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The List: most ennui-inducing three-word phrases

We like sports. Sometimes they’re sad. Examples are rife. Here are some. This is fun.

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Here we go:

1. Time to punt.

2. My fantasy team [...]

3. Randy Edsall’s Buick.

4. First-round longsnapper.

5. No time table.

6. Coach Jim Caldwell.

7. Hoosiers is on.

8. On First Take, [...]

9. Here’s Joe Flacco.

10. Pro-style offense.

11. Baseball baseball baseball.

12. Down goes Mir.

13. Big East poncho.

14. Dear Steve Blake:

15. Coach Malcolm Gladwell.

16. Gregg Popovich’s nightclub.

17. Alabama game plan.

18. Fredi Gonzalez’s autograph.

19. Belk Bowl tickets.

20. Jacksonville [anything] [anything].

Spencer Hall, Bill Hanstock, and Bobby Big Wheel contributed to this list.

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