When I watch North Carolina play football or basketball, I can figure who won and who lost and who played well and who didn't. But the result does not feel official until I hear Woody Durham say it.
Woody, who has broadcast the Tar Heels for 40 years, is retiring.
The voice of Tar Heel basketball and football, Woody knows when to talk and when not to. Some announcers -- some people -- talks as if they get paid by the word. Woody never did.
Woody, 69, was partisan. Of course he was partisan. Those were his guys out there. The Tar Heels are his school.
The good ones make a program theirs. They become so entwined that you can't imagine the program without them. Can you imagine Duke basketball without Bob Harris? Remarkably, he and Woody both come from Albemarle.
I can't imagine Tar Heel athletics without Woody.
Woody is from Mebane. Born there and graduated from Mebane High School.
Posted by: DWG | April 20, 2011 at 11:36 AM
Woody was born in Mebane, but his family moved to Albemarle when he was 10! He played football at Albemarle High! A little reasearch can go a long way!
Posted by: jrguyiii | April 20, 2011 at 01:12 PM
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Posted by: yea whatever ... | April 20, 2011 at 02:22 PM
And he graduated from Mebane High School. Look it up.
Posted by: DWG | April 20, 2011 at 02:56 PM
what ever happened to woody woodpecker? he was the best.
Posted by: elmer fudd | April 20, 2011 at 04:29 PM
Elmer - You remain a "person of interest", and we are sure that by your comment, "he was the best", you meant the comment in a gustatory sense. We are on your trail-
Sincerely - Dudley Doright, RCMP
Posted by: whollar | April 20, 2011 at 10:44 PM
To pre-empt the ABCs out there, in the last sentence you did not write "without a".
Posted by: whollar | April 20, 2011 at 10:54 PM
Hey yo. He didnt die. Get a grip. He will be back againa and again ...
Retirement only means you will be seeing much more of Durham than you ever did before he retired.
Its a gimmick.
Posted by: stocktrader | April 21, 2011 at 09:20 AM
Forced out by Butch Davis.
Posted by: Jack | April 22, 2011 at 06:49 PM
As you guys debate over semantics, I simply say that Woody Durham will be missed. Just as no one wanted to follow in Dean Smith's shoes, no one will want to follow in Woody's shoes. He's that big to the Tar Heels on radio.
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