What is your favorite and or most hated sports cliche?

[Swede]

And I want you all to give 110 per cent on this question.

[El Supremo]

1. "The rubber game"

Bridge has not one fucking thing to do with baseball!

Wait. Except umpires are like dummies.

[Auggie]

2. Thanking Jesus for your victory

Forget about the countless hours spent training. Jesus gave you the edge. Right.

Runner up: "(Said athlete) is a role model". According to.... who? The ratings whore media, that's who. I'll decide for myself who my role models are. And it won't be just because some millionaire can dunk a basketball.

Second runner up: Kissing the trophy. Kiss your wife. Kiss your kid. Kiss your opponent. Kiss some butt. Don't kiss the trophy.

Favorite cliches? I'll have to think about that.

one edit: Not a reply to El Supremo -- just posted in the wrong place

[El Supremo]

5. When Pudge Rodriguez is dead and in his coffin...

he'll still be genuflecting.

[damyank913]

19. Yeah-especially in football, where god helped you beat the shit outta your opponent...

He apparently didn't pray hard enough.

[El Supremo]

3. Favorite: "Cougers pound Beavers"

[Auggie]

4. You know, that is the new standard which all other thread titles will be compared to

I doubt anyone will ever be able to approach its greatness. But we can try.

[joeybee12]

6. He came here to play...

...well, I should freakin hope so!

[Iggo]

7. "I admire his athleticism."

I hate that fucking word.

[Auggie]

10. Definitely -- any use of that word

I hear variations of this all the time: "(His) athleticism showed on that play"

[damyank913]

20. Most definitely!

[1gobluedem]

8. We've battled through some adversity

Adversity is getting your leg blown off by a land mine, not having a sore hamstring.

[Bluzmann57]

9. "This puts it all in perspective"

After a death or some other disaster. Hey numbnuts announcer or athlete, I have had it all in perspective the entire time. Sports is a diversion to us "regular" folks out here and we have lives beyond sports.

[Redbear]

11. Least: She's carrying the team on her back.

Favorite: "We have to play within ourselves." I love it because it captures truths about biology, physics, psychology, and means absolutely nothing. If somebody learns to play outside themselves, that will be a pretty good story.

[Kingofalldems]

12. Most hated: DU sports battles that I totally missed

and now someone was TSed and------

[TZ]

13. Any of the warrior/war/off to combat/battle metaphors

Umm sorry its just a game and even if its physical its not comparable to real combat or war.

[FLPanhandle]

14. The whole "momentum" thing.

Strange, I didn't see sports listed anywhere in Newton's laws.

[Dr Morbius]

15. The dreaded "courageous performance."

Ladies and gentlemen, I like watching sports but I do not play. Someone explain to me how much "courage" it takes to play a freaking game. And then watch a firefighter go through an average day. How much of a hero is LeBron James because he's physically gifted?

Courageous, gutsy, heroic multimillionaires. Please.

[LisaM]

16. "Win or go home".

Ick. It's such a very unsporting sentiment.

[pscot]

17. Ah b'lieve if we can avoid injury.....

n/t

[damyank913]

18. I didn't bring my "A" game...

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

21. We've got to

STEP UP and TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL........aaarrggghh :mad:

[Kingofalldems]

22. Just listen to Doc Walker on DC sports talk for one hour

You will hear every sports cliche ever devised.

[getting old in mke]

23. "He just needs to play within himself"

[KamaAina]

24. "They didn't leave anything out on the field today"

:puke: