It goes without saying that Larry was one of a kind. When I was doing my Sunday scrolling, I came across this…color me shocked to find out he used to call Braves games. I remember him calling Falcons games as a young lad, but this was well before my time and I had no idea.
As fate would have it, Munson was attending Spring Training for the Braves in 1966 when he came across an AJC article regarding Georgia’s need for a new radio broadcaster, and he jumped at the chance. Time and chance, as I like to say, and the Braves fans preferred Milo Hamilton, Munson became the voice of the Bulldogs, and the rest, they say is history.
That got me to thinking…what other Georgia lore do we know of where we lucked into a legend? I immediately think of Kirby being entertained in Columbia, South Carolina, when he heard the news of Richt’s firing and he then became the head coach of the Bulldogs.
I also think of Ladd McConkey almost becoming a Commodore were it not for a late offer from Smart, or taking a chance on Jordan Davis to grow from a huge, slow immovable force, to a huge, fast, freak of nature.
Luck is the intersection of preparation and opportunity. Where else have we been lucky as Georgia fans?
Discuss.
https://www.dawgnation.com/football/recruiting/the-absolutely-coin-flip-unbelievable-herschel-walker-recruiting-story/
Came here to say just that.
Richard Tardits.
Erk
The “What if?” regarding Erk ( at least as far as I am concerned) ….”What if UGA had hired Erk as head coach after Dooley?” I suppose we could have wound up with Fish Fry on staff too though so maybe God was watching out for us
Sapphire, The Drought Breaker
Ducking autocorrect!
Sapp was told he could never play football again. Lucky for us he ignored that advice.
Right on, sorry I didn’t catch that
Terry Hoage
Trippi being recruited by the Coca Cola bottler.
Allegedly Herschell’s decision between UGA and Clemson came down came down to coin flip. The first time I ever heard Munson was listening to the Braves on WSB am when I was a little kid. I was too young to know the meaning of insufferable asshole but even then I somehow understood that Milo Hamilton was one.
As far as Herchel goes, our bag was bigger than their bag!
The was a lot that went into getting 34 to Athens.
There’s just something beautiful about hearing Munson’s voice from the past.
Say it louder for the people in the back!
Jarvis Jones release from USC
Another player that was told to never play again, only to ignore it and achieve DGD status.
Jan Kemp.
You didn’t specify that it had to be good luck.
I had no clue Munson had a stint with the team. Remember well those early days, Milo Hamilton and of course Joe Torre, who was my favorite player. I was tore up when Braves traded him for Orlando Cepeda!
As to the Question of the day, we had both good and bad luck when Richt was let go in favor of Kirby. We traded commitments with Alabama, losing DeVonta Smith to the Tide and gaining Jake Fromm.
How about Herschel’s coin flip?
How about Stetson turning down a scholarship to play for Billy Napier, coming back to UGA again as a walk-on, and leading us to two NC’s?