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Mon May-10-10 06:07 PM
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What is your favorite and or most hated sports cliche? |
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And I want you all to give 110 per cent on this question.
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El Supremo
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Mon May-10-10 06:21 PM
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Bridge has not one fucking thing to do with baseball!
Wait. Except umpires are like dummies.
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Auggie
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Mon May-10-10 06:54 PM
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2. Thanking Jesus for your victory |
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Edited on Mon May-10-10 06:55 PM by Auggie
Forget about the countless hours spent training. Jesus gave you the edge. Right.
Runner up: "(Said athlete) is a role model". According to.... who? The ratings whore media, that's who. I'll decide for myself who my role models are. And it won't be just because some millionaire can dunk a basketball.
Second runner up: Kissing the trophy. Kiss your wife. Kiss your kid. Kiss your opponent. Kiss some butt. Don't kiss the trophy.
Favorite cliches? I'll have to think about that.
one edit: Not a reply to El Supremo -- just posted in the wrong place
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El Supremo
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Mon May-10-10 08:07 PM
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5. When Pudge Rodriguez is dead and in his coffin... |
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he'll still be genuflecting.
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Thu May-13-10 08:01 AM
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19. Yeah-especially in football, where god helped you beat the shit outta your opponent... |
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Edited on Thu May-13-10 08:02 AM by damyank913
He apparently didn't pray hard enough.
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El Supremo
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Mon May-10-10 07:02 PM
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3. Favorite: "Cougers pound Beavers" |
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Edited on Mon May-10-10 07:05 PM by El Supremo
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Mon May-10-10 07:35 PM
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4. You know, that is the new standard which all other thread titles will be compared to |
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I doubt anyone will ever be able to approach its greatness. But we can try.
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Tue May-11-10 09:07 AM
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6. He came here to play... |
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...well, I should freakin hope so!
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Tue May-11-10 09:22 AM
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7. "I admire his athleticism." |
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I hate that fucking word.
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Auggie
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Tue May-11-10 10:08 AM
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10. Definitely -- any use of that word |
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I hear variations of this all the time: "(His) athleticism showed on that play"
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Thu May-13-10 08:04 AM
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Tue May-11-10 09:45 AM
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8. We've battled through some adversity |
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Adversity is getting your leg blown off by a land mine, not having a sore hamstring.
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Tue May-11-10 09:57 AM
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9. "This puts it all in perspective" |
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After a death or some other disaster. Hey numbnuts announcer or athlete, I have had it all in perspective the entire time. Sports is a diversion to us "regular" folks out here and we have lives beyond sports.
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Tue May-11-10 11:05 AM
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11. Least: She's carrying the team on her back. |
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Favorite: "We have to play within ourselves." I love it because it captures truths about biology, physics, psychology, and means absolutely nothing. If somebody learns to play outside themselves, that will be a pretty good story.
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Tue May-11-10 11:19 AM
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12. Most hated: DU sports battles that I totally missed |
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and now someone was TSed and------
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Tue May-11-10 11:43 AM
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13. Any of the warrior/war/off to combat/battle metaphors |
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Umm sorry its just a game and even if its physical its not comparable to real combat or war.
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Tue May-11-10 11:59 AM
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14. The whole "momentum" thing. |
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Strange, I didn't see sports listed anywhere in Newton's laws.
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Tue May-11-10 07:43 PM
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15. The dreaded "courageous performance." |
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Ladies and gentlemen, I like watching sports but I do not play. Someone explain to me how much "courage" it takes to play a freaking game. And then watch a firefighter go through an average day. How much of a hero is LeBron James because he's physically gifted?
Courageous, gutsy, heroic multimillionaires. Please.
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Tue May-11-10 08:38 PM
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Ick. It's such a very unsporting sentiment.
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Tue May-11-10 09:20 PM
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17. Ah b'lieve if we can avoid injury..... |
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Thu May-13-10 07:58 AM
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18. I didn't bring my "A" game... |
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Thu May-13-10 09:12 AM
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STEP UP and TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL........aaarrggghh :mad:
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Thu May-13-10 09:21 AM
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22. Just listen to Doc Walker on DC sports talk for one hour |
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You will hear every sports cliche ever devised.
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Thu May-13-10 05:43 PM
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23. "He just needs to play within himself" |
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Thu May-13-10 06:05 PM
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24. "They didn't leave anything out on the field today" |
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