The first batch of basketball nonsense for the 2019-20 season begins in Greenville, North Carolina with ESPN's November 5 broadcast of VMI-East Carolina.
Evan Lepler & nonsense legend Stan Lewter on the call:
"no ball movement, no people movement"
"people penetration, dribble penetration"
"a cleaner basketball game"
"the threes are falling because of basketball spacing"
"VMI has played with a purpose even when that length has interrupted that purpose"
"ball screen action"
"that's a man move"
"Pirate nation"
"run outs"
"SOS - scared out of shots"
!
Cal Poly-North Dakota State, 11/11, Mid Coast Sports Network
"flew under the radar"
"four out, one in action"
"a shooting-type motion"
"physicality"
"dribble penetration"
"a back to the basket guy" (2)
"the hoop and the harm"
"quality minutes"
"sense of urgency"
"active hands"
"made some big plays on the national stage"
"in traffic"
Evansville-Kentucky, 11/12, SEC Network
"pick and pop"
"cagey veteran"
"fundamental basketball"
**
Commentator Andy Kennedy called Gary Payton "the human glove"
No.
**
"despite the icy roads these guys are leaving everything on the floor, they're not leaving any skid marks"
!
"a show me mentality"
"channeling his inner Dan Majerle"
"they've really been out-executed"
"establish offensive identity in the half court"
"the game of basketball is a possession game"
!
"dribble drive" - ! - Kennedy, 5:10 left in second half
Alice Lloyd College-Eastern Kentucky, 11/19, ESPN+
"too much mustard on that one-handed pass"
"you see it every game, someone steps out of bounds when they don't have good court awareness"
"battle of the boards"
"floor miscues"
"he's got a nose for the ball"
"you have to go put a body on a body"
Columbia-Central Connecticut State, 11/24, espn3.com
"he gets where he wants on the basketball floor"
"if they're gonna win, it's gonna be a rock fight"
"paint touches" (3)
"those guys have been bodying up"
Robert Morris women-Kent State, 11/24, espn3.com
Commentator Austin Arnold had a hall of fame night. Here's the full list, and just a sampling:
"she has absolutely been the engine in the car that keeps them going"
"in the words of many basketball players 'if you keep shooting the shots will come'"
"they've been hitting the three-point ball and that's reflective on the way they play"
!
"ball urgency"
"a lot of the Kent State points have definitely been down in that box area"
"that's just another great awareness play"
"this is gonna start to become a barnburner really soon"
Western Michigan-Seattle, 11/26, ESPNU
"a mid-range assassin"
"score the basketball" (2)
"pick and pop action" (2)
"mental makeup"
"blow by"
"his basketball IQ is off the charts"
"a little rip and go action"
?
"the defense gets caught ball looking"
BYU-Kansas, 11/26, ESPN
"one thing he can do is make challenge shots"
"ball screen continuity"
"his eyes made that lay up"
!
"screen for the screener action"/"he's just going to ball screen those guys to death"
"sloppy with the basketball"/"begging for the basketball"
Charlotte-Georgia State, 11/27, ESPN+
"it's us against the world when you're on the road"
"rim protectors" (3)
"that's what you call playing basketball"
Thanks, commentator Rodney Turner!
"high-level basketball"
"championship culture"
"euro step"
"he's a very important cog in this ecosystem of a team"
[Game tied in overtime] "every possession counts"
Thanks again, Rodney!
Central Florida-Pepperdine, 11/29, ESPN News
Jon Carlson (pxp), Corey Williams (cc)
"big players making big plays in big moments"
"he epitomizes swagger"
"a little pin down"
"isn't that a basketball play?"
Yes. It was.
"post presence"
"versatile bigs"
"a quasi-euro step"
"it's called energy and ego, it's hard to stop that"
"a shot ready pass"
"earned the right to verticality"
"a modified pocket pass"
"throw a monkey wrench into your offensive plans"
"all that camouflage action"
"crab dribble"
"a back to the basket type of big man"
"finish in traffic"
"that's Waves basketball right there"
Nov 6, 2019
New pointing staff announced
VP in charge of pointing: Melanie Garrison
Pointing at leaves: Steve
Pointing at fire ant hills/other hills: Dr. Amber Stiggs
Pointing at road signs, highway: Dante Zimecki
Road signs, non-highway: Claire Kiprios
Staff Pointer: Victor Corey
Intern: Dimitri Kasbar
Oct 27, 2019
"Football"
Colorado State-Fresno State, 10/26/19, ESPNU. Commentator Ryan Leaf.
First quarter: said 20 times
Second: 14
Third: 20
Fourth: 27
Total: 81
Second: 14
Third: 20
Fourth: 27
Total: 81
Oct 13, 2019
College football nonsense diary, part 3
The college football season is nearly two-months old and these announcers are bringing their "a-game" & "leaving it all out on the field (in the broadcast booth)". I'm just glad I heard so much of it and own so many pens.
Past diaries from 2019
2
1
Brown-Harvard, 9/27, ESPN News
"you've got a recipe of good football, and intensity"
A recipe of intensity! Great start, Bill Spaulding and Jack Ford.
"he's their multi-talented, swiss army knife"
"the top of the mountain is the Ivy League championship"
"their calling card has been the defense"
"defensive scheme of things"
"it's a new culture"
"he was a riverboat gambler"
"escapability"
"flips the field for the Bears"
Arizona State-California, 9/27, ESPN
"taking the air out of the football"
"dial up some pressures"
"he's an adrenaline type of guy"
"you're trying to influence block him"
?
"find throwing windows"
"it's Mr. Tackle.....Mr. Tackling Machine"
"hidden yardage that can cost you a football game"
"the Herm Edwards effect"
ASU up 21-17, 4:34 left, Cal starts its possession. Commentator Louis Riddick:
"this is a big drive for Cal"
Thanks, Louis!
Duke-Virginia Tech, 9/27, ESPN
"toe meets leather, and we begin"
"great football IQ"
"he tried to thread the needle"
"he's got athletes on the perimeter"
"a physical boundary corner"
"swarm the football"
"the Big House"
"staying ahead of the chains"
UNLV-Wyoming, 9/28, ESPNU
"making plays with his feet" (2)
"get north and south in a hurry"
"the face of the program"
"he runs angry, and hungry"
"ball-hawking defense"
"they're active with a purpose"
"blue chip hard worker with a chip on his shoulder"
"running behind his pads"
"quick hot read"
"he will hurt you with his feet"
"puts it in the belly of the back"
"bad eye discipline"
"gets a paw on it"
Iowa State-Baylor, 9/28, ESPN
"watch the tape"
"high end intelligence"
"here's the contact...feel that in your living room!"
"fighting for scraps in the Big 12"
Brian Griese:
"he's chosen to run with his legs"
"he's not going to beat you with speed, but he's going to beat you with his mind, and his understanding of route running"
"copy cat league"
"he's a playmaker"
Lafayette-Princeton, 10/11, ESPNU
"four down territory"
"controlling the clock, controlling the game"
"textbook form tackle"
"they say 'see what you hit', he did"
?
"there's guys out there still playing football"
"turnover chain"
Colorado-Oregon, 10/11, FOX
Brock Huard!
"two guys falling from the same toughness tree"
"I think this is probably go zone"
"he played with some twitch and some edge"
"physicality-wise"
"build on your identity, of what you want to be: Oregon football"
"he's Mr. Reliable, Mr. Dependable"
Well, which one is it, Brock?!
"that's what we like to call a car wash ball"
?
"look at the number of hats that get to the football"
"the ball came out after a football move"
"watch them overwhelm at the point of attack"
"play through the whistle"
Rutgers-Indiana, 10/12, Big 10 Network
Color commentator J. Leman said "four tuddies" instead of "four touchdowns", so we can't let him get away with that.
"chew up possession time"
"this Rutgers offense has to hit the reset button"
"it's all about next man up"
Georgia-South Carolina, 10/12, SEC Network
"aggressive-wise"
"the heart of the South Carolina defense"
"cancelling out gaps"
"bunch set"
"if you're Georgia you gotta find some zone beaters"
"stay in the moment"
"he hears the cadence"
"Death Valley"
"he's chosen to run with his legs"
Past diaries from 2019
2
1
Brown-Harvard, 9/27, ESPN News
"you've got a recipe of good football, and intensity"
A recipe of intensity! Great start, Bill Spaulding and Jack Ford.
"he's their multi-talented, swiss army knife"
"the top of the mountain is the Ivy League championship"
"their calling card has been the defense"
"defensive scheme of things"
"it's a new culture"
"he was a riverboat gambler"
"escapability"
"flips the field for the Bears"
Arizona State-California, 9/27, ESPN
"taking the air out of the football"
"dial up some pressures"
"he's an adrenaline type of guy"
"you're trying to influence block him"
?
"find throwing windows"
"it's Mr. Tackle.....Mr. Tackling Machine"
"hidden yardage that can cost you a football game"
"the Herm Edwards effect"
ASU up 21-17, 4:34 left, Cal starts its possession. Commentator Louis Riddick:
"this is a big drive for Cal"
Thanks, Louis!
Duke-Virginia Tech, 9/27, ESPN
"toe meets leather, and we begin"
"great football IQ"
"he tried to thread the needle"
"he's got athletes on the perimeter"
"a physical boundary corner"
"swarm the football"
"the Big House"
"staying ahead of the chains"
UNLV-Wyoming, 9/28, ESPNU
one of the announcers - Rene Ingoglia?
"making plays with his feet" (2)
"get north and south in a hurry"
"the face of the program"
"he runs angry, and hungry"
"ball-hawking defense"
"they're active with a purpose"
"blue chip hard worker with a chip on his shoulder"
"running behind his pads"
"quick hot read"
"he will hurt you with his feet"
"puts it in the belly of the back"
"bad eye discipline"
"gets a paw on it"
Iowa State-Baylor, 9/28, ESPN
"watch the tape"
"high end intelligence"
"here's the contact...feel that in your living room!"
"fighting for scraps in the Big 12"
Brian Griese:
"he's chosen to run with his legs"
"he's not going to beat you with speed, but he's going to beat you with his mind, and his understanding of route running"
"copy cat league"
"he's a playmaker"
Lafayette-Princeton, 10/11, ESPNU
"four down territory"
"controlling the clock, controlling the game"
"textbook form tackle"
"they say 'see what you hit', he did"
?
"there's guys out there still playing football"
"turnover chain"
Colorado-Oregon, 10/11, FOX
Brock Huard!
"two guys falling from the same toughness tree"
"I think this is probably go zone"
"he played with some twitch and some edge"
"physicality-wise"
"build on your identity, of what you want to be: Oregon football"
"he's Mr. Reliable, Mr. Dependable"
Well, which one is it, Brock?!
"that's what we like to call a car wash ball"
?
"look at the number of hats that get to the football"
"the ball came out after a football move"
"watch them overwhelm at the point of attack"
"play through the whistle"
Rutgers-Indiana, 10/12, Big 10 Network
Color commentator J. Leman said "four tuddies" instead of "four touchdowns", so we can't let him get away with that.
"chew up possession time"
"this Rutgers offense has to hit the reset button"
"it's all about next man up"
Georgia-South Carolina, 10/12, SEC Network
"aggressive-wise"
"the heart of the South Carolina defense"
"cancelling out gaps"
"bunch set"
"if you're Georgia you gotta find some zone beaters"
"stay in the moment"
"he hears the cadence"
"Death Valley"
"he's chosen to run with his legs"
Oct 2, 2019
The head coaching career of Todd Dodge
Todd Dodge coached some college football games (43 to be exact) for the University of North Texas.
Dodge's career record:
* Defeated Western Kentucky three times for half of his six victories, including a 68-49 win on October 31, 2009.
NORTH TEXAS SCARY GOOD IN WIN OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY
- Fake newspaper headline from November 1, 2009
Lance Dunbar ended up averaging 9.9 yards on 23 carries against a Western Kentucky defense that included seven future NFL (National Felt Massaging League) players.
* Lost to Arkansas 66-7 on
September 29, 2007. The Razorbacks led 45-0 before NT got a one-yard touchdown
run from quarterback Giovanni Vizza to make it a six-score game just before
halftime.
"THAT'S-A SPICY VIZZA!"
- Cover headline finalist for 2008 team media guide
With 31 seconds left, Arkansas' Jerell Norton intercepted Vizza and returned it 100 yards to make it 66-7.
- Fake headline from an online game story, 9/29/07
Vizza finished 8-of-26 passing for 118 yards on his way to the Hysman Trophy award, named after Ernest Hysman for excellence in postgame shoulder pad removal.
* In 2010, Dodge was fired after a 1-6 start and his last game was a 34-10 loss to Florida International. FIU used the victory as a springboard to a Little Caesars Bowl victory and national championship (of pointing at leaves, or the NPAL title).
* Mike Canales took over on an interim basis and immediately did what so many Todd Dodges had done before him - defeated Western Kentucky soundly (33-6) - and finished 2-3 in his only five games as head coach. Canales nearly pulled off the upset of Kansas State in the season finale (lost 49-41) and the Wildcats lost to Syracuse in the first-ever Pinstripe Bowl at the new Yankee Stadium, a game attended by Vinny Babooch.
That's a little game we like to call Four Degrees of Vinny Babooch.
North Texas ----> Kansas State ----> Syracuse ----> Vinny Babooch
Dodge's career record:
2007 2-10
2008 1-11
2009 2-10
2010 1-6
2008 1-11
2009 2-10
2010 1-6
That's a winning percentage of .140!
Some notes on his 3 1/2 years at the Denton, Texas school, an era which some called "Todgeball":
NORTH TEXAS SCARY GOOD IN WIN OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY
- Fake newspaper headline from November 1, 2009
Lance Dunbar ended up averaging 9.9 yards on 23 carries against a Western Kentucky defense that included seven future NFL (National Felt Massaging League) players.
"THAT'S-A SPICY VIZZA!"
- Cover headline finalist for 2008 team media guide
With 31 seconds left, Arkansas' Jerell Norton intercepted Vizza and returned it 100 yards to make it 66-7.
DOWN (THE FIELD) GOES NORTON
- Fake headline from an online game story, 9/29/07
Vizza finished 8-of-26 passing for 118 yards on his way to the Hysman Trophy award, named after Ernest Hysman for excellence in postgame shoulder pad removal.
* In 2010, Dodge was fired after a 1-6 start and his last game was a 34-10 loss to Florida International. FIU used the victory as a springboard to a Little Caesars Bowl victory and national championship (of pointing at leaves, or the NPAL title).
* Mike Canales took over on an interim basis and immediately did what so many Todd Dodges had done before him - defeated Western Kentucky soundly (33-6) - and finished 2-3 in his only five games as head coach. Canales nearly pulled off the upset of Kansas State in the season finale (lost 49-41) and the Wildcats lost to Syracuse in the first-ever Pinstripe Bowl at the new Yankee Stadium, a game attended by Vinny Babooch.
That's a little game we like to call Four Degrees of Vinny Babooch.
North Texas ----> Kansas State ----> Syracuse ----> Vinny Babooch
Sep 30, 2019
Sep 22, 2019
Football nonsense diary, part 2
We've got several weeks of nonsense, starting with the September 5 Division II game between Harding and Ouchita Baptist on ESPN. Darren Goldwater & Trai Essex on the call...
"he runs the ball with bad intentions"
"smash mouth football" (4)
"he comes downhill to punish people"
"extra beef up front"
"pre-snap movement"
"the pocket collapses"
"the pocket collapses"
"great tackle in space"
"the legacy member of the Tigers"
"had him dead to rights"
"he looks like he knows hot to lay a wallop"
"the father of the flex bone"
Southern-Memphis, 9/7, espn3
"two-headed quarterback"
"he's like a defensive coordinator on the football field"
"play assignment football"
"Memphis rolling now...downhill"
"his defense bending but not breaking"
Syracuse-Maryland, 9/7, ESPN
"a little RPO action"
"circus grab"
"in touch with that transfer portal"
"those legs keep churning"
"this is good quarterbacking"
"he runs tough"
"clean pocket"
"checking down"
"pass coverage-oriented"
"a workhorse-type guy"
"foot meets leather once again"
"changes the eye discipline of the defense"
South Florida-Georgia Tech, 9/7, ACC Network
"it's money down here on the flats"
"he definitely has the arm talent"
"peel the edge"
"the numbers aren't going to wow you, from a statistical standpoint"
"a booth-initiated review"
"couple of rooks slinging the rock"
Falcons-Vikings, 9/8, 92.9 FM Atlanta
"win the first two downs"
"third and a bundle"
!
"bunch look"
"pretty good job of swallowing up"
"set a hard edge"
"the second quarter driven to you by Kia"
"the Vikings have dodged two ball handling bullets"
"you gotta trust your skill set"
Broncos-Raiders, 9/9, ESPN
"he has to be a play maker and a change maker"
"tight window throws"
"hostile environment"
"injecting youth into this defense"
"hybrid multi-positional tight ends"
"those are the meat and potatoes of this offense"
"live to fight another down"
"a house of horrors for the Denver Broncos"
"the elder statesman of the receiving core"
Arizona State-Michigan State, 9/14, FOX
"it's going to be tough sledding"
"generational quarterback"
"Sparty"
"the ball goes faster than the body"
"bubble screens" (2)
"run plugger"
"high energy"
"chase the moment" (2)
"he's a bit of a speed merchant"
"that's what you talk about running well in a phone booth"
Pardon me, Spencer Tillman?
Southern Miss-Alabama, 9/21, 640 AM Atlanta/The Crimson Tide Sports Network
"showing the physicality...it's becoming contagious"
"the Chick Fila red zone" (4)
"two minute drill"
"dime personnel"
"roll tide"
"he came with the hammer and knocked the nail"
!
"gang tackled"
"got some meat there up front"
"he's trusting his eyes"
Central Florida-Pittsburgh, 9/21, ESPN2
"he hasn't had the big play theater"
"the UCF players have a chip on their shoulder"
"third down and medium"
"they go max pro here"
"out-gunned, out-manned and out-numbered...and out-planned, too"
"going through the progressions"
"14 plays run in UCF real estate"
Washington-BYU, 9/21, espn3
Steve Levy and Bob Griese
"sense of urgency"
"possess the football"
"that's Zach Wilson as advertised"
"lots of hand fighting on both ends"
"the back shoulder throw"
"a great route runner"
"it's a scoop and score"
South Carolina-Missouri, 9/21, SEC Network
"fell in love with the culture at Missouri"
"both of these defenses have been salty"
San Jose State-Arkansas, 9/21, SEC Network
"getting vertical and stymying the run"
"they have been stuck in the Arkansas mud...four punts"
"they can kind of pin their ears back"
"that was a grown men drive"
"the desire to get to the end zone"
Georgia State-Texas State, 9/21, 98.5 FM Atlanta
"go route"
"walked off under his own power"
"throwing the ball into the hands of a waiting Bobcat"
"lot of laundry out there on the field"
"east-west running"
"wheel route"
UCLA-Washington State, 9/21, ESPN
Beth Mowins & Rocky Boiman
"a Philly special"
"the offense started to find its legs"
"between the hedges"
"it's a mesh route"
"they went to SEC country"
"he's got a little moxie to him"
"NFL ready"
"he's not the biggest linebacker, but he plays big"
"the father of the flex bone"
Southern-Memphis, 9/7, espn3
"two-headed quarterback"
"he's like a defensive coordinator on the football field"
"play assignment football"
"Memphis rolling now...downhill"
"his defense bending but not breaking"
Syracuse-Maryland, 9/7, ESPN
"a little RPO action"
"circus grab"
"in touch with that transfer portal"
"those legs keep churning"
"this is good quarterbacking"
"he runs tough"
"clean pocket"
"checking down"
"pass coverage-oriented"
"a workhorse-type guy"
"foot meets leather once again"
"changes the eye discipline of the defense"
South Florida-Georgia Tech, 9/7, ACC Network
"it's money down here on the flats"
"he definitely has the arm talent"
"peel the edge"
"the numbers aren't going to wow you, from a statistical standpoint"
"a booth-initiated review"
"couple of rooks slinging the rock"
Falcons-Vikings, 9/8, 92.9 FM Atlanta
"win the first two downs"
"third and a bundle"
!
"bunch look"
"pretty good job of swallowing up"
"set a hard edge"
"the second quarter driven to you by Kia"
"the Vikings have dodged two ball handling bullets"
"you gotta trust your skill set"
Broncos-Raiders, 9/9, ESPN
"he has to be a play maker and a change maker"
"tight window throws"
"hostile environment"
"injecting youth into this defense"
"hybrid multi-positional tight ends"
"those are the meat and potatoes of this offense"
"live to fight another down"
"a house of horrors for the Denver Broncos"
"the elder statesman of the receiving core"
Arizona State-Michigan State, 9/14, FOX
"it's going to be tough sledding"
"generational quarterback"
"Sparty"
"the ball goes faster than the body"
"bubble screens" (2)
"run plugger"
"high energy"
"chase the moment" (2)
"he's a bit of a speed merchant"
"that's what you talk about running well in a phone booth"
Pardon me, Spencer Tillman?
Southern Miss-Alabama, 9/21, 640 AM Atlanta/The Crimson Tide Sports Network
"showing the physicality...it's becoming contagious"
"the Chick Fila red zone" (4)
"two minute drill"
"dime personnel"
"roll tide"
"he came with the hammer and knocked the nail"
!
"gang tackled"
"got some meat there up front"
"he's trusting his eyes"
Central Florida-Pittsburgh, 9/21, ESPN2
"he hasn't had the big play theater"
"the UCF players have a chip on their shoulder"
"third down and medium"
"they go max pro here"
"out-gunned, out-manned and out-numbered...and out-planned, too"
"going through the progressions"
"14 plays run in UCF real estate"
Washington-BYU, 9/21, espn3
Steve Levy and Bob Griese
"sense of urgency"
"possess the football"
"that's Zach Wilson as advertised"
"lots of hand fighting on both ends"
"the back shoulder throw"
"a great route runner"
"it's a scoop and score"
South Carolina-Missouri, 9/21, SEC Network
"fell in love with the culture at Missouri"
"both of these defenses have been salty"
San Jose State-Arkansas, 9/21, SEC Network
"getting vertical and stymying the run"
"they have been stuck in the Arkansas mud...four punts"
"they can kind of pin their ears back"
"that was a grown men drive"
"the desire to get to the end zone"
Georgia State-Texas State, 9/21, 98.5 FM Atlanta
"go route"
"walked off under his own power"
"throwing the ball into the hands of a waiting Bobcat"
"lot of laundry out there on the field"
"east-west running"
"wheel route"
UCLA-Washington State, 9/21, ESPN
Beth Mowins & Rocky Boiman
"a Philly special"
"the offense started to find its legs"
"between the hedges"
"it's a mesh route"
"they went to SEC country"
"he's got a little moxie to him"
"NFL ready"
"he's not the biggest linebacker, but he plays big"
Sep 2, 2019
College football nonsense diary, 2019 part 1
Nonsense diary No. 1 of the new season gets started with the defending national champions, Clemson against Georgia Tech on the ACC Network (8/29).
[2018 diaries]
And there's another.
South Alabama-Nebraska, 8/31, ESPN
"the hype machine is humming in Lincoln"
"Heisman hopeful"
"he's a big boy....a downhill runner"
"elite dual threat"
"efficiency through his progressions"
"tale of the tape"
"the Jaguars will try to flip the field"
Toledo-Kentucky, 8/31, SEC Network
"the heart and soul of the Kentucky defense"
"collapsing the pocket"
"bulldozed to the ground"
"the opportunity to tuck and run" (2)
"Mark Stoops rolls the dice"
"elevated in the depth chart"
"he's just a gutty quarterback"
"three-headed monster trying to replace Benny Snell"
"third and a mile"
"a known commodity in your run game"
[2018 diaries]
"the ball in the belly of the back"
"this is from our stick cam"
"freakish athlete"
"third and forever"
Our first 'third and' of the season!
It arrives at the 8:39 mark of the opening quarter.
It arrives at the 8:39 mark of the opening quarter.
"his Heisman resume"
"Death Valley"
"play at the next level"
"he's become more of an alpha dog"
Wisconsin-South Florida, 8/30, ESPN
Dave Flemming and Louis Riddick:
"pocket passer"
"Jack Coan left some throws on the table"
"he's just being the point guard out there, that's what good quarterbacks do"
"the smash-mouth style"
"the character of this football team"
"complimentary football"
"at Jerry's World"
"legitimate big play ability"
Colorado-Colorado State, 8/30, ESPN News
Roy Philpott and commentator Kelly Stouffer,
a Nonsense Legend who never disappoints...
a Nonsense Legend who never disappoints...
"clean pocket"
"be disciplined at the point of attack"
"plus territory" (3)
"the Manning Passing Academy"
"statement drive"/"a statement reception"
"physicality"
"couldn't get enough mustard on that throw"
"the football factory that is DeSoto High School"
"Mel Kiper's big board"
First of the season: 14:13 left in the second quarter
"a volume tackler"
"RPO"
"trust your eyes, trust your weapon"
"trying to change the culture"
"a consummate route-runner that can handle the entire route tree"
!
Early candidate for phrase of the year from Stouffer.
"arm talent"
"he's a physical, downhill pile mover"
!
And there's another.
"Rocky Mountain showdown" (8)
"personnel grouping"
"he has some hiccups in his fundamentals"
"your contested catch maker"
"this is what hungry looks like"/"it's the hunger to go get the line to gain"
Georgia State-Tennessee, 8/31, ESPNU
Clay Matvich and Ryan Leaf
"dual threat senior"
"he's the security blanket"
"go through your progressions"
"second and manageable"/"third and manageable"
"off the field under his own power"
"toughness breeds confidence"
"Rocky Top" (4)
"a gut check fourth quarter"
"the Jeremy Pruitt regime"
"strong SEC ties"
"they've struggled to be explosive"
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"the Big House"
"it's in his DNA"
"coach speak"
"football acumen"
South Alabama-Nebraska, 8/31, ESPN
"the hype machine is humming in Lincoln"
"Heisman hopeful"
"he's a big boy....a downhill runner"
"elite dual threat"
"efficiency through his progressions"
"tale of the tape"
"the Jaguars will try to flip the field"
Toledo-Kentucky, 8/31, SEC Network
"the heart and soul of the Kentucky defense"
"collapsing the pocket"
"bulldozed to the ground"
"the opportunity to tuck and run" (2)
"Mark Stoops rolls the dice"
"elevated in the depth chart"
"he's just a gutty quarterback"
"three-headed monster trying to replace Benny Snell"
"third and a mile"
"a known commodity in your run game"
Fresno State-USC, 8/31/ESPN
"air raid" (12)
['air raid' - 11, 'air raid light' - 1]
['air raid' - 11, 'air raid light' - 1]
"second and medium"
"an embarrassment of riches"
"he's been in the medical tent"
"big bodied defensive end"
"dial up pressure"
"the trenches"
"short field"
"David taking on Goliath"
"there's a lot of scrappy in Fresno State"/"there's a lot of gutty with this Fresno State team"
South Carolina-North Carolina, 8/31, ESPN
"a little border war"
"they're craving for structure, they're craving for leadership...Mack Brown is giving it to them"
"value the football"
"Mack Brown's a football coach"
"he'll be playing on Sundays"
"chunk plays"
"a big powerful, offensive line they want to hang their hat on"
"you're in take a shot position"
"third down and a mile"
"sell out to stop the run"
Colgate-Air Force, 8/31, espn3
"the expectation bar is set high for these two teams"
"that's inside, up there in the brier patch"
"dummy motion"
"he's their burner"
"they won the numbers battle"
Houston-Oklahoma, 9/1, ABC
"win the down"
"collapsing the pocket"
"yards in big chunks"
"a lot of air raid ties"
"top flight wide receiver"
"a trick 'em route"
Notre Dame-Louisville, 9/2, ABC
"the road warrior mentality"
"brings the program fresh energy"/"he's already made some changes to the culture"
"game reps"
"the nose of the football"
"get him the ball in space"
"blue chip player"
"moved the sticks with his feet"
"great catch radius" (3)
"he's a hybrid guy"/"that hybrid rover spot"
"the glue of the Notre Dame defense"
"independent ball movement"
"flying to the football"
"ball security drills"
"fumbleitis broke out"
"Mr. Football"
Aug 27, 2019
Aug 19, 2019
August in baseball phrases
August 1
Chicago-St. Louis, Fox Sports St. Louis
"locked in"
"foster that kind of consistency"
"arm action"
"that downhill delivery"
"the element of surprise is out the window"
"drop the bat head" (2)
"launch angle"
"it changed the complexion of this inning"
August 19
Kansas City-Baltimore, MASN
"pitcher's park"
"the small game they play"
"a better chance of staying taller"
"a great inside-the-ball hitter"
"quell a big inning"
Los Angeles Angels-Texas, Fox
"this is a tweener"
"playing with house money"
"rally killer"
"expands the zone"
"the old shutdown inning"
Chicago-St. Louis, Fox Sports St. Louis
"locked in"
"foster that kind of consistency"
"arm action"
"that downhill delivery"
"the element of surprise is out the window"
"drop the bat head" (2)
"launch angle"
"it changed the complexion of this inning"
August 19
Kansas City-Baltimore, MASN
"pitcher's park"
"the small game they play"
"a better chance of staying taller"
"a great inside-the-ball hitter"
"quell a big inning"
Los Angeles Angels-Texas, Fox
"this is a tweener"
"playing with house money"
"rally killer"
"expands the zone"
"the old shutdown inning"
Jul 19, 2019
All star team: nine-year anniversary
Anaheim, CA - Albert Pujols, Joe Mauer, Alex Rodriguez-all household names. But who were the real all-stars in Angels Stadium during the 2010 MLB all star game?
Manager - Papa Dawg
Career record: 169-302 in parts of six seasons with the San Vinson Vipers and the Qwayne Valley Riverrats of the Independent-Backwood League.
Claim to fame: Once ate seven ounces of infield dirt during an argument with an umpire.
Secret shame: As manager of Qwayne Valley, he dressed up Nancy "Heater" Rebsin as "Ned Resbin" for a 2008 playoff game. After two scoreless innings, Rebsin had her hat fly off during a windy third inning, revealing her strawberry blonde hair. As a result, the Riverrats forfeited the game and Papa Dawg was fired the next day.
1B - Brian Wallenfang, No. 10
Career stats: .225/.239/.307 in eight seasons with Wallenfang Hardware softball team.
Career highlight: none
Lowlight: After an argument with first-base umpire Verne Corey (July, 1998), was beaten to near-death by the first-base bag.
2B - Mick Teto, No. 14
Career stats: Led Ernie League in 1999 with 104 ground outs.
Highlight: During recent Teto family wiffle ball game, struck out Grandma Cathy on three pitches.
Lowlight: Suspended in May, 2007 after testing positive for performance-enhancing koala bear fur.
SS - Julio Oseguera, No. 11
Career stats: Hit .196 in only season in Uruguay Winter League (2002).
Highlight: Opposite-field single off Ronnie Paulding put runners at first and second with no one out in the fourth inning. The Canelones Asados didn't score and lost 11-3.
Lowlight: Lived underneath right-field bleachers at Asados Stadium (November-December, 2002).
3B - Bobby Ortiz, No. 61
Career stats: Hit 8 of 30 total pitches thrown (60 M.P.H.) at 17th Avenue Bert's Batting Cage, July 7, 2010.
Highlight: Named his new bat Sawed Off.
Lowlight: Got confused during a transaction with some neighborhood kids and accidentally traded bat for a half-eaten bologna sandwich.
RF - Don Love, No. 44
Career stats: OPS+ of 9 in four seasons for Team 7 of the Oscar Park Co-Ed Thursday League
Highlight: Sacrifice bunt (June, 2007)
Lowlight: Opening day 2008, had season-ending injury in first-inning at bat after violent sneeze.
CF - Manny Jabba, No. 50
Career stats: 3.7 PPG for Kerner High School. [Never played baseball].
Highlight: Elected to Jabba Family Hall of Fame.
Lowlight: Suffered index finger injury on bus ride to induction; lost fingernail.
LF - Burt Long, No. 3
Career stats: .170 OBP for 1982 Wotts Valley Renegades.
Highlight: Purchased No. 3 jersey, personally stitched LONG on back.
Lowlight: Replaced on 1983 Renegades by squirrel (Otto).
C - Johnny Anaheim, No. 26
Career stats: 11 sacrifice bunts
Highlight: Changed last name to Anaheim after Angels defeated Boston 2-0, April 3, 1997.
Lowlight: Former last name: Zurclinoff
SP - Gavin Larmore, No. 3
Career stats: 29-76, 9.47 ERA, 6 PANTS FALLINGS
Highlight: none
Lowlight: Swallowed rosin bag during bench-clearing brawl (July, 2000)
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