A "Walk Off Touchdown" ??

[Beemnseven]

Did anyone else catch Enberg say that when Moss caught the game winning TD? He called it a "walk off" touchdown. That's three references I've heard this year so far. Another by a local writer in my paper's sports page this morning.

Now, it's bad enough that an absurd baseball term has wormed its way into football jargon - which stands just fine on its own, thank you very much. But the phrase itself just doesn't make any sense.

If two kids are playing Battleship, does the last ship that goes down qualify as a "walk off" sinking? If you get lucky on your lottery numbers this week, did you win a "walk off" scratcher? If you and your buddies get together to play some poker on Thursday night, does the winner of a round call it the "walk off" winning hand?

Who thought of this ridiculous term, and why are we using it in football?