Georgia – Florida week: what Munson would've worried about

Larry Munson and his metal, steel chair with about a five-inch cushion knew the Georgia – Florida rivalry well. Lindsay Eugene Scott and a Buck Belue pass guaranteed that everyone outside of Athens, Ga., would know about Munson, too.

Munson undoubtedly found reasons to worry about that particular game in Jacksonville.

What if the Gator Bowl fell down, for instance?

If you’ve heard all of his legendary call that still lives on decades later, then you know it was a concern on that November day.

𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺

"𝐑𝐮𝐧, 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐮𝐧"

In 1980, Buck Belue delivered the 93-yard catch-and-run touchdown pass to Lindsay Scott that produced a broken chair and one of Larry Munson's legendary calls.#GoDawgs pic.twitter.com/pK5rqRLl8D

— Georgia Bulldogs All Access (@UGA_GBSM) October 27, 2022

They did, indeed, rebuild the thing. Now that it’s on its 50th new name in five years (TIAA Bank Field, if you’ve lost track), what would concern Munson about this year’s edition of Georgia – Florida?

I write this piece every week about each upcoming Georgia opponent.

It doesn’t matter if it’s a major showdown of two titans, or if the Dawgs’ opponent is a multi-touchdown underdog (like Florida is this week).

If you listened to enough Munson, you know like I do: the man could find reasons to be pessimistic with the best of ’em.

Here’s what would have Larry Munson all worked up this week: Georgia – Florida edition.

Can we stop tempting our fates with all the talk to move Georgia – Florida?

I mean, take a look at this thing you guys.

We’ve won four out of six since Kirby Smart took over.

There was a time not too long ago when Steve Spurrier was down there on Florida’s sideline that I would understand if you wanted to move the game.

Anywhere but Jacksonville would’ve been fine back then. He really whipped us back then.

But we’ve finally hit our stride, and now we want to leave just to get an extra recruit or two? Have you been to The Swamp?

They don’t let you donate blood for six months if you’ve been to Gainesville.

It is a really hairy place.

I don’t know you guys. It seems like Jacksonville and that old Gator Bowl are suiting us just fine.

I wouldn’t mind sticking around, like that Halloween caramel apple that will still be in your teeth a week from today.

Old Lady Luck is a cruel, mysterious mistress. And I’d rather not tick her off.

Are any of our starters healthy enough to last against the Gators?

Big Jalen Carter may still be out. Little Dan Jackson almost lost a spleen against that Alabama defender last January, and he toughed it out until he just couldn’t do it anymore.

On offense, A.D. Mitchell caught that big touchdown pass for us in the National Championship.

I’ll break my chair again if I actually see him suit up to play this season.

We need these Dawgs, you guys.

Everyone that is still around must hunker it down each and every game if we want to make it to the end of the season in one piece.

And now we have to play our rivals, and don’t let that point spread fool you.

These Gators still have teeth the last I checked.

And even if they don’t kill us, their mouths harbor all kinds of bacteria that can stick with you for weeks.

We have to be careful.

I’m terrified of what they have in store for little Stetson Bennett

These guys beat him up and knocked him out of the game two years ago.

They rattled him pretty good to start last year’s game, too, if you remember correctly.

Nakobe Dean isn’t walking through that door to take another interception from their big quarterback to the house.

And once again, let’s not forget.

Little Dan Jackson wasn’t our starter, but he provided a lot of heart and soul down there for all of our talented DB’s.

These Gators like to run.

Do we have the lead in our pencil to line up and stop it?

We couldn’t do it when Will Muschamp was over on their sideline a few years ago.

Hopefully their new ball coach lost all of that tape. I can’t stomach another track meet like that.

LORRANWHADDYAGOT??!?