Larry Munson Famous Calls University of Georgia Bulldogs Football ESPN Game Day 2008

Larry Munson
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Lawrence Harry “Larry” Munson (born September 28, 1922) is a retired sports announcer and talk-show host based out of Atlanta. He is best known for his time handling radio play-by-play of the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team from 1966 to 2008. He also handled the play-by-play for the Atlanta Falcons radio broadcasts and has also hosted sports-related talk shows in the past.

Famous Calls
Some of Munson’s well known calls include:

“Buck back. Third down on the 8. In trouble. Got a block behind him. Going to throw on the run. Complete to the 25, to the 30. Lindsay Scott 35, 40. Lindsay Scott 45, 50, 45, 40. Run Lindsay! Twenty-five, 20, 15, 10, 5. Lindsay Scott! Lindsay Scott! Lindsay Scott! Well, I don’t believe it. 92 yards and Lindsay really got in a footrace, I broke my chair, I came right through a chair, a metal STEEL chair…Do you know what is gonna happen here tonight? And up at St. Simons, Jekyll Island, and all those places, where all those Dawg people have got those condominiums for four days…MAN, is there gonna be some property destroyed tonight!” – calling wide receiver Lindsay Scott’s 92-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Buck Belue against Florida in 1980
“Hunker down, you guys! If you didn’t hear me, you guys, hunker down!…I know I’m asking a lot, you guys, but hunker it down one more time!” – in a defensive series late in the game against Auburn in 1982, which clinched the SEC title for Georgia
“We hand it off to Herschel, there’s a hole….5….10…12, he’s running over people! Oh, you Herschel Walker!…My God Almighty, he ran right through two men! Herschel ran right over two men! They had him dead away inside the 9. Herschel Walker went 16 yards. He drove right over those orange shirts and is just driving and running with those big thighs. My God, a freshman!” – calling Herschel Walker’s first touchdown run against the Tennessee Volunteers in 1980.
“Look at the sugar falling out of the sky!” – at the end of the Auburn game in 1982.
“So we’ll try to kick one a hundred thousand miles. We’re holding it on our own 49-and-a-half … gonna try to kick it sixty yards plus a foot-and-a-half … and Butler kicked a long one … a long one … Oh my God! Oh my God! … The stadium is worse than bonkers! I can’t believe what he did! This is ungodly!” – calling Kevin Butler’s field goal in the final seconds to win over Clemson in 1984.
“We just stepped on their face with a hob-nailed boot and broke their nose! We just crushed their face!” – calling Georgia’s last-second win over Tennessee in 2001
“Man, we’ve had some shots, haven’t we? Snap to David Greene, there he goes again in the corner and we jump up….Touchdown! Oh, God, a touchdown! With 85 seconds…” – calling David Greene’s touchdown pass to Michael Johnson as Georgia defeated Auburn in 2002, clinching the Bulldogs’ first-ever SEC Eastern Division championship
“Who do we sue if we have a stroke?” – asked of co-commentator Scott Howard after Matthew Stafford’s game-winning drive and touchdown pass to Mohammed Massaquoi against Georgia Tech in 2006
“Touchdown! Touchdown! Touchdown, my God, a touchdown! Touchdown! Touchdown! Massaqoui!” – Matthew Stafford’s game-winning touchdown pass to Mohamed Massaquoi against Georgia Tech in 2006