Most Ridiculous Sports Cliches

"Swagger" - especially by Miami fans.

That word doesn't put the image in my head of a great football team. It makes me think of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow. Why would you want your team to stumble around like a bunch of drunk pirates? On second though, the way Miami has played since they joined the ACC, perhaps they already have their "swagger"
 
GT65_UGA89 said:
Although I was a big fan of his for about half of his career at ESPN --unfortunately everything about Dick Vitale is a sports cliche now and has been for at least a decade.
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I like Dick Vitale, but he is definitely much more schtick than substance nowadays. They had that special night where they put him on an NBA game and all he could really talk about was college ball and diaper dandies, current college players, the former college players, etc. He never really focused on the game at all. At least the NBA crew working on the college game stayed on topic and gave relevant commentary.
 
"Lunch Pail"

It kills me when announcers say that one. Their not like all those sissy boys out there who go get their panini's and soup made for them at lunchtime.....
 
Nashville Jacket said:
This one goes well with "workman like."
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Or the NFL and "blue collar" fanbases. I've got news for you, no one with season tickets to the Eagles is blue collar. Sportscasters tend to confuse "passionate but unforgiving" with "blue collar."
 
I don't think some of you guys understand the question. If a cliche is actually true, then why is it ridiculous? If you're just listing cliches then fine. But, for example, "just throw strikes" may be a cliche but it's also true.
 
ncjacket said:
I don't think some of you guys understand the question. If a cliche is actually true, then why is it ridiculous? If you're just listing cliches then fine. But, for example, "just throw strikes" may be a cliche but it's also true.
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So then my plan of writing "anything that comes out of Chris Berman's mouth" isn't really appropriate?
 
GiveEmHellJackets said:
Not sure if this counts as a cliche but I hate it when they go through this routine:

"And starting at quarterback for the Gators is, oh, I don't know, some guy you probably never heard of, [snicker], what's his name, Bob [laughter], I think it's something like, Tim Tebow, who [chuckle] won this little bitty award thing that you probably never heard of [snort], which I think is called the Heisman Trophy, and who, um, knows a thing or two about a thing you may have heard of called [uncontained chortling] leadership."
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Quoted for truth. It's not clever and you're not getting any laughs at home, just tell us your ****ing point and shut your mouth. I'm willing to bet that this happens at least once in each broadcast of a sporting event that comes on television.
 
ncjacket said:
I don't think some of you guys understand the question. If a cliche is actually true, then why is it ridiculous? If you're just listing cliches then fine. But, for example, "just throw strikes" may be a cliche but it's also true.
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Why are "true" and "ridiculous" mutually exclusive?

A lot of this stuff is true, but it's just so overused and beaten into the ground that it gets ridiculous.
 
The fact that every time a good player/unit/team comes around, it must be said that they are "drawing comparisons to (insert player/unit/team from some great year past.)"
 
TechinItEasy said:
Why are "true" and "ridiculous" mutually exclusive?

A lot of this stuff is true, but it's just so overused and beaten into the ground that it gets ridiculous.
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So if it's true, and you've heard it too much, it's ridiculous? Maybe it's said a lot because it IS true. No big deal obviously but doesn't make much sense.
 
ncjacket said:
So if it's true, and you've heard it too much, it's ridiculous? Maybe it's said a lot because it IS true. No big deal obviously but doesn't make much sense.
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Announcer says: "The team who scores more points will win this ball game"

A 100% true statement. A 100% ridiculous statement to say.
 
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