Stuff from the world of sports that Irritates the Crap Outta Me

[shocka khan]

Ha!

But nope, lingerie in Oklahoma is a pair of boxers and a jog bra.

No special season for that. ;-)

Did you hear the one about the two Okies who froze to death?

They went to the drive-in to see Closed for the Season.

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

Announcers that say "WE" as in "We need to play better defense." Unless you are a coach or on the the team, it is not about you. It is even more grating when it's some second rate high school broadcast.

If Mike Kennedy says "we" I have zero problem with it. He's pretty much a part of the team in my mind.

I'd say the same for anyone who is paid to describe a sporting event while openly rooting for the school they work for.

[Art Bunch]

I forgot to mention before - and I was reminded watching the Chiefs and the Bears - coaches chomping gum and chewing with their mouths open. John Fox, Pete Carroll, and many more, were these guys not raised by someone who taught them the most basic manners?

[WstateU]

Ha!

But nope, lingerie in Oklahoma is a pair of boxers and a jog bra.

No special season for that. ;-)

[Kung Wu]

I forgot to mention before - and I was reminded watching the Chiefs and the Bears - coaches chomping gum and chewing with their mouths open. John Fox, Pete Carroll, and many more, were these guys not raised by someone who taught them the most basic manners?

My guess is that nerves and adrenaline are kicking in and the "manners" neurons just don't get very much juice to drink when that happens.

[The 'hut]

If Mike Kennedy says "we" I have zero problem with it. He's pretty much a part of the team in my mind.

I'd say the same for anyone who is paid to describe a sporting event while openly rooting for the school they work for.

Mike doesn't say "we" ....he's a pro.

[Bentley]

Zone is a gimmick. Exactly what it is. If you're the better team man up. No need to zone. Never get why fans wanna zone.

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

Basketball is a team game. Zone defense requires a high level of teamwork to maximize its effectiveness. I've never understood the "man-to-man is real basketball, zone defense is a gimmick" school of thought.

I'd call fouling to stop the clock late in the game a gimmick way before I would call a zone defense one.

[WuShock16]

Mike doesn't say "we" ....he's a pro.

I seem to remember Dave Dahl talking about when he was starting as color analyst. The first thing Mike told him was "DON'T SAY WE."

[WuDrWu]

Zone is a gimmick. Exactly what it is. If you're the better team man up. No need to zone. Never get why fans wanna zone.

I love the zone because of the options you have to trap and force the other team into decisions that sometimes they don't want to make. I also think it makes transition defense more difficult for the other team.

Man to man is great, but doing the same thing time and time and time again is unlikely to be a successful plan against a really good team.

[pogo]

Does anyone even go to lingerie football? I've never been and I don't know anyone that's gone to one single game.

I go for the halftime marching bands.

[pogo]

I'm not a big fan of the cuse zone but they make it their own. I like a zone if there is a person on the other team that is just in his own zone and killing us. Showing zone from time to time disrupts an offense. I like a coach that is not so macho that he will not use it at anytime.

[Kung Wu]

Zone is a gimmick. Exactly what it is. If you're the better team man up. No need to zone. Never get why fans wanna zone.

A highly coordinated zone performed to perfection by a specialized penalty killing unit is a thing of beauty when your 6th man is sitting in the 2 minute penalty box and the other side is breathing down your neck with the power play.

[Royalno5]

Gottlieb

[KSUUWSU]

Vitale irritates me...bad.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/13879406/all-solid-gold-preseason-team-2015-2016