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swickles posted:This seems like a good thread to play with this tool: No it doesn't
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I've never heard it either. I can't even figure out what its supposed to mean anyhow and I grew up spending summers on a dairy farm. You'd figure the origin has something to do with, you know, actual cows.
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Aug 12, 2014 01:11
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Sash! posted:I've never heard it either. I can't even figure out what its supposed to mean anyhow and I grew up spending summers on a dairy farm. You'd figure the origin has something to do with, you know, actual cows. Well it has. A bell cow is the lead cow of the herd with a bell around its neck. The ringing of the bell making the herd easier to find or some such bull, I don't know I'm not a cowboy.
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Aug 12, 2014 01:20
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the cow with the bell was the most valuable cow, and led the other cows in and out of the barn (my dad was a farmer, a family of farmers)
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Aug 12, 2014 01:26
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I've never actually seen a cow wearing a bell outside of the movies. We just opened the gate and the cows knew what to do.
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Aug 12, 2014 01:31
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I've never heard that used in reference to football. I'm not as astute as many are around here, but you know...that's pretty esoteric.
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Aug 12, 2014 01:45
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I've heard it used this season to describe Toby Gerhart's role in Jacksonville.
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Aug 12, 2014 01:51
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Ahaha someone just sent me hatemail for not knowing what bell cow meant
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Aug 12, 2014 01:56
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Never heard bell cow before in close to 25 years of following college and NFL football. I'd have to guess it's regional, or the PAC-10/12 and AFC/NFC west just don't have them.
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Aug 12, 2014 02:18
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Mr. Fix It posted:Never heard bell cow before in close to 25 years of following college and NFL football. I'd have to guess it's regional, or the PAC-10/12 and AFC/NFC west just don't have them. Haha, get a load of this dipshit that's never heard of a bell cow back.
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Aug 12, 2014 02:19
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Mr. Fix It posted:Never heard bell cow before in close to 25 years of following college and NFL football. I'd have to guess it's regional, or the PAC-10/12 and AFC/NFC west just don't have them. I'm really starting to wonder if its an SEC/Southern football thing because it sounds folksy as all hell and I swear I've never heard a Big-10 player referred to by it.
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Aug 12, 2014 02:20
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Mr. Fix It posted:Never heard bell cow before in close to 25 years of following college and NFL football. I'd have to guess it's regional, or the PAC-10/12 and AFC/NFC west just don't have them. Well I'm a bandwagon fan who only started watching the Seahawks during the actual Super Bowl, but I've heard it. 
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Aug 12, 2014 02:22
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I think we may be reaching derail mass in this thread (does it matter, I don't know I'm not a forums cowboy), but it's a fairly common term that I see regularly on sites like rotoworld, football outsiders etc. vvvv Oh, that might actually be it. I follow a number of fantasy sites and seem to run into the term constantly. Jerome Agricola fucked around with this message at 02:30 on Aug 12, 2014 |
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Aug 12, 2014 02:27
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I'm actually sort of befuddled by people who haven't heard bell cow back. To be fair I'm filtering through where I've heard it and it's usually in fantasy football circles. That might be the difference.
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Aug 12, 2014 02:27
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I'm really starting to wonder if its an SEC/Southern football thing because it sounds folksy as all hell and I swear I've never heard a Big-10 player referred to by it. Internet searchery seems to indicate no region pattern. This is vexing. Sure wasn't something in Western PA. I remember Feature Back being a huge buzzword a while back. Spoeank posted:it's usually in fantasy football circles I think you're on to something. The overwhelming majority of articles and forum mentions that I found are fantasy related.
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Aug 12, 2014 02:28
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does this count as a bad post on a forum? regarding the convicted steubenville player
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Aug 12, 2014 02:38
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"Bell cow" got used this past season when Dion Sanders (I think) called Forte one after he scored against Green Bay. It ain't terribly common, but it's still being used.
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Aug 12, 2014 02:44
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pillsburysoldier posted:does this count as a bad post on a forum? They let that gently caress back?
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Aug 12, 2014 03:06
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I'm really starting to wonder if its an SEC/Southern football thing because it sounds folksy as all hell and I swear I've never heard a Big-10 player referred to by it. That's the only explanation. All I could think of was someone in Gainesville would say that.
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Aug 12, 2014 03:19
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TyroneGoldstein posted:That's the only explanation. Except it's not, several west coasters(including myself) have already said they're familiar with the term. Again, it's an old phrase. It basically means your best player. And we've probably talked about it way too long.
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Aug 12, 2014 03:27
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Chichevache posted:They let that gently caress back? Yeeeeeep. i remember him at least being contrite at the trial, but his accomplice was outwardly combative and a shitheel to boot. I wonder what he was sentenced with.
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Aug 12, 2014 03:39
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Just to chime in - I've watched rear end tons of football for the past 10 years, posted on forums about it, and have, before today, never heard "bellcow" before. I even live in the midwest, surrounded by farmers, and haven't even heard it in that context.
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Aug 12, 2014 04:40
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warcrimes posted:Again, it's an old phrase. It basically means your best player. And we've probably talked about it way too long. Good point, let's move on to the possible homophobic implications of the expression "bum steer"
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Aug 12, 2014 05:48
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Chichevache posted:Well I'm a bandwagon fan who only started watching the Seahawks during the actual Super Bowl, but I've heard it. That's probably because Marshawn Lynch actually is a bellcow back. It makes sense to me that people on the West Coast wouldn't have heard of a bellcow back. The West Coast Offense is passing centric, whereas the smash-mouth brand of football that makes the SEC so popular is built around big-rear end linemen and big-rear end running backs. warcrimes posted:Except it's not, several west coasters(including myself) have already said they're familiar with the term. And then I read this and I wonder if it's just people filtering buzzwords when listening to broadcasts. Does anyone understand half the poo poo Jon Gruden says? No, and he's still loving awsome! Chilichimp fucked around with this message at 12:49 on Aug 12, 2014 |
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Aug 12, 2014 12:45
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Frank Gore has been the 49ers' "bell cow" for years, according to local media, but I had no idea that it was a widespread term and not just a weird thing made up specifically for him.
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Aug 12, 2014 18:41
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Heard the phrase a lot, but mostly with fantasy football. I have always understood it to be the opposite of the runningback by committee that a lot of teams use since runningbacks get beat the gently caress up so hard.
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Aug 12, 2014 19:03
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Jesus Christ you nerds we have a mega derail solely because people need a hivemind opinion to validate their football intelligence solely because you may or may not have heard the term bell cow before
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Aug 12, 2014 19:40
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AAA DOLFAN posted:Jesus Christ you nerds we have a mega derail solely because people need a hivemind opinion to validate their football intelligence solely because you may or may not have heard the term bell cow before Guess what team doesn't have a bellcow. The Dolphins.
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Aug 12, 2014 20:30
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We don't have a lot of things you hear mentioned as a tired sports cliche like "an offensive mastermind" or "franchise quarterback" or "chance to go the distance"
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Aug 12, 2014 21:28
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A few years ago I was at a bar with my girl and another couple. Just trying to enjoy some wings and a beer. Since I’ve always hated football it didn’t occur to me it was Sunday mid game. So there we were. Surrounded by fat drunk loud mouth blabbering slobs of all varieties. the fat butch wearing the oversized jersey and sideways hat (borderline Down syndrome). Ugh just thinking about years later makes my blood boil. They were bumping our table screaming in our ears. Amongst other things. One got in my face demanding to know why we weren’t into the game. I’d had it. A year long court case ensued. Me unharmed. Them, broken noses, teeth knocked out extra. Police came and actually turned taped the area off as a crime scene . Hey football tards! Don’t scream at and touch the girl friend of a 300 lbs bodybuilder who’s been doing kickboxing since he could walk. Idiots!
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Aug 14, 2014 04:26
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Thermos H Christ posted:A few years ago I was at a bar with my girl and another couple. Just trying to enjoy some wings and a beer. Since I’ve always hated football it didn’t occur to me it was Sunday mid game. So there we were. Surrounded by fat drunk loud mouth blabbering slobs of all varieties. the fat butch wearing the oversized jersey and sideways hat (borderline Down syndrome). Ugh just thinking about years later makes my blood boil. They were bumping our table screaming in our ears. Amongst other things. One got in my face demanding to know why we weren’t into the game. I’d had it. A year long court case ensued. Me unharmed. Them, broken noses, teeth knocked out extra. Police came and actually turned taped the area off as a crime scene . Hey football tards! Don’t scream at and touch the girl friend of a 300 lbs bodybuilder who’s been doing kickboxing since he could walk. Idiots! Did the whole barroom break into applause after?
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Aug 14, 2014 05:04
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We were the fat drunk loud mouth blabbering slobs of all varieties the entire time
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Aug 14, 2014 05:11
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Really want to see a 300 lb. kickboxer. If you google "300 lb kickboxer" right now, you get training equipment, not people.
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Aug 14, 2014 05:19
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Anals of History posted:Really want to see a 300 lb. kickboxer. If you google "300 lb kickboxer" right now, you get training equipment, not people. To be fair, he said 300lb body builder... who also kick boxes.
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Aug 14, 2014 11:21
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Thaddius the Large posted:Did the whole barroom break into applause after? Probably, right before he beat them down for making noise at a bar.
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Aug 14, 2014 14:05
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He missed a prime opportunity to say he was a Navy SEAL as well
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Aug 14, 2014 17:08
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Ive been kick boxing since birth *hefts all 330 lbs out of bar chair* taste my steel, ruffians
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Aug 14, 2014 17:23
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I'm also a "kickboxer", because once in a while when I go to the gym I put on gloves and do sets of punch/kick combos on a bag for cardio while making Bruce Lee noises
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Aug 14, 2014 17:23
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football fuckerman posted:Ive been kick boxing since birth *hefts all 330 lbs out of bar chair* taste my steel, ruffians This kid is unreal
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Aug 14, 2014 17:25
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At that size you're more likely to be a strongman but whatever let the insecure gym rat rattle off his poo poo. Nothing is funnier than watching a bulk lifter try to do martial arts. It goes like clockwork every time and they end up on the ground with NO idea how the 185 lb guy just flipped him on his rear end
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