I remember when I was a kid and loved watching the Georgia Tech games when Dicky V was broadcasting them. To me, it meant that your game was the most important game of the week and, besides that, I thought he was funny. He’s a real Diaper Dandy, baby!

I was eight. I’m not anymore. Now, to be completely truthful, I find it as hard to watch a Dicky V broadcasted game as I do watching MNF with Jaws (take that back: MNF is much harder to watch).

Well, Dicky V just had surgery on his vocal cords, so he may be out for a little while.

“College basketball fans will miss Dick’s enthusiasm in the coming weeks. But we are delighted to learn his surgery was a success and we all wish him a speedy recovery,” ESPN president George Bodenheimer said in a statement.

I echo part of that sentiment. I’m glad to learn his surgery went well — he’s a really nice guy, from everything I’ve ever seen — though I’m hoping when he comes back he’s maybe not at 100% strength, at least from a screaming-in-your-face standpoint.

(Just after writing this, while watching the Georgia Tech/Kansas game, they’re saying his surgery was more than a success and he’ll come back louder than ever. So there goes hoping against hope.)