It’s the last day of the regular season in the NFL.  I guess it’s the last chance for this season for some of the ex-players/commentators to trash the language (or just make up their own).

In a post a while back, I discussed the disturbing trend toward saying “based off” or “based off of” instead of “based on.”

Now I find that “on” has apparently come into disfavor when used in some similar situations.

Today I heard a guy on radio actually say that a certain football team’s hopes of making the playoffs were “centered off of” its success in the running game.

Wow.

Not to be outdone, some studio analyst (I think he’s a TV talk show host too) said that a team was “hyped up off of” its recent success on special teams.

Where is this stuff coming from?