Sentences with phrase «conference title shot»

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Depending on the conference affiliation, a No. 1 team might not have to play a top - ranked team in its bowl, and the only way a No. 2 team (which, in many years, might be just as deserving as No. 1) might have a shot at the title is if No. 1 loses to somebody else.

Pro: This allows for the further maintenance of conference - affiliated bowl games (which assures buy - in from big bowls like the Rose) and technically allows for more than four teams to have a shot at the title if things play out just right.

Con: This still doesn't offer teams from every conference an equal shot at the title (meaning the Orrin Hatch's of the world would still find reason to complain and meddle).

On five separate occasions, demonstrably superior USC teams have lost to UCLA, often with a conference or national title on the line: 1992 (to a walk - on fifth string quarterback), 1994 (with the Rose Bowl possibly on the line), 1995, 2006 (with a national title shot on the line), and 2012 (with a spot in the first Pac - 12 title game at stake).

A year of probation also nixes bowl bids and a shot at the conference title, but the real penalty is that only ticket holders will get to watch sophomore tailback Leeland McElroy.

Washington State, the preseason Pac - 10 favorite, has a good shot at reaching its goals, which also include a conference title.

Size and experience give Iowa a shot at battling Michigan State and Illinois for the conference title.

The Golden Eagles will have a shot at a share of the BIG EAST regular - season title when they face current conference leader DePaul on Friday.»

Team foundations are found on the line of scrimmage, but in order to win a division title, a conference championship and have a shot at playing for a national championship, a top - level quarterback has to be running the show.