Most overused cliche in football?

[milkman21]

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?noun, plural -ties for 2. 1.adverse fortune or fate; a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress: A friend will show his or her true colors in times of adversity. 2.an adverse or unfortunate event or circumstance: You will meet many adversities in life.


why isn't losing one of your main players a misortunate event? I'm not arguing the english language with you becuase I'm not that knowledgeable about it, but I would categorize the loss of teddy as overcoming adversity. (which we obviously were unable to do)

I could be mistaken, but I think "Adversity" is an old, old wooden ship from the Civil War Era.

Or is that "Diversity"...

 

[fourteenandoh]

I could be mistaken, but I think "Adversity" is an old, old wooden ship from the Civil War Era.

Or is that "Diversity"...

 

[VprHis]

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.

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I hate the Bob and Tom show for this very reason. The hosts' laughter detracts from the entertainment value of the show. I can't hear the person who's actually being funny because those jackasses are too busy braying at the top of their lungs. GRRRR!!


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[Bobcat94]

:cheers:

 

[milkman21]

I guess this isn't an announcer cliche, but how about the retarded "jumpshot" inspired by the rap song "Ballin" and made popular by the NY Giants. I swear if I see another player do that I might just break my TV...

 

[JohnnyCockfight]

A defensive lineman who deflects a ball does not have hands, he has "paws" or "mitts", and it isn't exactly deflecting that he does with those paws or mitts, it's "bats" or "batting" that he does.

 

[HailToMichigan]

"Manageable". A manageable third down, manageable field goal try, manageable field position, or a manageable punt. What's wrong with "easier"?

And no, I still don't agree that every offensive play is designed to score a touchdown. On the one hand, every tackle is, technically, touchdown-saving, because if no tackle happens, then a touchdown happens. Barring, of course, the guy running out of bounds to stop the clock. But not every play is designed to score a touchdown. I'm stubborn like this :tongue2:

 

[milkman21]

Here's another:

They're not saying "Boo", they're saying [insert name that has the "oo" sound in it]

 

[Captain Hindsight]

Anything John Madden says.

Edit: well shit, it's already been said.

 

[BB73]

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.

I'm getting to this late, but I don't believe every sack is a tackle. I know that you'll be able to find a definition that says that a sack occurs when a QB is "tackled behind the line of scrimmage", but I believe that is inaccurate. Players are credited with sacks when they knock the ball from the quarterback without bringing him down, and a tackle may occur later in the same play.

I believe that a tackle occurs only when the play ends, but a sack can occur during the middle of a play. I also believe that tackles only occur on non-touchdown plays.

 

[SparkyOSU]

this is by far the phrase that i hate the most. i hate it... absolutely hate it. heck, i heard rick majerus use it earlier this week while a commentator for a college basketball game.

herbie loves this term. can't stand it. having swagger, or at least too much of it, is one problem with sports today.

oh, and though they're not really cliches (lord, i hope that they're not), i can't stand anything that berman says, especially his screaming "whap!"

Anything Berman yells!!!!

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

So combined, everybody would just like the game to be broadcast without announcers?

 

[SparkyOSU]

The Tight End is wide open.... I cant hear that enough

 

[kn1f3party]

One that bothers me is "they came to play."

I would certainly hope so.

 

[SparkyOSU]

This is a passing down.

Isnt every down a passing or running down? There arent really any other choices