Comments on: CURIOUS INDEX, 9/23/2008

By: Kecalf Bailey

Kecalf Bailey — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:18:23 +0000

Sorry to hear about Munson giving it up, that takes more than many of us will ever know.

In a semi-related story, I don’t know if it has been posted anywhere here before or not, but for fans of Pratchett…
http://www.matchitforpratchett.org/

By: Studley

Studley — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:32:30 +0000

“Police said the final fate of the disputed Hot Pocket is not known.”

That’s because the Police Dog ate it.

By: Der Schatten

Der Schatten — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:41:31 +0000

Papa Lou,
My apologies to BSU’s other ‘weapons’…but, not being a MAC guy, and only seeing the two-headed monster of Nate Davis-to-Dante Love, from the outside it seems pretty crippling to a team that relies on outscoring folks.

By: Ted

Ted — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:55:23 +0000

Hot pockets! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9c9lAfXQHs&feature=related

By: oc phil

oc phil — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:09:30 +0000

Blon @17: Yeah but you guys make that sound like a bad thing…

By: Stuck in 'Fun'cie

Stuck in 'Fun'cie — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:21:38 +0000

Well said, Papa Lou. Being a Ball State student, it’s going to be difficult to watch the games without seeing #86 streak down the sidelines. It was really great to see us rally and embarrass the Loosiers in B-Town. You’re right–we may lose a game or two, but I’m certainly glad (as well as everyone else is) that Dante will still be able to live a wonderful life.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:14:54 +0000

This is going to sound sort of bizarre, but my most memorable moment listening to Larry Munson was in 1999, when UGA lost to Tech on the Jasper Sanks “fumble”. I had always been a UGA fan, but I had never really experienced the emotional tug-of-war until I heard this game.

I was traveling with my parents from Blairsville back to Buford. As we were crossing Blood Mountain, the radio signal kept going in and out. I was on the brim of my seat trying to understand what was happening as UGA drove down the field for what was supposed to be the game-winning score. Right as the play happened, the signal came in crystal clear and I heard Munson’s description of the fumble. The agony and the anger screamed at me through the radio and I felt like I was right there on the field with the players, devastated that the vast ACC conspiracy had somehow robbed me of a win.

It was the first time that I felt like I was part of UGA and Munson was the one who made it feel that way. When it came time to apply for college in 2002, UGA was the only school I even considered.

There isn’t much you can say about a man like Larry Munson, other than to tell a personal story about how he changed the way you listen to football games. And even if you could find the words to express your gratitude, they would never live up to the reputation of the man who can put feelings into words better than any other I have ever heard.

May the bass be five pounds or greater, Larry.

By: The Gurgling Cod

The Gurgling Cod — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:44:23 +0000

I am not a UGA fan, but as someone who grew up with Johnny Most’s calls of Celtics games, it’s a sad day. When one of these sandpaper-voiced partisans hangs it up, there is no replacement to be found among the legions of Stepford dudes in sport coats. Best to Mr. Munson and his family.

By: Papa Lou BSU

Papa Lou BSU — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:40:47 +0000

Der Schatten:

Darius Hill and MiQuale Lewis would like to have a word with you…

(Seriously, there’s no question that losing Dante is a big blow to our Cardinals. However, the squad is sufficiently deep enough that they turned a 14-13 game when Dante went out into a 42-20 rout of a Big Ten team — on the road. Some of the Big Ten writers who covered that game noted how Love’s injury opened their eyes to the amount of talent that Brady Hoke has amassed on offense. And our defense wasn’t half-bad, either.)

We’ll certainly miss Dante, and his absence will definitely cost us a game or two. But this team will still be pretty good as long as #13 is playing QB.

By: InsaneCoachPosse

InsaneCoachPosse — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:34:22 +0000

like the great story tellers who once sat with us around a campfire, Munson inspires us with grand pictures related through words and touches of passion each time we hear a certain phrase

may “hob nail boots” live forever

By: hlh

hlh — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:36:13 +0000

Orson @18

“They tore out our hearts and they were bleeding. But we just stuffed ‘em back in”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGGFjnwcOM4

Btw, that interference call did look a bit questionable.

By: hlh

hlh — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:13:13 +0000

“Loran, whadayagot”? No more.

By: Raider Red

Raider Red — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:10:51 +0000

My favorite quote:

�I push the envelope to rock the crowd � I guess Idaho is not ready for that.�

No, they’re not ready to see #1 and #2 in those horrid outfits. However #3 can stay. Good job, Swiss Mocha.

By: Tommy's Co-Pilot

Tommy's Co-Pilot — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:09:07 +0000

Wait, so you are telling me that we have the technology for Brad Nessler and Kirk Herbstreit to discribe my NCAA 09 video football game in astonishingly accurate detail, but we can’t take recordings of Larry Munson and create a virtual Larry that will announce Georgia games in perpetuity? I refuse to believe that this is an impossibility.

Blasphemy? Probably, but so is the alternative. Give me virtual Larry Muson and virtual Keith Jackson over any of the a-holes cluttering the airwaves today.

By: Der Schatten

Der Schatten — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:36:05 +0000

RE: Dante Love.

Ignore for a moment the A) sucktasticness of losing his career, and B) the Norns permitting him to still leave a normal life, but…this has GOT to be crippling to Ball State. That was a two-man team, and they just lost 1/2 of their punch.