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If there's a football term that you can throw away
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:13 pm
by PSUFAN
It's "Florida Speed" - or "Southern Speed". I think the days in which southern teams have a distinct speed advantage are basically over and done with. Everyone has the athletes, thanks to roster limitations and a few decades of emphasis on speed from coast to coast.
IMO, things have shifted to tactical football...great assistants with good scheme ideas are the building blocks of effective football teams now.
Of course, I did hear Corso mention "Florida Speed" the other day, in saying that UF deserved the MNC game berth over UM. Apparently the berth is deserved simply because UF is rostered with Florida players.
Bah...Corso is a penis.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:19 pm
by Cicero
I will have to agree. The Big 3 doesnt get every big time athlete in the state like they used to. They still get a fair amount, but schools like Mich, tOSU, Oklahoma and PSU have caught up. Also, Texas and Cali have tons of speed guys and a lot of midwest and Northern school are getting these kids too.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:25 pm
by Sky
Hmm, when I saw the title of "football term to throw away" I expected something more like:
Iowa's NFL prospects
Cal's National Championship Run
Big Game coach Charlie Weiss
Miami's sportsmanship
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:28 pm
by PSUFAN
How about "WVU Head Coach Rich Rodriguez"
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:28 pm
by Jimmy Medalions
"on both sides of the ball"
"an instant classic"
"a big-time [insert conferrence name] tilt"
"a return to it's former glory"
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:36 pm
by indyfrisco
How about the WAY overused "if he gets by that guy, he's going for six"
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:49 pm
by Van
"escapability"
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:52 pm
by Dinsdale
My pet peeve is using "defense" as a verb.
And if ever Bob Costas starts calling ND games, I'll crash this server posting shit he needs to stop saying.
This critical 4th quarter drive is reminiscent of one the great Knute Rockne faced. It was 4th down, with 3 and a half to go. The national championship, and ideed the very legacy of the great Notre Dame football program were at stake. The great Knute Rockne knew only a touchdown would do. They lined up in an I formation, much in the way the other great, great coaches of the era. And then, in the greatest moment in sports history, they converted that 4th down, on that fateful day in November, unlike the 1927 New York Yankess, who reached their pinnacle in October...ad naseum."
I'm ready to puke just thinking about it.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:59 pm
by Laxplayer
This one's gonna be a war
This game's going to be won in the trenches
The game of the year
The game of the century
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:59 pm
by MuchoBulls
PSUFAN wrote:How about "WVU Head Coach Rich Rodriguez"
I think he is using WVU for leverage. WVU officials went on record this morning as saying that they are going to put millions of dollars into upgrading the facilities.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:04 pm
by buckeye_in_sc
Like I said there must not be fast FLA running backs as the Gators RB Wynn is from the Nati in Ohio and Percy Harvin is from Virginia...
Meds - your list sounds like everything out of Musberger's mouth...
how about:
Woah Nellie
anything Dan Fouts says
Heisman Worthy
Game of the Century...how many of those have we had...
Re: If there's a football term that you can throw away
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:07 pm
by Mikey
PSUFAN wrote:It's "Florida Speed" - or "Southern Speed".
From what I hear, the best (or at least the most) speed comes from the Bakersfield area.
Of course Dins might have something to say about that.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:09 pm
by Dinsdale
Or when they interview the coach before the gamme, first, the "what do you need to do to win the game, coach?"
Stupid enough, but the reply is usually "well, we need to play good football."
You spent all week reviewing film with the coaching staff, and that's what you came up with?
Does the QB's wristband read "first play -- play good football."
Facing a crucial 3rd down conversion, the QB calls timeout, and the coach tells him "well son, let's just line up in the Good Football Formation, and then let's play some good football."
Yeah, thanks for that coach -- us armchair quarterbacks didn't realize you needed to play good football to win.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:11 pm
by RadioFan
"folks"
"pardner"
"Heisman hopeful"
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:14 pm
by Mikey
"student athlete"
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:15 pm
by Sky
buckeye_in_sc wrote:
anything Dan Fouts says
RACK
Re: If there's a football term that you can throw away
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:17 pm
by Dinsdale
Mikey wrote:
Of course Dins might have something to say about that.
Samie Parker is one of, if not the fastest CFB player in recent years. He's from Long Beach, CA. Jordan Kent, also a track star, is from Eugene.
I don't really see where one region has cornered the market on speed...but we can certainly argue about it anyway.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:17 pm
by RadioFan
Dinsdale wrote:Or when they interview the coach before the gamme, first, the "what do you need to do to win the game, coach?"
Stupid enough, but the reply is usually "well, we need to play good football."
Bwah
Stupid questions usually deserve stupid answers, ala, any sideline "reporter" interviewing the coach of the team that's "down" or is losing at half:
"Coach, what do you need to do to
turn things around in the second half?"
Coach, always in a hurry: "We just have to play better defense and start moving the ball on offense."
Sideline skank: "Thanks, coach!"
Re: If there's a football term that you can throw away
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:28 pm
by Mikey
Dinsdale wrote:Mikey wrote:
Of course Dins might have something to say about that.
I don't really see where one region has cornered the market on speed...but we can certainly argue about it anyway.
Well, I couldn't find any data for the Bakersfield area alone, but here are some statewide stats:
California Federal Methamphetamine
Seizures: Methamphetamine: 1,282.3 kgs.
Oregon Federal Methamphetamine
Seizures: Methamphetamine: 54.0 kgs.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:37 pm
by See You Next Wednesday
"Wisconsin's weak out-of-conference schedule"
Not saying it isn't right, I just hate hearing it.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:11 pm
by Jimmy Medalions
"guru"
"the hallmarks of a quarterback under the tutilage of Jeff Tedord"
"it's hard enough just getting out of the SEC each year"
"you have to make that catch"
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:16 pm
by Mikey
The title of the thread didn't expressly specify "college" football terms did it?
Good.
Then...."commitment to excellence"
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:18 pm
by Cicero
"that guy is a football player"
Another thing that runs me the wrong way is when after a heartbreaking loss, they jam a mic into a coach/player's face and ask, "Can you put into words what you are felling right?"
I'm still waiting for the "go fuck yourself" response.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:23 pm
by Dinsdale
I could probably do without --
"Runs me the wrong way."
"Run rough shot."
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:38 pm
by King Crimson
IndyFrisco wrote:How about the WAY overused "if he gets by that guy, he's going for six"
hey, don't hate on me.
sin,
Gary Danielson
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:46 pm
by Jimmy Medalions
Cicero wrote:"that guy is a football player"
Or the variant "he's a good looking football player"
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:09 pm
by L45B
"You are looking liiiiiive...."
"Dayliiiiiight...."
"Breaks freeeee!"
"Let me tell ya folks..."
Although Musberger can be quite the idiot, he will look like a fucking saint after Fox shits down its leg for these bowl games.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:17 pm
by Van
"They're going to have to outscore 'em to win..."
"Coach X is a genius..."
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:20 pm
by indyfrisco
This game is going to be decided by whoever has the ball last.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:27 pm
by King Crimson
he's the "X factor".
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:30 pm
by Mikey
he's "running downhill"
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:47 pm
by GrizBearStare
"You are not going to believe this, but this is the first football game that Colt McCoy has played outside the state of Texas. Now, let's send it down to the sidelines and my main man Jag-A-Root. HEY JACKO HOW BOUT THAT COLT MCCOY?"
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:50 pm
by Cicero
"Here comes The Major."
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:52 pm
by the_ouskull
-- Everything that's new being "the best ______ ever."
-- When Dins said "rough shot," I'm going to assume that he dislikes it because people say "rough shot" and not what it actually IS, which is "roughshod." If he was wrong, then HE annoys me. If not, then he STILL annoys me, but he was also able to motivate me into a post about what he wrote.
-- Bandwagon fans.
-- People that think that going to every game makes someone a fan. Alternately, people who think that someone who has never been to a game can't be a fan.
-- People who refuse to see their team's deficiencies. I guess that most of those people are just blind "fans," and not actual fans anyway. Being a homer isn't the same thing as being a fan.
-- People who don't think that THIS is the coolest thing they've ever seen:
http://www.beyondshops.co.uk/acatalog/c ... eramic.jpg
:D
-- And, as for an actual football term... "Game Speed." You're either fast or you're not.
the_ouskull
Re: If there's a football term that you can throw away
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:25 pm
by Husker4ever
PSUFAN wrote:It's "Florida Speed" - or "Southern Speed". I think the days in which southern teams have a distinct speed advantage are basically over and done with. Everyone has the athletes, thanks to roster limitations and a few decades of emphasis on speed from coast to coast.
IMO, things have shifted to tactical football...great assistants with good scheme ideas are the building blocks of effective football teams now.
Of course, I did hear Corso mention "Florida Speed" the other day, in saying that UF deserved the MNC game berth over UM. Apparently the berth is deserved simply because UF is rostered with Florida players.
Bah...Corso is a penis.
That shit got disspelled in 94 and again in 95. ESPN licked Spurriers nuts for a month before that laugher. Corso was at Gator practices doing that fucking gator chomp thing with FLA players.
Midway second quarter the announcers sounded shell shocked and at halftime the ESPN guys looked like they just got punched in the face and were in such disbelief they were stuttering. SI couldn't wait to get to college basketball coverage after that one.
Bitches.
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:48 pm
by The Seer
"I'm going to try to find the real killers"....
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 11:53 pm
by Jimmy Medalions
"I never parked in those handicapped stalls"
"There was no call box on the side of the freeway. Plus, even though my car rolled I figured she was fine and could find her way back without me"
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:11 am
by Shoalzie
Come on BuckeyeFan, it's not a horseshoe anymore...it looks more like a fish.
Look at this thing sideways and tell me this shouldn't have a hook coming out of the north end of the stadium?
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:26 am
by L45B
Shoalzie wrote:Look at this thing sideways...
This brings me to the next term that should be thrown out, but for a particular reason.
"You can't run east & west on this defense!"
This comment normally doesn't bother me too much. But what if the game's being played at the Coliseum? Or the Orange Bowl? Then you
have to run east and west on that defense. Sorry, just some directional perspective.
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 2:45 am
by Dinsdale
the_ouskull wrote:
-- When Dins said "rough shot," I'm going to assume that he dislikes it because people say "rough shot" and not what it actually IS, which is "roughshod." If he was wrong, then HE annoys me. If not, then he STILL annoys me, but he was also able to motivate me into a post about what he wrote.
It was a Cicerism --
viewtopic.php?t=19825
I may annoy you, but that's not the coolest thing I've ever seen. Mine is
very similar, but larger, with better detail. No BS...I have
almost the same one.