# Announcers say the darndest things. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 29, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353 "2009-11-29T18:19:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/1 "2009-11-29T18:19:15Z")
Today’s football announcer on the weather: approximate “The weather is nicer than you’d expect this time of year, which is a great thing for the Eagles because the last thing McNabb wants is for the cold weather to shrink his package” 😉 He’s not the only one. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/2 "2009-11-29T18:24:40Z")
“There are hardly any no-shows here today!” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/3 "2009-11-29T18:40:37Z")
I posted this in another thread a little while ago: > [@](#): > > Quote Daryl Johnston just a moment ago while speaking about how he thinks the Eagles will win today: “Over the last three seasons, they’re 11-3 in the month of December”. > > Someone get this man a calendar. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/4 "2009-11-30T14:18:51Z")
I dont’ understand. Are you positive that two of those Decembers didn’t have 5 Sundays? ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/5 "2009-11-30T14:36:36Z")
Um…it’s still November. And presumably was yesterday, too. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/6 "2009-11-30T14:39:54Z")
During the Bears’ execution by the Vikings yesterday, Joe Buck mentioned that the Vikings would accept a false start penalty on the Bears rather than declining and going with the results of the play. He doesn’t seem to know that you HAVE to accept a false start penalty, because it’s a dead-ball foul. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/7 "2009-11-30T15:49:39Z")
And Troy Aikman didn’t correct him, either. God, I hate Joe Buck. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/8 "2009-11-30T16:07:26Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > “There are hardly any no-shows here today!” :eek: Why doesn’t that make any sense? For teams that stink, it’s not uncommon for season ticket holders to stay home, especially when the weather is terrible. They are called “no-shows”, because they don’t show up. \*\*Ponch8 \*\*- are you sure it wasn’t defensive offsides? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/9 "2009-11-30T16:10:21Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Why doesn’t that make any sense? For teams that stink, it’s not uncommon for season ticket holders to stay home, especially when the weather is terrible. They are called “no-shows”, because they don’t show up. I think the point is that by definition, no-shows are not _here_. It makes more sense to say “Not a lot of no-shows today!” ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/10 "2009-11-30T16:11:11Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > Today’s football announcer on the weather: > approximate > > “The weather is nicer than you’d expect this time of year, which is a great thing for the Eagles because the last thing McNabb wants is for the cold weather to shrink his package” > > 😉 He’s not the only one. Re: “Shrink his package” What else could this mean that doesn’t make me giggle? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/11 "2009-11-30T16:16:59Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I think the point is that by definition, no-shows are not _here_. It makes more sense to say “Not a lot of no-shows today!” I’m sure if he had time to edit it, he would have fixed things. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/12 "2009-11-30T16:17:11Z")
In football the Coaching staff puts in a set of plays for that week that they will be calling from during the game day, and practices them for crisp execution. And it’s pretty common to call it that week’s play package. But windy or really sloppy weather can make some plays just innefective or dangerous to run. So the available set of plays is reduced. But I’ve never heard anyone,I think it was Moose Johnston, phrase it quite that way before. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/13 "2009-11-30T16:19:06Z")
During the Australia/England rugby match, something like “If you can grow a mustache, you should be able to hold a ball”. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/14 "2009-11-30T16:28:37Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Why doesn’t that make any sense? For teams that stink, it’s not uncommon for season ticket holders to stay home, especially when the weather is terrible. They are called “no-shows”, because they don’t show up. > > \*\*Ponch8 \*\*- are you sure it wasn’t defensive offsides? It was indeed ruled a false start. It was during the drive that the Bears began on Minnesota’s 8 yard line and finished on Minnesota’s 20. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/15 "2009-11-30T16:34:23Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I think the point is that by definition, no-shows are not _here_. It makes more sense to say “Not a lot of no-shows today!” Simarily, a long, long time ago, the camera was showing a sparse crowd at an Atlanta Falcon game, and the announcer says: “There is a great shot of all the no-shows” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/16 "2009-11-30T16:43:54Z")
If they’re “here”, they’re not no-shows, silly. ETA: Wow, that took forever to post. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/17 "2009-12-01T03:17:36Z")
Not sports related, but: “They know they’re obviously watching something that can never be repeated- Michael Jackson will only die once.” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/18 "2009-12-01T04:32:50Z")
Hank Williams said something about “no separation of church and state” during the intro music for MNF today. What the hell? ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/19 "2009-12-01T19:23:32Z")
Hopefully it was just a Patriots vs Saints joke ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/20 "2009-12-01T19:34:01Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > And Troy Aikman didn’t correct him, either. God, I hate Joe Buck. Everybody’s talking at me… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353.md?page=2)