On the recordDecember 1, 2011
I rise today, along with my colleague, my fellow University of Georgia graduate, Senator Isakson, to honor a man who died last week who became a legend in his own time in our great State, a legend who was respected by, as we would say, folks on both sides of the aisle. That term for this man means he was respected by Georgia Tech football fans as well as University of Georgia football fans. The man I am talking about is Larry Munson. Larry Munson was not a southerner by birth, but he became a southerner and Georgia Bulldog by passion. He was the Georgia football announcer for over four decades. During those four decades, he not only witnessed some of the most memorable football games, but he made some of the most memorable calls. His way of describing a football play will go down in the annals of broadcasting as not only being unique, not only being fascinating, but it will go down in the annals of sports broadcasting as being some of the best and most professional calls ever made on a football field. But there was more to Larry Munson than the ``Run, Lindsay, run,'' more to Larry Munson than the ``Oh, you Herschel Walker,'' more to Larry Munson than ``We just stomped on them with a hob-nailed boot.'' He was a man who had passion for life, a man who had a thorough understanding of his profession, and a man who worked very hard at his profession.…
