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03-18-2012, 12:38 PM
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C'est Tout
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Inaccurate sports cliches/sayings
This just chaps my hide.
Always hear football guys talk about "Catching the ball at it's highest point"
You'd have to be one hell of a leaper to catch the ball at it's highest point.
Shouldn't they say, "Catch the ball at HIS highest point?"
IOW, the apex of his leap?
See Asante Samuel in the 1st Pats-Giants Super Bowl. He had the game won with a pick but miss-timed his jump and wasn't at HIS highest point when the ball got to him...it went over his head.
Also, every non racing sports announcer thinks the 1/4 pole is one fourth of the way through the season...embarrassing.
I won't get into the totally wrong Heisman pose everyone and his mom strikes...look at the trophy...he ain't standing there like Bill Cosby with one leg up and one hand down to the side as if holding off a tackler.
Alright I'm done....
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03-18-2012, 12:58 PM
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Lacrimae rerum
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one that is widely claimed to be false is anything regarding "being in the zone". Statisticians for decades have claimed the "zone" doesn't exist, it's merely the expected bunching of similiar results that occur a small percentage of the time during any random process - no different than a long string a black turning up at a roulette table.
Having played sports I have to disagree, but I could have been fooled I guess.
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03-18-2012, 06:24 PM
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One that I find annoying is when college fans shout "overrated" when their squad beats a higher rated or regarded foe. Basically they are diminishing their own team's accomplishment by saying the opponent wasn't that good.
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03-19-2012, 12:03 PM
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When a home team announcer calls it a monumental upset playing on their own court. They don't call it home field advantage for the heck of it. A weaker team can play their 'A" game when you least expect it.
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03-19-2012, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Canarsie
When a home team announcer calls it a monumental upset playing on their own court. They don't call it home field advantage for the heck of it. A weaker team can play their 'A" game when you least expect it.
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How about this: team A, who's is ranked, loses to team B. The actual betting favorite is team B. ESPN and the media call the game an upset.
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03-19-2012, 12:17 PM
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How 'bout this one;
"He gave 110% today"
No he didn't, if he gave his all it was 100%
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03-19-2012, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by cj's dad
How 'bout this one;
"He gave 110% today"
No he didn't, if he gave his all it was 100%
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Baseball's 90% mental. The other 50% is physical.
Y. Berra
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03-19-2012, 12:38 PM
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The "chip shot" field goal. 97% of chip shots don't go in the cup like basically xtra point kicks do. Shouldn't it really be called the "three foot putt" field goal?
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03-19-2012, 12:48 PM
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C'est Tout
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Originally Posted by Marlin
The "chip shot" field goal. 97% of chip shots don't go in the cup like basically xtra point kicks do. Shouldn't it really be called the "three foot putt" field goal?
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Nice one 
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03-19-2012, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Valuist
How about this: team A, who's is ranked, loses to team B. The actual betting favorite is team B. ESPN and the media call the game an upset.
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You said it much better than me well done. That's exactly what I meant.
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03-19-2012, 02:53 PM
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Golf: a ball lips out -- does not go into the hole, it rides the edge, does a little "circling of the drain" but comes out. When it is on a line to the hole then lips out right back towards the golfer, they call it a 360 as in 360 degrees. Nope, that was only 180 degrees. Bugs the livin' you-know-what our of me.
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03-19-2012, 02:53 PM
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It's hard to beat the same team three times in one year is said a lot. Usually the team that won the first two wins the third.
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03-19-2012, 04:00 PM
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Bombardier
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A tie goes to the runner.
The hands are part of the bat.
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03-19-2012, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by DJofSD
Golf: a ball lips out -- does not go into the hole, it rides the edge, does a little "circling of the drain" but comes out. When it is on a line to the hole then lips out right back towards the golfer, they call it a 360 as in 360 degrees. Nope, that was only 180 degrees. Bugs the livin' you-know-what our of me.
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Huh? A full circle is 360 degrees. When the ball hits the hole in one spot circles the hole and comes to the point it first touched the edge of the hole isn't that 360 degrees?
What am I missing?
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03-19-2012, 05:11 PM
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if it was 360 degrees it would circle and go past the hole......it is 180 if it comes back toward the golfer.
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