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Favorite Football Cliches - What's yours?
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Favorite Football Cliches - What's yours?


Oct 30, 2013, 11:59 AM

FOOTBALL CLICHES
It's the grand-daddy of them all. (The Rose Bowl, of course, and Keith Jackson's lasting contribution to the world of sports cliches)

The road to the Super Bowl goes through Miami.

There's a quarterback controversy on this team.

They have to play ball-control offense.

They have to establish their running game.

They have to stop the big play.

They need to dominate the line of scrimmage.

They have to pound it out on the ground.

They need to air it out more.

They have to open up the passing lanes.

They have to take care of the football.

They should just go out and execute.

They have to make plays on both sides of the ball.

They should go out there and play smash-mouth football.

The Irish should just play Notre Dame football.

They have to stick to their game plan.

They should throw their game plan out the window.

Their secondary looks porous.

They have dangerous deep threats.

It's a low, line-drive kick.

The ball went off the side of his foot.

The ball takes a Denver bounce.

They're going to call a timeout to ice the kicker.

This should be a chip shot for him.

That kick splits the uprights.

They're looking at third down and forever.

They're in four down territory.

It's decision time for the Broncos.

They're in the hurry-up offense.

They're trying to milk the clock.

They're in no hurry at all.

The defense is showing blitz.

That keeps the drive alive.

It all depends on where they spot the ball.

They're marking it just shy of the 40 yard-line.

They're marching down the field.

This is their deepest penetration.

They're knocking on the door.

They've got to punch it in here.

They've got to take it to the big house.

They'll have to settle for three.

You really want to come away with some points when you're this close.

They're playing with a short field.

They're playing in the shadow of their own goalposts.

Let's see if he can orchestrate a comeback.

Now they've got some room to operate.

The defense must make a stand.

They can't cough it up here.

Great blocking at the point of attack.

They're running it right up the gut.

He bulls his way for extra yardage.

He's a bruising running back.

He's overdue to break one.

He rumbled down the sideline for 30 yards.

He had to cut back against the grain.

He couldn't turn the corner.

He shook off several would-be tacklers.

Nobody laid a glove on him.

You could have driven a truck through that hole.

He'll be buying dinner for the whole offensive line after this game.

Elway is audibilizing.

Elway called his own number.

Elway has great pocket presence.

Elway is a real gun-slinger.

Elway has all day back there.

Elway has all kinds of time.

Elway has an eternity.

Elway has all the time in the world.

Elway is directing traffic.

Great read by Elway.

Elway is spreading the wealth.

Elway had a man wide open downfield.

Elway had to check off his receivers.

He got a step on the defender.

That was a circus catch.

That was a timing pattern.

Great touch on that pass.

That was a pinpoint pass.

Elway hit him right on the numbers.

Elway threw a strike.

That pass was right on the money.

He led him beautifully with that pass.

He heard footsteps.

That pass was very catchable.

They pay him to make those catches.

He's usually a sure-handed receiver.

That looked like a simple miscommunication.

That looked like a missed assignment.

That looked like a blown coverage.

He ran out of real estate.

They flushed Elway from the pocket.

You wonder how much punishment Elway can absorb.

That pass looked like a wounded duck.

That was an ill-advised pass.

He'd like to have that one back.

He threw up a prayer.

He threw into double-coverage.

Elway threw that one up for grabs.

Elway is trying to force the ball.

Elway telegraphed that pass.

Elway has happy feet.

He had him covered like a blanket.

We've got a late flag.

A flag there usually means holding.

This one will be coming back.

The officials could call holding on every play.

That's a costly turnover.

He'll try to tack on the extra point.

That missed extra point could come back to haunt them.

Great second effort!

That was a game saving tackle.

That was a shoestring tackle.

The defense had that play sniffed out.

The defensive line is quick off the ball.

Their defense is starting to assert itself.

Their defense is tough in the red zone.

This game is being won in the trenches.

These guys are going mano a mano. (In Spanish, this is "hand-to-hand" not "man-to-man" as some announcers assume)

That front line is 1000 pounds of beef.

It's a game of field position.

You can see the frustration starting to set in.

Looks like we've got some extra-curricular activity on the field. (i.e. a fight)

We hope that cooler heads prevail.

They have a few choice words for each other.

They're just exchanging pleasantries.

They're going to tee-off on him.

He was blind-sided.

That hit really cleaned his clock.

He really got his bell rung there.

He put the lumber on him.

Welcome to the NFL. (Said after a rookie quarterback is sacked during his first game)

They really laid him out on that hit.

He was really clothes-lined there.

He ran into a brick wall.

He was literally run over by a freight train. (To the best of our knowledge, no locomotive has ever entered a football stadium and struck a player; the announcer probably means the player was FIGURATIVELY run over by a freight train.)

He's slow getting up.

He's walking rather gingerly.

Looks like we've got a player shaken up.

We don't know the extent of his injuries.

We hate to speculate on the injury...(but we will anyway).

They can ill-afford to lose him.

Their locker room must look like a MASH unit.

He left the field under his own power.

He's gonna feel that one on Monday.

They can't stop the clock so he'll just take a knee.

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Oct 30, 2013, 12:02 PM



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The Tight End was "Man Handled"***


Oct 30, 2013, 12:04 PM



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Put Willy Korn in***


Oct 30, 2013, 12:05 PM



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NOT cool...not cool at all***


Oct 30, 2013, 1:17 PM



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J. Marc Edwards
Cary, NC


"Parity"***


Oct 30, 2013, 12:06 PM



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Re: Favorite Football Cliches - What's yours? Nuuuuuuukkkkkk


Oct 30, 2013, 12:06 PM

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Re: Good gracious, how long did it take


Oct 30, 2013, 12:09 PM

you to write all these

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Whatever you do, always give 100%.....unless it's donating blood


copy and paste from a site - I'm too lazy to type***


Oct 30, 2013, 12:45 PM



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When it is 3rd down and the bases are loaded, you need


Oct 30, 2013, 12:10 PM

the quarterback to be able to step up to the plate and throw it out of the park.

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"We're mobile, agile, and hostile"


Oct 30, 2013, 12:15 PM

Former SC State Coach Willie Jeffries

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they made one more play than we did.***


Oct 30, 2013, 12:17 PM



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we've gots to shtoph playing like crap, Todd***


Oct 30, 2013, 12:23 PM



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"What do you want me to do, Ron?"***


Oct 30, 2013, 12:27 PM



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'I Cannot Sanction Your Buffoonery'


There's orange in the endzone


Oct 30, 2013, 12:31 PM

;)

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Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.


This is the only one that really matters***


Oct 30, 2013, 9:45 PM



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Scoring Ones Like


Oct 30, 2013, 12:50 PM

Its caught over the middle,...GOODBYE! Touchdown!

Its caught over the middle,...He's GONE! Touchdown

Spiller up the middle into the open field....FORGET
ABOUT IT! Touchdown!!

He runs it left side...gets around the corner,
THEY WON'T CATCH HIM! Touchdown!

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De-Cleated......Posterized......Broken Ankles***


Oct 30, 2013, 1:04 PM



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Move the chains, move the chains...


Oct 30, 2013, 1:09 PM

Wuff Wuff Wuff

An NC State orginal. Oh wait that is a cheer

How about "you cant make chicken salad out of chicken sheet"

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Re: "These two teams came to win......"***


Oct 30, 2013, 1:15 PM



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Re: "These two teams came to win......"***


Oct 30, 2013, 1:15 PM



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Prison doesn't seem to slowed him down***


Oct 30, 2013, 1:19 PM



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Least favorite -


Oct 30, 2013, 1:50 PM

"... And, I'm Ed Cunningham."

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Oct 30, 2013, 5:53 PM



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"Suck less"***


Oct 30, 2013, 2:02 PM



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Re: Favorite Football Cliches - What's yours?


Oct 30, 2013, 3:21 PM

1/2 of the teams that played yesterday lost also.

a favorite of Tommy Bowden

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my favorite of all time


Oct 30, 2013, 4:42 PM

"very, very excited, and very, very proud"

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Re: Favorite Football Cliches - What's yours?


Oct 30, 2013, 7:59 PM

1. "They need to get something going on offense, and take the crowd out of the game." (Like say, for a TD, 10,000 home fans have to leave the stadium? LOL!!)

2. "Now the Tigers have momentum on their side!" (Really, can he tackle in the defensive backfield?)

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We will all hear this one Saturday


Oct 30, 2013, 9:39 PM

That's a Good No-Call

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They Pinned Their Ears Back


Oct 30, 2013, 9:41 PM

Or "that miss is going to come back to haunt them"

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They Pinned Their Ears Back


Oct 30, 2013, 9:41 PM

Or "that miss is going to come back to haunt them"

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Prolly already been said , but "physicality".***


Oct 30, 2013, 9:43 PM



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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...."


He needs to make a play vs. He needs to trust his teammates***


Oct 30, 2013, 9:49 PM



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2013 most overused> don't forget, they are playing in


Oct 30, 2013, 9:57 PM

a HOSTILE environment -

sick of that one.

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I realized that things turned for Elway after he was "flushed from the pocket" in your example.


Oct 30, 2013, 9:59 PM

That changed the whole complexion of the game.

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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...."


He got his leg into that one.***


Oct 30, 2013, 10:00 PM



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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...."


63-17 !!!***


Oct 30, 2013, 11:50 PM



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Touchdown Chad Jasmin***


Oct 31, 2013, 9:06 PM



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"That boy is a football player" and "He's got


Oct 30, 2013, 11:59 PM

to stop running north and south."

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Can't believe it wasn't posted, if it was forgive me...


Oct 31, 2013, 1:38 AM

"HE..... COULD...... GO ........ ALL ....... THE.... WAY!


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Point for taking the time to come up with all of those***


Oct 31, 2013, 2:22 AM



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Focus***


Oct 31, 2013, 9:38 AM



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Work hard. Rock hard. Eat hard. Sleep hard. Grow big. Wear glasses if you need 'em - The Webb Wilder credo


Re: Favorite Football Cliches - What's yours?


Oct 31, 2013, 11:41 AM

Got done reading your post. I started just after you posted it. I didn't see thia one on the list:

"Football is a game of inches"

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Favorite - We're gonna have to outscore them to win :-D****


Oct 31, 2013, 12:03 PM



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Least Favorite - Wait 'til next year :-( ****


Oct 31, 2013, 12:04 PM



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He's an x's and o's coach.***


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He "changed the culture."***


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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...."


"There's still a lot of football to play."


Oct 31, 2013, 7:55 PM

and "chunk yardage"

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Oct 31, 2013, 8:45 PM

"What do you want me to do Ron?"

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Its not about the X's and the O's its about the Jimmies and


Nov 1, 2013, 12:42 PM

the Joes

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"The one who thinks we can and the one who thinks we can't are both right! Which one are you, son? Which one are you, son?"


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