# Sports cliches you hate **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 23, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207 "2005-08-23T01:15:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/61 "2005-08-23T22:56:24Z")
John 3:16 ---
**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:** [August 24, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/62 "2005-08-24T00:12:39Z")
> [@kidchameleon](#): > > John 3:16 Jesus Juice almost came out of my nose. Good one. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/63 "2005-08-24T00:26:53Z")
> [@Hung Mung](#): > > Jesus Juice almost came out of my nose. > Good one. You were drinking [Jesus Juice](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/30/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main596903.shtml)? ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/64 "2005-08-24T00:51:05Z")
> [@zamboniracer](#): > > But it didn’t take it to the next level. Yeah. He’d like to have that one back. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/65 "2005-08-24T03:07:39Z")
Some of these posts remind me of one that drives me fucking nuts: “We’ve got to play for 60 minutes” So, yeah, if it goes into overtime, I guess you forfeit? ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/66 "2005-08-24T03:15:06Z")
As soon as college basketball season rolls around, we’ll start hearing about “mid-major conferences”. Why are there mid-major conferences but no high-major or low-major conferences, or even any mid-minors? Should baseball replace the minor leagues with the mid-major leagues? ---
**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:** [August 24, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/67 "2005-08-24T04:12:43Z")
> [@furt](#): > > You were drinking [Jesus Juice](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/30/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main596903.shtml)? Well, coffee. But it would’ve been a miracle. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/68 "2005-08-24T04:39:45Z")
And then there’s my favorite anti-cliche, when Marv Levy was asked if an upcoming game was a “must win”. He said, “No. World War II was a must win. This is just a football game.” ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/69 "2005-08-24T05:41:59Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > And then there’s my favorite anti-cliche, when Marv Levy was asked if an upcoming game was a “must win”. He said, “No. World War II was a must win. This is just a football game.” That’s a great quote, and one that I’d never heard before. But, I mean, maybe if Marv took football a little more seriously, he might’ve been able to avoid getting humiliated in 3 of his 4 Superbowls. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/70 "2005-08-24T06:45:16Z")
But Levy’s a World War II vet and he won that one. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/71 "2005-08-24T14:25:52Z")
Enright3 hates it when people talk about themselves in 3rd person. E3 ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/72 "2005-08-24T16:36:51Z")
Minor hijack, but am I the only one who watches sports with the sound off? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/73 "2005-08-24T17:18:58Z")
> [@Ellis Dee](#): > > That’s a great quote, and one that I’d never heard before. > > But, I mean, maybe if Marv took football a little more seriously, he might’ve been able to avoid getting humiliated in 3 of his 4 Superbowls. Ow ow ow. As a Bills season ticket holder that hurts. Marv is almost a God here near Buffalo. Before every game in the huddle he would ask his teams “Where else would you rather be than right here, right now?” I love that saying but if I hear it in one more clip I might scream. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/74 "2005-08-24T17:22:26Z")
> [@Sal Ammoniac](#): > > Minor hijack, but am I the only one who watches sports with the sound off? I don’t watch with the sound off, but i have been known to watch with the TV sound off and the radio on. Because they have to describe everything that’s going on, radio commentators have less time to delve into the sort of inanities that TV sports announcers love so much. ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/75 "2005-08-24T17:34:11Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I don’t watch with the sound off, but i have been known to watch with the TV sound off and the radio on. > > Because they have to describe everything that’s going on, radio commentators have less time to delve into the sort of inanities that TV sports announcers love so much. Note to self: Follow **mhendo** ’s lead. Especially after watching the Ravens preseason game a few nights ago where the announcers went on a giant digression because the Eagles had two #51’s on the field at the same time, thus leading them to fully discuss the merits of messing with opponent’s heads by having all players in preseason wear #1, just to destroy any usefulness of studying preseason tapes (since duplicate numbers are allowed in, and only in, preseason). ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/76 "2005-08-24T18:01:21Z")
I think this thread has hit a little bit of a rough patch, and we’re all pressing a little bit. Somebody needs to step up and make a post. You know, good posting is contagious. > [@Sal Ammoniac](#): > > Minor hijack, but am I the only one who watches sports with the sound off? No. With all the information they display on the screen nowadays, there’s really no reason _not_ to. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/77 "2005-08-24T18:19:27Z")
Cinderella boy, outta nowhere, a former greenskeeper now about to become the Master’s champion. On another note: > [@Sal Ammoniac](#): > > Minor hijack, but am I the only one who watches sports with the sound off? Didn’t NBC or someone try an experimental game with no commentary whatsoever? I have to admit, it was the most boring game I ever saw. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/78 "2005-08-25T03:11:14Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I don’t watch with the sound off, but i have been known to watch with the TV sound off and the radio on. I agree that it would be the ideal, but last time I tried it, the varying broadcast delays drove me up a wall. (IIRC, the radio was like 10 seconds behind the tv. Annoying.) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/79 "2005-08-25T03:22:42Z")
> [@Ellis Dee](#): > > I agree that it would be the ideal, but last time I tried it, the varying broadcast delays drove me up a wall. (IIRC, the radio was like 10 seconds behind the tv. Annoying.) I’m sure you’re right. Admittedly, i haven’t done this for a while, and i’ve only done it once or twice in the US. I used to do it frequently back when i lived in Australia and would watch rugby and cricket matches on TV while listening to the radio commentary. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/80 "2005-08-25T04:51:58Z")
Onne cliche that Curt Gowdy used to use all the time (but which other sportscasters have carried on): “This rookie is looking sensational. Yes, his future is definitely ahead of him.” As opposed to his future being behind him? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207.md?page=5)