# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [December 1, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/21 "2009-12-01T20:44:40Z")
> [@Taber](#): > > Hopefully it was just a Patriots vs Saints joke Patriots=state, Saints=church. Ah, I get it. I get jokes. ---
**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, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/22 "2009-12-01T21:48:16Z")
Ah. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/23 "2009-12-07T08:45:55Z")
This past Sunday, I’m watching the Sunday night game. Jared Allen (#69, DE for MIN) sacks Curt Warner. Al Micheals says “…sooner or later, number 69 will be in your face”. I swear, it sounded like they cut all audio from the booth for about five seconds. ---
**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 7, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/24 "2009-12-07T14:39:40Z")
Nitpick: the Vikings did not sack Kurt Warner last night. That said, I’m pretty sure Allen wears 69 just to elicit those comments. ---
**Author:** ![dudemanjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@dudemanjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dudemanjack)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/25 "2009-12-07T17:00:57Z")
> [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](#): > > This past Sunday, I’m watching the Sunday night game. > > Jared Allen (#69, DE for MIN) sacks Curt Warner. > > Al Micheals says “…sooner or later, number 69 will be in your face”. > > I swear, it sounded like they cut all audio from the booth for about five seconds. I assume it’s because they took there headsets off and had a good laugh about it. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/26 "2009-12-07T17:18:22Z")
UCLA a few years ago had two borthers on their defense named ball. I remember listening to the radio when I heard this, “Her comes the pressure and they get to him, it’s a two Ball sack!” I think he had been waiting for that one. ---
**Author:** ![DragonAsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DragonAsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DragonAsh)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/27 "2009-12-08T10:27:04Z")
Last night Packers-Ravens game, announcers going on how Flacco looked so great in pre-game practice. “I tell you, he was really stroking it” “…” Somehow I suspect that didn’t come out quite as he had meant… ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/28 "2009-12-08T15:57:58Z")
Same Monday Night game, somebody updated Aaron Rodger’s running-for-first-down stat after he scrambled out of the pocket and _threw_ for a first down. (Speaking of stroking, the sheer amount of stroking they were doing for certain players was embarrassing - Aaron Rodgers, Clay Matthews, BJ Raji, Haloti Ngata, probably some more, but I start to use my 15-second jump forward button alot.) ---
**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 8, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353/29 "2009-12-08T17:19:43Z")
I heard that too as I was walking back into the room. I was thinking, “wow, must have been a great run if they are still talking about it during a replay of the next play.” It was Tirico I think. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcers-say-the-darndest-things/519353.md?page=1)