# Sports cliches you hate

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207>\
**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:** 2\
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**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/121 "2005-08-31T02:06:30Z")

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> [@xbuckeye](#):
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> From NASCAR: All he has to do is get up front and stay up front and avoid THE BIG ONE ™ and he’ll win the race.
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> Yeah…'cause the guy in front at the finish always wins, but if he wrecks, he can’t finish.
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> At least I haven’t heard any mention of Vortex Theory this year.
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> Oh yeah, and “catching him is one thing, passing him is another”
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> Really…so passing another race car is hard? :dubious:

Vortex theory is the most ridiculous thing ever. (For those of you who don’t know, vortex theory is the idea that once the field is at race speed, a vortex of warm air forms over the racetrack and keeps rain from crossing the track.)

The only thing worse than listening to Darrell Waltrip babble about “coopetition” and “boogity” is hearing Wally Dallenbach impersonate a former driver.

I sorta miss Buddy Baker, the Tim McCarver of NASCAR.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-cliches-you-hate/318207/122 "2005-08-31T02:37:31Z")

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They really came to play.

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