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Should Be a Law Against This ONE Sportscaster Cliche
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Should Be a Law Against This ONE Sportscaster Cliche


Dec 10, 2018, 7:32 AM

Every single sports announcer - play-by-play, color commentator, analyst, show host does it. 1000% of them - & they have for decades.

It might have started w/Vitale, but whatever.... It's gotta stop! It's cliched, it's hackneyed, it's worn out, it's lazy - and if these people who claim to be "pros" use it - they are the most uncreative pros in any profession. Thing is - they ALL use it, & it's time it was banned.

Likely, I don't even have to reveal it; I'm sure you can guess:

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME..!!!???"

Each time I hear one of these "pros" say it after a big play (ANY sport), I want to grab a circular saw and cut off my OWN head. We've had 40-50 years of all these clowns using it. Not just some - not 50% of them - - ALL OF THEM!

I'm begging them to use their brains. Be creative. Start being "PROS" & stop insulting your fans & your craft w/this overdone, trite cliche!

And please, please - never again say, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME...!!!??"

It's beyond tired & boring - & should have been banned, outlawed & buried 30 years ago.

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Maybe you better not watch this


Dec 10, 2018, 7:34 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIafSMjWzwg

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Re: Maybe you better not watch this


Dec 10, 2018, 7:55 AM

JD, you pot stirrer, you!

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Whatever choice(s) you make makes you. Choose wisely.


I was just kidding him***


Dec 10, 2018, 7:57 AM



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Re: Maybe you better not watch this


Dec 10, 2018, 7:59 AM [ in reply to Maybe you better not watch this ]

Just proves my point. It has permeated every coach, player, fan & now - the entire population. Dabo obviously uses it, like thousands of others in the business, but at least he invents some new ones too, like "BYOG" (or borrows the lesser known ones - like "All IN" or the "ROY BUS").

The saturation level of "ARE YOU KIDDING ME...!?" has gone beyond even smart phones.

As they said once in "Blazing Saddles" "....By gum - Gabby Johnson is right!"

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Time to put down the coffee!***


Dec 10, 2018, 7:41 AM



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Re: Should Be a Law Against This ONE Sportscaster Cliche


Dec 10, 2018, 7:42 AM




Circular saw, huh?

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Re: Should Be a Law Against This ONE Sportscaster Cliche


Dec 10, 2018, 8:04 AM

Hey Glorious - you should have asked my permission before using footage of my granddaughter.

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Re: Should Be a Law Against This ONE Sportscaster Cliche


Dec 10, 2018, 7:51 AM

I'm down to only watching games on ESPN. Nothing else. And if Vitale does the game I dont even bother towatch.

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Re: Should Be a Law Against This ONE Sportscaster Cliche


Dec 10, 2018, 7:59 AM

Take a step back from the ledge...

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With all the crap that passes for sports “journalism”


Dec 10, 2018, 8:01 AM

theses days, you’re tore out the frame over that?






ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

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Re: With all the crap that passes for sports “journalism”


Dec 10, 2018, 8:08 AM

Ringrocker - all I can say is - the movement to try for excellence in sports broadcasting/"journalism" has to start somewhere.

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That doesn’t bother me nearly as much


Dec 10, 2018, 8:07 AM

As players AND coaches who absolutely cannot talk without saying “you know” every ten seconds! I sometimes wonder if any of these guys have ever been exposed to an education! I think that at one time the athletic dept. had classes to help these guys learn to handle the media but obviously they don’t anymore.

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Re: That doesn’t bother me nearly as much


Dec 10, 2018, 5:10 PM

Actually, using the word actually is actually the worst...

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I'd be in favor of a law against click-baiting titles


Dec 10, 2018, 8:10 AM

like the one above. ;)



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But, that is Toad Ellis main line! How could you want to


Dec 10, 2018, 8:49 AM

take that away, Are You Kidding Me?


:)

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I thought it was "Touchdown, Chad Jasmin"


Dec 10, 2018, 8:52 AM

Or maybe just "Touchdown Clemson"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9YKUAfl1Wc

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Re: I thought it was "Touchdown, Chad Jasmin"


Dec 11, 2018, 1:34 PM

He finally had "Touchdown , Clemson" perfected, that is when he moved on to "Are you kidding me?" He only has a half track mind, so can't go with more than one trite saying at a time.

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As long as TOUCHDOWN CLEMSON can stay all is good. Don't


Dec 10, 2018, 8:56 AM

want toddy to be unemployed.

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Dude....


Dec 10, 2018, 9:00 AM

.

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..:: ru4god2 ::..


Are you kidding me?


Dec 10, 2018, 9:31 AM

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Re: Should Be a Law Against This ONE Sportscaster Cliche


Dec 10, 2018, 10:26 AM

I don't think you could take off your head with a circular saw , at least not by yourself . It'd take a couple passes and I don't know you but I am thinking you couldn't recover from the first one well enough to finish the job .

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DB23


I hate it too... know what I mean??***


Dec 10, 2018, 11:06 AM



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Agreed.


Dec 10, 2018, 11:10 AM

"Are you serious right now?" is a much better option

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"I've played multiple sports and would bet any amount that I'm still more athletic than you at this present time...."


Is this real?***


Dec 10, 2018, 3:51 PM



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Re: Should Be a Law Against This ONE Sportscaster Cliche


Dec 10, 2018, 7:48 PM

How about. are you friking kidding me

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I am more tired of hearing "trickeration", since


Dec 10, 2018, 9:01 PM

there is no such word!

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This wins.***


Dec 11, 2018, 2:57 PM



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"Channeling His Inner O'Dell Beckham Jr"


Dec 11, 2018, 2:23 PM

every time someone makes a one handed catch

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A law??


Dec 11, 2018, 2:54 PM

Lighten up Francis.

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Why is it bad to say are you kidding me?


Dec 11, 2018, 2:57 PM

Are you...erm... joking with us? Or are you being serious.

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holy cow***


Dec 11, 2018, 3:04 PM



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Are you kidding me?


Dec 11, 2018, 3:05 PM

nm

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Re: Should Be a Law Against This ONE Sportscaster Cliche


Dec 11, 2018, 3:08 PM

The phrase/word that has started to bother me is "moxie".

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Why do you hate Kyle Parker?***


Dec 11, 2018, 3:24 PM



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ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!!!


Dec 11, 2018, 3:26 PM

Sorry... Couldn't resist...

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Re: Should Be a Law Against This ONE Sportscaster Cliche


Dec 11, 2018, 3:32 PM

Speech police!

Are you kidding me?

If that bothers you how do you live in the complicated world of 2018?

Get an Rx for Xanax.

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Re: Should Be a Law Against This ONE Sportscaster Cliche


Dec 11, 2018, 8:15 PM

Already tried Xanax, TwoPaws, but honestly, it kinda took my edge away.

There's probably a sportscaster crutch/cliche that drives you a little nuts. Would enjoy hearing your least favorite if ya got one.

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Re: Should Be a Law Against This ONE Sportscaster Cliche


Dec 11, 2018, 8:29 PM

How about "third and manageable "?

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Re: Problem Solved


Dec 11, 2018, 8:21 PM

Turn off the volume.

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