A dumb phrase

Posted: Friday, January 02, 2009 by Travis Cody in
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This could be the most idiotic phrase uttered by pronouncers in college sports.

"This is the Nth time that these two teams have met."

This is college sports. Seniors graduate, freshman join the squad, sometimes student-athletes transfer, or professional prospects leave school early to enter the draft.

As such, the two teams would never have met more than once with the exact same group of players unless they played more than once in the same season.

College sports programs can meet many times across the years. But the closest two particular teams of the exact same group of players would get to playing each other more than once would be the group of freshman, sophomores, and juniors who might play the home-and-home over two years.

This particular phrase annoys me slightly more than the phrase "he's as good as anybody else".

That is all.

15 comments:

  1. Unknown says:
    02 January, 2009 01:04

    On a similar note, why do the people who print "This page is blank" (usually at the end of exam papers) fail to realise that No, it bl--dy isn't now!

  1. Empress Bee (of the high sea) says:
    02 January, 2009 06:30

    right trav! i think i'll make a cake later today! want to come by?

    smiles, bee
    xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

  1. Anonymous says:
    02 January, 2009 07:09

    Amen, Travis... Each year is a different team...

  1. Desert Songbird says:
    02 January, 2009 08:39

    I hate any and all statistics given during games, especially the ones that sound so made up, like "number of passes when the wind was 40 miles an hour and for longer than 30 yards."

    Geez! Shuddup already and lemme watch the frackin' game!

  1. Akelamalu says:
    02 January, 2009 09:25

    I don't watch sport, as you know, mainly because of the innane comments made. ;)

  1. Charles Gramlich says:
    02 January, 2009 10:02

    I never really thought about that "two teams meeting" thing but I see you're point.

  1. Cinnamon Girl says:
    02 January, 2009 15:34

    LOL! You want smart from sportscasters?

    That is like asking for an oscar winning turn by Howie Long :P

    PS : I LOVE Howie ;0

  1. Linda says:
    02 January, 2009 16:30

    Whoa - what? "He's as good as anybody else" ... people actually say that?? Are you kidding me??

    No wonder I don't watch sports!

  1. RW says:
    02 January, 2009 17:39

    Here is a better phrase Always remember you're unique.
    Just like everyone else. Lend me your ear Trav I have a award for you (Click Here)

  1. Mimi Lenox says:
    02 January, 2009 19:10

    I did not understand a word of what you just said my friend but I thoroughly enjoyed it.

  1. Mimi Lenox says:
    02 January, 2009 19:10

    What sport was that?

  1. katherine. says:
    02 January, 2009 20:06

    I do understand what you are saying about the teams being different each time they meet...

    but those of us who feel strongly about college rivalries...cal v stanford....UCLA v USC...don't think of how often those "sports programs" have met..we think about how often "teams from these schools" have met.

    I guess the sports guys could say "this is the Nth time these two schools" have met on the football field...

    eh
    I dunno.

  1. Anonymous says:
    02 January, 2009 22:48

    Feel better now, babe? lol

  1. Julie says:
    03 January, 2009 07:38

    I haven't enough space to list the phrasing I think is dumb!

    Bwhahahahaha!

  1. Marilyn says:
    04 January, 2009 10:15

    I don't watch sports but I can see how that would be annoying.

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