Football Phrases

Ah, the Bowl Season is upon us, and in fact, now nearly over.  We have watched several games this year, and for the end of the season, the Rose Bowl, the Gator Bowl and the Orange Bowl were all highlights.  They were very exciting games, made all the better by the inanities spoken by the sportscasters.  My theory is that the sportscasters each choose a phrase and then strive to say that phrase as many times as possible throughout the game.  Sort of like the word of the day in Pee Wee's Playhouse, without the screaming. 

In the regular season, The Bulldogs were, "In charge of their own destiny." In the bowl game, they were "a team who struggled to overcome adversity".  Of course, they lost the bowl game, so their struggle was in vain, I suppose. 

Tonight's Orange Bowl was one of the more entertaining sportscaster phrase games I've enjoyed all season.  The OSU quarterback, Braxton Miller, was "one hurting Buckeroo". (Of course, Buckeroo is one of Buckley's nicknames, so we hollered out, "Buckerooooo!" whenever it was said.) At one point, the Clemson running back was also in pain, so he got called a "hurting buckeroo" too, although, in fairness, I think he should have been called a hurting Tigeroo, since they are the Tigers, not the Buckeyes.

A little earlier in the game, there was some fun alliteration when "Braxton was backed by blocking buddies".  That one got repeated a couple of times.  I wonder if the sportscaster wrote it down before the game and looked for a time that was appropriate to incorporate it.  Hmmmm.

Then there was the "plucking" comments in the 3rd and 4th quarters.  The Clemson player "plucked the ball right out of the air!" You could "hear the sound of the ball getting plucked right out of the air!" "He really just plucked that ball right out of the air." Seriously... three times in a row, with almost no other commentary in between.  Of course, on the very next play, the OSU player intercepted the ball by "plucking it right off of the ground".  Perhaps that didn't work as well for him because he only said it once.

Not too long afterwards, poor Braxton got sacked again and looked like he was going to cry.  "That is one hurting Buckeroo", the announcer stated.  "Yep," his partner said, " One hurting buckeroo."

There is so much entertainment to be had in football, and you don't even need to watch the game.

Have a Happy and Healthy New Year!