Sentences with phrase «face against the game»

Not exact matches

The bowl operates similarly to other fantasy football platforms: Users will select a team of nine players — who score points based on their real - life, in - game performances — and face off against teams assembled by other contestants across the country.

His consistency, accuracy, and ability are unmatched, and unless he's facing off against Scherzer or Chris Sale, chances are you don't have to watch the game to know the result.

Sunday morning, I awoke to the soft light of dawn with a contented smile on my face — not because it was the second Sunday of Advent, not because the ground glistened with a lovely morning frost, not because the greatest guy in the world lay beside me — but because on Saturday night, Alabama won the SEC Championship game against Florida.

Arsene Wenger is preparing his Arsenal squad to face Liverpool at home on Monday, and he is aware that we can not afford to have another slip - up like we did against West Ham in our opening game.

He has faced Premier League teams too including two games against Chelsea in the Europa League semi-finals the year the Blues won the competition, and holding Liverpool to a 1 - 1 draw at Anfield, but it another European game that he remembers the most.

But forgetting the current form, you have to remember that this is always going to be a grudge match when Arsene Wenger faces Jose Mourinho, with the Portugese bus conductor aiming for his 14th game unbeaten against Le Prof, which makes it difficult to back Arsenal with any real conviction.

I think he has played well against the Raiders in the few games they have faced each other.

Heurelho Gomes has conceded 23 goals in eight Premier League games against Arsenal, nine more than any other team he has faced.

On Monday night Liverpool visit the Emirates to face Arsenal, the first real test of the Gunners title ambitions after mixed fortunes in the opening two games against West Ham and Crystal Palace.

Faced up against an inexperienced Reggie Jackson and an aging Derek Fisher, he's lit up the Thunder for 21.3 points and 6.7 assists per game during the past three contests, all Memphis wins.

He now potentially faces missing five La Liga games as well as his country's important World Cup qualifiers against Argentina and Paraguay.

One option for Coach K when facing future court storms, is to get his players off the court before the end of the game as Roy Williams did with his UNC players last season against FSU.

Hughes» team have picked up just two points from their last six games and face one of the toughest run - ins of the bottom five teams, including games against Arsenal, Manchester United, Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester City.

The two main issues that Wenger faces are that firstly the opposition strikers they will come up against from Liverpool and Leicester will make the games very tough for them.

The second game of the Premier League season saw Arsenal face a stiff away test against Everton, who had obliterated the Gunners 3 - 0 last April.

Facing a 2 - 0 series deficit, Oklahoma City opened as 2 - point favorites at Pinnacle for tonight's Game 3 against Houston.

Our players are set for a weeks rest before facing Sunderland but will have a tough League game against Liverpool just a few days later.

When the Warriors (50 - 10 SU, 28 -30-2 ATS) face off against the Bulls (30 - 30 SU, 30 - 30 ATS) this evening, it will be the team's first game since Kevin Durant suffered a sprained MCL and tibial bone...

For Team Berzon, they were facing elimination for the first time this season and with their backs against the wall they rallied to take Game 2 by a score of 25 - 22..

«It is a nightmare how we played the first two games but we have to face the truth and that is that we have to score more than one goal against Olympiacos.

«We play against a Premier League team and we have learnt in the last 20 games that any Premier League team is a massive problem to face.

The winner of this game moves on right away to play # 5 Team Reisner in round 3 on Sunday night, while the loser will get a little rest to try and regroup before they face off against # 10 Team Purimetla.

The Nashville Predators (53 - 46, +0.08 units) will be looking to bounce back from a disappointing loss on Monday night when they face off against the Pittsburgh Penguins (63 - 39, +5.77 units) in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals this evening.

He ranks both No. 5 in passer rating against Power 5 opponents (among QBs who've faced three or more) and No. 1 in QB rushing yards per game against the same.

Sometimes you are a horrible match up against the team you are facing in this single - elimination rock - paper - scissors game of playoff football.

For one, Maye had his two worst games against the two best frontcourts he faced.

The Wolfpack are consistently good but never experience true success, and because Doeren hasn't changed that, either overall or in single - game upsets — at NCSU, he's 0 - 15 against P5 teams that finished with at least nine wins and 25 - 11 against everybody else — he is facing more pressure than his performance warrants.

No, he wasn't as dominant live as the box score might suggest... but isn't a good game plan, doing your homework against the guys you're facing and making pitches they don't expect and can't do much with, a component of a «great» pitching performance too?

The Raiders will have to go on the road twice to face the Chargers and Broncos in the final three weeks with a home game against Indianapolis sandwiched in between.

Today's projection has us moving up as a # 6 seed that gets to face one of the play - in game winners, but I'd certainly rather play against a «better» # 11 seed in Dallas.

For Pogba, tonight's game has extra incentive, as he is facing up against his brother Florentin.

The group stage of the 2014/15 Champions League kicks off on Tuesday evening, with two English teams in action — Liverpool return to the competition with a home game against Bulgarian minnows Ludogorets Razgrad, whilst Arsenal face a tough trip to Borussia Dortmund.

All the latest headlines from the newspapers in Spain as Real Madrid face a difficult task against Valencia as they look to extend their 22 - game winning streak.

So the next few games are crucial for Arsenal and they do offer us a great chance to get on a roll, with Sunderland, Burnley, Anderlecht, Swansea and then a home game against Man United before facing Jurgen Klopp's side.

A loooong time ago I faced off against Ogden in college, in the first game of his last season at UCLA, and I beat him with a good spin move.

The Cardinals faced third - and - five on their own 42 in the second quarter last Saturday at home against a defense that had dominated the previous five years, giving up 17.0 points per game, second - best in the nation.

Then, on May 30, 1980, during a game against the St. Louis Cardinals, a fastball delivered by Roy Thomas struck Valentine in the face, shattering his cheekbone and his confidence.

United will be busy in the month of August as they begin the new season with a home game against Tottenham on the 8th and will also face a two - legged qualifier in order to reach the group stages of Europe's elite club competition.

Landry isn't great against the run and the BC coach likely wanted to try to keep Landry fresh for the entire game, so they devised a set plan to rest him, but also allow him to get in the game on all the 3rd & 4th downs that Notre Dame faced.

The Cowboys are now set to face off against the division rival Eagles twice in the next three weeks and the outcomes of those games will obviously have a huge impact on seeding in the NFC playoffs.

The Black Cats fought against relegation in 2012/13 and will be hoping to pick up some points against fellow bottom - half teams such as Fulham, Southampton and Crystal Palace in their opening three games, though they then face a tricky home game against Arsenal.

Arsenal will line up the same as always in a 4 -2-3-1 formation against every side because Wenger is still the same, all the top managers have Wenger's number because he doesn't adapt the teams playing style according to our opponents from week to week, he thinks the so - called Arsenal way is the best way for every game even though we'll face different teams with different managers!

After all, Arsenal are still unbeaten this season and have faced an away trip to Everton, the visit of the Premier League champions and two very tough games against Besiktas with 10 men.

We still struggle, look shaky and uncomfortable when we come up against any team that plays a high intensity game, teams that don't give us time on the ball, in your face etc all give us a hard time, Watford did that in the first half but poor final 3rd quality saved us, in the second half they were tired and knackered so we took advantage.

Sunderland will face a tough end to the season with games against Tottenham, Chelsea and Manchester United in April and May, though they will hope for a good finish at home to Swansea.

During their game against SK Kravina, Michalek was forced into net without pads so his team didn't face league sanctions.

could face another as early as our next game - against Swansea at home.

They will also face off against each other in the final game of the regular season.

Brett Cook of Nipissing University in Canada made a horrible decision when he punched linesman Nicholas Piche in the face during a playoff game against UQTR.

Mountain West Quarterfinals While San Diego State, New Mexico, and UNLV all face difficult quarterfinals, Colorado State's battle in the 4 vs. 5 game against TCU (approx. 5:30 p.m. ET, The Mtn.