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College football 2018 - October 13-20

Diary No. 2 of the season takes us through the games of October 13 and 20, 2018.


10/13


Nebraska-Northwestern, ABC

What a great start to the day as the noon broadcast team of Mark Jones & generic white guy with large neck (GWGWLN) provided two phrase of the day nominees:

"changing personnel groupings"

"he loves the game of football and it shows on tape"

Two terrible drives in overtime, but Nebraska's was much worse - bad snap, awful INT, no points. Northwestern's 37-yard field goal wins it. Nebraska 0-6 for the first time.

Time to change personnel groupings.


Tennessee-Auburn, SEC Network

I love the first "skill set" of the day. Sometimes it's better than a good breakfast.


Thank you for the analysis

[after an interception] "not the play you wanted"

In related news, this is not the game I wanted.


Louisville-Boston College, Fox

"the new Beamer Ball"
"the field awareness and the body awareness"
"has the NFL scouts drooling"

Questions

"it's unheard of sometimes"   ?
"does anybody grind it like Steve Addazio?"   ?


Troy-Liberty, Liberty Flames Sports Network

"he came up, smelled it, and made the play"
"flying to the football"
"keeping his feet and picking up a ton of YACs!"
"tackle in space"
"just throw it into the student section"

Great name: Troy linebacker Antonio Showers

"he rumbles more than he slithers"
"the red zone" (4)

Referee, late second quarter: "number five reported into the game as number one"

!


Michigan State-Penn State, Big 10 Network

The referee had a camera on his hat, so of course it was called "hat cam" and said eight times.


James Laurinaitis:

"it's a gaping hole, it parts like the red sea"
"hostile environment"
"set the edges"
"he watches tape, so he never has an off day"/"he shows up a lot on film"
"big body guys"
"talk about a specimen! Cam Brown?!"
[Michigan State at its own 30, third-and-13] "this is not where you want to be right now if you're the Spartans"


Michigan State with a go-ahead touchdown with 19 seconds left, wins 21-17.

But also

Complete nonsense

"he did not make a football move"
"running behind their pads"


10/20


Colorado State-Boise State, ESPN2 (October 19)

"late hands"
"snatching an 80-30 ball out of the air"
"that wasn't on anybody's grease board"


Maryland-Iowa, ESPN2

Halftime score just popped up: Rutgers 12, Northwestern 7

Those moments where you're watching a game and wishing you were watching another? This is not one of those moments.

Comment of the season nominee, Mark Jones

"an aspiring dentist...I tell you, he's been rattling some fillings out there today"


Campbell-Monmouth, espn3

"strike pay dirt"
"tough sledding up front"
"a little case of the dropsies"
"game of inches"
"that's complimentary football"
"Vinny Grosso just makes plays, that's all he does"

bumper stickers (set of two):

    VINNY GROSSO JUST MAKES PLAYS

    THAT'S ALL HE DOES

Colorado-Washington, Fox

"the wildcat package"

"he plays that hybrid role"

"pocket movement"

"drop it into a tight window"

"it's something they've been able to hang their hat on"

"mayhem moment"

Brady Quinn:

"you'd call that a pretty pleasant run, by Kamari Pleasant"

!

Minnesota-Nebraska, Big 10 Network

"he mines the sticks"

"second and medium"

"he's got a nose for the football"

"it's cliche to say 'he's a football player'"

!!

Mississippi State-LSU, ESPN

"he's got home run hitting potential"

"death valley"

"they play with lethal simplicity"

"just how cerebral he is"

"back shoulder fade"

"that's situational and field awareness"

10/13-20 awarenesses

FINAL

body

situational

field

College football 2018 - October 6

Diary No. 1 of the 2018 season begins with a noon kickoff of Texas-Oklahoma. Joel Klatt and Gus Johnson on the call for FS1.

The silliness gets started right away as Klatt talks about the Sooners: “they are fast, they are physical, but most important, they’re hungry!”

Importance Rankings - Oklahoma Sooners 

#1 - hunger 

Honorable mention - all of that other stuff (like speed and strength).

and the rivalry: “described as culture vs. culture”. 

Joel's on a roll (breakfast place owned by four guys named Joel) giving us “very Lamar Jacksonesque”, followed closely by a “Tim Tebowesque”.

Oklahoma averages 13 ½ points in the first quarter, followed by a Sooners' touchdown. 7-0 2:40 in. But Texas, despite a delay of game on its first offensive snap (!), answers a couple minutes later, 7-7. Defense seems like it might be optional today.

During a replay “complete the process of the catch” or some variation of that was said six times.

Texas up 10-7 through one quarter. Before we leave, a few more from Klatt and Johnson:

“keep those legs churning”

“pushing the pile”

“he’s a guy who’ll be playing on Sundays”

“catch radius”

“a layered pass”

Alabama-Arkansas, ESPN

I'd put Arkansas' top two names up against any top two in the country.

Bumper Pool, freshman linebacker 

Britto Tutt, junior defensive back

“still learning situational awareness” is a nonsense phrase and I won't acknowledge it as anything.

Arkansas with a big stop on fourth and one down 21-7 early second, trying to stay in the game. Then a terrible fumble on goal line. Can’t turn a touchdown into a lost fumble and expect to beat Alabama.

**

Is RW Good Times a restaurant? Did they all close down or did I imagine the restaurant? RW Good Times is either a dream I had or a real place that no longer exists. It’s one or the other.

**

Tua Tagovailoa – 16 TD and 0 INT this season, Alabama up 28-7. Arkansas’s defense is not good, they’ll give up at least 56 today. 

I’m not going to spend anymore time watching Alabama practice its plays against a JV team.

Tulane-Cincinnati, ESPNU

“into plus territory” was said three times within the first two minutes of turning on this game.

“escapability” is nonsense, but Roy Philpott and Tom Ramsey aren’t done there!

“they get hats on hats”

!!

bumper sticker:

“some big boy football”

“he’s just a two-gapper”

“opportunistic football”

“a sense of urgency to get the ball into plus territory”

Cincinnati fourth and 3, but Tulane has 12 men on the field. First down, THEN Tulane calls a timeout?

What is this timeout for?

Maryland-Michigan, ABC

Great stretch of nonsense from the broadcast team of Steve Levy and Brian Griese.

“assignment football”

bumper sticker:

ASSIGNMENT FOOTBALL

“road grade”

“internal pass rush specialist”

“win the turnover battle”

“money down”

“worth the price of admission”

“battering ram”

“Sparty”

And also, don’t call Mike Alstott “the A train”, Brian Griese.

I’ve been counting how many times I hear the word “football” and I have a feeling by the end of the day, Brian Griese is going to be responsible for about 1/3 of the tally.

Michigan's defense is really good.

Hang on....

“they’re gonna dress it up with window dressing”

"????(?)?"

- ?, 37

Seems like a good time to move on.

East Carolina-Temple, ESPNNEWS

Four quick things before I watch both Temple and East Carolina play for the final few seconds ever:

1. Good heavens, East Carolina is horrible.

2. Why does Temple play at the Philadelphia Eagles’ stadium? Every time I see a Temple game at this stadium there is no one in attendance.

3. “the pad crack heard round the world”

The world? No. The pad crack heard by the players on the sideline closest to where the play occurred? Yes.

4. Temple running back: Jager Gardner. Jager isn’t a first name, I'm terribly sorry.

Kansas-West Virginia, ESPN2

“it feels like one of those gut check drives”

“fresh legs”

“the Big 12 equation”

Equations!

“change the complexion of the Big 12”

Complexions!

And I'm sorry, but if Kansas is involved the Big 12 complexion isn’t going anywhere.

“the energizer bunny on that defense”

“outside the numbers”

“the business side of college football”

“coachable”

“crucial road test”

Kansas five sacks, forced four turnovers, down 28-14. Kansas’ best against the top teams in the country is down two touchdowns early in the fourth quarter.

“he puts the fear of god into Kansas opponents”

“he’s like trying to catch a feather in the wind....in a tornado!”

Stephen Austin-Sam Houston State, espn3

Sf Austin quarterback: Foster Sawyer.

Missouri-South Carolina, SEC Network

Ad: “no one covers the SEC like we do”

You’re the SEC NETWORK! Please cover the SEC better than every one else.

Indiana-Ohio State, Big 10 Network

They didn't say it, but no one covers the Big 10 like the Big 10 Network.

Is Indiana ever going to be good?

OSU has won 23 consecutive games in the series & few have been close. Last Indiana non-loss was a 27-27 tie in October, 1990, last win was 41-7 in October, 1988. So not a single Indiana player’s older sibling was born the last time OSU didn’t win or tie in this series.

Ad: Pizza Hut. “Official pizza of college football. No one out pizzas the hut.” Out pizzas isn’t a thing, but if it was Pizza Hut wouldn’t be doing it.

Brady Quinn:

“Dwayne Haskins’ skill set”

“penetrate gaps”

“he put it right in the cradle (chuckles)...right in the bread basket”

“freaky athlete”

Indiana runs a weird fake reverse and pass for a touchdown, 14-10 OSU now. Needs to be more weird plays in football.


Fresno State-Nevada, ESPN

Injured Nevada quarterback Ty Gangi statistics shown on screen pre-game: 1,300 yards, 11 touchdowns, six interceptions.

Play-by-play man Mike Corey: "Ty Gangi was having an incredible season."

Mike, China Buffet in Decatur, Georgia is incredible. 

San Diego State-BYU, ESPNU

“hybrid linebacker”

“the Aztecs dial it up”

“flip the field position”

“San Diego State wants to stack the box”

“thrusted into a leadership role”
“effort sack”

Northern Illinois-Ball State, espn3

Comment of the day from play-by-play man Jim Barbar:

“they’re separated by just four days...in birth”

Thanks, Jim!

Other choices:

“they’re separated by just four days...by moped”

“they’re separated by just four days...in where they are in "The Great Gatsby”

"football"

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College football 2018 - rest of September

SMU-TCU, 9/7, ESPN

"Dan Orlovsky!!"
- Bobby Feathers

"battle for the iron skillet" (3)
"a Brian Kelly supporter"
"playing the correct leverage"

?

"QBR rating"
"clock management"
"goes through his progressions" (2)
"the pocket shrinks"


Georgia State-N.C. State, 9/8, Fox Sports

"toting that rock"
"two guys bowing up"
"he's talking core culture stuff"
"they don't call it the Fun Belt for nothing"

Wes Durham after blocked punt: "turned away again"
James Bates: "and then some"

?


New Orleans-Tampa Bay, 9/9, Fox

Chris Myers pxp, Daryl Johnston cc

"go-to bell cow type running back"
"running back committee"
"you can't win a championship in September, but you sure can lose one"
"they call him a game breaker"


Chicago-Green Bay, 9/9, NBC

"bull rush"
"that was a wow touchdown"
"exotic looks"
"blitz packages"
"they've got a bit of thunder and lightning"
"outside the tackle box"


Oakland-Los Angeles, 9/10, ESPN

"third and manageable"
"he came here last year to help change the culture"
"black hole" (2)
"a little cat and mouse game"
"finding the soft spot in the zone" (3)


Boston College-Wake Forest, 9/13, ESPN

"that's a wrinkle"
"football shape"
"vanilla off-coverage"

?

"answering the bell in the play action game"
"four-down territory"


Tulsa-Temple, 9/20, ESPN

"a go ball"
"positional flexibility"
"eye discipline"
"that's what Temple football is all about"
"they're all about the swag here at Temple"
"that's what Temple tough is all about"
"happy feet in the pocket"


Kent State-Mississippi, 9/22, SEC Network

"first and forever"
"no risk it, no biscuit"

!


"showing all the tools that he has in the tool belt today"
"don't let last week beat you twice"
"he's been the bell cow"
"two minute offense"


Tampa Bay-Pittsburgh, 9/24, ESPN

"you have to dial it in"
"that's not the steel curtain way"
"Ben"
"Big Ben"
"matriculate the ball downfield"
"Steeler nation"
"chunk plays"
"Fitzmagic" (4)
"the Twitter sensation"

Thank you for the analysis

"they're going to have to execute here to score a touchdown"


North Carolina-Miami, 9/27, ESPN

"muddle huddle" (2)
"you always want to key the go"

??

"the chain gang"
"stretch the field"
"ball security"
"a bend don't break situation"
"the turnover chain"
"third and 12 is not manageable"

So, third and not manageable?


East Stroudsburg-Millersville, 9/27, espn3

"put the ball back in the belly of your tailback"
"finding the soft spot on the field"
"trial by fire for this football team"
"get him in space"/"cut block in space"


Stanford-Notre Dame, 9/29, NBC

"a drive of promise"
"gunners"
"he's not out of the quarterback manual"
"the two minute offense" (2)
"fish hook move"
"a kid at heart"
"he's a gym rat"
"football plays"
"line up and just smash mouth them"
"Stanford's medical tent"
"keep the legs churning"


Virginia Tech-Duke, 9/29, ESPN2

"white out"
"Gaines has answered the bell"
"a coach on the field"
"he's gonna be playing on Sundays"
"the Hokies lunch pail defense"


Iowa State-TCU, 9/29, ESPNU

"they just get hats on bodies"
"tough as nails"
"that was just Iowa State football: grind it out"
"a wildcat set"
"the jumbo package"
"four star recruit"
"fresh set of downs"
"the real estate ran out quickly"
"he can put his cleats in the grass and make cuts"
"special teams stalwart"


Cleveland-Oakland, 9/30, FOX

"populate to the football"
"little zig route"
"dummy route"
"he learned how to grind"
"freakish athlete"

Notice

College football 2018: opening weekend nonsense

Central Florida-Connecticut, 8/31, ESPN

"eye-popping numbers"
"into plus territory"
"close the gap talent level-wise"
"backs against the wall"
"shut down corner"
"well-oiled machine"
"third and manageable"

!

"they stress your eye discipline" (3)
"plays in space"
"the Heisman conversation"
"move the chains"
"throw it all over the lot"
"self-inflicted wounds"
"that's his bread and butter"
"another big chunk play"
"on the two deep"
"he's a run finisher"

"football"

"it means a lot to this football team"
"he wanted to put his stamp on his football team"
"in football talk"
"we're looking for positive football plays"


San Diego State-Stanford, 8/31, FS1

"he goes up and makes a big boy play"
"a savvy vet guy"
"the Bryce Love Show"
"he's at his best when he's running downhill"


Army-Duke, 8/31, espn3

"high octane offense"
"best kept secret in college football"
"vaunted triple option"
"sun-splashed Durham, North Carolina"
"four yards and a cloud of dust"


Florida Atlantic-Oklahoma, 9/1, FS1

"running back U"
"he was baptized by fire"
"they are gap sound"
"old school Oklahoma football"


South Dakota-Kansas State, 9/1, ESPN

"a lot of atta-boys for Lynch"
"two minute drill"
"watch this young man grow up before our eyes"
"scooping it up off the carpet"


Mississippi-Texas Tech, 9/1, ESPN
Mark Jones pxp, Dusty Voracek cc

"he won the locker room" (2)
"YAC yardage"


James Madison-NC State, 9/1, ESPN

"let this clock bleed"
"survive the ground"
"turnover chain"
"in street clothes"
"bring your 'A' game"


BYU-Arizona, 9/1, ESPN

"they're trying to get in the blocking business"
"exuded that type of leadership"
"big play differential"
"jet sweep"
"west coast style quarterback"
"four down territory"
"Mel Kiper's big board"
"the Pac 12 narrative"
"bunch set"
"big boy football"
"tackle in space"

An evening of baseball nonsense

August 21, 2018

Yankees-Florida, Fox Sports

"the Marlins fan base"
"fly open on the front side"

Twins-Whitesox, WGN

"he's a bad ball hitter, and that was a bad bad ball swing"

Arizona-Anaheim

"our Chaz Roberts Air Conditioning & Plumbing play of the game"

Seattle-Houston, ROOT Sports

Almost 100% Useless Stat of the Night

Dee Gordon with runners in scoring position: .170 BA, 0 HR, 20 RBI

Photo caption

Signs

Atlanta, GA

F.P. Santangelo Saturdays

New segment. 

It might not last.

Saturday afternoon, Nationals & Diamondbacks, here's F (reddy) P (ooh)

after a Howie Kendrick home run in the sixth:

"How good should be his first name, instead of Howie."


Washington first baseman Ryan Zimmerman played a ground ball off his chest, picked up the ball and tossed to the covering Brandon Kintzler for the first out of the seventh inning.

"f" "p" :

"In case of fire, you gotta stop, drop and roll, and that's what (Zimmerman) did."


Some others:

"run around the pillows for a second"
"analysis paralysis" (nonsense)
"a squeeze prevention meeting" (no)

Don't stand like that

at the leasing office

Credit: Freelance photographer Akash Shimarod

The new Billy

Its been nearly three years since we met Billy, the play-by-play announcer who dazzled us during the Milwaukee-Wright State baseball game, including coining the phrase "looks to be a catcher, number Sean Murphy".

Tuesday's game (Tennessee beat Lipscomb 8-5) we met the new, and improved Billy!

And this time we got his name. It's Andy Brock! (Billy!):

"he's already through the first batters of the Bisons"

"Chinea gave great minutes for the Vols"

"it's fouled directly backwards"

"the newcomer pitcher"

"looking to swing the ball"

"making sure the Vols don't get too into scoring position"

"in their first ever win of the season"

"and the first swing for the Vols is a successful one"

"he is a fan of runners on base"

"couldn't quite collect his stance there"

"a very productive offensive outing"

"Thomas interested in the pitch....did he go around?"

"as the Vols set to take the plate"

[after a second inning strike out] "Zach Daniels looking to make up for that later in the game"

"this man is looking to increase his stats heavily this season"

"he can fly around the paths"

"back in the top of the third, this is a very young game here at Lindsey Nelson Stadium"

"since then Hunley hasn't strucken out anyone"

"letting Hooker walk right onto home"

"Vitello has worked with multiple NBA stars, including Andrew Benintendi of the Boston Redsox"

"Dayton Tripp is settling into this mound"

"you never know what you're going to get night in and night out with Benito, but you know you're going to get firepower"

"a swing and a deep cut"

"Chinea puts a piece on the ball"

"hoping to center one out"

"late in the third quarter"

"to give them a nice six point cushion"

"Tennessee gets across zero in the fourth inning"

"that probably would've been a double or a single in the MLB"

"the bats have been decently consistent"

"he does give off a nice blast"

"a little conference over at the mound"

"they have deemed Adam Stewart's day to be done"

"Dorso's really investigating his runners over there"

"they'll only have one inning to get back this three-run lead"

"one double to his name"

"Vazquez has been dialed in, no one's been really able to face him"

"and the Volunteers take the one game mid week game series"

Closed Captioning!

I was watching the first game of the Liberty-VCU series last Friday (Liberty won 5-4 thanks to home runs from Jonathan Embry and Tre Todd) and at one point play-by-play man Alan York started talking about great baseball names.

York eventually mentioned a Lynchburg Hillcats (Single A Cleveland Indians) player named Sicnarf Loopstok.

Sicnarf is a former milb.com name of the year recipient, and while that's fantastic it's also sad since apparently the last competition took place in 2014.

Anyway, back to Friday's broadcast, which included closed captioning for some reason. This is the text that came up on my screen during the Loopstok portion of the telecast:

Sicknar Flupsnop!

York pronounced it correctly, so missing the first name by a couple letters isn't too bad.

Flupsnop?

I can imagine a member of the Loopstok family tuning in for the first game of a mid-February, non-conference game between Liberty and VCU, hearing the name pronounced correctly by York.

"Isn't that nice, they mentioned Sicnarf."

[Sees the closed captioning]

"Flupsnop?!"

From the ILTCSC photo headline archives

Sports photos by Bobby Feathers

Basketball phrase diary, part 5

Games played from 1/9 - 1/29/18


Wisconsin-Nebraska, 1/9, Big 10 Network

"dribble drive"

!
and in pre-game (rare)

"elevator man"
"energy plays"
"the 1,000, 700, 200 club" (!)


LSU-Arkansas, 1/10, SEC Network

"twin towers"
"happy feet"
"trying to change the culture"/"the changing of the culture"
"a fade and fire"
"getting points on blow bys"
"hustle points"
"it's a basketball move"
"I like to call it an 'equal opportunity offense'"
"carving out space"
"buzzing nationally"


Duke-Pittsburgh, 1/10, ESPN2

Karl Ravech & Laphonso Ellis:

"continues to have that program percolating"
"get downhill with the dribble"
"that's hunting your shot"
"a transcendent type player"
"ran out of real estate"
"old school"
"this Pitt team has put on their battle hats"
"the upper echelon of the ACC"
"chest high and he let it fly"
"one and done"


UT-Rio Grande Valley-Cal Bakersfield, 1/11, WAC Digital Network

"this basketball savvy audience"
"a very festive party in the key"
"beautiful euro step"
"the 7-1 southpaw Aussie gunslinger" (!)
"gumption"
"they think they smell blood in the water"
"instant offense"
"a boatload of points"


Green Bay women-IUPUI, 1/15, espn3.com

"attack mode"
"active hands"
"to come into IUPUI's house and introduce themselves"
"a statement game"


DePaul-Marquette, 1/15, Fox Sports 1

"three-headed monster"
"score in bunches"
"Coach K"
"high octane Marquette team"
"Dave Leitao and his hungry bunch of Blue Demons"
"empty possession"
"retro post move"
"classic pick and pop"
"I love his pizzazz"
"x-factor"
"floor burns"
"it's a big boy conference"


Oklahoma-Kansas State, 1/16, ESPNU

"a collective rebounding unit"
"run out"
"see the ball go through the hoop" (6)
"he's shooting a hot basketball"
"he's been the junkyard dog this game"


Western Michigan-Kent State, 1/16, espn3.com

"heat check"
"vintage Jay Walker"
"simply has a special type of vision"
"the announcer's jinx"
"you can see the confidence oozing off him"
"from triple land"
"a scrappy 30 seconds"


Texas Tech-Texas, 1/17, Longhorn Network

Tyler Denning & Lance Blanks:

"they think he makes really good basketball decisions"/
"they force you to have to make serious basketball decisions"
"the engine for this Texas offense"
"neither one of these teams wants to give up easy baskets"

Thanks, Lance.

"hang their hat on defense"


Fresno State-San Diego State, 1/17, ESPNU

Drew Fellios & Sean Harrington:

"Fresno State wants good body ball movement" (?)
"value the basketball"
"that it factor that you can't really teach"
"circus shot"
"Fresno State a blue collar, hard-nosed team"
"here in Aztecs country"
"pursue the basketball"
"the one word he used to describe Grimes was 'motor'"
"his game has gone euro tonight"
"that's what length does for you in the game of basketball"
"master recruiter"
"muscle memory"


Rider women-Marist, 1/21, espn3.com

"great pace to the tin"
"active hands by Rebekah Hand"
"off the bounce" (11)
"pushing pace"
"stir the drink for Lynn Milligan and Rider"
"a three prong attack"
"heady possession"
"look the basketball into your hands"


Appalachian State women-Troy, 1/22, espn3.com

"a double-double machine"
"I am impressed by App State's activity, they are efforting out there"

- Barry McKnight

"makes a coach's hair turn gray"
"token pressure"
"a little more pep in their step"


West Virginia-TCU, 1/22, ESPN

"NCAA implications"
"a steady diet of motion offense"
"what a nose for the ball he has"
"a terrific pipeline down under"
"they want to be more of a bully ball team"
"Press Virginia" (4)
"right now TCU is winning the energy battle"
"the basketball gods"
"J.D. Miller ordered room service, got it delivered"
"renewed vigor"


Stanford-USC, 1/24, ESPNU

"spark off the bench"
"you got to play better position defense"
"the bench gang getting some run"
"that next man up mentality"
"high degree of difficulty"
"slides through him like a knife through butter"
"roller coaster ride of a season"
"throwing dimes all over the place"
"flipped the switch mentally"


Colorado State-New Mexico, 1/27, ESPN

"they've bought in"
"high riser"
"you see where their bread is buttered"
"quick strike ability"
"they like to turn this into a feeding frenzy"
"let's take the air out of the ball"


Old Dominion women-Rice, 1/28, espn3.com

Pre-game exchange:

pxp Matt Pedersen: "she's truly brought culture"
cc John Witten: "not only culture, but charisma"

"gamesmanship"
"court awareness"
"she's just out-quicking her defender"
"trifecta"
"the most valuable thing in the gym is the basketball"


VMI-Samford, 1/29, espn3.com

"VMI is playing with something that's not in our stat sheet, it's called swagger. And you can't teach that."

Award announcements

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Basketball phrase diary, part 4

Games played from 12/25 - 1/8/18


USC-New Mexico State, 12/25, ESPN

"a classic stretch four"
"he's known as a shot doctor"
"tremendous wingspan"


San Diego State-Wyoming, 12/27, espn3.com

"nothing but a sea of Aztecs"
"ran out of real estate"
"court vision" (2)
"the Steve Fisher era"
"he's a bulldog to the basket" (2)
"Wyoming came out guns a blazing"
"the main rim protector"
"road warriors"
"sharp shooting sniper uncorked"

!

"high-low action"
"still trying to get his game legs"
"hero ball"


Kennesaw State-Mercer, 12/28, espn3.com

"x-factor"
"chip on their shoulder"
"European stretch four"
"dribble drive" (4)

!

"help the helper"
"high ceiling"
"the turnover bug"


NJIT-Buffalo, 12/28, espn3.com

"he's been Tarke the shark, taking a bite out of the stat sheet"

!

"able to stroke it from down deep"
"high IQ play"
"alligator arms"
"they're a young program starting to grow their roots"
"wall up"
"bonus basketball"


West Virginia-Oklahoma State, 12/29, ESPNU

"18 game grind" (2)
"hedging ball screen"
"a nose dive into the hardwood"
"the Mount Rushmore of college basketball"
"waxed poetic"
"ball hawk"
"create help situations"


Youngstown State-Cleveland State, 1/1/18, The Horizon League on espn3

"a perimeter big"
"a silent run"

Pat Vuyancih Specials

"even if he's moving, he's in set position"
"it's designed to force Youngstown State to shoot, which is not their strength"

"the left-handed bunny"
"the man with the hot hand"
"he has really grown his game"
"down in the trenches"


Rutgers-Purdue, 1/3, Big 10 Network

Brandon Gaudin & Stephen Bardo:

"glue guy" (2)
"pick your poison"
"physicality" (2)
"I know we throw around basketball IQ a lot, but Purdue has it"
"senioritis"
"out-toughs them"
"he threw that chicken wing there"
"here's a leak out"
"block party"
"workmanlike"
"razzle dazzle"
"they bring their lunchpails every day"
"hostile environment" (2)
"wore my emotions on my sleeve"
"shooting themselves in the foot"
"body balance"
"the Big 10 slate is always a gauntlet"


Omaha women-South Dakota State, 1/3, MidCo Sports Network

"pace of play"
"live ball turnovers" (3)
"true back to the basket player"
"you look at her and she's going to do what she did right there, and that's basket cut"

!

"active with her hands"
"the announcer jinx"
"blow by"
"concussion symptoms"


Drake women-Southern Illinois, 1/7, The Valley on espn3

"exciting brand of basketball"
"rhythm shooter"
"all-airport team" (?)
"euro step"
"next man up mentality"
"selling the flop"
"cleaning up the slop down low"
"a coach's kid"
"crash the glass"
"great catch and shoot player"
"battle-tested"


Stanford women-Arizona State, 1/7, ESPN

Andy Landers Special

"I always though freshmen were the spice of basketball" (?)

"the Stanford style"
"fundamentally sound"
"instant offense"
"she made herself available to the basketball"
"little pick and pop"
"finish the drill"


Navy-Colgate, 1/8, Patriot League Network

Erik Malinowski:

"court awareness"
"triple town" (5)
"competitive fire"
"gets some road lovin from the rim"

!

"looking to salt this game away"
"the ticky tack variety"

Vigil