Top 10 Over-used Commentator Phrases

Raise your hand if commentators piss you off. If you don't have a hand, I'm sorry....

"It is very dangerous to wave to people you don't know, because what if they don't have a hand? They'll think you're cocky. "Look what I got motherfucker, this thing is useful...I'm gonna go pick something up" - Mitch Hedberg

I've compiled a rough list of commonly over-used jargon. Please, add your own in the comments.

10) "WHOOP!" - When Boomer does highlights and a player jukes someone.

9) "Asterisk" - Ever since the Barry Bonds* saga, any time someone cheats*, there's a bad* call, etc*, there's an asterisk next to everything*

8) "Gunslinger" - Every quarterback that throws a pass is a "gunslinger."

7) "Wrinkle" - When a team uses a new formation or type of play, they're adding a "wrinkle to their offense."

6) "At the end of the day"

5) "Indisputable video evidence to overturn the play" - How long will replay be in the NFL before commentators stop reminding us of this?

4) "4-down territory" - there's 100 yards of 4-down territory. On fourth down, however, many teams choose to punt or kick a field goal. It's still 4th down, whether a team throws, runs, punts, or kicks.

3) "Must-win" - When do teams take the field and say, "We don't have to win this one," with the exception of 13-2 teams in Week 17. (Or the Raiders)

2) "Football team" - "Adrian Peterson is the key player on this football team." Why is "football" necessary? When I'm watching the pregame, I do not need to be reminded that we're talking about the NFL. That's why I pushed "Select" on the "Vikings/Packers" game.

1) "As I said before" - You said a LOT of things before! You talk for a living. Commentators make 1,000 predictions a game. When one comes true, they use it for the rest of the game. "I stated earlier that Peyton Manning got sacked and that could cause some incompletions in the second half. That last incompletion was proof. I'm a genius."