Which sportscaster cliche irritates you the most?

[M2]

The phrase that irritates me is "play at the next level." You typically hear it multiple times per game. It probably sounded OK the first dozen times it was used. But now that it's been used several million times, it's way past time to bury it.

Why not just use plain direct English, like "play in the NFL" or "play professional football?" I can't remember the last time I heard either of those phrases.




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[Adelpiero]

"Cal is a top 25 team" "Cal should of been in BCS Bowl"

[JHawkBCD]

I just hate when you hear those faggy fucking windchimes as they cut to commercial. They ought to slaughter the fucker that makes those things.

[T REX]

The phrase that irritates me is "play at the next level." You typically hear it multiple times per game. It probably sounded OK the first dozen times it was used. But now that it's been used several million times, it's way past time to bury it.

Why not just use plain direct English, like "play in the NFL" or "play professional football?" I can't remember the last time I heard either of those phrases.




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I hear the "he'll play on Sundays" more than what you posted.

[Van]

"The team that scores the most points will win this ballgame...", and its brother in insipidness, "The only way they're going to beat so and so is if they outscore 'em..."

[King Crimson]

--typical announcer schtick where "analyst" picks some highly simplistic theme (like "establish the running game" or picks about 3 players on each team he read about on EPSN.com and blabbers endlessly about them as "the X factor" and "guys you look to to make a play") as the key to the game to cover his ass for not doing any homework about either team or players and then repeats it over and over and over and over and over.......until the 4th quarter when Team A scores what looks like the gamewinner...and promptly repeats his endlessly re-hashed POS analysis with some triumphal touch like "like i said at the onset....".

i'm calling this the Gary Danielson/Dan Fouts theorem, for now.

--i also think by now we've all realized that special teams are an important part of winning football games.....to say it outloud wearing a blazer on TV into a microphone doesn't really make it insider knowledge.

--whenever ANYONE talking about the NFL refers to it as "this league"....as though that annoints it with some Uber-special mystical quality that is the epitome of all that is great, wonderful and sublime under the sun. 75% of the time an NFL telecast is friggin' bad music video.

[BlindRef]

Anything that has to do with the 'mid-major flavor of the year' see Utah, Bowling Green, etc...

[M2]

110% effort, etc. (along the lines of play at the next level.)

unanswered points. If for example Cal scores 10 points, then Oregon scores 17 points, then Cal scores 10 more points ... Oregon is said to have scored 17 unanswered points ... which is not true because Oregon's last 10 points were answered.

red zone

West Coast offense

pooch kick

excessive anticipation of shifts in momentum



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[RadioFan]

--whenever ANYONE talking about the NFL refers to it as "this league"....as though that annoints it with some Uber-special mystical quality that is the epitome of all that is great, wonderful and sublime under the sun.

I'll take Dan Dierdorf for $400. I think I heard him NOT say that, this one time, several years ago. Maybe.

[MiketheangrydrunkenCUfan]

I hate it when sportscasters refer to a specific person as "a(n) insert person's name."

Example: "Boy, you just can't quantify how much of an advantage it gives you to have a Vince Young on your team."

Dipshit, do you mean the specific Vince Young that plays for Texas right now, or just any old Vince Young? Because I guarantee there are thousands of Vince Youngs in America who would suck donkey balls on the field and be a detriment to any CFB team, even Temple.

[indyfrisco]

"54 yard touchdown pass against the A&M defense"

^^^ Heard that shit WAY too much this year. ^^^

[Sky]

I hate it when sportscasters refer to a specific person as "a(n) insert person's name."

Example: "Boy, you just can't quantify how much of an advantage it gives you to have a Vince Young on your team."

Dipshit, do you mean the specific Vince Young that plays for Texas right now, or just any old Vince Young? Because I guarantee there are thousands of Vince Youngs in America who would suck donkey balls on the field and be a detriment to any CFB team, even Temple.

"54 yard touchdown pass against the A&M defense"

^^^ Heard that shit WAY too much this year. ^^^

Those were both really really funny, wow they made me laugh.

What I really hate is and somewhat similar to other posts is when announcers say something like:

"If he had only broken that tackle he would have scored"
or
"One more cut and he would have been gone"
or
"He almost broke that one wide open"

--Well of course you idiots, any play could turn into a touchdown. Not as bad as Marcus Allen but do we really need the obvious stated throughout the game?

And one of my all time favorites:

"The Irish should just play Notre Dame football"

[King Crimson]

What I really hate is and somewhat similar to other posts is when announcers say something like:

"If he had only broken that tackle he would have scored"
or
"One more cut and he would have been gone"
or
"He almost broke that one wide open"

--Well of course you idiots, any play could turn into a touchdown. Not as bad as Marcus Allen but do we really need the obvious stated throughout the game?

Gary Danielson will uncork that one about 10 times a game: "if it weren't for those 3 linebackers and the safety gang-tackling him, that was a SURE touchdown...!".

[Sky]

Ha hahahhhahaha

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Tough not to rip off a few cliches when you have to talk for 3 + hours, but most broadcasters seem to take the cliche thing "to another level".

I too hate it when they say, "If he would've broken free from that guy, he would've been gone", but it seems like everytime I hear them say that, there are 1 or 2 potential tacklers that WOULD HAVE gotten to him.

Probably the one I hate the most is when a team is down by say, 4 points late in the game, and the announcer says in a real serious tone, "A field goal will NOT do them any good. They have to get in the end zone". NO SHIT??? I WAS TOTALLY UNAWARE OF WHAT THEY NEEDED BEFORE YOU MENTIONED THAT!

[Cicero]

Probably the one I cant stand the most is one that is used at least once a game:

"That guy right there is just a football player."



Really? No fucking shit. I thought I was watching cricket.

[TheJON]

Basically, anything that Musberger says. What I really want to hear him say is "Today is the last time I'll announce a college football game and my 'pardner' Gary Danielson is going to bludgeon me to death with a butter knife for all of you to see."

[indyfrisco]

^^^ For once, this guy is nails. ^^^

[Sky]

You would think the networks would bring in some new blood. KJ is off his rocker half the time and incorrectly calls what everyone sees.

Dan Fouts is extremely biased in his calls and always gets off topic with his little side storys.

Musburger, well I don't need to say anything there.

But my new least favorite would be:

[Left Seater]

Whoa Nelly!

[Degenerate]

He needs to play within himself...

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

"All they want to do is win"

No shit. As opposed to what?

Also, hate it when they say, "All they have to do is show up and play Michigan football, Texas football, etc."

Could you be any more vague?

[Degenerate]

Also, hate it when they say, "All they have to do is show up and play Michigan football, Texas football, etc."

Always attributed to winning teams, too. You never hear any announcer say "if the Jayhawks are able to come into Austin today and play their trademark Kansas football, Texas will have this sewn up by halftime."

[TheJON]

Iowa's radio color commentator, Ed Podolak, is usually blasted beyond belief during games. Everytime I hear a highlight of an Iowa game, I hear Eddie calling play-by-play man Gary Dolphin, "buddy boy." That's pretty annoying.

[Harvdog]

How many times do you see a guys break 3 tackles and score only to hear the guy Mussberger/Danielson/Dierdorf say some stupid shit like:

That right there is sheer "Athleticism". Really?

[Killian]

How many times do you see a guys break 3 tackles and score only to hear the guy Mussberger/Danielson/Dierdorf say some stupid shit like:

That right there is sheer "Athleticism". Really?

Or, when they do break the tackles, you hear about "sloppy" tackles, or missed tackles, but these are the same douche pumps who say "if he broke that tackle, he would have gone all the way!"

Just shut the fuck up.

[Shoalzie]

bowl eligible
BCS rankings
BCS conferences
plus-one
New Year's Day game

:twisted:

[Left Seater]

Now granted some of this stuff is pretty stupid, but until you try it you might want to hold off on blasting these guys. Sure some are better than others, and some just need to stop 5 years ago ('sup Keith Jackson), but it is damn hard. There are plenty of things that I wish I could have back almost as soon as they left my mouth.

Lax, your thoughts on this?

[Left Seater]

True! The point was it is harder than most think to talk for three plus hours without saying something stupid.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

In the commentating world, less is good. Don't try to be too funny or too analytical, but at the same time, don't keep saying things we already know. And understand that the only people that really care about you are the blind.

[indyfrisco]

There are plenty of things that I wish I could have back almost as soon as they left my mouth.

I hear ya. No pun intended.

Sin,
Fauxllattio pas Frisco