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Friday, March 13, 2015

More Chins Than A Chinese Phonebook


The Big Ten men's basketball tournament is being telecast on ESPN.  Last night, I watched the Buckeyes beat the Gophers.  Yay.

The announcers for the entire tournament are Mike Tirico and Dan Dakich.  They're both pretty good.  Dakich is a former player and coach who's now best-known for his pet catch-phrase:  "Chin on the rim."  I've mentioned it before, and I'm not alone.  Dan even had his own little segment in last night's game to explain that it means, essentially, when you're down low in the paint, keep your head up, your eyes on the basket and go up strong.

Dakich is so in love with saying "keep your chin on the rim," he finds a way to say it 10-12 times a game.  By the time the tournament is over, he'll have dropped more "chins" than a Chinese phonebook! 


Perhaps realizing we've had about all the chins we can stand, last night Dakich tried out a new bit of inscrutable color commentary:  "Big possums walk late."  Huh?

http://bustergammons.blogspot.com/2013/03/new-college-basketball-drinking-game.html

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