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Most overused cliche in football?

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Dryden;1322086; said:
I don't have a problem with sports cliches so much as I loathe gross misuses of the English language:

#1 - When a commentator or analyst mentions that Player X "has the intangibles," then proceeds to rattle off words like 'poise,' 'vision,' and 'Spidey-Sense!,' which are all identifiable traits, and therefore, tangible. Or even worse, talks about a QBs "intangibles," then proceeds to note the QB's measurables, such as being 6'6"-230 and running a 4.3.

#2 - Untracked. You want to get on track, not untracked.

I'll add Musburger's sports metaphors here too. When calling CFB games he talks about QBs being point guards of their offense, then when calling CBB games he'll talk about a good PG being the quarterback of the offense.
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Man, I'm glad you said that. I've NEVER understood this untracked bit, but everyone says it now. Along with you, I always thought you wanted to get ON TRACK, not untracked. But I guess if someone is tracking you and holding you down, then you want to get untracked, but that seems like bad logic to me.

And speaking of Brent. One of my favorite sayings is "You are looking live at..."
 
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Dryden;1322086; said:
I don't have a problem with sports cliches so much as I loathe gross misuses of the English language:

#1 - When a commentator or analyst mentions that Player X "has the intangibles," then proceeds to rattle off words like 'poise,' 'vision,' and 'Spidey-Sense!,' which are all identifiable traits, and therefore, tangible. Or even worse, talks about a QBs "intangibles," then proceeds to note the QB's measurables, such as being 6'6"-230 and running a 4.3.

#2 - Untracked. You want to get on track, not untracked.

I'll add Musburger's sports metaphors here too. When calling CFB games he talks about QBs being point guards of their offense, then when calling CBB games he'll talk about a good PG being the quarterback of the offense.
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You're mentioning untracked, but not "unanswered"? I remember that being a pet peeve of yours in the past. :biggrin:

For those who are unclear, the misuse of the word comes when someone says that Team B scored to stop a run of x unanswered points by Team A. The points are only "unanswered" if Team B never scores again.
 
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Dryden;1322086; said:
I don't have a problem with sports cliches so much as I loathe gross misuses of the English language:

#1 - When a commentator or analyst mentions that Player X "has the intangibles," then proceeds to rattle off words like 'poise,' 'vision,' and 'Spidey-Sense!,' which are all identifiable traits, and therefore, tangible.
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Actually, tangible means something you can physically touch...it has nothing to do with being "identifiable". Therefore, "poise", "vision", and "sense" are indeed intangible.

Dictionary.com definition:
not tangible; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch, as incorporeal or immaterial things; impalpable.
 
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MililaniBuckeye;1322163; said:
Actually, tangible means something you can physically touch...it has nothing to do with being "identifiable". Therefore, "poise", "vision", and "sense" are indeed intangible.

Dictionary.com definition:
not tangible; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch, as incorporeal or immaterial things; impalpable.
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in?tan?gi?ble (ĭn-tān'jə-bəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.

1. Incapable of being perceived by the senses.
2. Incapable of being realized or defined.
3. Incorporeal.
 
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He gave a 110% effort.

It is impossible to give any more than 100%.

He left everything he had out on the field today.

I never saw any player ever leave anything on the field except in the cases when one happens to barf. :biggrin:
 
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Biggest pet peeve ever:

"If you're ______ you have to _____ "

As in, "If you're the coach you have to like what you're seeing out there." Or, "If you're the wide receiver you have to make that catch."

The set of people who are watching the game and listening to the idiot announcer and the set of people who are the coach or wide receiver are mutually exclusive. There is absolutely no chance that I am the coach or wide receiver. Why not just say, "The receiver has to make that catch"?

It's acceptable to say, "If you're a Michigan fan you have to like what you're seeing today," because there's a pretty solid chance that the listener is in fact a Michigan fan (assuming Michigan is playing that game.) Otherwise it's the single most annoying construct announcers use. And yes, I realize there's a pretty fair chance I've already bitched about this, in this very thread. It's worth repeating.
 
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I've been hearing all day on the new episode of "As The Charlie Turns"

"This is Notre Dame we're talking about!"

Like that means something. I could easily say "This is Middle Tennessee State we're talking about!" The quality of team coming out of each school is comparable the last ten years.
 
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HailToMichigan;1322445; said:
"If you're a Michigan fan you have to like what you're seeing today"
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I'm calling bullshit. When was the last time you heard this. I could maybe see.

"If you're a Michigan fan you have to be stuffing a tampon in your sock early Saturday morning to collect the ever constant trickle of urine and feces running down your leg."
 
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