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WampusCat43

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Is there another verb to describe being franchised besides "slapped" with the tag?

Have you ever seen an announcer extol the virtues of a "little" tight end?

How about a "big" shovel pass? Is there another adjective (other than "ill-advised")?

Feel free to add yours to the list.

 
I hate the phrase, "He's not getting any younger" last I checked it isn't possible to get younger, whether you are 5 or 50. Why can't they just say he's too old to count on or something like that.

I also wish announcers would differentiate between running QB's(Vick, Young, Culpepper) and scrambling QB's (Hasselbeck, Favre, Roethlisberger) just a pet peeve.

 
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I was thinking about listing heaps of bad clichés, but at this stage I'll just take it one post at a time and see how I go from there.

 
How 'bout Joe's fav? :popcorn:

step up

Seriously, tho, I have to agree with that one. It's gets down right annoying as much as it's used. :thumbup:

 
travdogg said:
I also wish announcers would differentiate between running QB's(Vick, Young, Culpepper) and scrambling QB's (Hasselbeck, Favre, Roethlisberger) just a pet peeve.
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By "running" and "scrambling", dont you mean "black" and "white"? Why is what Young does called "running", and what Big Ben does called "scrambling"? :lmao:
 
How about "He's athletic" when referring to black QBs, and "intelligent" when referring to white QBs?

One cliche that needs to go away on this forum is "just sayin", or "just saying" at the end of a post.

Not really a cliche, but mostly people under 30 who use the word "like" in every sentence. It makes it really hard to take anything they say seriously.

 
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Burning Sensation said:
travdogg said:
I also wish announcers would differentiate between running QB's(Vick, Young, Culpepper) and scrambling QB's (Hasselbeck, Favre, Roethlisberger) just a pet peeve.
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By "running" and "scrambling", dont you mean "black" and "white"? Why is what Young does called "running", and what Big Ben does called "scrambling"? :goodposting:
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Have you seen Ben and Vince both throw the football? If you have you would know why. :popcorn:
 
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It's not a cliche, but referring any big play or game as "The greatest _______ of all time!"

 
I don't know if this is a subliminal reference to their post-game pizza or something, but commentators never refer to Steve Spagnola calling a blitz, he always "dials up" a blitz.

 
Lord Lucan said:
I don't know if this is a subliminal reference to their post-game pizza or something, but commentators never refer to Steve Spagnola calling a blitz, he always "dials up" a blitz.
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I just thought that was the new catch phrase for performing your job? I use it all the time at the office now. "Hey, have you dialed up that TPS report yet?" ........ "Yeah, next time dial up a cover sheet too, mKay. Thanks a bunch"
 
Watch for this one during the draft especially - 'he is a FOOTBALL player'. Yea, him and the rest of the league, including the kickers, are by definition, a football player. Argh.

 
I love the way some journos/broadcasters have a horror of repeating phrases that by necessity come up multiple times, so fall back on cliched alternatives. Mel Kiper is the king of these atoricities.

QB = signal caller

carry= tote

the ball - the rock, the pig

passes = aerials

 
I hate the use of other sports phrases to describe a play.

Long pass attempt?

"That was a home run shot."

No it wasn't. It was a ###### long pass attempt. A home run shot is for baseball you effin fool.

 
The much over used "getting everyone on the same page"

I think the same page comments are right there with the step up comments any more.

 
"I am going to give it 110%".

People have said that so much that it is no longer good enough. I have heard 120% and 150% thrown around a little bit. This needs to stop.

 
"They left it all out on the field"

"We're just taking this one game at a time"

and my all-time, most annoying one...

"I'd like to thank the good Lord above for being out here and getting us this win" :rolleyes:

 
My friends and I do mock interviews after watching games where we go through the sequence of cliches without actually saying them . . .

Thanks interviewer cliche

Great game cliche

Thank God cliche

Family cliche

Hat's off to the other team cliche (if a good guy) or smack them in the mouth (if a bad guy) cliche

Down and out and I knew we could come back cliche

Focused and motivated cliche

I noticed throughout the game the coverage . . . cliche

Worked on it this week in practice cliche

One game at a time cliche

Let's not get ahead of us cliche

Too soon to talk about making the playoffs cliche

Things to work on cliche

Guys coming back that can make a difference cliche

Looking forward to next week cliche

Only concentrating on next week no matter how many times you ask me the same question cliche

Gotta run cliche

 
Let me add one that I got tired of hearing from Brady in particular:

"There's a lot of things we didn't execute too well out there that we will have to work on for next week"

That got old REALLY quick.

 
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Watch his feet - Paul McGwire

Sean Salisbury - "punch them in the mouth" has to go. He uses that line evey time he speaks, and I mean every time.

 
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I'll add 2 that aren't verbal that have to go:

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This stupid cliche (add one more finger).

Everyone on the field and now, in the stands does this after the 3rd quarter ends and it's just idiotic seeing everyone in the section around you shove their hands in their neighbor's face on both sides while doing this. "I see you just learned what comes after the number 3....."

That.....and the dump the Gatorade on the coach has run it's course.

 
David Yudkin said:
My friends and I do mock interviews after watching games where we go through the sequence of cliches without actually saying them . . .

Thanks interviewer cliche

Great game cliche

Thank God cliche

Family cliche

Hat's off to the other team cliche (if a good guy) or smack them in the mouth (if a bad guy) cliche

Down and out and I knew we could come back cliche

Focused and motivated cliche

I noticed throughout the game the coverage . . . cliche

Worked on it this week in practice cliche

One game at a time cliche

Let's not get ahead of us cliche

Too soon to talk about making the playoffs cliche

Things to work on cliche

Guys coming back that can make a difference cliche

Looking forward to next week cliche

Only concentrating on next week no matter how many times you ask me the same question cliche

Gotta run cliche
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that will never become cliche.
 
Easy.

Any time an underdog wins, someone says the losing team "choked". Hey. Here's a novel idea. Maybe one team just played better?

 
Can they describe a defense other than calling it a "Tampa-2" or "Cover-2"? I've given up hope of derailing the "West Coast Offense" express, but I'd hate to see the same thing happen on the defensive side of the ball.

Edit: My cliche is "one play at a time"

 
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There are just too many to name...

The latest one that bugs me is "This League"...as in, "He's going to be a player in THIS LEAGUE" or "You have to play tough against the run to win in THIS LEAGUE."

 
"Now here's a guy..."

It makes it sound like they've shrunk someone down and placed them in a small bird cage.

 
I don't like it when they flash stupid statistics. "Did you know team X has won 80% of their games when they've had the lead at halftime."

 
Mine would be "Homers, what's the latest on _________________"

With the amount of information available on the web these days, I just don't see how where you live has all that much relevance anymore.

Growing up in the Bay Area, I have crossed paths with my fair share of SF, and Oak fans that are not too knowledgeable about their own team. Not to say that they are all like that, but just because someone is a "homer" doesn't exactly mean that they have more insight than anyoen else IMO.

 
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