# Dumb things said by sports Announcers **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 10, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326 "2009-10-10T18:09:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/1 "2009-10-10T18:09:18Z")
I know we have had these before so try to keep 'em recent. Today in the Auburn-Arkansas game “He was looking ahead with his eyes.” ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/2 "2009-10-10T19:24:51Z")
“Boom goes the dynamite!” ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/3 "2009-10-10T20:09:22Z")
There’s always some boob credulously saying in his best Ted Knight voice, something to the effect of “Well, they’re going to need to put some points on the board in order to win this game” Also, the latent homoeroticism in their lofty praise of players. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/4 "2009-10-10T20:12:35Z")
The Bengals “won the game on the last play of overtime” last week. Really? You don’t say! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/5 "2009-10-10T20:13:38Z")
The WWE announcers constantly calling Wrestlemania 25 the 25th anniversary of Wrestlemania earlier this year. I suppose that the first Wrestlemania must’ve been held on it’s own first anniversary then? ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/6 "2009-10-10T20:18:33Z")
“Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein.” -Joe Theismann ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/7 "2009-10-10T20:29:06Z")
I’m surprised Joe Theismann doesn’t still have to wear a helmet at work, know what I’m sayin’? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/8 "2009-10-10T21:01:34Z")
“This team really came to play ball!” ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/9 "2009-10-10T21:18:17Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > Also, the latent homoeroticism in their lofty praise of players. This stuff makes me want to vomit. The current favorite is Florida QB Tim Tebow, one announcer said “If you’re fortunate enough to spend five minutes or 20 minutes around Tim Tebow, your life is better for it.” > [@HongKongFooey](#): > > The Bengals “won the game on the last play of overtime” last week. Really? You don’t say! was this the same game where the announcer was saying how foolish they were to call a timeout before a field goal attempt in overtime because it leaves too much time for the other team to score if they make it ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/10 "2009-10-10T21:59:30Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > This stuff makes me want to vomit. > > The current favorite is Florida QB Tim Tebow, one announcer said “If you’re fortunate enough to spend five minutes or 20 minutes around Tim Tebow, your life is better for it.” > > was this the same game where the announcer was saying how foolish they were to call a timeout before a field goal attempt in overtime because it leaves too much time for the other team to score if they make it Yeah, it was Rich Gannon, former Raiders QB. He actually made joking reference to Donovan McNabb’s gaffe during the same broadcast, and then essentially made the same mistake. Which of course, made the irony so delicious. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/11 "2009-10-10T23:45:37Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > “Boom goes the dynamite!” Sadly,I think that was the smartest thing he said that day. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/12 "2009-10-11T00:37:06Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > “Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein.” > > -Joe Theismann When did he say this? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/13 "2009-10-11T01:42:02Z")
Today during the Ohio State game, the announcers were talking about the coaching class that Tressel teaches at OSU. The one announcer said how rigorous the class was and noted there were a lot of women who took the class and often did better than the men. The other announcer said how that’d be such a great class for any football fan to take, so they can learn all of Tressel’s secrets and really gain some insight into the game. He encouraged football fans to check it out. It’s not like people who are majoring in physical education and/or aspire to be a coach in some capacity should take the class. Nah, just people who really like football. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/14 "2009-10-11T02:32:41Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > “Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein.” > > -Joe Theismann > [@Mahaloth](#): > > When did he say this? This was in the newspapers by 1997. Whether Theismann actually said it, so far all I can find is a newspaper cite from the next year that said he was taliking about his high school valedictorian, Norman Einstein. More if I can find it. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/15 "2009-10-11T17:12:06Z")
As a rule, football color commentators are the worst. The baseball ones are legendary but rarer. The Maddens are the rule in football. ---
**Author:** ![alfonzos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alfonzos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alfonzos)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/16 "2009-10-11T23:21:16Z")
During a Cleveland Indians television broadcast veteran play-by-play announcer Harry Jones was trying to converse intelligently with new color commentator Mudcat Grant. When asking Mudcat what he thought the manager would do about the pitcher in a particularly tight situation Grant replied, “Well, Harry, I believe he’s either going to leave him in or take out.” ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/17 "2009-10-12T00:23:28Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > was this the same game where the announcer was saying how foolish they were to call a timeout before a field goal attempt in overtime because it leaves too much time for the other team to score if they make it Yeah, I think the exact context was that the team would have to kick off to Josh Cribbs, who might then return the kick. My favorite ever was about how then-Jets kicker Mike Nugent showed “flashes of consistency.” I laughed for about five minutes, and still use that line on occasion. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/18 "2009-10-12T03:05:30Z")
Hockey Night in Canada color man Harry Neale - who was often pretty drunk - once said “The Leafs would really like to score a goal now.” When, exactly, does a hockey team NOT want to score a goal? ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/19 "2009-10-12T03:21:30Z")
I just hate it when the following exchange, in any sport, involving any statistic, occurs: Color Guy: “This is one great player. He hasn’t had an interception/fumble/allowed a goal in amount of time.” Bonus points for graphics showing the statistic, double-bonus for a quick video replay of the last time the event occurred. Two seconds later… Play by Play Guy: “And the player just had his first interception/fumble/goal allowed of the season.” Just saw it today, in fact. Color Guy says the Denver Broncos haven’t allowed a passing touchdown all season. Tom Brady immediately threw a TD pass. Argh. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326/20 "2009-10-12T13:58:09Z")
How about when Dennis Eckersley reads the players lips out loud, on camera? _“Fuck!”_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-things-said-by-sports-announcers/513326.md?page=2)