On a 3rd and 10 situation a receiver runs a 7 yard rout and then gets tackled short…wait its coming, then the announcer says the receiver ran the rout too short. Am I wrong, but I have to think that that is pretty much the design? You have two or three running 10,15,20 yard routes and another guy running something underneath. Basically hoping the guy running the short rout can make a play. In that situation everyone knows you’re passing…you have to have a short quick route…
Mine is the use of the dumb non-word, "trickeration." I know they're trying to be cute but it simply sounds uneducated.
Mine is 'there is no score.' Hey brainiac... 0 to 0 is a score... no one HAS scored, but there is a score.
Chris Collinsworth: Everything has to be pas the line of scrimmage for it to be an illegal forward pass, including his back toe. what?
Mine is it's about 10 minutes to go in the first quarter. The team that had the ball first is just starting their second series but went three and out on the first series. The announcer says in an all-knowing voice "the defense is really taking a stand today and shutting them down." Really, the game just fricking started. Seems like most of the time the so called tough defense ends up giving up 30+ points.
Although, South Austin, I didn't hear that reference for the game against UCF. I may have missed it, but definitely didn't hear it. My daughter and I are always listening for it and laugh every time the reference is made.
Mine is when they refer to penalties such as holding as "mistakes" that "negated" big plays when, oftentimes, the holding sprung the guy to make the long run (or enabled the QB to make the long pass), and so the big play wouldn't've happened without the hold.
The ones that really make me want to throw something at the TV are "his motor is always running" "you have to keep your head on a swivel" and "he has a cannon for an arm".
When a commentater emphatically makes a statement about a play and when replay shows he is wrong, said commentater yammers on about his orriginal point without admitting his error.
Dave Lapham's weekly use of "Its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of fight in the dog" or "He is the bell cow of the offensive line"
My pet peeve is any college football game worked by Pam Ward. Why ESPN continues to employ her to broadcast games is beyond me. She's brutal!
