Somethings should never change

Things change, they always do but sometimes you fool yourself into thinking they won't. This week, after 46 years, yes, 46 years, Larry Munson reported he would stop announcing UGA football games on the radio.

I know, I know... big deal right? But it is a big deal to millions and millions of fans. He is the voice of Georgia football. The only one most of us have known. The one I thought my children would get to know on Saturday afternoons but at the age of 86, yes, that's 86, I should have realized we were lucky to hear him this long.

People loved him for the enthusiasm he brought to the booth. He never hid the fact that he was a UGA fan through and through. Still, even the opposing team's fans like to hear him. It wouldn't be uncommon for a Georgia fan to have a radio on top of his TV so he could watch the game and listen to Larry on the radio. He was just that good.

Even now I can close my eyes, play these clips and remember sitting in my car, screaming with Larry as he painted a picture of victory in my imagination with his words. Especially these two clips because at the end of both his emotions overtake him and expose him for the true fan he is.

The Bulldog Nation will miss your voice Larry but we will never forget you.

1980 Georgia vs Florida (It's biggest rival)

2001 Georgia vs Tennessee

He actually uses the phrase "hobnailed boot" at the end.

Bigger Than Gold

I love the Olympics. Mostly because some of the greatest sports moments in history are made there. One story I've been following, and apparently a lot of other people too, is the Michael Phelps story. Eight Gold medals in one Olympics, simply awesome! While I've enjoyed watching this history unfold I've been extremely irritated with the press coverage I've seen of this story.

I understand that NBC needs that big story to get people to tune in and earn their money but they should still respect the efforts of all Olympians. Note to NBC, OTHER ATHLETES TRAINED JUST AS HARD AS PHELPS. My frustration reached it's peak after the last team relay. The four gold medalist were being interviewed about their big win. The only thing the interviewer wanted to know from the other three was "how did it feel to help Michael Phelps achieve the impossible?" Excuss me NBC, THESE PEOPLE JUST EARNED OLYMPIC GOLD METALS TOO.

It's a valid question to be sure, but that was really the only question they had been asked for the entire Olympics thus far. If they were asked about their efforts it was hurried so the real question could be asked, "What about Phelps?" They knew it too. You could see it on their faces. They wanted their moment but knew if they didn't talk about Phelps they wouldn't be allowed to talk at all.

I don't blame Phelps. He did everything he could to throw the spotlight his teammates way, it just wouldn't stick. I think NBC missed the big picture here. The Olympics is more than the gold. It's about the journey, the determination, the obstacles that are over come. Some athletes journey just to get to the Olympics was harder to achieve than all the gold metals Phelps won.

To me the Olympics is about having the courage to dream, taking the chance to follow that dream and the determination to make that dream a reality. If you win a medal doing it, well, that's just icing on the cake. So I will do what NBC has failed to do properly. I salute ALL Olympic athletes. I admire your achievements. Forever and always, with or without a metal, you will be known as an Olympian. That single word defines the type person you are... a dream chaser. The world needs to know about people like you and as many as we can.

Just to make myself happy

College football has been flipped upside down!

Well it doesn't happen often but it did happen this weekend. Every team I wanted to win this weekend won and almost every team I hate lost. So as a tribute to the perfect sports weekend I shall list the numerous victories so that I may return to this page and bask in the glory of victory.




All my state's teams won



BC

Georgia Southern

Georgia Tech

University of Georgia

Atlanta Falcons

plus one

Indianapolis Colts

Most of the teams I hate lost

West Virgina

Pen State

Notre Dame

Rutgers

Texas

Clemson

University of Florida

Yes, 7 of the top 13 college teams lost this weekend. The only thing that would have made it better would have been if USC had lost to unranked Washington, which they damn near did.

But by far the best gift of the weekend was the New York Mets blowing a huge division lead to miss the play-offs by one game.

I'm honestly giddy.