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

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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"