[Ads-l] matriculated

[Peter Reitan]

The expression became widely known because it was the first time a head coach wore a microphone during a Super Bowl.

They use a clip of Hank Stram saying it in nearly every TV show about NFL history.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-wild-super-bowl-stories-from-steve-sabol-20160204-story.html




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It might be famous with devoted fans, but as James said, it's otherwise
opaque.

Mark

On Wed, Oct 24, 2018, 10:38 AM Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 9:11 AM James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at netscape.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Sunday's Fox Sports telecast of the Philadelphia Eagles game, an
> Eagles
> > player broke a tackle near the sideline and continued running for a
> > respectable distance.  The sportscaster said that the Eagle "matriculated
> > in the sidelines".  Hard to day what word the sportscaster was thinking
> > of.  "Trickled"?  But a football player breaking tackles and running full
> > speed can hardly be said to have "trickled".
>
>
> Probably an oblique reference to the famous line by Kansas City Chiefs
> coach Hank Stram, "Just keep matriculating the ball down the field, boys."
>
> Heard at 1:30 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSeWMOZzzhU
>
>

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