Sentences with phrase «bowl appearances»

Stuckey says: If you want a motivated team, look no further than New Mexico State, who is making their first bowl appearance in 57 years.

Texas The Longhorns have one bowl appearance in the last six years (a 46 - 3 loss to Miami in the»91 Cotton Bowl), and third - year coach John Mackovic needs another to save his job.

Rice Ken Hatfield, who coached Arkansas from 1984 to» 89, returns to the SWC and will attempt to bring the Owls their first bowl appearance since 1961.

The logic: It's been a rough year for the Seminoles, but the team was able to keep its streak of bowl appearances alive thanks to a late run of wins and a bit of slightly questionable math.

That same year, its varsity lost 23 - 20 to Citrus Hill - Perris in the Lancers» only previous state bowl appearance.

Despite taking the two middle quarters off, Appalachian State won its first ever bowl game in its first ever bowl appearance, beating Ohio, 31 - 29, in the Camellia Bowl, with a last - second field goal from Zach Matics, who missed his first two field goal attempts on the day.

The moment that a No. 4 seed loses by three touchdowns to the top team just hours after No. 5 dominated a BCS bowl appearance, the push will begin to expand the tournament to eight teams.

Lembo led the Cardinals to back - to - back bowl appearances for only the second team in school history — the only other time being the Brady Hoke / Nate Davis years of 2007 and 2008.

The Trojans have historically been a strong bowl team with a 9 - 3 SU and 8 - 4 ATS record in their last 12 bowl appearances per the OddsShark College Football Database.

He did not coach in Colorado State's 2014 bowl appearance after accepting the Florida job.

Consistently 10 - 11 win seasons, playoffs every year, 2 super bowl appearances, 1 win.

Paul Pasqualoni's Orange were coming off of back - to - back major bowl appearances - $» - Fiesta Bowl in 1997, Orange Bowl in 1998 - $» - and had established themselves as one of the Big East's steady powers.

At least the Panthers will want to be in Orlando, making the program's second bowl appearance ever.

This is FSU's 36th consecutive bowl appearance; it kept the streak alive by winning four of its final five games after a 2 — 5 start — and refuting a Reddit commenter who pointed out that one of those six wins shouldn't have counted because less than 90 % of FCS opponent Delaware State's roster was on athletic scholarship.

Heartbeat of the Granite Bay defense amassed 23 tackles for loss and 14 sacks (both school records) as the Grizzlies stormed to a 12 - 3 season and NorCal bowl appearance.

But I couldn't shake the feeling that Ole Miss would've never again risen to prominence under Freeze, after those two big bowl appearances, and didn't fully understand why the Rebels thought of him as some sort of savior.

Michigan is making its 42nd all - time bowl appearance and its fifth appearance in the Outback Bowl.

BYU is 4 - 1 straight up and against the spread in its last five bowl games, while Memphis will be making its first bowl appearance since 2008.

Marshall didn't have a single losing season in eight years in its old conference, with five double - digit win seasons and an undefeated top - 10 finish in 1999; in C - USA, it had gone 22 - 37 with one bowl appearance in five years under Mark Snyder.

During his time as a graduate assistant coach, Moore helped the Cardinals to a pair of bowl appearances and helped develop All - BIG EAST first - team offensive guard Mark Wetterer.

Northern California is more united than ever when it comes to seeking out good competition because, for teams that cling to visions of a state bowl appearance, preparation doesn't just come from within one section.

During Moore's two seasons as a full - time assistant coach, Louisville had a 23 - 3 record with a BCS bowl appearance and a Big East title in 2012.

As a result of the Army / Navy game, UVA will have the preparation advantage, and the Cavaliers won't lack in motivation for the program's first bowl appearance since 2011.

While serving as the Orange's defensive line coach under Pasqualoni from 1995 through 1997, he helped deliver a 27 - 10 record with three bowl appearances — the Gator, Liberty, and Fiesta bowls.

A last - second defeat by North Dakota State likely ruined any playoff hopes for Iowa fans, however, there's still a chance for a bowl appearance.

Army was aware, presumably, that applications to the Naval Academy quadrupled in the years immediately following Navy's first bowl appearance.

After 43 years without a bowl appearance, the Bearcats finished 8 - 3 and hoped for a bid to the Independence Bowl.

The NCAA banned the football team from a bowl appearance in 2012.

It was EMU's only bowl win and one of only two bowl appearances.

To understand why, look no further than his predecessor, Bob Davie, whose five - year tenure in South Bend is widely regarded as a failure despite two 9 - 3 seasons and three bowl appearances.

Auburn appears to have too much strength for the Cinderella team of the SEC, making its first bowl appearance, but don't sell Charlie Horton and company short... AUBURN.

The Nittany Lions» 24 - 3 loss to Stanford in the Blockbuster Bowl, their fourth defeat in their last seven bowl appearances, indicates that they should fit right in.

Brown would end his 16 years at Texas with a 158 - 47 record, with 15 bowl appearances, 11 bowl wins (two of which were BCS bowls), and a national championship.

But bowl appearances are not something you can pretend didn't happen.

The «top» five teams have combined for only 11 bowl appearances (six of which came from Bill Snyder's Kansas State) in the past seven seasons.