Annoying things sportscasters say to be cool
-Giving the time like it's pocket change. "There's a buck twenty-seven left on the game clock."
-Saying a pass is "too tall" when it's too high.
-Completely misusing the word "literally". No, Big Ten Network guy, the player was not literally buried into the turf. That would have involved the defensive player actually getting a shovel and dumping piles of turf on the ballcarrier. (OK, this is probably more a case of sportscasters being idiots than them trying to be cool.)
-Saying "BCS busters." I swear ESPN must have some internal memo ordering sportscasters to use this line for every half-decent non-BCS team.
September 20th, 2008 at 3:47 PM ^
"Ground control to Major Tom ... O'brien"
Horrific.
September 20th, 2008 at 4:51 PM ^
September 21st, 2008 at 11:32 AM ^
It's not the easiest job; I recognize that. I just don't like when they go out of their way to come up with cheesy catchphrases. The game is the entertainment, not them.
September 21st, 2008 at 3:05 PM ^
lol, I actually didn't mean to be sarcastic. It isn't an easy job, but I really do believe that with adequate preparation, most of us can broad cast an interesting game.
September 20th, 2008 at 5:37 PM ^
I thought it was funny that as soon as the NC State/ECU game went into OT, they tried really hard to find someone sleeping and found a little boy sleeping on his dad's shoulder and said something like "This game has gone on so long we got people sleeping!" I mean, come on, if a game goes past midnight and it's like 5 OTs in that's acceptable, otherwise it's cheap.
I also hate when they say extra words like "this is just a hard fought football game." "He's a really good football coach." Does the word football really need to be said in those situations?
That picture of of a hairy Rosie O'Donnell scares me a lot.
September 20th, 2008 at 9:18 PM ^
I just hate how, if you ask Lee Corso, every other game will be "closer than the experts think."
Wait, Lee. Aren't you an expert?
September 21st, 2008 at 10:12 AM ^
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September 21st, 2008 at 6:37 PM ^
Rather than hearing stupid puns like that, I wish Gary Danielson or Bob Griese or someone would have, at some point, said, "That run by #20 just made the defensive coordinator SHART his pants."
September 21st, 2008 at 9:27 PM ^
HUGE pet peeve: Whenever announcers say, "If you're so-and-so you have to such-and-such."
For example: "That's a well-thrown ball, if you're Greg Mathews you have to catch that."
Or: "If you're Michigan you have to feel good about going into the locker room down only a field goal."
Watch any sporting event, be it football, baseball, hockey, NASCAR, whatever, anything at all, and you will hear this construct at least once during the game. It pisses me off. I'm not Greg Mathews, and neither is anyone listening, so why would you say that? Why not just say, "Greg Mathews should have caught that?"
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:02 AM ^
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:09 AM ^
Henne -- the play by play job is not easy. My college roommate did play by play for the hockey team on the university station and it is not easy. I sat in the booth with him on occasion and watched him prepare for games. A lot goes into that role.
The analyst job on the other hand, is much easier. Some prep time the day before and you can get a sense for it. The analysts that can break down the plays and relay that in a simple, easy to understand manner to the audience are a real cut above the crowd. Danielson, Griese, Herbsteit and Davie do a decent job of this. Andre Ware is a disaster.
This comment does not excuse stupid comments and catch phrases.
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:15 AM ^
September 24th, 2008 at 12:37 AM ^
Can't stand when they say, "__________ is owning the series!"
What is this, a bunch of 12-year olds playing Halo 3? Inexcusable
September 24th, 2008 at 12:51 AM ^
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September 24th, 2008 at 11:16 PM ^
The next time I hear "youTube sensation" and "McGuffie" in the same sentence, I'm gonna lose it.
However, I really like it when sportscasters say 'Boom goes the dynamite'.
September 25th, 2008 at 12:12 AM ^
September 25th, 2008 at 10:46 AM ^
"You think <player x> is not fast"
"You say <Team x> can't run the ball"
September 25th, 2008 at 1:32 PM ^
"It's hard to fill 3+ hours of empty space without falling back on cliche at some point."
..........And that is my sex life in a nutshell.
Worst thing a Sporscaster can say? "Hi. I'm Brent Musburger......."
September 25th, 2008 at 2:15 PM ^
is anything that comes out of that oxygen thief, Jim Rome's, mouth.
September 25th, 2008 at 4:41 PM ^
Jim Rome is THE WORST.
Have you heard his radio show? OMG he sucks!!!! He leaves like 10 seconds gaps of nothing in between his thoughts. After a few seconds you think your car radio is dead. It's horrible. Who the F taught that guy how to be a radio personality? The other annoying thing is he relies on his listeners for all of his content. He just sits there and goes through call after call of morons yelling about this or that. AAAAAAAAAAA sux sux sux sux.
September 25th, 2008 at 10:51 PM ^
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September 27th, 2008 at 3:04 AM ^
"[player] had nowhere to go on that one."
"And [team on defense] read it perfectly that time."
"You can't bring down [player] with just an arm tackle."
"[player] really had it rough growing up, but he's found a home on the [school] offense."
"[any story about Tim Tebow]"
"That's what coach [name] brings to this offense."
There are hundreds.