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"
"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"

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