Dumbest thing youve heard a sports commentator say

[Bollocks#999]

Just heard this one while listening/watching the one day cricket match between Zimbabwe and Australia

"it's a pull-a-thon"

I took it completely out of context as it just sounded so funny

 

[Small_Fryz]

ahha when ricky pointing went crazy.

Murry walker "he is leading the race expept for the person in front of him"

 

[chris100575]

Often used about football - "It was a game of two halves."

Murray Walker - "This has been a great season for Nelson Piquet, as he is now known, and always has been"

Murray Walker - "There you can see the tyre warmers in use, they're for warming the tyres."

Murray Walker - "There's a dry line developing through the tunnel. Erm... which is obvious really, as it has a roof."

Chris

 

[Max Powers]

"Half of the game is 90% mental" - John Madden

 

[DoZeRxXx]

"Half of the game is 90% mental" - John Madden

but that one makes sense and it is true, he is saying that for half of the game you are just using a strategy to beat the opponents and only using 10 percent of skill.

 

[kirkis9]

oh man, madden games have the wost quotes, all residing in madden of course.

he didn't hang on to the ball there, thats a fumble.

its was a laserbeam!
(no im sorry john, it was a football)

 

[Klostrophobic]

I'm constantly amazed with commentators--men and women paid to use the English language who fail to do so in a correct manner.

"I wish I was."
"Tenative."
"Acks questions."

It's absolutely absurd.

 

[DRIFT4EVA]

It may not be a sports one but what the hey. In NFS:HP2 it says "As soon as you bag this guy lets stop off for some Dough Nuts" or something along those lines.

 

[oosacker]

Some of the worst comentators are skating commentators: "most winningest"

 

[boombexus]

"Look at that monkey run." - Howard Coscell.

He was referring to a black man running with the football.

 

[Famine]

Originally posted by chris100575
Often used about football - "It was a game of two halves."

Murray Walker - "This has been a great season for Nelson Piquet, as he is now known, and always has been"

Murray Walker - "There you can see the tyre warmers in use, they're for warming the tyres."

Murray Walker - "There's a dry line developing through the tunnel. Erm... which is obvious really, as it has a roof."

Chris

Everything Murray Walker is golden...

"And the car he's driving is absolutely unique. Except for the one behind him which is absolutely identical"

"You could cut the tension with a cricket stump"


And yes, "most winningest" is the single worst phrase in the human language. Well, except "Is it in yet?", and I've never heard that one...

 

[Rue]

A legendary piece of cricket commentary...

''Bowler's Holding, batman's Willy.''

 

[vat_man]

My favourite Murrayism is 'The beak of the Ayrton Senna chicken is pushing its way through the shell of the Monaco GP'.

I still remember the '93 season, where Murray lasted one corner before his first big error, where he called Prost spinning even though it was quite clearly Damon Hill.

He has special exemption though, as Murray does actually know what he's talking about - he's just not very good at expressing it!

 

[DRIFT4EVA]

Murray Walker definately is the best commentator

 

[ExigeEvan]

from football (soccer) commentry

"Its like theres 11 dicks on the field"

 

[-Fred-]

I'm surprised i didn't see "Boogity Boogity Boogity!" yet. Stupid inbred rednecks...

 

[Famine]

Originally posted by ExigeExcel
from football (soccer) commentry

"Its like theres 11 dicks on the field"

Just to clarify, it was said in a West Ham United match quite a few years ago, during which one player was covering the entire pitch. His name is Julian Dicks...


He is now a professional golfer (amazingly).

 

[Jugend]

What comes to mind.

Soccer comm: -The ball is round (meaning anything can happen)

Icehockey: -Leading with 3 goals is the worst situation (meaning that you relax in that position and get vulnerable)

 

[Will.c]

aww.. Murry Walker, he was great.

I tend to find that the commentators on cable\satelite\digital channels are pretty awfull.. especialy the ones on eurosport.

cant beat BBC or ITV commentators i say

 

[HIGH ON LIFE]

From the 4th quarter of this very super bowl - And, and he could have caught it ...and ...........you know........

 

[HIGH ON LIFE]

Ice hockey-HOLY****!!

 

[Duke]

Is that relevant? Did some commentator say that? Because you shouldn't be swearing, especially not in a post that isn't advancing the discussion one bit...

 

[Famine]

Most famous words ever spoken by a football commentator ever:

"Lord Nelson! Lord Beaverbrook! Sir Winston Churchill! Sir Anthony Eden! Clement Attlee! Henry Cooper! Lady Diana! Maggie Thatcher! Can you hear me Maggie Thatcher? Your boys took one hell of a beating!"

(after Norway beat England 2-0 in a 1982 World Cup qualifier).

 

[Will.c]

^

the most un-usual one so far

 

[Famine]

He was just naming every English person he'd heard of. He was really excited...

If you get a chance to listen to a video/sound clip of it, do. His name is Bjerge Lillelien.

 

[NISMOskyline]

During a table tennis match:

"He is the Michael Jordan of table tennis"

 

[Danny]

'He's 31 this year: last year he was 30.' - David Coleman

'The ageless Dennis Wise, now in his thirties.' - Martin Tyler

'The Italians are hoping for an Italian victory.' David Coleman

'Peru score their third, and It's 3-1 to Scotland.' David Coleman

'If that had gone in, it would have been a goal.' - David Coleman

'Ian Rush is deadly 10 times out of 10, but that wasn't one of them.' - Peter Jones

'Neil Sullivan has stopped absolutely everything have thrown at him...Wimbledon 1, Manchester United 1.' - Mike Ingham

'Emile Zola has scored again for Chelsea.' - Radio 5 live

'This will be their 19th consecutive game without a win unless they can get an equaliser.' - Alan Green

'Martin O'Neill, standing, hands on hips, stroking his chin.'
- Mike Ingham

'Such a positive move by Uruguay - bringing 2 players off and putting 2 players on.' - John Helm

'It's now 1-1, an exact reversal of the scoreline on Saturday.'
- Radio 5 live

'The Uruguayans are losing no time in making a meal around the referee.' - Mike Ingham

'Poland nil, England nil, though England are now looking the better value for their nil.' - Barry Davies

'West Germany's Briegel hasn't been able to get past anyone yet - that's his trademark.' - John Helm

'You don't score 64 goals in 86 games without being able to score goals.' - Alan Green

'It's headed away by John Clark, using his head.' - Derek Rae

'Celtic manager Davie Hay still has a fresh pair of legs up his sleeve.'
- John Greig

'And with just 4 minutes gone, the score is already 0-0.' - Ian Darke

'The USA are a goal down, and if they don't get a goal they'll lose.'
- John Helm

'I predicted in August that Celtic would reach the final. On the eve of that final I stand by that prediction.' - Archie MacPherson

'McCarthy shakes his head in agreement with the referee.' - Martin Tyler

'It was the game that put the Everton ship back on the road.'
- Alan Green

'Lukic saved with his foot, which is all part of the goalkeeper's arm.'
- Barry Davies

'Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer.' - David Acfield

'Sporting Lisbon in their green and white hoops, looking like a team of zebras.' - Peter Jones

'Forest have now lost six matches without winning.' - David Coleman

 

[barryf1fan]

In a golf skins match...

Commentator: [golf commentator voice] This next hole will now be played to see who wants the "fourskins" up for grab.

I'll talk 3 or 5 skins, but I don't want to grab the foreskins!!!

 

[Solid Lifters]

Funniest one was from two announcers of a baseball game I was watching. They come back from commercial and show a player juggling with two balls with one hand. One announcer said, "He's pretty good with two balls, but how good is he with three?" The other announcers said, "If he had three balls, he should see a doctor, and get one of them removed." It sounds stupid, I know, but it was very funny the way it was said.

The worst was at a AAA league baseball game from a team called the California Quakes, who play at the "Epicenter." The announcer would scream out, "And he sends him home crying for his mommma" every time the Quakes would strike somebody out, or got somebody out on base. By the fith time, people were screaming at him to shut the hell up, but he never stopped.

 

[gt4]

"They key to winning this game will be scoring the most points" - Bill Walton