I had a choice of about 3 forums to put this in, but since it’s sports-specific, I figured it would go best here.
I was watching the Jets-Redskins preseason game on Saturday, and one of the sportscasters said that the Jets placekicker, Mike Nugent, shows “flashes of consistency.” I laughed for about five minutes.
Anyone else got some good nonsensical humdingers from sportscasters?
I think it was Joe Morgan (who could fill this thread single-handedly) who recently said “if the Phillies want to win the rest of the season, they’ll have to rely on outscoring their opponents”.
Profound, Joe.
“This team came to play!”
“Boom goes the dynamite”?
Dude, what? That made me laugh like a tard! Did he really say that?
Joe
Also, Madden likes to say things along the line of “Now THIS is a FOOTBALL team!” like the other guys are synchronized swimmers or something.
(about a top 400 metre runner speeding up on the back straight):
“he’s opening his legs and showing his class!”
One of my favorite Madden-isms.
The offense had just gone for it on 4th and 1. The guy who was not Madden (I think it was Al Micheals) said something like, “If they didn’t get it, they missed it by just inches - maybe even centimeters.”
Madden replied with, “Maybe even cubic centimeters.”
Which, while dumb, wasn’t the end of it.
Micheals said, “Nope, I don’t think you’d use that here, John.”
To which he replied, " I really think cubic centimeters comes into play here." [sup]1[/sup]
Not enough headsmacks…
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Heard from former Timberwolves radio play-by-play announcer Chad Hartman when Kevin Garnett went up for a dunk:
“Kevin Garnett…spreads his legs and rips it with the right hand.”
(Remember, this was radio. One has to provide one’s own visual)
AIUI Frank Gifford had a reputation for bringing some truly amazing things to his commentary.
The one that I’ve read about is that apparently he once began a broadcast with, “Hello, Frank. I’m everybody.”
Isn’t asking for stupid things sportscasters say sort of like asking people to list words that have letters in them? Ah, well–never mind the nitpick, here’s one from a local guy covering a high school football game, long ago:
“He’s on the forty! The fifty! The sixty! Uh…he’s on the thirty!”
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During the '87 Canada Cup, one of the commentators (I think Ron Rousch) said “A 2 goal lead is the worst lead in hockey.” For years and years after that when watching hockey with friends we’d make comments about “the dreaded two goal lead” after someone scored to go up by 2.
I’ve heard that bit of wisdom repeated many times on ESPN, mostly by Barry Melrose I think. I get the logic, but it’s one of those epxressions that should be dropped because it sounds so stupid and the reasoning is questionable.
I don’t really follow sports, so could you explain the reasoning to me?
Thanks.
http://forums.rotoworld.com/lofiversion/index.php/t37917.html They are called Maddenisms for a reason. He is comedy relief.
That was pretty much my first reaction as well. My husband and stepfather were there too and both started cracking up at the same time I did.
The reasoning, such as it is, is that teams will either let up or move into a defensive posture after going up by 2, allowing the other team the opportunity to get back into the game. With a lead of just one you won’t do this, and with a lead of 3 or more you should be safe just playing defense. Or something like that.
Yeah, that’s always the way I understood it. Up by one goal, you have to stay sharp. Up by two, you relax, and if the other team scores, they have momentum (and we could probably do a thread just on dumb quotes involving THAT word) while you are back on your heels and have not been running your offense. Up three goals, I guess it’s too big a lead for it to make a difference.
My all time favorite, from the incomparable John Madden:
(When you are a running back carrying the ball) “You have to keep your feet moving!”
Gee, ya think? Thanks, John.
I had always heard that it was the 3 goal lead that was so dangerous, but living up here I get more Don Cherry than Barry Melrose. I always thought it was stupid, because you never see a team shut it down with a 2 goal lead in order to avoid getting the dreaded 3 goal lead.
ETA: I saw a game last year where one team took a 3-0 lead and eventually won the game 3-2. The announcers considered this another instance of the dangerous 3-goal lead, ignoring the fact that that 3 goad lead is what allowed them to win the game!
Maybe it’s an exchange rate thing.