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being a football fan, you come across many phrases that you never hear outside of the sports page or the analysts' booth. words that never come out of the typical person's mouth become commonplace on frigid sundays. things like "he's a special teams maven." when was the last time you heard the word maven in normal conversation? "my nephew, he's a real transformers maven. he's got all of those things." doesn't sound right.
sometimes they get piled on each other. remember how every week some announcer would say, "that Tatem Bell, he's a home-run threat, who can take it to the house at any time." nothing wrong with that, except people can't seem to talk football anymore without resorting to these canned phrases.
how about Shanahan's vaunted zone blocking scheme? well, it's better than his much-malignedD-line. you know, the way your aunt's vaunted sweet potato pie is better than your uncle's much-maligned turducken experiments.
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being a football fan, you come across many phrases that you never hear outside of the sports page or the analysts' booth. words that never come out of the typical person's mouth become commonplace on frigid sundays. things like "he's a special teams maven." when was the last time you heard the word maven in normal conversation? "my nephew, he's a real transformers maven. he's got all of those things." doesn't sound right.
sometimes they get piled on each other. remember how every week some announcer would say, "that Tatem Bell, he's a home-run threat, who can take it to the house at any time." nothing wrong with that, except people can't seem to talk football anymore without resorting to these canned phrases.
how about Shanahan's vaunted zone blocking scheme? well, it's better than his much-malignedD-line. you know, the way your aunt's vaunted sweet potato pie is better than your uncle's much-maligned turducken experiments.
got any more?
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