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View Poll Results: Most worn-out sports cliches | |
Banged up, nicked up etc. etc. when referring to injuries
|     | 1 | 2.22% | |
Athleticism ie. he really used his athleticism on that play
|    | 4 | 8.89% | |
Game face ie. concentration on a game
|    | 8 | 17.78% | |
PG = Floor general; QB = Field general
|    | 0 | 0% | |
Taking it to another level (See hiring of Steve Alford)
|    | 11 | 24.44% | |
_________ needs to "step up"
|    | 5 | 11.11% | |
"The friendly confines" or a "hostile environment"
| | 1 | 2.22% | |
Other (buyaa? YESS?)
| | 15 | 33.33% |
03-08-2007, 02:08 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Heard one on my way to watch the game today - game face. Tell me what the most tired sports cliche is. For my money, it is either "banged up" or "athleticism". Time to retire both of those if you ask me. Banged up has mutated into many different combinations. For example, Ken Miller way back when on the Jock was talking NFL. He said a team was "bruised up". For crying out loud, how about just saying a team has a few people out with injuries.
Anyway, what are the most heinous sports cliches?
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URBCLONE
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03-08-2007, 02:09 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Saint Paul, MN
Posts: 5,866
Credits: 264,641 Year: 1995 MLB: Mets | Re: Most tired sports cliches
"We just wanted to go out there and play hard."
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03-08-2007, 02:11 PM
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| | Facebook Knows All
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: West Des Moines
Posts: 8,405
Credits: 1,052,829 Year: 2004 NFL: Bears MLB: Cubs | Re: Most tired sports cliches
"We are just going to take it one game at a time"
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03-08-2007, 02:13 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Metropolis
Posts: 2,638
Credits: 174,174 NFL: Bills MLB: Pirates | Re: Most tired sports cliches
I've always hated the comparison of "going into battle" or "going to war."
Sorry guys, this is a game. It's not life and death.
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03-08-2007, 02:13 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Omaha
Posts: 12,807
Credits: 1,441,418 Degree: MSCE NFL: Patriots NBA: Warriors MLB: Devil Rays | Re: Most tired sports cliches
Fans yelling Air Ball.
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EIU is the other Okoboji University for serious students and home of Captain Kirk who pilots the Enterprise on its Trek through the Universe for finding his next great job. Captain, beware of your Superbowl. | |
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03-08-2007, 02:15 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ankeny
Posts: 1,992
Credits: 170,727 | Re: Most tired sports cliches
Anything our of Steve Alfaud's mouth??  | | | |
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03-08-2007, 02:17 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Clive
Posts: 269
Credits: 287,469 | Re: Most tired sports cliches
"No one believed in us all year, but we knew we could get it done." I think I've heard this following every championship game the last 3 years.
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03-08-2007, 02:18 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ames, Iowa
Posts: 9
Credits: 95,695 NFL: Bears NBA: Bulls MLB: Cubs | Re: Most tired sports cliches
Min is "We've faced adversity all season"  | | | |
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03-08-2007, 02:20 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northwest Iowa
Posts: 7,339
Credits: 2,517,832 NFL: Vikings MLB: Cubs | Re: Most tired sports cliches
He always gives 110 percent.
We're taking it one game at a time.
They have to stay focused.
There’s no " I " in TEAM.
Defense wins championships.
The field is a frozen tundra.
The prevent defense prevents you from winning.
Records are made to be broken.
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03-08-2007, 02:20 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cedar Falls, IA
Posts: 1,926
Credits: 58,021 NFL: Cowboys NBA: Mavericks MLB: Cardinals | Re: Most tired sports cliches
Mine is "They were exactly who we thought they were, if you wanna crown them, then crown their ***"
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"No. 1 Pastime: Drinking. If you don't like alcohol, go to another school."
-Kelly Daniels talking about Iowa State University in Playboy.  | |
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03-08-2007, 02:27 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Avoca/Ames, IA
Posts: 217
Credits: 239,413 | Re: Most tired sports cliches
Ask Bobby Knight what he thinks of the term "Game Face." I watched it on youtube the other day.
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03-08-2007, 02:29 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Saint Paul, MN
Posts: 5,866
Credits: 264,641 Year: 1995 MLB: Mets | Re: Most tired sports cliches
Least tired cliche: "Boom goes the dynamite."
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03-08-2007, 02:30 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 305
Credits: 240,532 | Re: Most tired sports cliches
How about DMAC with "they are a good team, no doubt about it."
glad that is gone
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03-08-2007, 02:31 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ankeny, IA
Posts: 2,897
Credits: 101,160 | Re: Most tired sports cliches
Kansas Basketball?
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Iowa State: Anyone who's a true college basketball fan needs to see a game at Hilton Coliseum. Nice is in the DNA of Iowans and the fans here are particularly gracious -- even when the home team loses but gives a great effort, they are appreciative.
ESPN.com picked Hilton Coliseum as the "Hot Arena" in the Big 12...coaches in the league noted that, "regardless of talent, the Cyclones have a home court like no other." | |
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03-08-2007, 02:34 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Metropolis
Posts: 2,638
Credits: 174,174 NFL: Bills MLB: Pirates | Re: Most tired sports cliches
"We shocked the world." Really? I guess there's nothing more important going on in the world than some game
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