"Stupid is as stupid does." - Tom Hanks,
Forrest Gump (1994)
Had an evil thought just now, which is dangerous for an insane mind like mine. What if I could inspire a viral catchphrase this year?
Hopefully, Dak Prescott will have one of his best seasons and lead the team to its sixth NFL championship. All Cowboys fans will love that to some degree, even though some might not publicly admit it. However, all quarterbacks make mistakes along the way to every conclusion of every season. So. This season. What if whenever Prescott threw an interception, I (or a fellow member) posted:
"Dak pickleballed it."
Whenever Prescott threw an arguably bad pass?
"Dak pickleballed it."
When Prescott takes an unnecessary sack? Throws the ball away when there was an open receiver? Grounded the ball? Fumbled? Whiffed on a throw?
"Dak pickleballed it."
Media reads forums for new material all the time. Sports media in particular, and especially sports talking heads. What if there was a postgame press conference and a reporter asked Prescott, "Dak? Cee Dee was open in the back of the endzone on that crucial third and goal late in the second quarter but you pickleballed it. Did you see him before throwing the ball away?
Then Prescott cuts his eyes at the guy for a split second and thinks 'What the <expletive> did he just say?' before answering.
Afterwards, the press conference moment is clipped on SportsCenter and gets seen by Colin Cowherd, who finds Romo's pickleball video and starts blathering off at the mouth, "Dak Prescott missed a wide open Cee Dee Lamb. And just like Tony Romo, Dak pickleballed that scoring opportunity Dallas needed."
Eventually, Romo would get asked about it during a CBS game and he would sheepishly explain, "Yeah. I was at a pickleball pro am last year and was going to crush the ball but ended up whiffing so bad. I fell over the net. I felt so bad. It was stupid. Don't know why that catchphrase made its way into football though. Pickleball. haha."
Yep. Pretty darn stupid. And lame. Just like the video.
Oh well. The viral part is very unlikely to happen. On the other hand, CowboysZone is an entirely different situation.
"PICKLEBALL!"