Missing Larry

I know that this is going to be Larry's second game not calling, but I just don't think I can listen to anyone BUT Larry call a TN. game. After all, this was the game that the \"hobnailed boot\" originated. Zeir did bring alot of knowledge to the booth when he called the game against bama, but he's no Larry Munson! I guess we as Dawg fans have just been spoiled for many years by having the BEST, if not the GREATEST play by play announcer in all of sports call our games. Not having Larry call every game is sort of like not UGA or Harry Dawg on the sidelines, he is a part of our DAWG NATION!!!! And with us being on the road for the whole month of Oct., it is going to be real tough. Sorry, but I just had to get that off my chest.
GOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone know what Munson's all time record is when calling UGA games in terms or wins and losses? That will be a real trivia question someday among UGA fans.

ok dapolla, we are waiting for the answer, we know you have it.

UnderDog37 wrote:

Anyone know what Munson's all time record is when calling UGA games in terms or wins and losses? That will be a real trivia question someday among UGA fans.

Okay, fine.

Larry came to Georgia in 1966, the year of Vince Dooley's first SEC Championship season.

Dooley went 201-77-10 from 1964-1988, meaning that you must subtract the '64 and '65 seasons from his totals. That makes him 188-70-9 during the Munson years.

Goff only coached one game (1990 against Clemson, which we lost) where Larry did not call the game due to back surgery. His career totals with Georgia were 46-34-1, making him 46-33-1 when Larry called the games for him.

Donnan went 40-19, with all games called by Larry.

Richt is 65-18, with only one game (against Alabama) not having been called by Larry, making him 64-18 under Larry.

So Georgia's record with Larry Munson behind the microphone is 338-140-10. That's a 69.2% winning percentage.

More telling is that we are 368-240-24 ALL TIME without Larry calling the games. That's only a 58.2% winning percentage.

Incredible as it sounds, we have played 1120 official games as a major intercollegiate football team. Larry has called 488 of those games, or a little less than half (43.5%) of all the football games the Georgia Bulldogs have ever played.

In closing...somebody fund stem cell research now so that we can get Larry a new spine, new fingers and about fifty more good, healthy years full of cigars, fishing and Georgia football.

fire_dawg wrote:

I know that this is going to be Larry's second game not calling, but I just don't think I can listen to anyone BUT Larry call a TN. game. After all, this was the game that the \"hobnailed boot\" originated.

And that ain't the only call. Lest we forget:

\"Touchdown Andy Johnson!\" 1973 in Knoxville, Andy Johnson fakes a pass and runs weak side into the end zone -- \"My God we have beaten Tennessee in Knoxville!\"

\"He's running over people!\" 1980 in Athens; Herschel runs over Bill Bates in his first appearance.

\"Give the guy some rest!\" 1980 in Athens; Herschel's second touchdown to put Georgia up.

\"Lady Luck just laughed out loud right there.\" 2003 in Knoxville; Sean Jones picks up a Jabari Davis fumble and returns it for a 96-yard touchdown as time runs out in the first half.

dapolla wrote:

In closing...somebody fund stem cell research now so that we can get Larry a new spine, new fingers and about fifty more good, healthy years full of cigars, fishing and Georgia football.

Then you better pray for anyone other than a pub!!!


GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!