Sentences with phrase «defensive struggle»

We can see that these presumed defensive struggles often times produce more points than anticipated, but what's really interesting is the production of underdogs in these games.

The major Protestant churches in the course of generations of defensive struggles against secular rationalism had taken on some of the color of the enemy.

There's been a lot of ink written recently trying to diagnose the Pelicans defensive struggles.

While the decision has been rumored since Gruden was hired, the move is somewhat surprising given Washington's defensive struggles under Haslett.

I know we are talking defensive struggles here, but in the long run, wouldn't Isco be a great signing for us, not only that but buy a world class centre half to pair with Kosc

But the Gunners» all - too - familiar defensive struggles soon cost them again, as Ayoze Perez beat Shkodran Mustafi to a cross from DeAndre Yedlin and hammered his effort past Petr Cech.

Will Super Bowl LII end up being a shootout with a higher score than that figure, or are we set for a defensive struggle that will result in fewer points?

For all we know, the defensive struggles are temporary.

For a half, TCU and West Virginia were locked in a defensive struggle, as Hill and Mountaineers quarterback Will Grier struggled to put together complete drives.

First, Team Maione battled through a defensive struggle with heated Rivals, Team Goldin, on Sunday Night..

Defensive struggles are frowned upon.

Though expectations were that former Michigan State head coach Nick Saban's bout against one - time assistant Mark Dantonio and Co. could be a defensive struggle, few anticipated the early lack of fireworks would be this pronounced.

The defensive struggles were not a one year phenomenon; they have been occurring since 2012.

There were plenty of surprises in Gameweek 13, not the least of which were Arsenal's defensive struggles and Liverpool's scoring explosion.

ZILLER: Quickly on Ilyasova: I'm not sure there's a less consistent stretch four in the league, and I think his defensive struggles (which made him a less - than -50-percent playing time guy in Milwaukee) could be a real problem next to Drummond.

A quick perusal of Texas» returnee data tells you quite a bit about the Longhorns» early - 2016 defensive struggles.

But the shootout the program promised bogged down into a defensive struggle more fitting of the chilly October night.

However, defense is an issue, and after being asked about the team's defensive struggles, LeBron James made an analogy that most likely won't make the younger Cavs very happy.

I would be happy with 7 points though with the defensive struggle and Coutinho unlikely to feature when we play Liverpool we should set ourselves as a goal 9/9 points possible.

The game was a defensive struggle that was played between the three point lines.

I ask Grant about that night's defensive struggles, especially around the perimeter, where CofC allowed Northeastern to splash down 15 - of - 27 threes on the night.

Benfica denied Bayern of any clear cut chances and only lost 1 - 0, while in the final tie, Man City despite their defensive struggles managed to get an important 2:2 draw at a PSG side which is full of quality but suffers from the fact it plays in a league full of average teams.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Lightning captain Steven Stamkos told reporters Saturday morning that he expected a defensive struggle with the Minnesota Wild later that night.

With these changes, I'm not expecting another defensive struggle.

Despite being unable to cover in its second round victory over Texas A&M, Louisiana State's ability to weather a defensive struggle should serve the Tigers well against Duke.

LSU's ability to weather a defensive struggle should serve the Tigers well against the Bruins.

This is clearly a defensive struggle on paper, and after looking over the numbers I'd say Bo Wallace is the key player in this game.

WHEATON 10, NE ILL. 3 DATELINE: IN A DEFENSIVE STRUGGLE THAT SAW ONLY 287 TOTAL YARDS GAINED, WHEATON SPOILED THE COLLEGE COACHING DEBUT OF VISITING NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS «TOM HAROLD IN A 10 - 3 VICTORY.