What Football Phrase Annoys You The Most?

[nhpatsfan]

Also Bryant Gumbel has so many annoying phrases...

"it appears to be a first down" after a player is like 5yds clear of the first down marker. Way to go out on a limb, Bryant.

That's the one that drives me ape.

 

[Pats Fan in Indy]

"The New York 'football' Giants" Just heard it on ESPN

 

[OtisCampbell]

My least favorite phrase is actually the word "football".

Pregame show guys and announcers are always saying "football team", instead of just "team"; "football field" instead of just "field"; "football player" instead of just "player"; "football game" instead of just "game"; and others I'm probably forgetting right now.

Once you start noticing it, it'll drive you crazy.

Don't watch golf then, you'll go double-insane. "Great golf shot" "excellent round of golf" "well-designed golf hole" ad nauseum

 

[BradyToMoss07]

controlling your own "destiny"

Destiny is something that comes from a higher power, so it would be impossible to control destiny.

"they're a physical team"

This is football, it's a physical game, every player on every team is "physical."

 

[FunkyPats31]

Pretty much anything that comes out of this guys mouth, which includes lot of what has already been mentioned.

 

[scott c]

The refs didnt see it,what a bad call.................

 

[Water Boy]

My biggest pet peeve is when sports analysts refer to players in the plural with phrases such as:

"The Patriots are loaded with veteran leadership with players like the Mike Vrabels, the Rodney Harrisons and the Tedy Bruschis..."

 

[mrrhodeisland]

"the team nobody wants to meet in the playoffs." especially this week. ummmm.... WE'RE the team nobody wants to meet in the playoffs!

Playoffs? Did you say Playoffs? PLAYOFFS?

 

[Frezo]

"He sees the whole field"
"They wanted it more"

I also hate it when **** Enberg is announcing because it always leads to statements like:

"Did you see that ****?"
"Let me tell you ****."
"He was holding ****."

 

[chris_in_sunnyvale]

I remember watching the bloodbath that was Super Bowl XX and I wanted to strangle Merlin Olsen every time he said, "The Bears put a clock on you", referring to how QBs had to get rid of the ball quickly or else get sacked. He said this every freaking replay when Eason or Grogan got sacked or hurried.

Regards,
Chris

 

[Miguel]

Right after Team X scores and before the kickoff, Team Y has given up Z number of unanswered points. How can Team Y answer Team X when they have not a chance to score??

 

[NEGIRLPATSFAN]

when they pronounce an "R" at the end of re-see-vah.

Randy Moss and Wes Welkah ah da 2 best re-see-vahs in da league.

there is only one "R" in re-see-vah and it is at the beginning.

I think that is the way people try to mock a New England accent
They think we all talk like that, Half Ted Kennedy, half Steven King
WHATEVAAAA

 

[FibSeq13478]

A moronic football announcer saying- "He was under duress", because you know that they have no other word like duress in their vocabulary but because someone used it at one point they have just borrowed it. It just seems like a misfit to rest of their vocabulary.

 

[Michael]

"He split the A hole" John Madden

 

[onegameatatime]

"Turnover ratio" ... it's a difference, not a ratio!

After a team wins twice in the regular season and they face each other again ... "It's hard to beat a team three times in a season." NO, it's not if you've done it twice already.

I like Phil Simms, but does everyone he talks to start their sentence with "Hey, ... " or "Let me tell you ..."

Whatever is Kornheiser's theme of the night that gets repeated over and over and over.

 

[IcyPatriot]

1- "He's the nicest guy" ... how can so many be the nicest?

2- "He's an unselfish player" ... but one of the top paid in the league.

3- "Nobody works harder" ... Someone must work harder.

4- "He's worked hard to get here" ... Duh ... don't they all?

5- "He's a real gentleman" ... Sure, and you're the fly on the wall.

 

[snafu]

He caught the ball out of the air...

Jeez, how else do you catch the ball?

 

[RayClay]

The defensive guy "playing in space".

What is this a freakin' moonwalk? Where are the other guys playing underwater?

 

[LaBrady]

Some announcers love saying this: "He is seeing the field as well as anybody". What they mean is he is the best at seeing the field. But instead it sounds like he is just average because he does it "as well as". Also wtf is seeing the field. Every player on the field is seeing it!!! (pretty well too unless they forgot their glasses)

 

[HEY BRO! WHAT UP?]

After the events of week 1, the phrases that almost drove me insane were "spygate" and other phrases refering to the Patriots videotaping on the Jets sidelines, "gamesmenship" and "competitive edge". Analyists would include this in every freakin sentence. Also, they replayed LT's comments everyday when he said "if you ain't cheatin', you aint tryin". Then every analyist beat those comments like a dead horse.

Seriously, where the f*** do they come up with these phrases?

More annoying phrases include:

"Throwing him under the bus"
"I don't know what "it" is but he has "it" ". WTF?

When offensive skill players are refered to as "weapons". "Donavon McNabb would like some more weapons".
I'm sorry, referring skill players as weapons sounds really stupid. What does weapons have anything to do with football?

"It is what it is" - That is really irritating, thanks Bill Belicheck!

More to come once I remember them.