"You Don't Say!"

[Adam]

For the kids

[bob jenkins]

"In my little corner"

[jeremy341a]

Definite knowledge. As you can not have definite knowledge of a continuous variable at any time other than when the clock is initially set.

Even if you have a count that is not definite knowledge of the exact time. Even if you seen the clock at 31.8 doesn't mean it wasn't 31.84.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

Definite knowledge. As you can not have definite knowledge of a continuous variable at any time other than when the clock is initially set.

Even if you have a count that is not definite knowledge of the exact time. Even if you seen the clock at 31.8 doesn't mean it wasn't 31.84.

You seem to not understand the difference of definite and accurate/exact. You can very much have definite knowledge of a continuous variable but it may not be precise or accurate. We only are required to have definite knowledge, not accurate/exact knowledge.

Did you get to 4 on three different 5 counts? You definitely did regardless of how accurate that counts are.

[jeremy341a]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

You seem to not understand the difference of definite and accurate/exact. You can very much have definite knowledge of a continuous variable but it may not be precise or accurate. We only are required to have definite knowledge, not accurate/exact knowledge.

Did you get to 4 on three different 5 counts? You definitely did regardless of how accurate that counts are.

Definition of definite.
1.
clearly defined or determined; not vague or general; fixed; precise; exact:
a definite quantity; definite directions.

I understand your point and I have no trouble with if you are at a 4 count being able to take 4 seconds off the clock even though 4 is an approximation. I feel that definite is not the correct term. You do have a definite count but not definite knowledge of how much time to take off. It is just semantics however I feel it could be worded better

[Rob1968]

Phrases such as, "there are 2 minutes left, to go, in the fourth quarter, of the game . . ."
How many times does an announcer need to say the same thing, in the same sentence? Duuhhhhh . . .

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

Definition of definite.
1.
clearly defined or determined; not vague or general; fixed; precise; exact:
a definite quantity; definite directions.

I understand your point and I have no trouble with if you are at a 4 count being able to take 4 seconds off the clock even though 4 is an approximation. I feel that definite is not the correct term. You do have a definite count but not definite knowledge of how much time to take off. It is just semantics however I feel it could be worded better

Maybe not by Webster's but by the rule book definition it is.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

"In my little corner"

In my little corner of Connecticut, we seldom use this phrase.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Adam

For the kids

Absolutely right. Anytime I see that we mainly do this "for the kids" my eyes involuntarily roll.

[bballref3966]

"He's just defending his guys."

"75% of these plays are blocks."

[crosscountry55]

Coaches: "Get him off!"

Players: "I was boxing out!"

Officials during captains' conference: "[Color] talk to [color], white talk to white." I think that's perhaps the most useless utterance in our profession.

[Rich]

"I was talking to my players..."

[SC Official]

"Who will be the speaking captain?"

"On the floor!"

[rockyroad]

"And 1!"

[rockyroad]

I know it's a different sport, but with all the Bowl games this time of year...I want to scream every time I hear one of these color commentators say:

"He dialed up..." followed by anything - a blitz, a long pass, a screen, whatever.