Sentences with phrase «big schools conference»

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It's a conference about big ideas, and the most popular talks of all time cover topics like creativity in schools, body language, and the power of introverts.

In 2012, quarterback Robert Griffin III (better known as RGIII) got the $ 10,000 fine for wearing an Adidas sweatsuit — bearing a big, old - school Adidas trefoil logo on his shirt — to a postgame press conference.

That the Tigers — last year's biggest surprise with a 12 — 2 record and a No. 4 finish in the AP poll — were anything less than elated after a win over a Top 25 team that played in a BCS bowl last January shows how expectations have dramatically changed at a school that hasn't won a conference title since 1969.

Even though it had long been known primarily as a basketball conference, the Big East had always fielded football schools, and a few powerful ones at that.

Sixteen years divorced from the old Southern Conference, the ACC — now to some extent a league of dogwoody schools slowly seceding from the South — is gradually abandoning the big - time football scene, too.

«There's never been anyone from the Big Island to make the type of impact he's made in a conference like the SEC,» says Mahelona's coach at Kealakehe High, Sam Papalii, who spent 18 years as an assistant at such schools as Hawaii, UNLV, Iowa State and Arizona.

Temple is reportedly still talking to the Big 12, and from this story we also hear that Cincinnati, Houston, Memphis, UConn, USF, UCF, and «two other American Athletic Conference schools» are still in it.

Each conference school received an equal allotment of tickets to sell, Amtrak operated what amounted to a Big East Express from Boston, Providence, New Haven, Washington and Philadelphia right into Penn Station, which is conveniently located in the bowels of the Garden, and all four of the main sessions were practically sold out months ago.

It's big school (undergraduate population @ 40K) in the 4th largest American city which is the 5th largest media market; it's in Texas which spreads the conference footprint (Navy does not do that); can recruit P5 talent (Ed Oliver, hello!)

When a school leaves a conference, the allure of more money is usually a big reason.

Big names from BCS conference schools sometimes fall to the bottom of the NFL Draft.

James Gary Joseph Kennedy Jr., age 20, is a forward on the University of Missouri basketball team that recently went to the finals of the NCAA Midwest Regional playoffs after winning the Big Eight Conference championship, the school's first outright title in that league since 1930, when it was composed of six teams.

I think we can win the conference golf championship easier being the southernmost big ten school with the best job market / convenient internship locale.

An all - conference linebacker as a junior, Thompson had received mail from nearly every Big Ten school; suddenly, the mail all but stopped.

Our conference has the stigma of the big schools, which to me goes back to the Woody Hayes - Bo Schembechler run, of course.

In the 12 - year history of the Big 12, Texas Tech is the only school in the conference to have had a winning record in every season.

To compete for Big 12 titles you need some kind of edge to give you a lift over the other schools in the conference.

This afternoon the Golden Nugget released regular season win totals for some of the most prominent schools along with a fairly unique prop — an over / under on the combined wins for all five major conferences: ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac - 12 and SEC.

Michigan's 38 - 31 Rose Bowl win over Washington salvaged a modicum of pride for the once powerful Big Ten, which, with Ohio State's 21 - 14 loss to Georgia in the Citrus and Illinois's 27 - 17 loss to Hawaii in the Holiday, is now 48 -57-1 in bowl games and a woeful 29 -44-1 since 1975, when the conference began allowing member schools to play in bowls other than the Rose.

After Texas and four other Big 12 schools bailed on a plan that would have transformed the Pac - 10 into a 16 - team superconference, Pac - 10 commissioner Larry Scott plucked Utah, the upstart Mountain West program that has produced two undefeated seasons and BCS bowl wins over the past six years, to join previous invitee Colorado and form a 12 - team conference.

For that reason, we encourage bettors to focus on major conference schools — specifically teams from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac - 12 and SEC.

In recent years scholarships had been reduced from 18 to 15 a team, more high school stars had chosen schools at which they could play immediately instead of big - name colleges where they would be substitutes; new conferences with big arenas and instant TV exposure were springing up; and, most important, stall tactics had been making scores closer.

These two cities are also full of graduates from Michigan, Penn State, Ohio State, and other Big Ten schools, which helps the whole conference make millions off the Big Ten Network.

Almost all of the Pac - 12 is closer to the West Coast's hotbeds than schools from other conferences are; Nick Saban's coaches have to travel 2,000 miles to swipe from high school star - studded Los Angeles, but only 600 to invade longtime Big 12 stronghold Dallas.

In the 20 - game conference schedule, teams will play home and away games against seven Big Ten schools.

The Big 12 Players of the Week doing work and setting records as Young has a school and conference record 2️⃣ 1️⃣ assists.

On Thursday, the Big East Conference announced the winner of the Presidents» Award for the 2016 - 17 school year, and to the surprise of no one, it went to YOUR Marquette Golden Eagles.

School nutrition headlines are bigger than ever, and we didn't shy away from the topic during the conference.

There was a palpable energy in the air each day we spent in Denver, as school foodservice professionals gathered at the year's biggest conference.

Between our big NSBW 2015 celebration earlier this month, to promoting SNF scholarships and celebrating our School Nutrition Hero Award recipients at the 43rd Annual Legislative Action Conference, we almost let National Nutrition Month slip by without a mention on the blog — time to remedy that!

Heastie told reporters that his members were willing to accept the tentative deal that settles outstanding issues, including traditional public schools vs. charter school funding — a big sticking point for the Democratic conference.

The return of grammar schools, a likely new policy announcement in May's first party conference speech as Prime Minister, would be a very big leap back to the past.

Ivor Bulmer - Thomas, «Too big for his boots» Mocking Harold Wilson's claim that half his classmates were too poor for shoes, Bulmer - Thomas» quip at the 1949 Conservative conference implied Wilson was somewhat egotistical: «If ever he went to school without any boots it was because he was too big for them».

That is why at our conference, instead of trying to create some artificial dividing lines between Liberal Democrat policy and Conservative policy, my message will be: if you want rid of Gordon Brown and the big brother state, and if you care about our schools, our quality of life and our liberties, then join us in one national movement that can bring real change.

At our state conference last month, we overwhelmingly passed resolutions supporting guaranteed healthcare as a human right, free public education from pre-K through college or trade school, a living wage and fair compensation for all, investments in environmental protection and renewable energy, restoration of voting rights to former felons, public financing of elections to eradicate the corrupting influence of big money in politics, and other policies that serve the people.

It hasn't been lost on his administration that Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson has delivered for the mayor on two of the three big issues the mayor cared deeply about: School governance (although that came amid the coup and was very messy) and charter schools.

Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold, who was re-elected despite Paladino's opposition, has been named vice chairwoman of the Conference of Big 5 School Districts for 2017 - 18.

The changes are being backed by a broader group called the Educational Conference Board, whose membership includes the Council of School Superintendents, the New York State Schools Boards Association, School Administrators Association of NEw York State as well as NYSUT and the Conference of Big 5, the five largest school districts in the School Superintendents, the New York State Schools Boards Association, School Administrators Association of NEw York State as well as NYSUT and the Conference of Big 5, the five largest school districts in the School Administrators Association of NEw York State as well as NYSUT and the Conference of Big 5, the five largest school districts in the school districts in the state.

At an Albany press conference later that month, Nixon called his focus on transparency a «classic stall tactic,» and said, «Cuomo's entire argument on school funding is just one big excuse to ignore the lives of students who are black or brown or working - class.»

He's an outspoken advocate for suburban interests like property relief — a big focus for his conference this year — and charter schools, which has put him at odds with some fellow Democrats.

Along with NYSUT and NYSSBA, the New York State PTA, New York State Council of School Superintendents, Conference of Big 5 Schools, New York State Association of School Business Officials and School Administrators Association of New York State are represented in the letter to Cuomo.

Long before the Texas - based conference signaled an interest in expansion Tuesday, schools were flooding the Big 12 with data and campaign literature.

«Parking is one of the biggest quality of life concerns of all New Yorkers,» de Blasio said during a press conference outside Concourse Village Elementary School.

Barbara A. Seals Nevergold, president of the Buffalo School Board, has been named vice chairwoman of the Conference of Big 5 School Districts for 2017 - 18.

I took a field trip to the big city last week, to attend the Union of Concerned Scientists» and George Washington University School of Public Health's conference, «FDA at a Crossroads.»

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In honor of Young Adult's December 9th limited release and the December 16th wide expansion, Cody, Theron and Patton Oswalt who steals scenes as the former high school punching bag, Matt Freehauf, went from the «Mini-Apple» to the Big Apple to spread the word at a press conference.

Queensland academic Professor Bob Lingard, of the School of Education at the University of Queensland, told the conference there are big questions to deal with in this area such as how this trend may change work practices for teachers and learning for children.

The Leadership Conference Education Fund poll found «an overwhelming sense of racial inequity in school funding,» with lack of funding for students of color seen as the biggest cause of racial disparities in education by both African American and Latino parents and families.

Testimony will also be provided by representatives from the United Federation of Teachers, New York State School Boards Association, New York State Council of School Superintendents, Conference of Big 5 School Districts, New York State Association of School Attorneys, Small City School Districts and Council of School Supervisors & Administrators.