"Pick Six" is a stupid term.

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coonhawk

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I mentioned this on another post, but thought I would dedicate a post to how stupid I think the term "Pick Six" is. Am I alone here or does the popularity of this term over the last two years baffle anyone else? Is saying "interception returned for a TD" that hard to spit out? What lazy SOB invented this term? I know a lot of my hatred for the term itself more than likely comes from the amount of picks we had returned in 2009.

So in spite I propose that in 2011 I will be coining the term "Kick Three" rather then saying we made a field goal this year it will be "Hey did you see how long that kick three was?"
 
The reason it was popular lately was because of the high volume of them during Hawkeye games (mainly against but not all). Can we call a safety a tackle 2 if we're gonna say kick 3?
 
you don't need to call a field goal a kick 3 or a safety a tackle 2 because they both are related to scoring. Simply saying field goal, or safety refers to 3 and 2 points being scored.
 
DexterMorgan said:
you don't need to call a field goal a kick 3 or a safety a tackle 2 because they both are related to scoring. Simply saying field goal, or safety refers to 3 and 2 points being scored.
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By that logic couldn't the same be said about just saying touchdown?
 
Guess it's a personal thing, but IMO I think "pick six" perfectly describes "an interception returned for a touchdown". I see nothing wrong with the phrase "pick six" other unless it's thrown by an Iowa QB.
 
DexterMorgan said:
Simply calling it a touchdown doesn't describe the play in the least. Quite simply it is the most efficient way to describe the play.
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* Eliminates confusion
* Maximizes efficiency

I'm in the "I don't have a problem with it in the least" camp. How many other plays can be determined in just seven letters?
 
I actually call it "A pass that, rather than being caught by a member of one's own team, was seized by a member of the opposing team, at which time it was returned through one's own goal line, thus awarding the opposing team six points."
 
edr247 said:
I actually call it "A pass that, rather than being caught by a member of one's own team, was seized by a member of the opposing team, at which time it was returned through one's own goal line, thus awarding the opposing team six points."
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Yeah but not all announcers get paid by the word. You've got a nice gig goin.
 
coonhawk said:
I guess it may have it's place if your in a time crunch or bad at expressing things aloud.
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So you would rather say:

"That was an awesome interception that was returned for a touchdown!"

vs

"That was an awesome pick-six!"

I know there are many different ways to phrase this type of sentence, but give me one instance where the first example would fit better.
 
Hawkeye11en1 said:
So you would rather say:

"That was an awesome interception that was returned for a touchdown!"

vs

"That was an awesome pick-six!"

I know there are many different ways to phrase this type of sentence, but give me one instance where the first example would fit better.
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Any of them.
 
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