At the risk of sounding like a complete and utter dork, I found this post at Rex Robinson’s blog really neat.
First off, from Robinson’s standpoint, how great is it to (1) have the opportunity to nail a game winner on the road with just a few seconds left; (2) pull it off; (3) find out subsequently that the play is the centerpiece of one of Munson’s iconic game calls and (4) get to sit down with Munson and talk about the whole thing?
And for Larry, it’s got to be gratifying to hear the appreciation from a former player like Robinson for helping to make the moment what it was and will always be.
As I’ve said before, I’d followed Georgia football before, but that game was what really hooked me on the program. I wasn’t even at the game – I was standing in front of a radio in somebody’s kitchen during a party with some friends listening to Munson make that fourth quarter almost apocalyptic. You felt like the fate of the universe was being decided as Larry agonized over the clock. And then came the topper, that cathartic “yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!” call.
It doesn’t get any better than that.
Anyway, read the post. And throw a little thanks Messrs. Robinson’s and Munson’s way.
That was a great read. Like you, I was not there, but my late friend, Stan Beech and I, were glued to the radio in his basement. We were hanging on to every word. I was a Bulldog before that time, but that game began my idolization and appreciation for Larry Munson.
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