What common football idiom makes you cringe when you hear it?
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Who ever came up with the term "running down hill" should be shot. That term is freaking dumb.
55+How about when they start ogling a hot co-Ed in the stands?
Btw, what is old? Need to know if I fit the category
"amazing concentration" on a tipped passed that is caught. Concentration isn't going to break in the half second between the tip and the catch. Its instincts and athleticism.
I'm only allowed to agree once but I'd hit that bad boy about 50 times on that, even if this is a football thread. Once you get to "score", end the sentence and you avoid redundancy.
I remember the good ole John Madden commentating. “ In order to win the game you need to score points. To score points you need to gain yards and get in the end zone or kick a field goal.” Ya think?
When the announcers tell us 50 times during a review the difference between “the call on the field stands” and “ the call on the field is confirmed”. Who cares what language they use it’s the same result.
Also the “running down hill” thing came because the field at oklahoma used to have such a huge drop from the middle of the field to the sideline.
Also the “running down hill” thing came because the field at oklahoma used to have such a huge drop from the middle of the field to the sideline.
I'm tired of hearing "RPO" this year. It doesn't bother me so much when the play is actually a RPO, but this phrase is used sooooo often during pre-game/gameday/talk shows, I can't stand to hear them talk about it anymore.
I don't mind the term, unless they then say what an rpo is. If you have to explain it just say the full saying.
People who say verse rather than versus. Annoys the crap out of me.
You realize that fields drain away from center and towards the sidelines. So the origin of the term is accurate but its modern usage may not be.
Back in the day that was an accurate description. Some of those astro-turf fields had big crowns built into them.
Constantly reminding us that we're watching a football game. This is even something CMC says, in that he constantly refers to "our football team," as if we may confuse it for golf or cross country. But commentators do this incessantly, particularly at the pro level where they always refer to "the National Football League."
Do it sometime; watch a game and see how many times they say the word "football" for no reason.
Do it sometime; watch a game and see how many times they say the word "football" for no reason.
Physicality, that is not a damn word!!!!
And for that matter, incentivize is not a damn word either, now get off my lawn!
And for that matter, incentivize is not a damn word either, now get off my lawn!
Not really a saying but in general it feels like commentators will compliment an obviously penalty for blue bloods, i.e. great pass coverage when an Ohio State player clearly has hold of the receivers' arm or something. And the tend to move on very quickly from the play like they know it wasn't right.
Similar to when Graysen Allen had already been scrutinized for his tripping and cheap plays. There was one incident where he CLEARLY kicked back at someone to the midsection and the ESPN talking heads completely brushed it off as purely incidental.
Similar to when Graysen Allen had already been scrutinized for his tripping and cheap plays. There was one incident where he CLEARLY kicked back at someone to the midsection and the ESPN talking heads completely brushed it off as purely incidental.
