Sentences with phrase «championship contenders»

They can then earn contracts and pick their moves between teams, or elect to stay at one in a bid to turn them into championship contenders.

You're the greatest at your position yet can't make your team a playoff or championship contender at any point in your career?

When it comes to college football roster development, recruiting classes essentially provide stepping - stones toward assembling perennial championship contenders.

They are adept at beating championship contenders and losing to lottery teams.

They can then earn contracts and pick their moves between teams, or elect to stay at one in a bid to turn them into championship contenders.

Hopefully we can start turning this around to look like championship contenders in the second half of the season.»

Nick Saban has done an elite job of not only building national championship contenders year in and year out, but also preparing his star - studded talent into bonafide NFL prospects.

The team's status as championship contenders means he probably won't get to do any Friday practice sessions, but he explained to us that simulator work and continuing to learn and develop his understanding of F1 alongside engineers will make up a big part of his 2018 calendar.

As it stands, both Castroneves and Dixon will lose 10 spots for an unapproved engine change, a standard procedure for championship contenders before the final race.

Lewis: I do think that the Nuggets can be championship contenders with Jokic at center for them.

This trio gives Toyota three legitimate championship contenders, and the advantage the manufacturer holds isn't lost on the competition.

What will voters value more: overwhelming individual statistics propping up good but not great teams, or eye - popping numbers on championship contenders?

Throughout the season, championship contenders like the Cavaliers, Spurs and Warriors are expected to rest their veterans with limited notice.

The guys is right we are not championship contenders and while we finished 3 pts behind city we also finished 18 behind Chelsea

Alabama, Clemson, and Ohio State were all viewed as strong national championship contenders before the season, but Washington's success has come as a tremendous surprise.

Both teams carry the hallmarks of legit championship contenders.

Champion league championship contenders are looking to solidify their position.

Some of the talk involves teams that are considered championship contenders, but the theme this year seems to be dealing for high - profile free - agents - to - be, like Manning, Grant and Coleman, and not just adding one more horse for a championship run.

Like every other NFC championship contender, the Giants have their flaws.

Adding to the confusion several drivers, including championship contender Kevin Harvick, then passed Hamlin under caution as the field circled under yellow.

With Russell Westbrook healthy heading into the playoffs, the Oklahoma City Thunder were viewed as one of the top championship contenders.

He believes he can continue to enjoy considerable success in his career while playing in the Liga MX and chose Cruz Azul because he knows that they are championship contenders almost every season.

Despite their ninth - place finish last year, the Gophers are valid championship contenders now.

the first Lakers fan that pollutes my inbox with a claim that they're championship contenders makes them so.

In Montoya, Power and Castroneves, Penske has three bonafide championship contenders.

The 29 - year - old has never finished better than T9 in a major championship, but has looked the part of a major championship contender this week.

For this discussion to be meaningful, it needs to take into account all of the additional ancillary revenues that accrue to being a perennial NBA championship contender vs. just another team in the mix.

After all, he's one of the best players at his position and one of the two pillars, along with Ben Simmons, that have dragged Philadelphia basketball from a perennial lottery team to potential championship contenders.

For the UFC to take hold in the U.K. as strongly as it has in the U.S., it has been essential for several top British fighters to emerge as world championship contenders for fans to get behind.

(PG for violence, mild epithets and mature themes) Kevin Costner stars in this true tale, set in 1987, about a high school track coach who transforms his underachieving cross-country team into championship contenders after recruiting some fleet - footed Latino students.

GM's new Chevrolet Corvette Daytona Prototype looks like an immediate championship contender.

Historic venue again welcomes GT Le Mans championship contenders DETROIT (Aug. 3, 2016)-- Less than two weeks after adding another chapter to its...

The renewed effort kept K - PAX Racing at the forefront of competition, becoming a serious championship contender in the seasons to follow.

About K - PAX Racing Since joining the Pirelli World Challenge in 2007, K - PAX Racing has celebrated a total 103 podiums, 41 wins and four driver championships, solidifying the team as a continuous championship contender.

It was an indefensible coaching decision and it cost the Spartans in a year they were a legitimate national championship contender.

Best case for 2014: Simon Pagenaud is a legitimate championship contender and should win multiple races next season.

McFarland USA, which hits theaters on Friday (January 20), is the story of a cross country coach in a small California town who transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders — Watch the trailer below!

In order to reclaim their status as championship contenders and have long - term success, the Denver Broncos have to make their picks count in the 2018 NFL Draft.

Of course the big difference between Sainz's Montreal crash and Grosjean's Spa crash is that Grosjean took out a couple of championship contenders.

There's no saying the Sixers» plan won't work, but to go from a lottery team to a championship contender in three years is pretty tough unless someone the Sixers have drafted turns into a bonafide superstar very quickly.

Not many teams would taken a roster that some thought before the season was a championship contender that might just need some time to gel and completely shake - up it just 35 games into the season.

See you next year with our team filled with the recruits you couldn't lock down because they want to play for a championship contender, not eastern Indiana.

The Houston Rockets have enough talent to remain a playoff player in the Western Conference, but the team would like to add free - agent center Dwight Howard to become a championship contender.

A healthy, happy Howard would certainly lift Houston's profile as a championship contender in the Western Conference.

However, the Tigers still showed that they are a bona fide national championship contender.

If even 1 of those fails to materialize, I don't see how they ever become a championship contender.