Sentences with phrase «first national championship game»

Ohio State vs. Oregon in the first national championship game of the playoff era.

Not exact matches

In the month leading up to Notre Dame's first trip to the national championship game in more than two decades, Irish faithful have created a series of T - shirts bashing their opponent, Alabama.

The Cubs lost to the Washington Nationals, 8 - 4, on Wednesday and fell to 39 - 39 on the season, after winning 200 games over the last two seasons, including the club's first World Series championship in 108 years last fall.

It was the first home basketball game for the Bulldogs since the football team's loss to Alabama in the national championship game on Monday night.

They displayed the kind of defense that helped get them to the national championship game last season, forcing the Blue Demons to commit 18 first - half turnovers and miss 14 of their first 15 shots.

After Penn State won its first national championship, in 1982, the Nittany Lions stumbled out of the blocks the next season by losing their first three games en route to a 7 -4-1 record.

Barrett wasn't supposed to start at Ohio State during the Buckeyes» 2014 national championship season, but he swooped into action when Braxton Miller was lost for the season before their first game.

In his first tenure as coach of the Trojans, from 1976 to» 82, he led them to three Rose Bowl wins and the 1978 national championship and won 82 % of his games, third highest among currently active Division I coaches.

«This is the first time I've cried since we lost that national championship game in eighth grade,» says James.

This will be the first time the Tide finish outside the top three since 2007, but in fairness, Nick Saban brings plenty of young talent back, including Tua Tagovailoa and the other true freshmen who starred in the national championship game.

Monday night marks the first time he's called a national championship game since he was USC's offensive coordinator in 2005.

Ellington: I had come off winning a national championship in college and my first year in the NBA we won 15 games out of 82.

Michigan, who have won 14 games in a row, beat Loyola - Chicago 69 - 57 in the other national semifinal and are seeking their first national championship since 1989.

After the Herd won its first national championship in 1992, beating Youngstown State 31 - 28 in the title game, Morehouse walked into his house, and he and his wife hugged tightly.

Walker put the Huskies on his back for one of the greatest March runs in college basketball history, first winning five games in five days to capture the Big East tournament title, and then winning six more straight to earn a national championship.

Fisher's trying to avoid his first losing season in Tallahassee, where he's won 83 games — including a national championship — over the past eight years.

The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame coach — who wasn't even Catholic — took teams to five national championship games, winning her first three years as coach.