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Post by goldenjay on Jul 26, 2022 10:39:40 GMT -5
Larry Munson was the Georgia radio guy. Jack Cristil was the announcer for Mississippi State. He held that job for 58 years and announced his retirement after a home basketball game against Tennessee in 2011. He passed away 3 years later at the age of 88. I believe he and John Ward were really good friends. He was born in Memphis. I knew Munson did Georgia football, but wasn't sure about basketball. Also, didn't he work in Nashville for a while? I sometimes gag to think about it today, but Larry Munson was the voice of radio sports for me growing up in Nashville. Not only did he do Vandy football and basketball, he called the Nashville Vols minor-league baseball team. Oddly, I don't remember him being the shameless homer he became at Georgia, but maybe I was just too young to know any better. |
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Post by contextmatters on Jul 26, 2022 11:04:00 GMT -5
Grumbling, the rare Two-toned Orange Basketball Fan awakes from his summer hibernation. Wiping his eyes, he looks around and wonders what unseen force has disrupted his soltitial slumber. Oh, a four-page basketball thread in July? Well OK then.
Somebody poke hamilton with a stick. If I'm awake, he should be too.
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Post by contextmatters on Jul 26, 2022 11:14:26 GMT -5
He is 10-5 in the SECT. There is only 1 decade since the 1970s where Tennessee has more than 7 wins (and that is the 2010s (12) which also includes 6 wins from Deacon). Our SECT futility after winning the inaugural title once the SEC brought the tourney back in '79 is hard to fathom. We have had bad teams, mediocre teams and good/really good teams throughout the period from 1980 to roughly 2010, but with a couple of exceptions one thing that was pretty constant was quick exits in the conference tourney. And so many of the losses were to lower seeds. It was mind-boggling.
As a general rule, I don't care much about conference tournaments. But knowing Tennessee's history and how much it meant you guys, the SEC tournament and postgame celebration was one of the most emotional basketball experiences I've had in many years. Beyond that, last season was just a blast, despite the disappointing ending. The 2018 Vols and 2014 Horns were a lot of fun, largely due to the lower expectations, but last year might have been the most fun I've had watching basketball since DJ Augustin was wearing shorts down to his ankles.
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Post by pdlglm on Jul 26, 2022 11:33:07 GMT -5
Just to throw Context a bone...
Texas has three final fours... two in the 1940s when they played basketball inside cages and used the bladder of a cow filled with sawdust as a ball... and the one Deacon final four in 2003.
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Post by contextmatter on Jul 26, 2022 11:40:40 GMT -5
Just to throw Context a bone... Texas has three final fours... two in the 1940s when they played basketball inside cages and used the bladder of a cow filled with sawdust as a ball... and the one Deacon final four in 2003.
I didn't not know about the sawdust. There's always something new to learn on hoopsville.
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Post by pdlglm on Jul 26, 2022 13:28:14 GMT -5
Not that I am in any way disparaging your cow bladder final four... I wish we had a cow bladder final four to brag about around here.
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Post by gvt11 on Jul 26, 2022 13:35:32 GMT -5
Our SECT futility after winning the inaugural title once the SEC brought the tourney back in '79 is hard to fathom. We have had bad teams, mediocre teams and good/really good teams throughout the period from 1980 to roughly 2010, but with a couple of exceptions one thing that was pretty constant was quick exits in the conference tourney. And so many of the losses were to lower seeds. It was mind-boggling.
As a general rule, I don't care much about conference tournaments. But knowing Tennessee's history and how much it meant you guys, the SEC tournament and postgame celebration was one of the most emotional basketball experiences I've had in many years. Beyond that, last season was just a blast, despite the disappointing ending. The 2018 Vols and 2014 Horns were a lot of fun, largely due to the lower expectations, but last year might have been the most fun I've had watching basketball since DJ Augustin was wearing shorts down to his ankles.
If you thought last year was fun, you should have been with us for the Bruce era! |
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Post by tns56 on Jul 26, 2022 13:40:26 GMT -5
Larry Munson was the Georgia radio guy. Jack Cristil was the announcer for Mississippi State. He held that job for 58 years and announced his retirement after a home basketball game against Tennessee in 2011. He passed away 3 years later at the age of 88. I believe he and John Ward were really good friends. He was born in Memphis. tThanks for the info being in West Tennessee I often had to adjust the radio to catch games in those days, it was almost all AM, you had to catch the right weather, right wind direction, and then adjust the antenna on the radio as things changed. Good times Been there and done that. I lived in Eastern Arkansas for 15 years after college. I could pick up the football games okay out of Memphis. The night time basketball games in the Winter were hit and miss with getting a good reception. An engineering friend of mine told me about this device that could help enhance the reception and clarity of the radio signal. So I bought one and it did help. Still have it to this day but don't have to use it much, WLAC out of Nashville was a godsend for us not living in the state of Tennessee. Their clear channel signal was so strong. I listened to Bob Bell and Bill King in the middle of the Florida Keys on my Sony Walkman. The signal was so strong it was like I was 5 miles from the station. |
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Post by contextmatters on Jul 26, 2022 13:55:44 GMT -5
As a general rule, I don't care much about conference tournaments. But knowing Tennessee's history and how much it meant you guys, the SEC tournament and postgame celebration was one of the most emotional basketball experiences I've had in many years. Beyond that, last season was just a blast, despite the disappointing ending. The 2018 Vols and 2014 Horns were a lot of fun, largely due to the lower expectations, but last year might have been the most fun I've had watching basketball since DJ Augustin was wearing shorts down to his ankles.
If you thought last year was fun, you should have been with us for the Bruce era! I started following during the Green years, kind of checked out during the last few Peterson years, and then picked back up during the Lofton years. The Lofton teams were tremendously fun. But I have absolutely no recollection of watching teams from the last half of Bruce's tenure--not during the regular season and not during the Elite Eight run. None. Weird, huh? |
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Post by contextmatters on Jul 26, 2022 14:02:57 GMT -5
Not that I am in any way disparaging your TWO cow bladder final four S... I wish we had a cow bladder final four to brag about around here. You shoulda seen the whuppin' we put on hated rival San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center. |
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Post by gvt11 on Jul 26, 2022 15:14:28 GMT -5
I knew Munson did Georgia football, but wasn't sure about basketball. Also, didn't he work in Nashville for a while? I sometimes gag to think about it today, but Larry Munson was the voice of radio sports for me growing up in Nashville. Not only did he do Vandy football and basketball, he called the Nashville Vols minor-league baseball team. Oddly, I don't remember him being the shameless homer he became at Georgia, but maybe I was just too young to know any better. If you were the Vandy announcer, would you be a shameless homer?!  |
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Post by Stopspopsdrops83 on Jul 26, 2022 15:43:10 GMT -5
tThanks for the info being in West Tennessee I often had to adjust the radio to catch games in those days, it was almost all AM, you had to catch the right weather, right wind direction, and then adjust the antenna on the radio as things changed. Good times Been there and done that. I lived in Eastern Arkansas for 15 years after college. I could pick up the football games okay out of Memphis. The night time basketball games in the Winter were hit and miss with getting a good reception. An engineering friend of mine told me about this device that could help enhance the reception and clarity of the radio signal. So I bought one and it did help. Still have it to this day but don't have to use it much, WLAC out of Nashville was a godsend for us not living in the state of Tennessee. Their clear channel signal was so strong. I listened to Bob Bell and Bill King in the middle of the Florida Keys on my Sony Walkman. The signal was so strong it was like I was 5 miles from the station. Completely off original topic but wasn’t WLAC one of those AM stations who cut power during the day and boosted power back up at night, I just don’t remember WLAC broadcasting any UT BB games or football for that matter? TN56 you should remember this well from you time in East Ark., WHBQ out of Memphis AM Station boosted power during day and then had to cut back at night. I know it is all FCC regulated and physics involved but I always found it kinda weird, another really big example was WLS out of Chicago powered up at night all static during the day |
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Post by cherokee04 on Jul 26, 2022 16:16:58 GMT -5
Not that I am in any way disparaging your cow bladder final four... I wish we had a cow bladder final four to brag about around here. A cow (maybe longhorn steer is better) works for the land of brisket. Given the Scots migration from the northeast and down Appalachia into east Tennessee, I'd settle for a Haggis Final Four, a sheep bladder filled with inflated expectations. |
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Post by tns56 on Jul 26, 2022 17:34:06 GMT -5
Been there and done that. I lived in Eastern Arkansas for 15 years after college. I could pick up the football games okay out of Memphis. The night time basketball games in the Winter were hit and miss with getting a good reception. An engineering friend of mine told me about this device that could help enhance the reception and clarity of the radio signal. So I bought one and it did help. Still have it to this day but don't have to use it much, WLAC out of Nashville was a godsend for us not living in the state of Tennessee. Their clear channel signal was so strong. I listened to Bob Bell and Bill King in the middle of the Florida Keys on my Sony Walkman. The signal was so strong it was like I was 5 miles from the station. Completely off original topic but wasn’t WLAC one of those AM stations who cut power during the day and boosted power back up at night, I just don’t remember WLAC broadcasting any UT BB games or football for that matter? TN56 you should remember this well from you time in East Ark., WHBQ out of Memphis AM Station boosted power during day and then had to cut back at night. I know it is all FCC regulated and physics involved but I always found it kinda weird, another really big example was WLS out of Chicago powered up at night all static during the day Yes you are correct about WHBQ (and other AM stations) having to power down at sundown. I still listen to them now because they are a Sports Talk station now. WLAC was not a part of the Vol Network but I listened to them because they had a 3 hour show Monday through Friday nights talking sports with a good majority of it being about the Vols. This was before the Interwebs had become so populated. One time I had to do some work at one of our other facilities. I couldn't pick up WLAC at the hotel, so for two evenings I drove leisurely down the almost deserted Arkansas backroads listening to Bob and Bill in the car and smoking a cigar. It don't get no better than that. Here's some info on clear channel stations and why you can pick them up from great distances. It's 988 miles from Islamorada, Fl to Nashville. A clear-channel station is an AM radio station in North America that has the highest protection from interference from other stations, particularly concerning night-time skywave propagation. The system exists to ensure the viability of cross-country or cross-continent radio service enforced through a series of treaties and statutory laws. Known as Class A stations since 1982, they are occasionally still referred to by their former classifications of Class I-A (the highest classification), Class I-B (the next highest class), or Class I-N (for stations in Alaska too far away to cause interference to the primary clear-channel stations in the lower 48 states). The term "clear-channel" is used most often in the context of North America and the Caribbean, where the concept originated. Since 1941, these stations have been required to maintain an effective radiated power of at least 10,000 watts to retain their status. Nearly all such stations in the United States, Canada and The Bahamas broadcast at 50,000 watts, with several clear-channel stations in Mexico going as high as 150,000 watts and XEW in Mexico City having operated at 250,000 watts for over 80 years. Cuba was originally included in the plan and had several stations given clear-channel status, but stopped participating after the Cuban Revolution of 1959. |
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Post by bdpvols on Jul 26, 2022 21:22:58 GMT -5
Completely off original topic but wasn’t WLAC one of those AM stations who cut power during the day and boosted power back up at night, I just don’t remember WLAC broadcasting any UT BB games or football for that matter? TN56 you should remember this well from you time in East Ark., WHBQ out of Memphis AM Station boosted power during day and then had to cut back at night. I know it is all FCC regulated and physics involved but I always found it kinda weird, another really big example was WLS out of Chicago powered up at night all static during the day Yes you are correct about WHBQ (and other AM stations) having to power down at sundown. I still listen to them now because they are a Sports Talk station now. WLAC was not a part of the Vol Network but I listened to them because they had a 3 hour show Monday through Friday nights talking sports with a good majority of it being about the Vols. This was before the Interwebs had become so populated. One time I had to do some work at one of our other facilities. I couldn't pick up WLAC at the hotel, so for two evenings I drove leisurely down the almost deserted Arkansas backroads listening to Bob and Bill in the car and smoking a cigar. It don't get no better than that. Here's some info on clear channel stations and why you can pick them up from great distances. It's 988 miles from Islamorada, Fl to Nashville. A clear-channel station is an AM radio station in North America that has the highest protection from interference from other stations, particularly concerning night-time skywave propagation. The system exists to ensure the viability of cross-country or cross-continent radio service enforced through a series of treaties and statutory laws. Known as Class A stations since 1982, they are occasionally still referred to by their former classifications of Class I-A (the highest classification), Class I-B (the next highest class), or Class I-N (for stations in Alaska too far away to cause interference to the primary clear-channel stations in the lower 48 states). The term "clear-channel" is used most often in the context of North America and the Caribbean, where the concept originated. Since 1941, these stations have been required to maintain an effective radiated power of at least 10,000 watts to retain their status. Nearly all such stations in the United States, Canada and The Bahamas broadcast at 50,000 watts, with several clear-channel stations in Mexico going as high as 150,000 watts and XEW in Mexico City having operated at 250,000 watts for over 80 years. Cuba was originally included in the plan and had several stations given clear-channel status, but stopped participating after the Cuban Revolution of 1959. Thanks for the info. Very interesting. I also listened to Bob and Bill for several years on WLAC. Bob was a die-hard Vol fan. I also saw them in Jackson one time at a promotion for Rocky Topps merchandise store which was located in Lexington and Jackson. He passed away some time ago. Anyone know what ever happened to Bill? He was more of a recruiting guru. |
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