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07-29-2007, 07:13 PM
Munson views season bleakly
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Famed announcer expects Dogs to lose often
By CHIP TOWERS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 07/28/07
Athens — This just in: Larry Munson is worried about the Georgia Bulldogs this season.
Now anybody that knows anything about Munson knows there is never a season about which he is not acutely anxious. But he insists his concerns are more legitimate than ever for this one.
"I think we're going to lose a lot of games," said the Dogs' legendary play-by-play man. "It's scary; it really is scary. I'm a worrier, but this is the most worried I've ever been."
Munson then offers a laundry list of reasons for his concern.
"We don't have any linebackers," he lamented. "We just have the one that's disappointed them all along. He's the only one that's played. The defensive line is riddled. The offensive line is just not there. We had to go out and get junior college kids. The secondary is gone. Your punter is gone and your holder and your snapper are gone and all those little ol' things.
"And, as usual, we're going to have guys out for probation or suspensions or whatever the first two games, two of our biggest games of the year. We've really lost a lot of players. Our young quarterback [Matthew Stafford] is going to have to really play good for us. He may have to carry us on his back."
If you get the indication that Munson is starting to get geared up for the season, you'd be right. As he sits in the easy chair in the living room of his West Athens home, media guides are stacked on a table next to him and strewn about the floor below. Those for Oklahoma State and South Carolina, the Bulldogs' first two opponents, are laid open under a bright lamp next two him.
But don't take that as an indication that Munson is re-thinking his decision to call only seven of Georgia's 12 games this season. Because of growing health concerns, the 84-year-old decided last month he would not to travel with the Bulldogs to road games this season, his 42nd as radio play-by-play man. However, both UGA and WSB Radio made it clear that Munson could change his mind if he decided he felt up to it.
"I'm not planning on it," he said. "We've already been over that."
In fact, in the midst of being interviewed, Munson fielded a phone call from a friend, who told him a cabin on a mid-Georgia fishing lake would be available to him the weekend of the Alabama game. Depending on the kickoff time for that Sept. 22 contest, Munson plans on wetting a line while listening to the Bulldogs' network broadcast.
"I'm actually looking forward to that," he said. "I've never been able to hear the crew at work; never even heard a tape of it."
Meanwhile, Munson will continue to study up on Georgia and its opponents. So far he doesn't like what he's learned.
[B]"I saw where Oklahoma State lost seven defensive linemen. That's a lot," he said. "But I'm not so sure we'll stop anybody. If Kentucky and Vanderbilt can do to us what they did last year, there's something wrong. I just don't know what we're gonna do."
I was quite surprised to read this. Will 2007 be the winter of Georgia's discontent???
http://www.larrymunson.com/images/larryhome.jpg
Famed announcer expects Dogs to lose often
By CHIP TOWERS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 07/28/07
Athens — This just in: Larry Munson is worried about the Georgia Bulldogs this season.
Now anybody that knows anything about Munson knows there is never a season about which he is not acutely anxious. But he insists his concerns are more legitimate than ever for this one.
"I think we're going to lose a lot of games," said the Dogs' legendary play-by-play man. "It's scary; it really is scary. I'm a worrier, but this is the most worried I've ever been."
Munson then offers a laundry list of reasons for his concern.
"We don't have any linebackers," he lamented. "We just have the one that's disappointed them all along. He's the only one that's played. The defensive line is riddled. The offensive line is just not there. We had to go out and get junior college kids. The secondary is gone. Your punter is gone and your holder and your snapper are gone and all those little ol' things.
"And, as usual, we're going to have guys out for probation or suspensions or whatever the first two games, two of our biggest games of the year. We've really lost a lot of players. Our young quarterback [Matthew Stafford] is going to have to really play good for us. He may have to carry us on his back."
If you get the indication that Munson is starting to get geared up for the season, you'd be right. As he sits in the easy chair in the living room of his West Athens home, media guides are stacked on a table next to him and strewn about the floor below. Those for Oklahoma State and South Carolina, the Bulldogs' first two opponents, are laid open under a bright lamp next two him.
But don't take that as an indication that Munson is re-thinking his decision to call only seven of Georgia's 12 games this season. Because of growing health concerns, the 84-year-old decided last month he would not to travel with the Bulldogs to road games this season, his 42nd as radio play-by-play man. However, both UGA and WSB Radio made it clear that Munson could change his mind if he decided he felt up to it.
"I'm not planning on it," he said. "We've already been over that."
In fact, in the midst of being interviewed, Munson fielded a phone call from a friend, who told him a cabin on a mid-Georgia fishing lake would be available to him the weekend of the Alabama game. Depending on the kickoff time for that Sept. 22 contest, Munson plans on wetting a line while listening to the Bulldogs' network broadcast.
"I'm actually looking forward to that," he said. "I've never been able to hear the crew at work; never even heard a tape of it."
Meanwhile, Munson will continue to study up on Georgia and its opponents. So far he doesn't like what he's learned.
[B]"I saw where Oklahoma State lost seven defensive linemen. That's a lot," he said. "But I'm not so sure we'll stop anybody. If Kentucky and Vanderbilt can do to us what they did last year, there's something wrong. I just don't know what we're gonna do."
I was quite surprised to read this. Will 2007 be the winter of Georgia's discontent???