He’s been football’s play-by-play man since 2007, when he started handling road games in Munson’s absence, before his predecessor retired. Howard has been involved with Georgia radio broadcasts for 24 years, providing color commentary alongside Munson for years and serving as the men’s basketball play-by-play voice before taking over for football. Not that it should come as much of a surprise. I was depending on play-by-play man Scott Howard and color analyst Eric Zeier to tell me what was happening on that field in Nashville. Same thing with listening while you’re watching the game in the stadium, of course, though I do know a few folks who still do that.īut in this particular case, the Georgia Bulldogs Radio Network had a captive audience in me. In other words, if you wanted to listen to the radio broadcast while watching the game on TV, like many used to do with Munson, you’d see what happened six to 10 seconds before you heard it. My understanding is that the delay between the action on the field and the radio sound is actually longer than it used to be. In some ways, it’s harder to listen today. I suppose there are a number of people that were like me last Saturday, stuck in a car for hours with no other way to follow it. I’m not entirely sure how many people listen to the games on the radio anymore. And we cranked up the volume nice and loud, so you could hear Munson’s voice booming off the tree trunks in the forest. I made sure to bring along my portable radio, a boom box, if you will, which we hung on a tree branch. I remember during the 1980 season – a pretty good year as I recall – I was camping with some friends at Duke’s Creek Falls, up above Helen in the Chattahoochee National Forest. There might have been only a couple of televised games all season. When I was coming up in Stone Mountain, they didn’t broadcast every game on television like they do today. Radio, of course, once was the primary way you followed the games. We just stepped on their face with a hobnail boot and broke their nose. And you never knew when Munson might come forth with one of his signature calls, right? It was usually good for one or two insights I might’ve otherwise missed. Early in my journalism career, I’d carry a transistor radio with me into the press box and listen to the late Larry Munson and the guys while I watched the game. There was a time I used to listen to Georgia radio broadcasts all the time. So even though I was going to have to make some phone calls, I could listen to the game on the radio. I was going to be in the car for a while. But while I made a quick decision to return home, there’s nothing quick about getting back to Athens from Nashville. Sparing details, it was just one of those situations where I knew immediately I needed to get back home to be with loved ones who were hurting the way I was. There was a death in my family, a sudden and unexpected one. But I got a call as I pulled into the Vanderbilt parking lot in downtown Nashville, and it was one of those calls none of us wants to receive. I was supposed to be at Vanderbilt Stadium, covering the Georgia Bulldogs as I do every Saturday in the fall. Fans can submit questions by following on Twitter and on Facebook.First, a little background. Both shows will answer live on air questions submitted to the official social media platforms of the Georgia Bulldogs. Host Scott Howard will discuss Bulldog football with Head Coach Kirby Smart and basketball with Head Coach Mike White. while the men's basketball show will air on Monday nights at 7 p.m. The football show will air on Thursday nights at 7 p.m. The University of Georgia has announced the addition of Bulldogs LIVE to its football and men's basketball radio broadcast schedule.
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