th, 2010
8:01 am
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bozo
August 27th, 2010
8:37 am
Our play by play crew of Scott and Eric has to be the WORST in history. Hell, I had just assume liten to the TV guys.
Loren, awful announcer, but NOBODY loves the Dogs more than him (well, maybe Dan McGill).
Our crew is becoming more and more generic. Wasn’t Dowdlw diong Tech just a few years ago. Huge step up for him.
At least Larry and Loren had some personality.
Oh yeah, I like Hondo okay – nice guy (for a Yankee) in person too.
The Pepper Rodgers show
August 27th, 2010
8:38 am
To me, the funniest sideline show was when GT’s H Coach Pepper Rodges yanked his head phones up the sideline toward himself and he pulled so hard that they went airborne and hit him in the head and just about knocked him silly. Pepper fell to his knees …………right there on a nationwide color tv broadcast.
Man, was he knocked cold ………Pepper looked like Obama, when the POTUS gets the weekly jobs report on HIS recession and ever worsening housing situation, that he caused.
GO Dogs.
bozo
August 27th, 2010
8:38 am
I wish Chip Carey (a Dawg) was our play by play guy.
bozo
August 27th, 2010
8:39 am
I’m with Jake 100%.
Hey "Pepper Rodgers Show"
August 27th, 2010
9:04 am
Know what’s funnier??!?! Ealey’s driving skills! Must be tough to be a Dawg fan…everytime you wake up another arrest of a UGA player is on the front page. ALL….SUMMER…LONG!!!
AD Stinky Fingers
August 27th, 2010
9:05 am
Meet the thUGA Criminal of the week, Washaun the moron. My boys are following my fine example right out the door. Washaun, I be introducing you to Courtney Furhmann. She nasty, just like you like ‘em.
2010 Fulmer Cup Champs!
August 27th, 2010
9:05 am
We did it guys! Most arrests of any school…and that’s not including our idiot Athletic Director!
GO DAWGS!
hatfieldgeoff
August 27th, 2010
9:07 am
“Wha da ya got Loren” – Nothing, … for 36 years he had nothing. But Loren, 36 years is a pretty good run for the worst sideline reporter in history. How about UGA and WSB start using people based on talent and not on how wealthy and highly placed they are with the Athletic Association and the Bulldog Club
Mark Richt just said....
August 27th, 2010
9:08 am
Washaun is suspended for the first 4 minutes of the first game!
Shoot!
Richt is too tough on these kids!!!
how2fish
August 27th, 2010
9:10 am
AD Stinky Fingers kindly puck yourself …..at high noon in the middle of Peachtree Street..thank you.
hatfieldgeoff
August 27th, 2010
9:14 am
Can we please get a DMV compliance officer for the program.
They're having a press conference at noon to discuss Washaun's future
August 27th, 2010
9:16 am
Mark Richt declined to be there as he has a tanning appointment at 11:30.
AD Stinky Fingers
August 27th, 2010
9:21 am
how2fish, so let me get this straight. I should “puck” myself because the UGA AD and many of his athletes are criminals, is that right? All I did was call it out. Get used to it for the next 50 years, you are going to hear about Damon Evans and the thuggary known as UGA.
No wonder UGA never really addresses the criminal, unethical, and downright incompetent behavior of its athletic program. You ignorant dawg fans just lap it up and say thank you sir, may I have another.
la lafayette
August 27th, 2010
9:26 am
just suspend ealey for the creampuff game. Get him back for the USC game—no big deal. Players gotta party sometimes.
Clarke County Jail Team
August 27th, 2010
9:28 am
I heard Richt has asked the sheriff to hold at least 1 practice in the yard at the jailhouse to save money on travel, since several of the players are in the slammer for various things or will be during the season. It makes sense—richt is always thinking ahead.
sr citizen dawg
August 27th, 2010
9:32 am
first they didnt extend Coach Dooleys term as athletic director.
secondly, Munson retires.
third: Loran is off of the sideline game interviews in favor of Chuck know nothing.
4th. Tailgating is restricted even further.
One can only conclude that the only TRADITION continuing at UGA is the tradition of SEND US YOUR BUCKS.
Its almost enough to turn ya into a _______ fan.
Charlie Brown
August 27th, 2010
9:51 am
Smith was an embarrasment to UGA and the football team. What a loser!
Dixiedawg
August 27th, 2010
10:00 am
Scott Howard is doing an outstanding job calling the plays. He worked with Munson long enough to get a lot of his enthusiasm. He is a true BULLDAWG. He had a great mentor. Loran was great on the sidelines. He has had some health issues so I think it will be good for him to stick to the pregame shows. Good luck to the entire broadcast team.
PRODUCE WIZ
August 27th, 2010
10:09 am
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PRODUCE WIZ
August 27th, 2010
10:10 am
let’s see.Munson and Smith, georgia homers. Who’s paying them? Gators, Jacksts? Tigers? any other stupid comments, please delete
Gary
August 27th, 2010
10:17 am
I am a long-time a dawg fan (since the mid 60’s) but count me as one who never cared for Loran at all. His high-pitched whiny voice and lack of polish had no place on a broadcast with one of the legendary voices of the game, Larry Munson. I do give him credit for his frequent humble admittance to his lack of talent. I always assumed he got his job by being friends with influential people in the athletic program and I think he pretty much admits that. That being said, I still respect him as a “dam good dawg”
Charlie Mac is a jag
August 27th, 2010
10:34 am
Charlie McAlexander has been fired by more SEC schools than any announcer in conference history. Why in the world would UGA have him involved in ANYTHING? He is a bad announcer and, according to countless tales from Vandy, Kentucky, and South Carolina, a complete jacka$$. Putting him on UGA’s air is very embarrassing for all involved. BOOOOOOO!
Wreckem
August 27th, 2010
10:34 am
I’m by no means a uga fan but I do appreciate the long tradition of Larry and Loran. Sports radio has lost some great men over the last years. Don’t be sad dawgs at least you have a new tradition, football players being arrested. I believe the count is up to 8 as of this morning. I can’t understand why Washaun left the scene after he was instructed not to. Dumb.
SOOHSO
August 27th, 2010
12:07 pm
Did Washaun leave have any connection to red panties?
ugaman
August 27th, 2010
12:38 pm
thats a man who loves uga. good man who i enjoy hearing. larry and loren were like batman and robin.
ugaman
August 27th, 2010
12:40 pm
charlie brown is the real loser. see above comment.
jake
August 27th, 2010
1:16 pm
georgia techs student body comprises of orientals and super ugly women . they live among the hood rats and gay urban dwellers …
Ben There
August 27th, 2010
2:15 pm
Jake, you nailed it at 5:50 AM and again at 1:16PM. Nice to see that there is someone that knows UGA and the North Avenue Trade School! However, you left out Harry’s….. and McGarity is back!
Ben There
August 27th, 2010
2:18 pm
Jake, you left out MBI’s, too.
Aaron Murray for Heisman
August 27th, 2010
2:25 pm
Hey, how come when a Georiga player gets in trouble, the pu#@y Georgia sports writers close the threads? Funny, when it’s Florida or GT it’s open season, man up Tucker!
jake
August 27th, 2010
3:32 pm
It’s gonna be nice when the Dawgs win the National Championship this year!
Tech sux!
wcm87
August 27th, 2010
4:34 pm
This is a travesty!! And by what I reading, it seems I’m in some sort of parallel universe. Maybe, it’s me that needs to be put out to pasture but this is just bizarre. Loran, Munson, we love you guys and you will always be the voice of the Dogs.
wcm87
August 27th, 2010
4:35 pm
I don’t know about ya’ll but I smell a Mike Adams nearby.
billp222
August 27th, 2010
6:09 pm
No Larry Munson-no more Loran Smith ? Hell- Georgia might as well quit playin
boohoo
August 27th, 2010
9:02 pm
Great move , Loran was horrible, the man had no business on the sidelines but at least you could understand what he was saying although it was mere blabber . Have you heard Robert Edwards attempt to speak the english language———– horrible. One more thing CMR with all the support staff that you have at UGA dont ya think somebody could check Drivers licsence of all players I mean its not that hard. Just another embarrasment and reason why uga will never be more than average.
South Ga Girl
August 27th, 2010
9:03 pm
billp222 you are right.
Loran is the best! Great guy, true southern gentleman, humorous, kind, funny, smart,humble, great writer and all around nice man. Nicest dawg I know. UGA will miss him on the sidelines. At least now he will get to actually see the game.
a dawg in aubarn
August 27th, 2010
9:31 pm
watching wilder JR. now. glad to see him going to fla state. no pass blocking skills. he is going to plat DF no doubt about it UGA’s need to look at the RB from manatee and the DT. his # is 90.
Dalton Dawg
August 27th, 2010
10:23 pm
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Dalton Dawg
August 27th, 2010
10:24 pm
“Freddie Gilbert has a bruise on his knee, Freddie Gilbert has a bruise on the knee”………………
JGB
August 28th, 2010
12:05 am
I agree completely with some posts above. Jeff Danzler definitely should be our play by play announcer. No doubt about it. Its time to do what is right for the people who like to listen to the radio during the games. Otherwise, and unfortunately, I will continue to watch the games without the radio.
12-2
August 28th, 2010
2:12 am
All-time scoreboard for the Fulmer Cup :
1st: Illinois Fighting Illini 51 points 1 Fulmer Cup 2007
2nd: Georgia Bulldogs 48 points 1 Fulmer Cup 2010
2nd: Florida Gators 48 points
4th: Penn State Nittany Lions 42 points
5th: Arkansas Razorbacks 38 points
5th: Missouri Tigers 38 points
7th: Alabama Crimson Tide 37 points 1 Fulmer Cup 2008
8th: Iowa Hawkeyes 36 points
8th: Tennessee Volunteers 36 points
10th: Marshall Thundering Herd 35 points 1 Fulmer Cup 2006
11th: Nebraska Cornhuskers 33 points
12th: Florida State Seminoles 32 points
NXS
August 28th, 2010
11:48 am
Glad to finally be rid of Loran’s inane sideline comments, but Dowdle? Are you kidding?
Dawg Traditionalist
August 28th, 2010
2:09 pm
Loran is one of the great ambassadors of the Georgia program. I admit his sideline reporting pails in his comparison to his writing, but Loran has earned the right to call his own shots. His love for the Georgia people is unmatched. First Vince, then Larry, now Loran. At lease Loran is still involved, but it’s a shame.
Geezers rule
August 28th, 2010
6:03 pm
Ga keeps these old washed up geezers around the program in make work type jobs to remind them of their only great year, 1980, where only a fluke play allowed them to win the title. But, that’s their history, their legacy. Buck and herschel—where are you????
DawgFan
August 28th, 2010
9:32 pm
To those of you who have said such unkind things about Loran, for shame. I hope you don’t call yourself a true Bulldog fan! As another poster said, “I would guess the people that don’t like hearing Loran really don’t have UGA in there [sic] blood and are relatively new dog fans. Bulldog traditions just were not handed down to them from their parents and grandparents.” Larry and Loran were THE voices of the Bulldog nation, and this is the end of an era. Loran Smith is one of the nicest, classiest gentlemen you will ever meet, and I am ashamed to see the disparaging remarks here from fair-weather fans who obviously have no loyalty or respect for tradition, and probably never even went to UGA at that. As another poster said, what’s next? Cutting the damn hedges?