Most overused cliche in football?

[IronBuckI]

Not really a cliche, but:
"They don't have any third and (insert large number here) plays in their playbook." Well, actually, ass nugget, most plays are designed to score touchdowns.

 

[Bucklion]

Not sayings, but I have 2: one thing that bugs the shit out of me is when the commentators laugh at each other's jokes, because they laugh way too long and way too hard, and not only is it not funny, but you just missed the last 2 plays you were supposed to call, ass-nozzle.

The second, and this one really frosts my corn flakes, is when they show someone's family in the stands (a player or a coach) after some puff piece and then they switch the camera back to them for the entire rest of the quarter. Yo, fucksticks in the truck, we don't want to miss 4 plays in order to watch the RBs mother bounce around after a gain of 4 on 2nd and 9...

 

[milkman21]

First of all, to the OP, great topic choice

I think the cliche that currently bothers me is "he threw that on a rope". The first time I heard it, I thought about it for a second and decided "that's clever". The second time I heard it, I thought "yea that's a pretty good description." The third time, my reaction was something like "ok, point taken. Enough already." About 138573 times later, I'm just plain sick of it. Every single announcer says it now, and it's just getting a little old.

Listen for it tonight... guarantee you'll hear it at least 2x.

"He threw that on a rope!" is the "Sexyback" of football commentary--overplayed, and not that good in the first place.

 

[HailToMichigan]

Not really a cliche, but:
"They don't have any third and (insert large number here) plays in their playbook." Well, actually, ass nugget, most plays are designed to score touchdowns.

Wellll.....I agree with you in the sense that that's a pretty tired old joke, announcers seem to go with it whenever they don't have anything better to say. But I'd bet that only 10% of plays in the book, if that, are designed to result in a touchdown when run outside the red zone. And in fact, a lot of OC's do have a list of 1st and 10 plays, 3rd and short plays, 2nd and real long plays, etc. Simplest way to break down the playbook to get a quick playcall is by down and distance.

Here's one I'm surprised nobody's mentioned: When the sideline reporter intercepts the coach for the usual halftime interview, or maybe after the game (important emotional win, usually) and they can't come up with any better question than "How do you feel about the game?"

 

[sullie]

They have to establish their running game.

Ohio State needs to play Buckeye football.

They need to air it out more.

They have to make plays on both sides of the ball.

You could have driven a truck through that hole.
(I prefer "Madonna has nothing on that hole" but that's me.)

He put a hat on him, he lost his hat, blah, blah.

We're just playing it one game at a time.

Anything that ever mentions "saber rattling".

 

[BurgBuck52]

When someone refers to anything but a woman as "sexy".

Women are "sexy", the kind of offense a team runs or a prognosticator's pick are not.

 

[WoodyWorshiper]

"He's a north-south runner"

"He's Getting Up Slowly" (when in fact, the "He" in question is laying prone on the field).

"He Can Turn On A Dime"

"They Need To Bring Their A-Game"

Referring to a QB/WR hookup as "Pitch and Catch"

"He Makes Everyone Around Him Better"

 

[Brutus1]

Athleticism


Fuck that word.

 

[CCI]

Jacked up!!!!!!!!!
hete it

 

[HailToMichigan]

Not an announcer cliche, but here's one I'm getting sick of that players and coaches say that's been all over the place lately: "Give them credit." As in, "That team frickin' sucks and doesn't deserve to even look at us as we walk past let alone play a game against us, and we probably would have beaten them by seven touchdowns if we hadn't spent the whole game tripping over our own shoelaces, and furthermore we'd probably beat them 99 times out of 100 if we just focus and play our game (another stupid cliche), but give them credit."

 

[BUCKYLE]

My HS football coach had some that I have never heard before or since. But, they annoyed the shit out of me while I was playing.

"Habitize the fundamentals"

"You gotta do it when you gotta do it, in the arena"

Keep in mind this coach also once said "those damn facemasks cause more injuries than they prevent!"

 

[ScriptOhio]

"He really gave 110%"

It is impossible to have an effort exceeding 100%

"He left everything out on the field today"

I never did see what they left, maybe the ground crew had already picked it up.

 

[Brutus1]

not every tackle saves a touchdown. for example, often a player merely forced out of bounds. if the player would have been tackled before being forced out of bounds, the tackle was not touchdown-saving. also, a sack is a tackle, and not all sacks save touchdowns. furthermore, a solo tackle just prior to an imminent gang tackle is not a touchdown-saving tackle.

A player runs out of bounds so he's not tackled. A player forced out of bounds is still considered tackled by the closest defender. If no one forced him out of bounds could he not score a td? Sure he can, so , in effect, every tackle could be considered a td saving tackle.

So, although unlikely, every tackle COULD be a td saver if no one else would tackle him. I see his point.

 

[osucollegebuck]

when you talk about......

Probably former Notre Dame and ESPN announcer uses it the most but I hate when they say "When you talk about (speed or some other term), thats what you're talking about. Either that or the announcers must have taken a seminar this year because all of them are using "maturation process" as well.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

So, although unlikely, every tackle COULD be a td saver if no one else would tackle him. I see his point.

however, he didn't state that every tackle could save a touchdown. he stated that every tackle technically saves a touchdown. there is a difference. okay, let's forget about being forced out of bounds as being or not being a tackle. instead, i go back to my contention that not every sack, which is a tackle, saves a touchdown. not all sacks keep a quarterback from completing a pass, and, therefore, not all tackles save touchdowns.