You're screwing with my proprioception
Aidan Hutchinson and George Kittle were miced up in the NFC Championship game. After Kittle's block, Hutchinson said to him "You're screwing me with my proprioception" and Kittle said "That's a Michigan word, I'm an Iowa guy"
February 2nd, 2024 at 12:26 PM ^
I saw this and had to look up that word myself. Guessing Hutch was a kinesiology major?
Edit: he was! exercise science. and Kittle probably has less familiarity not because of Iowa, but because he was a communications major.
February 2nd, 2024 at 12:49 PM ^
So Hutchinson was screwing with Kittle's mental reception.
February 2nd, 2024 at 12:53 PM ^
...but probably because of Iowa
February 2nd, 2024 at 1:03 PM ^
I've always found knowing what words mean to be helpful in communication, but hey I was just an English major. And at Michigan to boot.
February 2nd, 2024 at 4:01 PM ^
Agree, but to an extent. When there's a much simpler way of saying something (not saying that's the case here), it's usually better to just go with the simpler way instead of using a big or fancy word that might impress people/make them look it up. I see this all the time in the legal world, attorneys trying to be fancy and using big words to look impressive (but not always using them correctly) when it would be much easier to just state what you want in simpler terms.
February 2nd, 2024 at 5:39 PM ^
Agree completely -- having had some very minor success in the "poetry world" I believe in succinctness. In this case I believe it is much more succinct to use "proprioception" than the whole sentence it would require to bring Kittle up to speed!
February 2nd, 2024 at 4:40 PM ^
What do you mean by that?
February 2nd, 2024 at 1:50 PM ^
Also, his papa is an M.D. and M.D.'s have been known to throw that word around
February 2nd, 2024 at 3:59 PM ^
His dad is also an ER doctor, I believe.
February 2nd, 2024 at 12:26 PM ^
Wow, SI hasn't lost a step. Some hard-hitting sports journalism there. Even linked multiple tweets!
February 2nd, 2024 at 12:31 PM ^
I don't understand how anyone can look at what venture capital has done to local media or SI and think "yes that's what college sports - a very local version of sports - needs!" But then I guess most of the people saying "it's a good idea" work for venture-capital owned media firms. But FSU exploring venture capital feels very "camel in the tent" to me.
Weird tangent. But you brought up SI so I'm not apologizing for my rant
February 2nd, 2024 at 12:42 PM ^
It's because the groups that are making those decisions and the end customers have essentially zero overlap. Venture capital sees something that can be squeezed for cash, the owners of said things get a windfall, and neither of them actually care about the product.
February 2nd, 2024 at 12:50 PM ^
The downfall of those entities provides the opportunity for this site. So not all bad.
February 2nd, 2024 at 2:27 PM ^
Those AIs are smarter than you think.
February 2nd, 2024 at 12:29 PM ^
I expect we'll see "screwing with proprioception" tracked in future UFR's.
February 2nd, 2024 at 12:52 PM ^
The Michigan Difference.
February 2nd, 2024 at 3:54 PM ^
Exactly!!! At least Kittle was man enough to admit it!!!
February 2nd, 2024 at 1:16 PM ^
I have two degrees from Michigan but had to look up this word. However, I studied engineering so words were optional.
February 2nd, 2024 at 3:28 PM ^
I'm a mere elementary educator and I know what it means. But it does come up in context of children with movement disorders.
February 2nd, 2024 at 4:10 PM ^
I am an engineer. We like precise words that convey subtile, but important, distinctions. The most successful engineers are very good with words because they are effective leaders who can teach and inspire others both up and down the chain of command. Usually, that effectiveness does use the simplest terms, but sometimes a very specific technical term is needed, at first taught with simple word explanations, until the concepts are inculcated into the culture.
February 2nd, 2024 at 6:00 PM ^
Fellow engineer. I had to look up "subtile." I left feeling confused. Did you mean subtle?
I have three daughters. Two are engineers, one has two degrees in English Lit. I can communicate with all three, but one definitely takes more effort.
February 2nd, 2024 at 2:08 PM ^
It's like nerdy smack talk 🤣🤣🤣
February 2nd, 2024 at 2:29 PM ^
Hutch is just a couple years too late to get a cameo on The Big Bang Theory.
February 2nd, 2024 at 3:54 PM ^
He and Kittle can have their own sitcom when they retire. I would watch Kittle and Hutch.
February 2nd, 2024 at 2:29 PM ^
Hutch with the vocab win but he did get torched on that play
February 2nd, 2024 at 2:37 PM ^
Apparently Hutch actually played school while he got that Applied Exercise Science degree.
February 2nd, 2024 at 3:09 PM ^
Michigan difference.
February 2nd, 2024 at 4:16 PM ^
Learned this word when my dog started tripping over his own feet at about age 12. Proprioceptive loss is an issue with degenerative backs, especially dogs that have been run hard like mine had. Clocked him at 35 running right next to me on a downhill mountain bike trail when he was 4 or 5. But kudos to Hutch for the word win.
February 2nd, 2024 at 4:58 PM ^
Same here, Nanook. I learned that word when my dog had spinal issues and became clumsy and couldn't tell where her feet were some of the time. She was a great dog though, and her physical issues didn't stop her one bit.