"You Don't Say!"

[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.

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by 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.

No kidding, not 30 seconds after I read this, an announcer for the Outback bowl said, "He dialed up a trick play and Wisconsin snuffed it out." You're right, that is a ridiculously overused phrase.

[bainsey]

"over the back foul"
"reaching foul"
"baseline" (unless you're talking about the backboard)

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

You're right, that is a ridiculously overused phrase.

My all time, least favorite over-used phrase is 'Step Up.'

Lebron is injured and his replacement needs to 'step up' and replace him.

[Mark Padgett]

The phrase from a coach or player that should be punished with being slowly roasted over a fire is: "CALL IT BOTH WAYS".

[Hugh Refner]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

The phrase from a coach or player that should be punished with being slowly roasted over a fire is: "CALL IT BOTH WAYS".

+ infinity