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  • falafel
    loves to talk on things
    • Mar 2009
    • 37895
    #1

    Terms used in sports that I hate

    No. 1 on the (short) list is "physicality." I'm not even sure it is a word outside of the sports context. I've never heard it used except to describe a recruit or a draft prospect.

    This is a little different, but I hate the redundancy in a lot of sports talk. "Golf shot." "Football field," when we're obviously talking about football. "Football," as in "there's nothing he can't do with the football in his hands."
    Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

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    • Color Me Badd Fan
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2009
      • 12519
      #2
      Originally posted by falafel View Post
      No. 1 on the (short) list is "physicality." I'm not even sure it is a word outside of the sports context. I've never heard it used except to describe a recruit or a draft prospect.

      This is a little different, but I hate the redundancy in a lot of sports talk. "Golf shot." "Football field," when we're obviously talking about football. "Football," as in "there's nothing he can't do with the football in his hands."
      How about when you're either watching either an NFL game or a show about the NFL (NFL Live, various pregame shows) and the guys say something like "in order to succeed in the National Football League" instead of just saying NFL.

      Someone actually said National Basketball Association the other day and it sounded ridiculous. That hasn't caught on as much as saying National Football League.
      Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”

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        • byu71
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2008
          • 22070
          #3
          In Golf

          It took a lot of courage to hit that shot.

          What a brave putt.

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            • Color Me Badd Fan
              Senior Member
              • Jan 2009
              • 12519
              #4
              Originally posted by falafel View Post
              No. 1 on the (short) list is "physicality." I'm not even sure it is a word outside of the sports context. I've never heard it used except to describe a recruit or a draft prospect.

              This is a little different, but I hate the redundancy in a lot of sports talk. "Golf shot." "Football field," when we're obviously talking about football. "Football," as in "there's nothing he can't do with the football in his hands."
              Another one: "SEC speed."

              What they're really saying: "Our region has the highest portion of black people in the country and it doesn't take a genius to conclude that with more black people comes a greater choice of black athletes and our cream of the crop black athletes are on average faster than your black athletes that you draw from a smaller black population. Even though we went kicking and screaming into integration, we now enjoy beating you over the head with references to the speed of our black athletes."
              Part of it is based on academic grounds. Among major conferences, the Pac-10 is the best academically, largely because of Stanford, Cal and UCLA. “Colorado is on a par with Oregon,” he said. “Utah isn’t even in the picture.”

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                • il Padrino Ute
                  Junior Member
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 19161
                  #5
                  falafel - I'm with you. Phyiscality is not a word. Never has been. Never will be.

                  71 - what if the guy could see the laser dot from a scope on a high powered rifle on his chest and was told that if he missed the putt, he would be shot?

                  CMBF - I think the Utes kind of put to rest that "southern speed" myth this past January.
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                    • RaiderUte
                      Dodger Hater
                      • Jun 2009
                      • 60
                      #6
                      While it's used in venues outside of sports, I think there needs to be a moratorium placed on the phrase "game changer".
                      "There's no such thing as someone who used to be a Raider fan. You either still are or you never were."

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                        • il Padrino Ute
                          Junior Member
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 19161
                          #7
                          Originally posted by RaiderUte View Post
                          While it's used in venues outside of sports, I think there needs to be a moratorium placed on the phrase "game changer".
                          This is a game changing post.
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                            • landpoke
                              Never once baby snatched
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 4183
                              #8
                              "Rugby scrum" when applied to a bunch of football players diving on a ball. A scrum is a set piece after a stoppage in play (the line of scrimmage with the offense and defense lined up across from each other evolved from the scrum.) The correct term or terms would be either ruck or maul which are loose ball "plays."

                              And they both sound cooler and more violent anyway.
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                                • il Padrino Ute
                                  Junior Member
                                  • Nov 2008
                                  • 19161
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by landpoke View Post
                                  "Rugby scrum" when applied to a bunch of football players diving on a ball. A scrum is a set piece after a stoppage in play (the line of scrimmage with the offense and defense lined up across from each other evolved from the scrum.) The correct term or terms would be either ruck or maul which are loose ball "plays."

                                  And they both sound cooler and more violent anyway.
                                  This is another game changing post.
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                                    • Tim
                                      Not Banned
                                      • Nov 2008
                                      • 4390
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by falafel View Post
                                      No. 1 on the (short) list is "physicality." I'm not even sure it is a word outside of the sports context. I've never heard it used except to describe a recruit or a draft prospect.

                                      This is a little different, but I hate the redundancy in a lot of sports talk. "Golf shot." "Football field," when we're obviously talking about football. "Football," as in "there's nothing he can't do with the football in his hands."
                                      How about when describing a basketball draft prospect as "long." Jay Bilas loves that one.
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                                        • landpoke
                                          Never once baby snatched
                                          • Nov 2008
                                          • 4183
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Tim View Post
                                          How about when describing a basketball draft prospect as "long." Jay Bilas loves that one.
                                          I've always assumed Bilas was talking about the prospect's junk.
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                                          …
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                                            • DrumNFeather
                                              Invisible Swordsman
                                              • Nov 2008
                                              • 8854
                                              #12
                                              "He just looks like a football player."

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                                                • Surfah
                                                  Where's Wallace?
                                                  • Nov 2008
                                                  • 33726
                                                  #13
                                                  "He needs a blow."
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                                                    • DU Ute
                                                      RIP CUF
                                                      • Dec 2008
                                                      • 7393
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by Surfah View Post
                                                      "He needs a blow."
                                                      I'm not familiar with this one, is this something Jay Bilas says about long draft prospects?
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                                                        • foofcoug
                                                          Non-Member
                                                          • Jul 2009
                                                          • 81
                                                          #15
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