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Matriculate, when used in football, often means "to advance," and refers to moving the ball down the field. Learn how this word came from coach Hank Stram's mangled pronunciation of "matriculate" in Super Bowl IV.
Hank Stram. Henry Louis Stram ( / ˈstræm /; January 3, 1923 – July 4, 2005) was an American football coach. He is best known for his 15-year tenure with the Dallas Texans / Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). Stram won three AFL championships, more than any other coach in the league's ...
I agree with all of what you say, but I don't understand the basic metaphor when it comes to "matriculate." I get a guy flying, knifing, gashing, rumbling, dicing, picking apart, etc, but matriculating? While I accept it because of its origins with Hank Stram, it's a godawful metaphor.
Jan 30, 2020 · Kansas City is back in the Super Bowl 50 years after Chiefs coach Hank Stram cracked up the football world by agreeing to be wired for sound for the big game highlight film ... — “Matriculate ...
To football fans, though, the Merriam-Webster entry falls far short of explaining what “matriculate” really means. Nor does that definition come close to describing the way a loquacious, didactic, wildly entertaining football coach named Hank Stram helped turn those four syllables into a game-changer for an entire industry.
Jan 28, 2020 · Fifty years ago Hank Stram donned a wire to give us the first ever Super Bowl "mic'd up." Join some of the league's biggest coaches as they react to this his...
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Jan 31, 2020 · FILE – In this Jan. 11, 1970 file photo, Kansas City Chiefs coach Hank Stram walks on the field prior to the Super Bowl game with the Minnesota Vikings in New Orleans. As the Chiefs prepare to ...
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