Things in sports you are just plain tired of

Zag - You're right about Michigan fans now appreciating Lloyd ...

And getting fleas? How about probation? That's a very real possibility.

I hope the new AD has no patience for this clown.

 

NASCAR races where they show endless shots of the drivers' wives. They show them praying, they show them talking on the headphones (what advice are they giving their husbands anyways?). I'm not talking 1 or 2 shots. I'm talking every other lap.

 

Fans that blame either the refs or the coach on the team's problems. Ever stop to think it's the players that suck?

 

I'm sick of sideline reporters who haven't staged nude videos for the web.

I'm talking to you, Jenn Brown and Rachel Nichols!!!

 

And you, Holly Rowe!!

Wait, whut?

 

No, after watching the baseball playoffs, I'd say it's 1. umpires, by a wide margin.

 

Player fines that are the equivalent of being fined .25 cents for a speeding ticket. SI had a blurb about the NFL fining Chad Ochocinco more for wearing the wrong color chinstrap than they fined a guy for an illegal horse collar tackle.

That said - I'd love to read a story about where all the fine money goes at the end of the year. I think most leagues dole it out to non-profits, but it would be an interesting "follow the dollar" kind of story.

 

I'm more talking about the fans who complain about officiating and coaching non-stop. But yeah, the playoff baseball umpiring sucked.

 

Sound effects that go along with promo intros/outros during football/baseball broadcasts (Paging FOX Sports......).

 

Marc Curles, Penn Wagers, Boise State, Hawai'i, Utah, BYU, anything broadcast by FOX, Zombie Nation, thundersticks, Les Miles, GameDay being sent to lousy games (BC/FSU, hehindeedy!), the MLB ASG, the Sawwwwwks, Bill Plaschke, Mark May, Tim Tebow, pretending like Herschel Walker didn't score TDs in bowl games, Wake Forest, teams that have to tarp over empty sections (suck it up), Stanford, Jim Calhoun, horse racing, giving Jeter credit for his defense, Mariano Rivera's inability to be bad, the Missouri Valley Conference, Nationals Park, columnists who refuse to recognize that a bad call pretty much determined a game's outcome, Jeff Schultz, University of Phoenix Stadium, WRs complaining about not getting the ball then doing a complete 180 within 24 hours, shots of the Dallas Cowboys sideline, Randy Winn, NBA courts that all look the same, columnists pretending like some certain sports seasons (2006 NCAA basketball) aren't just total mulligans, Duncan Face, the Notre Dame-Pac10/Gonzaga-Pac10 sycophantic back-scratching, Notre Dame in general, the Big 10, Ohio State's annual undeserved trip to the BCS, former players as analysts who suck at it, Mark Bradley, "the fact of the matter is," "the reality of the situation is," "day in and day out," "gamer," "trickeration," "escapability," "young man," and on and on and on and on.

 

Steelermania

 

The BCS, Fox showing stars of its shows in the crowd at post-season baseball game, play-by-play and color guys who don't understand even the basic rules of football and Brent Musburger.

And Mack Brown whining.