1. 03-02-15 06:08 PM #1
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    Worst sports cliches

    What's the most overused, meaningless, or just flat out dumb cliche constantly spoken in sports world in your opinion? Few examples off top of my head....

    1. "Next man up"
    2. "We gotta give 110% to win this gm"
    3. "I want to thank god for this win" (close to my fave moron statement)
    4. "We have the best fans in the world"

    That last one wins the prize for me. What a moronic , kiss ass cliche line that is with really nothing to back it up. Even teams that been shit for years playing in front of half empty venue with fans wearing bags over their heads can have 1 good year and whip this fabled line out.
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  2. 03-02-15 07:27 PM #2
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    "take it one game at a time" or

    "we just didn't execute... give them (the other team) credit, but we didn't play as well as we could have"
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    I'm just here so I don't get fined.
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    I hate when announcers say "He came to play"

    Yeah, no shit, that's his job.
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    "It is what it is"
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    'They are an amazing team, they play really hard.'
    'I've been blessed.'
    'At the end of the day...it is, what it is.'
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eddy Munny View Post
    "It is what it is"
    I hate that one too.
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  8. 03-02-15 10:15 PM #8
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    Another cliche that I really hate that I have been hearing waaay too much on reality shows like American Chopper, Ink master, and many others is "Knocked it out of the park"
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    maybe not cliches but

    "I have never been part of a tie before"

    "not in my house"

    the Atlanta brave chant and chop is annoying as Fuk,
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    Some good ones I hear a lot guys. Listening to radio this morning and can't even remember who the coach was being interviewed now but he went with the "our fans are the greatest " crap line. Just laughed and thought every fukkin team says this and it's ridiculous.

    I remember last fall in early Sept Yost called out KC fans for not showing up and supporting team down stretch. Then couple weeks later when it looked like they might make postseason the fair weather fukks came out in droves. Of course Yost changed his tune about having the best fans and we couldn't do it without their support at that point. Lol
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    I wonder how many athletes actually went to Disney World after they said they were going there.
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  12. 03-03-15 01:56 AM #12
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    We're on to Cincinnati or any other dumb ass thing that is said by belichek or brady
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    Quote Originally Posted by innovation View Post
    maybe not cliches but

    "I have never been part of a tie before"

    "not in my house"

    the Atlanta brave chant and chop is annoying as Fuk,
    Hey inno,
    you know the funny thing about that?...the Braves fans copied that chant from Fla. ST...but the original Fla St. chant went "Let's go seminoles!!!....seminoles!!!....seminole s!!!....Let's go Seminoles!!!...seminoles!!!....seminoles !!!"...that is what they were chanting while doing the tomahawk chop with their hands...and then the Braves fans started going..."ohohoohoho" or something like that and now that is how the Noles fans do it...funny how things come full circle...
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    "You are what your record says you are" eh not always from a capper standpoint we see thru a lot of smoke/mirrors why a team is maybe playing beyond or below their means at times.
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    "We played in a hostile environment."



    sh#@ cracks me up every time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Da Manster! View Post
    Hey inno,
    you know the funny thing about that?...the Braves fans copied that chant from Fla. ST...but the original Fla St. chant went "Let's go seminoles!!!....seminoles!!!....seminole s!!!....Let's go Seminoles!!!...seminoles!!!....seminoles !!!"...that is what they were chanting while doing the tomahawk chop with their hands...and then the Braves fans started going..."ohohoohoho" or something like that and now that is how the Noles fans do it...funny how things come full circle...
    I think Deion Sanders is to thank for the Braves chop
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    When they say the other team wanted it more.

    And cant forgot the all time classic,no one believed in us.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kermit View Post
    Another cliche that I really hate that I have been hearing waaay too much on reality shows like American Chopper, Ink master, and many others is "Knocked it out of the park"
    or

    It was a slam dunk
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    it aint over till the fat lady sings
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    Quote Originally Posted by joeye View Post
    it aint over till the fat lady sings
    or


    it aint over till its over.

    no shit?
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    my number one of all-time is a walk off homer or walk off hit!...who in the fuk came up with that shit?!...I think former pitcher Dennis Eckersley was the first one to coin that phrase and then ESPN took it and uses it ad nauseum...I miss the good ole days when it was called a game winning HR or game winning walk, or game winning hit!...
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    Were gonna take this one day at a time
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  25. 03-03-15 03:05 PM #25
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    good one diggity. sounds like an announcer copying a 2nd grader.

    Another one of my favorites--from Don Meredith on Monday night football in the 1970s. He used to sing it: Turn out the lights, the partys over
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    "You can't win em all"

    Why the penetrate not?!?!
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    "Both teams played hard"
    "Crafty or heady"
    "He/she used their athleticism to............."
    "Running quarterback"
    "The team laid down"
    "The team wasn't up for the game"
    "He/she is a coach on the field"
    "He/she has to make that play"
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    Comic Jim Florentine did a whole podcast on sport clichés . Pick 6 stinks.
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    John Fox is the worst offender of these.

    he never gives a real answer. he always says cliche type shit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Da Manster! View Post
    my number one of all-time is a walk off homer or walk off hit!...who in the fuk came up with that shit?!...I think former pitcher Dennis Eckersley was the first one to coin that phrase and then ESPN took it and uses it ad nauseum...I miss the good ole days when it was called a game winning HR or game winning walk, or game winning hit!...
    manny

    how bout all the stuff white sox announcers say

    he gone
    can of corn
    1-0 good guys
    dag nabbit
    etc....

    they drive a lot of people crazy
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    Coaching matters, it doesn't most of the time..phil jackson is considered godly and is the vp of the knicks who are having the worst season ever!!!!!!
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    Anyone who is a Warriors fan knows Mark Jackson was the fukking king of cliches. That's all he did in every postgame interview.

    "We're a no excuse basketball team."

    "At the end of the day...."

    "Shooters make shots"

    "Big time players make big time plays."

    "He's a knockdown shooter."

    "We're better than that."

    "Thats not us."

    "I'll take that guy on my team any day of the week."


    Most annoying and biggest hypocritical POS coach ever. I am so glad he's gone. His coaching consisted on standing there with his hands in his pockets the whole game. Then after every game, say the same 10 shitty cliches over and over. The only thing he did right was talk up his players to make them believe they were the best. He had 2 plays.

    1.) post up Iso to locate the smaller mismatch. Didn't matter if the player knew how to post up or not. He was going post up iso if he had a smaller player on him. He would call like 3-4 straight ISO's for the corpse of Jermaine O'neal at a time. Or give it to david lee and watch him try to post up and get his shyt pushed in. Fukking unbearable.

    2.)Try to run off a screen for Klay or Curry. Shoot 3.
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    Quote Originally Posted by innovation View Post
    manny

    how bout all the stuff white sox announcers say

    he gone
    can of corn
    1-0 good guys
    dag nabbit
    etc....

    they drive a lot of people crazy
    true dat, Inno!.......but you forgot the number one all-time classic from Hawk Harrelson..."YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOARD.....YES!"
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  35. 03-07-15 10:32 PM #35
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    I think I've heard 6-7 NHL players say "It's gut check time" this year.
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