OT: Worst catch phrases in sports.

[Tenspro2002]

Nothing gets me like Doris Burke's incessant "the dribble drive".

Or "comports" as in "she comports herself calmly against the full court press," which sounds kind of patronizing and understates their physical skill by reducing their performance to a mental accomplishment.

 

[uconngb]

Nothing gets me like Doris Burke's incessant "the dribble drive".

I HATE when anyone says dribble drive. You can't drive without dribbling.....if you don't have the ball and you "drive" it's called cutting. So why is it necessary to say "dribble drive"? Just say drive

 

[Dove]

"He took a base hit away from McMillan there!"

No, he made an out.

 

[temery]

"He took a base hit away from McMillan there!"

No, he made an out.

"This pitcher hasn't given up a home run to a left-handed batter in two years"

Crack! And it's out of here...

 

[Travelman6]

Wow, a lot of these phrases I'm reading here I used to hear on those late 90s PlayStation 1 college basketball games.

"Iron unkind" lol

 

[UConnTrumbull]

“Firecracker”
“Gym rat”
“Locker room guy”

 

[Drame]

Some guys I play with use this.

It's when their defender has their hand down (instead of up), and they pull up to shoot a 3. The "man down" is for when they make the shot, it's like the defender has been shot.

I thought it was something like that but its still a strained expression. The man isnt down, hes running back on offense right now. You dont knock a player out by hitting a jumper over him. I just think Jackson needed to come up with something to say all the time, to be known by something.

 

[Lemuel]

How long does it take a pithy phrase to become a cliché? What descriptions do you like?

 

[uconndogs]

"For the benefit of our student athletes......" As said by any major college athletic department representative.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I HATE when anyone says dribble drive. You can't drive without dribbling.....if you don't have the ball and you "drive" it's called cutting. So why is it necessary to say "dribble drive"? Just say drive

Trauma response to the harsh way her producer forbade her from saying "dribble penetration."

 

[Flipside]

The Classic!

 

[thekollieman]

Cant get through any game this season without hearing "gets downhill" or some variation of downhill a dozen times. No announcer said this a couple of years ago.

I remember wondering if I was crazy thinking that came out of nowhere in our 2022-2023 season. I felt like I had never once heard that phrase in basketball prior and all of a sudden it was like the main descriptor for getting to the basket.

 

[Kolumbo]

"He had the presence of mind..."
Especially with receivers. They practice getting their feet down all day long. It's not like he thought of it at the last minute.
Or shooters. I can't stand when someone chucks the ball at the rim when he gets fouled trying to turn it into a shooting foul. No, it was not a
"Headsy play"

"True Freshman" Can't we just assume freshmen are freshmen and save the additional descriptions for redshirts?

 

[QDOG5]

Yes, and it counts.

 

[Cheddie]

Cliches -
"Makes his/her presence known."
"Driving the ball downhill"

 

[Shamon30]

I hate "pick six", especially when it doesn't even lead to scoring. I hate it in football, but even more in basketball.

 

[storrsroars]

Haha guilty, occasionally.

But are you watching golf or pron?

 

[boog204]

Every single thing Fanta and Donny ever say.

I find the “how do you do!”’thing that Brando and the insane Hornets announcer do beyond annoying. Actually most of what that Hornets guy does is beyond unhinged.

 

[superjohn]

Bippity boppity, give me the zoppity.

 

[CL82]

But are you watching golf or pron?

Haha, it works for either, I guess. 😂

 

[CL82]

By the way, just heard Fanta say "Pick six" in a basketball game. I hate that.

 

[SugarHillGang]

“Quarterback Whisperer”

 

[Shamon30]

"Bending bending bending"

 

[storrsroars]

I'm sick of "unbelievable" in any context where I just saw it with my own eyes

 

[Dove]

I think Tim Brando read this thread.