Sentences with phrase «against weak competition»

In two games, albeit against weak competition, Jackson has helped Louisville rack up 1,508 yards and 132 points (18 touchdowns)!
They've won their past three games against weak competition — the Kings, Warriors and Blazers — but haven't performed up to snuff against tougher teams since March.
The geriatric point guard missed four games in late November and early this month, and although the Knicks went 3 - 1, it was against weak competition and anyone watching those games saw the same thing: it wasn't the team that started the season white hot with terrific ball movement and lights - out shooting.
Arteta does the CDM job only against weak competition.
After all, when you watch a young player, all you really is how he fares against weak competition.
The question is, «is his better play against weaker competition good enough?»
CJ just demonstrated that Gelinas is performing worse at even strength, against weaker competition.
The Wildcats started conference play with six - straight losses before closing with three wins against weaker competition, and losing their bowl game handily to a better Arkansas team.
For the most part, the movies still suck, but following the box office success of films like «Taken» and «Ride Along,» the studios seem more willing to give higher - profile titles a chance to perform against the weaker competition.

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People get too cocky and we end up being embarrassed or run close against so called weaker teams in cup competitions..
But those numbers were built on the soft ground of weak competition, and the Hawkeyes collapsed against the Buckeyes, losing 23 - 7.
I feel its good to experiment against the weaker teams, i do nt see Burnley offering much in terms of competition so lets go and get 3 points and hope tams in front us drop some more points.
Maybe they're not dazzling, like Destiny Littleton's 42.7 points per game against much weaker opposition, but 25.0 points and 13.4 rebounds a game against that level of competition is an amazing feat.
Given the weak competition, the Hokies season could come down to an October 20th game in Clemson and a November 8th matchup against Florida State.
The club seems to have added wilting against top competition to it's season - long trend of underperforming against weaker sides.
Even though it came against a much weaker team, it felt like Arsenal hadn't drawn on the horrible experiences against Monaco last season when the Gunners piled too many men forward and got killed on the counter-attack, and in a competition where away goals, rightly or wrongly, are incredibly important, that is plain daft.
But for Paramount, she would have a better chance at a win if she were considered in Supporting Actress against comparatively «weaker» competition (a dubious claim in itself), especially with the writing on the wall that Natalie Portman would be running away with the Lead category for her work in
But for Paramount, she would have a better chance at a win if she were considered in Supporting Actress against comparatively «weaker» competition (a dubious claim in itself), especially with the writing on the wall that Natalie Portman would be running away with the Lead category for her work in Black Swan.
Comparing the MLS system to oligopolies that the average consumer will never interact with shows just how weak the arguments against the Competition Bureau's intervention are.
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