{"id":39389,"date":"2018-02-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/why-football-players-say-hut\/"},"modified":"2018-02-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T00:00:00","slug":"why-football-players-say-hut","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/why-football-players-say-hut\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Football Players Say ‘Hut!’"},"content":{"rendered":"

In light of the Super Bowl game, there was a discussion about one crucial word in the game of football that keeps enduring—Hut! An article in The New York Times pondered why this word keeps hanging around:<\/p>\n\n

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It is easily the most audible word in any football game, a throaty grunt that may be the sport's most distinguishing sound. Hut!<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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It starts almost every play, and often one is not enough. And in an increasingly complex game whose signal-calling has evolved into a cacophony of furtive code words—"Black Dirt!" "Big Belly!" "X Wiggle!"—hut, hut, hut endures as the signal to move. But why?<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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Most football players have no idea why. A pro ball center said, "I guess because it's better than yelling, 'Now,' or 'Go.' Some people have used 'Go' and that's awful. That doesn't sound like football." A former quarterback reckons he shouted "hut" more than 10,000 times during games and practices. "I've been hutting my way through football for 55 years—but I have no clue why."<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

The article conjectures that "Hut" may come from the military backgrounds of many early pro football players. But that's just a guess.<\/p>\n\n

Possible Preaching Angles: Bible; Doctrine; Doubts; Questions; Interpretation—This is a great way to set up a sermon on any topic of what Christians believe or what the Bible teaches. 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