At 84 years young, legendary 'Dawg radio announcer Larry Munson might pull the plug on the '07 season. Munson has handled play-by-play radio duties for Georgia football for the past forty seasons.
If you've never heard the voice of the Bulldogs, you're missing out on a legend. His overtly gravelly voice reminds one of a southern Walter Cronkite and he pulls no punches about his bias towards his beloved team: Munson refers to the 'Dawgs as "we."
Say it about half as fast as the average modern cadence and inject total neutrality into every word, and you have an approximation of Munson: "3rd down and three. We're in an 'I'. Can we convert... ? The ball is snapped and Green hands it off and... first down. Time out. Green jogs to the sideline to talk it over. Our line is getting a good push."
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"I don't know," Munson said from his home Monday. "I'm almost 50-50. I don't know what I'm going to do. I absolutely have plans to do it, but things are just getting worse and worse."
"I can't run, and I can't walk," he said. "I can't use my hands; I can't close my hands. It's just so stupid."
Forgive the man for complaining. A full day of football -- just sitting and watching it, much less actually working a game -- wears most of us out as it is. After 40 years of legendary calls such as "Run Lindsey Run," Munson is fully deserving of a rest. But college football will miss him when he finally steps away from the microphone for the final time.
This afternoon, Larry Munson, the legendary voice of the Georgia Bulldogs, has announced his retirement. It will be effective immediately and ends a 42 year career in the booth for Georgia.
