Sentences with phrase «few national title games»

Few national title games this century were on par with this one — maybe Ohio State upsetting Miami, Texas outdueling USC and Florida State surviving Auburn would be in the conversation.

Not exact matches

Despite home - field advantage, it appears Georgia might have a few more questions to answer in a game that it must win to remain in the national title hunt.

Yes, few outside of the SEC region were excited about a rematch in the national title game.

While most were mourning the fact that we got a national title game - an Alabama - LSU rematch - that few wanted to see, some of us watched a game that reinforced all of college football's strangeness and sheer joy.

It used 10 - year averages and didn't give bonus points for championships, which meant that Penn State fans were frustrated by a low 1980s ranking (yes, the Nittany Lions won two national titles; they also won eight or fewer games five times) and Nebraska fans were angry that their Huskers were overtaken by FSU in the 1990s (yes, the Huskers won 2.5 national titles; FSU won two and was generally better in the non-title seasons).

Liverpool and Manchester United are still probably the two biggest clubs in England in terms of history and tradition as well as trophies, Manchester City are now serious players at the European level, Everton possess narrative in spades including not a few national titles and even the likes of Preston North End (The Invincibles, Tom Finney), Blackpool (Stanley Matthews, Jimmy Armfield), Blackburn Rovers (Alan Shearer et al.) and others have a position in the upper consciousness of the game.