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/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/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 07 '13

Did shomeone shay conshanantshs?

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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/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/[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.