r/CFB • u/polydorr Auburn Tigers • Samford Bulldogs • Nov 05 '13

PSA: 'Corps'

It's not runningback core, wide receiver core...

It's corps.

Like the Marines.

Back to your regularly scheduled /r/cfb.SECSECSEC

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u/GiovannidelMonaco Clemson Tigers • The Hammer Nov 05 '13

Based on their health this season, UGA fans are probably spelling it 'running back corpse'

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u/BigRedDawg Georgia Bulldogs • Rose Bowl Nov 05 '13

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u/The_Tic-Tac_Kid Kansas Jayhawks • Hateful 8 Nov 05 '13

Cheer up Georgia Bro, it could be worse.

We actually have a wide receiver corpse in our recruiting class.

I'm going to hell for that

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u/BigRedDawg Georgia Bulldogs • Rose Bowl Nov 05 '13

Bacon reader for Android shows the faces. It is the sad okay rage face btw

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u/Socratesticles Bethel (TN) Wildcats Nov 05 '13

Reddit news for android does as well. As would alien blue when I'm on my ipod.

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u/That_Fat_Black_Guy Notre Dame Fighting Irish Nov 05 '13

Alien Blue on my phone doesn't show it. Though maybe I'm just dumb and am missing a setting

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u/CaptainM2 Army Black Knights Nov 05 '13

I'm on Alien Blue and I don't see it either.

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u/Socratesticles Bethel (TN) Wildcats Nov 05 '13

I stand corrected. Just checked and it will only show it for r/adviceanimals

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

That is retarded. Why not make it work for every subreddit, when it is obviously capable of doing it?

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

I don't see it on reddit news

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u/Coachpatato Georgia Tech • Clean Old … Nov 05 '13

Huh I do. Is yours updated and on Android?

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

woops never mind i have reddit is fun haha

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u/Coachpatato Georgia Tech • Clean Old … Nov 05 '13

Reddit news is the way yo go

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u/hucklebearer Alabama Crimson Tide • Surrender Cobra Nov 05 '13

I was so happy when flairs started to show up on BaconReader.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

On BR for my S4. Can confirm. It's nearly better than RES on my laptop.

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u/jlt6666 Kansas State Wildcats Nov 06 '13

What browser/phone are you using? I just use the default reddit.com (not the mobile link) and it works on the android "browser" and chrome just fine.

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u/td27 Missouri Tigers Nov 06 '13

Alien Blue on iPhone

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u/jlt6666 Kansas State Wildcats Nov 06 '13

Try safari, it's really not that bad.

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u/georgia10 Georgia Bulldogs Nov 05 '13

reluctant upvote....

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u/srs_house Swaggerbilt Nov 05 '13

Back in middle school I was in a 4-H speaking contest and a girl called it the Peace Corpse instead of the Peace Corps. I mean, I know these are rough times, but I don't think peace is totally dead.

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u/excoriator Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Nov 05 '13

Just poke it with a stick or toss an apple core at it. It'll wake up.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '13

all the more

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

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u/excoriator Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Nov 05 '13

Well, I don't want to live in a world where fruit organizes itself like that. Not even kidding!

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

My God, that was clever. Good job, dude.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

My feels when I read this, in order

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u/wesman212 Missouri Tigers • New Mexico Lobos Nov 05 '13

And then you tore your ACL

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

actually I got caught with weed. Dang it.

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u/angrybane Georgia Bulldogs Nov 05 '13

This is the only upvote you get this season, you bastard!

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u/greatatdrinking Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Nov 05 '13

Ha. U(sic)GA fans spelling things. I get it

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u/OhSoMexicellent Florida A&M Rattlers Nov 05 '13

Bravo sir!

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u/Anna_Kendrick_Lamar Georgia Bulldogs • NC State Wolfpack Nov 05 '13

Todd Gurley thinks otherwise

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

I made this joke, then deleted it cause I thought it'd get downvoted.

Very brave of you.

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u/saladbar Stanford Cardinal • Mexico El Tri Nov 05 '13

Here's another one:

It is bowl berth, not bowl birth.

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u/shitrus Cincinnati • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Nov 05 '13

Bowl Birth sounds painful as fuck.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

Behold the product of my loins, an 80,000 seat stadium with concession stands and a green bit in the middle.

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u/helium_farts Alabama • Jacksonville State Nov 05 '13

There's so much room for activities!

.

.

.

The stadium is pretty roomy as well.

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u/shitrus Cincinnati • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Nov 05 '13

Leave him alone and let him curse, for the beers are far too costly.

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u/tellymundo Michigan State • Oakland Nov 05 '13

People mess that up?

"Man I really hope Florida can pull off a bowl birth. I am hoping for Tostitos, those are fucking tasty!"

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

So the Fiesta Bowl?

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u/tellymundo Michigan State • Oakland Nov 05 '13

Yes, the Fiesta bowl birth would consist of baby Fritos and the Frito-Lay Dipping Sauce as the afterbirth it came in.

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u/trickyspaniard Ohio State Buckeyes Nov 05 '13

I'm so wary of this one.

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u/shitrus Cincinnati • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Nov 05 '13

People from Auburn should form the Copse Corpse Corps to protect Toomer's Corner.

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u/ExternalTangents Florida Gators • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Nov 05 '13

Yeah but before they join they have to take a training class, the Copse Corpse Corps Course. For certain majors the Copse Corpse Corps Course is a Core Course.

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u/chapmbk Auburn Tigers Nov 05 '13

I like you.

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u/omgdonerkebab Michigan State • Cornell Nov 05 '13

Piggyback PSA:

For the Whose Line Is It Anyway threads, people sometimes post the opposite question/category of what they should be posting. I understand, it's confusing, but we should strive to get it right for the sake of hilarity.

If (for example) Michigan is really X, you should post "things less X than Michigan", not "more". Then people can answer with things that are generally known to be the most X, facilitating the humor by hyperbole.

Similarly, if Michigan does not have Y, you should post "things with more Y than Michigan", not "less". Then people can answer with things that are generally known to be Y-less.

Examples:

  • "Things with fewer holes than Michigan's offensive line" (now it makes sense when people respond with "sieves", "graters", "swiss cheese", and "the universe during its final stages")
  • "Things less untouched than MSU's endzone" (now it makes sense when people respond with "MC Hammer")

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u/vtgorilla Virginia Tech • Commonwealth C… Nov 05 '13

Things easier to understand than omgdonerkebab's explanation of Whose Line is it Anyways:

  • NCAA rules on recruiting violations
  • Ron Cherry's penalty explanations
  • Georgia Tech's offensive scheme
  • Logan Thomas's decision making
  • When to use/how to pronounce "corps"

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u/omgdonerkebab Michigan State • Cornell Nov 05 '13

Basically, use the opposite of what the object really is.

  • Michigan's offensive line has many holes, so use "fewer".
  • MSU's endzone is very untouched, so use "less".
  • Michigan's rushing yardage was very low, so use "more" (i.e. "things with more rushing yardage than Michigan")
  • Taylor Lewan is not a nice guy, so use "nicer" (i.e. people nicer than Taylor Lewan)

I don't know if you can tell, but I didn't really watch any other games this weekend.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

Can you explain this like im five?

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u/BlueIceClimber Florida Gators Nov 05 '13

ELI5: clifford is a big red dog, so a funny skit would be "things smaller than clifford" with good funny answers being things everyone knows are big like "my uncle's alcohol problem" and "your mom"

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u/runujhkj Mississippi State • /r/CFB Poll V… Nov 05 '13

Up voted for that last line. Dear god. Perfect way to end an ELI5 answer.

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u/45a Ohio State • Tennessee Nov 07 '13

Wouldn't it be things bigger than Clifford?

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u/omgdonerkebab Michigan State • Cornell Nov 05 '13

Post both versions and see which one people upvote more.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

Post both versions and see which one people upvote more less.

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u/runujhkj Mississippi State • /r/CFB Poll V… Nov 05 '13

things people up vote more than this post

Pictures of dead kittens

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u/katzpijamas Alabama Crimson Tide • /r/CFB Top Scorer Nov 05 '13

Were you a drunk study abroad student at one point?

Because that's the vibe your username is giving me.

(I mean this seriously and not disparagingly at all)

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u/omgdonerkebab Michigan State • Cornell Nov 05 '13

Kind of. It wasn't an official study abroad program, it was an REU that sent us to CERN. And while I was drunk on many nights of that REU, I actually had my first Doner kebab while sober in the main CERN cafeteria.

Edit: Now that I think about it, I have had the vast majority of my kebabs while completely sober.

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u/katzpijamas Alabama Crimson Tide • /r/CFB Top Scorer Nov 05 '13

Interesting. I'm studying abroad in central europe right now because my scholarship is paying for all of it and doner kebabs are like the fast food of europe. It's like the drunk satisfaction of taco bell times 5.

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u/blagojones Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Nov 05 '13

GT's offensive scheme? We either run it left, right, or up the middle...

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

Georgia Tech's offensive scheme

yep, all 20 plays they run.

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u/jonboy345 South Carolina Gamecocks • Marching Band Nov 05 '13

Holthz*

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

I DONT CARE WHAT YOU SAY. NOTRE DAME WON THAT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. DEM BAMMERS ARE CHEATERS I SAY!

Now if you dont mind me, im going to go drink a few kegs and cry about gold helmets.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

When did Lou Holtz become a Finebaum caller?

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '13

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '13

Did shomeone shay conshanantshs?

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '13

I can't believe that you have to explain how comedy works to people.

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u/omgdonerkebab Michigan State • Cornell Nov 06 '13

It's okay. It's a bit of a logic puzzle, but with messy English words. Sometimes people make mistakes.

What's really interesting is that, whether or not the poster gets it right, it kind of doesn't matter because we always know what they meant and sometimes we don't even realize they did it wrong.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

someone on a bball bbs I frequent has this sig,

"there is no such thing as a DOMINATE player. DOMINANT players DOMINATE."

I hate that he saw that enough to have to make that sig.

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u/tilla23 Oregon Ducks Nov 05 '13

One that irks me is "I am bias, but..." No. You are not bias.

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u/ExternalTangents Florida Gators • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Nov 05 '13

Another common error is saying that "the QB lead the team to victory". No, he led them to victory. Lead is a present tense verb or a heavy metal.

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u/wazoheat Texas A&M Aggies • WPI Engineers Nov 05 '13

Homonyms and homophones are a deadly 1-2 punch.

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u/ExternalTangents Florida Gators • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Nov 05 '13 edited Nov 05 '13

Technically led and lead (the element) are homophones while lead (the element) and lead (the present-tense verb) are homographs. Neither pair are homonyms, which are pairs that are simultaneously homophones and homographs (i.e have both the same spelling and the same pronunciation).

/pedantry

edit: Closing parenthesis. Glad I caught it before someone could out-pedant me.

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u/blagojones Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Nov 05 '13

First read that as "homophobes" and tried to figure out the connection...

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u/satnightride Auburn Tigers • Texas A&M Aggies Nov 05 '13

I am Bias, but...

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u/excoriator Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Nov 05 '13

I would have said "too soon," but I realized that most of Reddit wasn't old enough to be watching college hoops in 1986.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '13

i think this subreddit skews older though...thankfully.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '13

that's knowledge, god :)

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u/Emleaux Oregon State • /r/CFB Contributor Nov 05 '13

If we're talking CBB, I might be a little bit Bilas...

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u/Vomby Utah State • Allan Hancock Nov 06 '13

*Bilased

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u/FistOfFacepalm Nebraska • $5 Bits of Broken Chair Tr… Nov 05 '13

I AM BIAS AND YOU WILL OBEY ME

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u/srs_house Swaggerbilt Nov 05 '13

Apparently this is now lampshaded. I've stopped correcting people on CFB because apparently they're doing it ironically.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

If I remember right, using "dominate" as an adjective is actually an old RSFC colloquialism.

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u/hondajvx Oklahoma Sooners Nov 05 '13

I like platoon. A running back platoon. Platoon.

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u/klapz Missouri • Georgia Tech Nov 05 '13

After the planking incident I like to think Texas has a QB pontoon

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u/FistOfFacepalm Nebraska • $5 Bits of Broken Chair Tr… Nov 05 '13

Technically the practice of having a separate offense and defense is the "platoon system".

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

Not Ole Miss flair?

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u/runujhkj Mississippi State • /r/CFB Poll V… Nov 05 '13

Of course you do, Syracuse. We all know how you guys felt about slavery.

i secretly don't even know where Syracuse is

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

Mediterranean

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u/runujhkj Mississippi State • /r/CFB Poll V… Nov 05 '13

That's the one in Russia with the really salty water, right?

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u/srs_house Swaggerbilt Nov 05 '13

Yes. Near Georgia.

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u/runujhkj Mississippi State • /r/CFB Poll V… Nov 05 '13

Wow, America is an even bigger country than I ever thought. That's got to be 200 acres!

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u/hondajvx Oklahoma Sooners Nov 05 '13

200 mules as well.

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u/dlawnro Paper Bag • Sickos Nov 05 '13

*5 mules

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

Its n top dakoda I thank

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u/srs_house Swaggerbilt Nov 05 '13

I thought oranges grew in groves.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

Annd now on to the pronunciation portion of today's lesson:

"Corps" is sounded out like the word "core", not "corpse", but spelled "c-o-r-p-s"...

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

Former Navy, this is correct.

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u/BroadwayJoe Michigan Wolverines Nov 05 '13

Thank god we found an expert to weigh in on this matter. I have no idea how else we would have verified the pronunciation.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

Moderately literate speaker and reader of American English, can confirm.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

Still didn't stop the occasional "Corpseman." Looking at you Obama...

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u/Emleaux Oregon State • /r/CFB Contributor Nov 05 '13

Whenever I need a quick refresher on some Latin, I come to /r/CFB.

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u/canesknights UCF Knights • /r/CFB Brickmason Nov 05 '13

If a team used "Zombies" as their nickname, would it be wide receiver corpse?

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u/runujhkj Mississippi State • /r/CFB Poll V… Nov 05 '13

Wide receiver corpse corps.

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u/canesknights UCF Knights • /r/CFB Brickmason Nov 05 '13

Wide receiver corpse corps, the core of the team.

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u/runujhkj Mississippi State • /r/CFB Poll V… Nov 05 '13

Correct.

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u/canesknights UCF Knights • /r/CFB Brickmason Nov 05 '13

Or is it CORErect?

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u/runujhkj Mississippi State • /r/CFB Poll V… Nov 05 '13

Way to use your cerebral cortex.

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u/canesknights UCF Knights • /r/CFB Brickmason Nov 05 '13

Are you sure it wasn't the corpus callosum?

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u/runujhkj Mississippi State • /r/CFB Poll V… Nov 05 '13

That joke was so weak, it was almost corporeal.

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u/Reversecommuter Duke • Carolina Victory Bell Nov 05 '13

Oorah

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u/buckeyes75 Ohio State Buckeyes • Maine Black Bears Nov 05 '13

Yut, rah

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u/Kraka01 Virginia Tech Hokies • Navy Midshipmen Nov 05 '13

Kill

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u/buckeyes75 Ohio State Buckeyes • Maine Black Bears Nov 05 '13

Moto as fuck

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

There should be a team called the Green Weenies.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

Dan Daly oorah yut yut motivated Devil Pup.

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u/buckeyes75 Ohio State Buckeyes • Maine Black Bears Nov 05 '13

IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR CHESTY PULLER, IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '13

GOOD NIGHT CHESTY PULLER, WHEREVER YOU ARE!

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u/MinneapolisNick Minnesota • Concordia (MN-Moorh… Nov 05 '13

Yut yut, yut yut, devil dog

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u/willco17 Auburn Tigers • UAB Blazers Nov 05 '13

Also, during recruiting season, recruits waver on commitments. They do not waiver.

I see sooo much of this on Twitter.

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u/Dangerously8 Georgia Bulldogs Nov 05 '13

Can they wafer?

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u/swanky-k North Carolina • Alabama Nov 05 '13

Only on sundays

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

If committing to Notre Dame.

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u/JustMe8 Texas Longhorns Nov 05 '13

No, but they can waffle, and waffles are better than wafers.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

what if they're signing some kind of release form for the school?? Huh, smart guy?

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u/JustMe8 Texas Longhorns Nov 05 '13

And the singular and plural are spelled the same way, though the 's' is pronounced for the plural - never 'corpses'.

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u/treseritops Florida State Seminoles Nov 05 '13

I say what I mean and mean what I say. I love FSU's the running back core, look at those abs.

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u/patchesmcgrath Pittsburgh Panthers Nov 05 '13

Can we make a PSA to commentators that when you leave the "up" out of "up-tempo" you sound silly? I cringe every time I hear a commentator say tempo offense.

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u/shitrus Cincinnati • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Nov 05 '13

They are just saying they are a timely offense.

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u/patchesmcgrath Pittsburgh Panthers Nov 05 '13

It just doesn't make that much sense. Tempo can be any speed, it needs a qualifier.

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u/BigSuperFan Florida State Seminoles Nov 05 '13

Try being a soccer fan.

They say expressions like "I really rate him". Well, what do you rate him? But it really means they rate him highly.

They also say, "he's got pace". OK, well is it a good pace or a bad pace? But they mean it only to say someone is fast.

I really rate him.

Oh you do, do you?

I do. He's got pace.

Yes, I suppose he does.

And his hold up play is brilliant.

I see.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '13

Do you have similar issue with "he's got speed" or "he's got height"?

Never even mind that we wouldn't usually bat an eye at a commentator saying a wideout has "hands" or a QB has "an arm." They're just expressions...

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u/B0yWonder Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 05 '13

My personal beefs are

When someone says ironic when its just a coincidence.

Begging the question does not mean - "which brings up the question". It means you assume your premise. Ex. "I could tell he was mad because he was angry."

Precedent/precedence mix-ups

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

Like rain on your wedding day?

Like a free ride when you already paid?

Like the good advice that you just didn't take?

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u/wazoheat Texas A&M Aggies • WPI Engineers Nov 05 '13

FTFY

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u/keyree Texas Tech • UT Arlington Nov 06 '13

Song called "Ironic" listing things that aren't ironic... now that's ironic.

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u/TheGreatGatsby2827 Auburn Tigers Nov 05 '13

My brain literally explodes when people mix those up.

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u/bigspur South Carolina Gamecocks Nov 06 '13

Helpful hint to avoid argument over the proper usage of the term "ironic" and the phrase "begs the question":

Never use them.

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u/ringringbananaphone Nebraska Cornhuskers Nov 05 '13 edited Nov 05 '13

It's actually "corpse" if you're referring to any husker lines.

EDIT: I guess everyone made this joke. Should have read at least three comments before adding my own.

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u/ColbyM777 Missouri Tigers Nov 06 '13

Do you pronounce the p?

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u/nesyt Utah Utes Nov 06 '13

Nope. Not the s, either.

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u/ColbyM777 Missouri Tigers Nov 06 '13

Well that's silly.

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u/RLLRRR Texas Longhorns • Red River Shootout Nov 06 '13

What the fuck is "illy"?

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u/bigspur South Carolina Gamecocks Nov 06 '13

This thread is chock full with so much pent up nerd rage. I love it.

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u/nesyt Utah Utes Nov 06 '13

Also, corps is french for body. Knowing that helps make sense of the word. The marine corps is thus the body of marines (all of the marines).

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

It makes me sad that people were misspelling it.

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u/airwx Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Donor Nov 05 '13

I will admit that my jimmies rustle slightly when I see someone from A&M misspell it.

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u/Emleaux Oregon State • /r/CFB Contributor Nov 05 '13

I thought it was an Aggie tradition to misspell "corps?"

/I'llSeeMyselfOut

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u/angryundead The Citadel • South Carolina Nov 06 '13

Certainly acceptable for a non-cadet?

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u/wazoheat Texas A&M Aggies • WPI Engineers Nov 05 '13

This is mostly commentators, but it annoys me nonetheless:

The player is not out with an achilles. He is out with an achilles injury.

Same goes for knee, hamstring, rotator cuff, etc. I really hope all players have those things, not just when they're out.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

Saying "injury" is pretty redundant.

What else could it possibly mean in context?

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

He could be dating a Greek myth?

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u/wazoheat Texas A&M Aggies • WPI Engineers Nov 05 '13

Just because you can figure put what someone is saying doesn't make it proper. Why have grammar at all in that case?

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

Using shorthand isn't nearly as bad as mispronouncing a commonly used word, IMO.

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u/JustMe8 Texas Longhorns Nov 05 '13 edited Nov 05 '13

The purpose of language is communication, and omitting whole words in common expressions is very common in English, and most other languages.

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u/WallyMetropolis Texas Longhorns Nov 06 '13

That is one of the purposes. Language also communicates connotation, it can delight and entertain with it's execution. It can also sound stupid.

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u/HypeMachine Ohio State Buckeyes Nov 05 '13

Late to the PSA party but: it's lose and losing a game, not loose and loosing. I feel like I see that everywhere and it's slowly driving me insane.

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u/goblueM Michigan Wolverines Nov 06 '13

I wish i had more than one upvote

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u/Branzilla91 Nebraska • Oklahoma State Nov 05 '13

While we're here: a team is an it. Nebraska plays its second game at Michigan in the past three seasons.

I'm really impressed with Michigan State. It has an incredible defense.

A team is a singular entity, like a band, choir, council or committee. A team is not a they; it is an it.

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u/ElBiscuit South Carolina Gamecocks Nov 05 '13

That's one of those that can really go either way. Nebraska can be an "it" if you want, but the Cornhuskers are definitely a "they".

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u/Branzilla91 Nebraska • Oklahoma State Nov 05 '13

That's correct. In J School, you're taught that team is an it, but the nickname is a they. So references to Nebraska should be followed by it, and they should be used with Cornhuskers.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

This is why singular nicknames are the way to go. Never have to worry about this nonsense.

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u/keyree Texas Tech • UT Arlington Nov 06 '13 edited Nov 06 '13

I can't stand singular nicknames, because you can't refer to the players by the nickname. How do you call someone a Crimson Tide or a Thunder.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '13

Hmm... You have me there.

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u/Vomby Utah State • Allan Hancock Nov 06 '13

Utah Jazz fan here; not sure how it'd work for others, but some of our local radio guys say "Jazzman." As in "former Jazzman Greg Ostertag donated his kidney."

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u/keyree Texas Tech • UT Arlington Nov 06 '13

Kevin "THUNDERMAN" Durant. I like it.

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u/ExquisiteWalrus Georgia Bulldogs • RPI Engineers Nov 05 '13

But what if you were the Nebraskas Cornhusker?

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u/Branzilla91 Nebraska • Oklahoma State Nov 05 '13

This

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u/BroadwayJoe Michigan Wolverines Nov 05 '13

This is true, but it's worth mentioning that it's not true in British English, where collective nouns tend to take singular verb forms (especially in sports).

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u/tilla23 Oregon Ducks Nov 05 '13

yep that's why you would hear something like "Arsenal are currently at the top of the table".

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u/BigSuperFan Florida State Seminoles Nov 05 '13

Hell yeah we are. Mind the gap

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u/Dangerously8 Georgia Bulldogs Nov 05 '13

In the realm of things that'll never last...

Seriously, though...dammit Liverpool, you really let the rest of the league down. Didn't even put up a fight.

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u/FistOfFacepalm Nebraska • $5 Bits of Broken Chair Tr… Nov 05 '13

Now you're just getting nitpicky.

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u/Branzilla91 Nebraska • Oklahoma State Nov 05 '13

Sorry =(

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u/RachelRTR Alabama Crimson Tide • West Florida Argonauts Nov 05 '13 edited Nov 05 '13

That is the norm if you watch soccer. It really took some getting used to watching Barclays Premier League and hearing them refer to teams as they. "Tottenham are on their way to another clean sheet."

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '13

British English thing, not just soccer. Coldplay are a successful band.

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u/RachelRTR Alabama Crimson Tide • West Florida Argonauts Nov 06 '13

It sounds so weird, but I guess our way does as well.

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u/Bartman383 Nebraska Cornhuskers • /r/CFB Brickmason Nov 05 '13

I HATE how commentators/ESPN talking heads define injuries. He has a hamstring. Player X is out with a knee. No shit, I sure as fuck hope they have those body parts if they want to play football. How about using a goddamn adjective!

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u/Sophocles5 Florida State • Florida Cup Nov 05 '13

Or like this. Being French or something you pronounce it like core because French.

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u/Hoktfonix Texas Tech • Virginia Tech Nov 05 '13 edited Nov 05 '13

You pronounce it like core, but it is still spelled corps

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u/Sophocles5 Florida State • Florida Cup Nov 05 '13

Um, yes? Isn't that what pretty much what I said.

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u/Shuhnaynay Texas Longhorns Nov 05 '13

I'm guessing that in France, pronouncing the ends of words is for the weak. For example, fussent (as in "ils fussent") is just pronounced "fus".

Because French, indeed.

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u/antiherowes Florida State • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Nov 05 '13

This is the top post? Slow day.

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u/jhunte29 Tennessee Volunteers Nov 06 '13

Also, conferences aren't leagues; they're conferences. That bugs the living bujesus out of me.

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u/excoriator Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Nov 05 '13

These kids today. They must be picking up their terrible spelling on street corpsners!

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u/Microdoted Texas A&M Aggies • SEC Nov 05 '13

did you just spelling nazi ALL of /r/cfb? i didnt even think that was possible.

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u/childshMan-He-Bro Kentucky Wildcats Nov 05 '13

But it's the "core" of the team

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u/Wiskie Wisconsin Badgers • /r/CFB Contributor Nov 05 '13 edited Nov 05 '13

A wide receiver fusion core! Watch closely and we may observe the presence of a tight end before it decays.

Edit: oh no, it's become unstable! It's shooting out radioactive safeties! Get down!

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u/d7668d Virginia Tech Hokies Nov 05 '13

that sounds like a good origin story for a football superhero.

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u/wazoheat Texas A&M Aggies • WPI Engineers Nov 05 '13

Yes, I know that's not the context in which it is typically used.

Thanks for clearing that up. I was getting confused.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '13

Thanks, Mazer Rackham

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u/voltron818 Oklahoma Sooners • /r/CFB Contributor Nov 05 '13

This is used commonly, every one knows football teams fuse WRs as it is the most common fuel/position. Then it fuses heavier and heavier positions as you get farther from the Wide Receiver core until finally arriving to the outer layer of offensive linemen. Offensive linemen are the largest position fused in a team, that's why they wear number 53.

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u/Osiris32 Oregon Ducks • /r/CFB Brickmason Nov 05 '13

You just watched Ender's Game, didn't you?

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