John 3:16
Jesus Juice almost came out of my nose.
Good one.
You were drinking Jesus Juice?
Yeah. He’d like to have that one back.
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?
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?
Well, coffee. But it would’ve been a miracle.
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.
But Levy’s a World War II vet and he won that one.
Enright3 hates it when people talk about themselves in 3rd person.
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Minor hijack, but am I the only one who watches sports with the sound off?
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.
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).
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.
No. With all the information they display on the screen nowadays, there’s really no reason not to.
Cinderella boy, outta nowhere, a former greenskeeper now about to become the Master’s champion.
On another note:
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.
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.
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?