Lets talk about this whole "Chanesque" thing

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Since it keeps coming up..

gtluver said:
To me a chanesque lose is one where you get beat by a team with inferior athletes for example UVA and Maryland this year. I would say our players are better than theirs. Or one where your players just come out flat and unfocused would be classified as chanesque to me.
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JTS said:
major mental errors or supremely flawed strategy.
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Anybody else got a definition of Chanesque they'd like to share?

After page 1, I'll compile a list of Chanesque characteristics, and we'll actually take a look at some other teams around the country and give them a Chan Rating. I bet we're not even the most Chanesque team in the ACC, much less the country, even though we've got Chan.

:)

List away...
 
A chanesque team is what it is, mediocre and never getting any better.
 
Flat and unfocused kind of sums it up for me. An NFL approach where you don't give it your all on every play (as opposed to the old philosophy of "11 or 12 'one-game seasons'").
 
A chanesque win is where your team wins a game despite being heavy underdogs and lifts your fanbase's spirit and makes them believe that the team may actually be good, only to have their dreams crushed the next week when they lose to Duke.
 
Ok woah, we're talking about Chanesque losses here, since clearly if there were only Chanesque wins then "Chanesque" wouldn't be such a dirty word. So from your statement, Kyle, may I infer that "Let Down Losses" are Chanesque?
 
beej67 said:
Ok woah, we're talking about Chanesque losses here, since clearly if there were only Chanesque wins then "Chanesque" wouldn't be such a dirty word. So from your statement, Kyle, may I infer that "Let Down Losses" are Chanesque?
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Chanesque is a term that describes the Gailyness of the situation. It can be applied to both wins and losses.
 
Hehe, Gaileyness is a clear circular reference and violates the rules. :P
 
I propose categorizing losses thusly:

1. Chantastic - Asskickings of epic proportions.

2. Chandlerific - Typically close losses to teams that just leave you scratching your head and wondering what the hell just happened. (See VT 04, NCSU 05, UVa 07, etc).
 
Chaneque
noun
Legendary creatures in Mexican folklore. They are conceived of as small, sprite-like beings, elemental forces and guardians of nature.

By tradition, these beings would attack intruders, frightening them so that their soul would abandon their body, which the chaneques enclosed in the depth of the land. If the victim did not recover their soul through a specific ritual, he or she would become ill and die soon after.

In some contemporary legends, chaneques are described as children with the face of old men or women, that make people stray during three or seven days, after which the victims cannot recall anything that happened... although it is thought that they are taken by the chaneques to their home in the Underworld, of which the entrance is a dry kapok tree.

Similar mythical beings are common in Mesoamerican and other Latin American folkloric traditions generally, referred to in Spanish as duende. In the folkloric tradition of the Yucatn Peninsula, these elementals are known as aluxob in Yucatec Maya.
 
Oh, wait!!! You mean ChaneSque.

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1. A loss of historic or epic proportions

2. A loss attributed to major mental errors or supremely flawed strategy

3. A loss to any mid-major after they lose 6+ starters unexpectantly a couple of days before the game or Duke under any circumstances
 
Haha, #3 rules. Do losses to teams starting their long-snap holder at QB count in the #3 column?

I think I'll extend the deadline for definitions to at least page 3, before compiling them, and starting to give football programs Chan Factors.
 
I've got another one. How about ghastly play-calling, such as an inside handoff on 3rd & 15? Or a 4-yard swing pass on 3rd & 9? Or throwing anything short of the end zone on 3rd & goal when outside the 5 yard line? This has happened under Bill O'Brien, Pat Nix, and John Bond.

And people wonder why we only convert about one of every three 3rd downs in the Gailey era.
 
Chanesque- a loss on national TV which is preceded by several close-in camera shots of the head coach’s face looking like someone who can't remember where he parked his car or even what it looks like. Not sure, but I think this may have led to game-day fans around the country jingling their car keys to celebrate...
 
Chanesque: Losses directly caused by scoring less that the other team.
 
Chanesque Loss: A loss that requires the coaching staff to run up the gut 3 times and on 4th down either..
a.) run a draw play.
b.) throw it out of bounds
c.) spike the ball

Otherwise, it cannot be deemed a "chanesque loss"
 
beej67 said:
Ok woah, we're talking about Chanesque losses here, since clearly if there were only Chanesque wins then "Chanesque" wouldn't be such a dirty word. So from your statement, Kyle, may I infer that "Let Down Losses" are Chanesque?
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Ok. A Chanesque win is either throw it up to Calvin and hope he catches it or we get interference, or Tenuta's game plan and our defense matches up well with the other team's offense- Thats it
 
"Chanesque" entails the mindset and approach that the starting quarterback should only lose his job if, --via the malfunction of modern communications technology (i.e. –Internet e-mail)-- he becomes academically ineligible.
 
Chanesque - average in every way, just good enough to not get fired but not good enough to be embraced by the majority, prone to cause the average football fan to ask the questions, "what and why?", motivational skills akin to Chester Milquetoast, not the first one selected when choosing up sides but chosen somewhere after half those available have been chosen, not a ball of fire if you know what I mean and the fashion style of brown shoes, brown socks, brown suit, tan shirt and brown tie.

Go Jackets!

PS - EDSBS website has proclaimed Chan, Tryptophan Man in honor of the upcoming Turkey Day!
 
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