Sentences with phrase «games against their rivals»

When I speak on this topic, I start my presentation by showing a photo of me jumping up and blocking a field goal during an North Carolina State game against rival University of North Carolina.
Since then the Gunners have scored 39 times in 16 home league games against their rivals.
We have to win all our home games against our rivals and play for not to lose against them away.
Vanderdoes rose to the occasion with three hits in a Pioneer Valley League game against rival Colfax, including a towering home run.
Late in the fourth quarter of Bridgeport (Conn.) Central's Sept. 15 game against rival Bassick High, Central's Paul Lumfuakiadiran up the middle 24 yards for his first varsity touchdown.
The Liverpool boss said, «It is a game against a rival you are going to be competing with at the top end of the table.
Following the Rattlers» game against rival Bethune - Cookman, FAMU's famed band, the Marching 100, climbed aboard its buses.
Their win at Wigan last weekend was a first in eight attempts, and it should be straightforward for the Rams after Saturday's big one in the early game against rivals Brentford.
Fresh off of getting engaged to a supermodel, Sterling Shepard went off for a monster game against rival Philadelphia.
Florida quarterback Luke Del Rio will miss Saturday's game against rival Tennessee, Gators coach Jim McElwain confirmed Monday.
After the trip to Sunderland, the Blues return home for a game against rivals London Tottenham, before they are off up north again to face Newcastle at St James» Park.
Asante Kotoko played out a 1:0 defeat to Inter Allies at the El Wak stadium, and were returning to prepare ahead of their match day 23 game against rivals Accra Hearts of Oak.

Not exact matches

But with traffic plummeting, MySpace's owner News Corp. is in a last - chance battle to keep it in the game against newer rivals.
Even if Auburn or a team like Missouri wins big over Alabama and Ohio State has close calls against arch rival Michigan and two weeks from now's Big Ten Championship Game against Michigan State, BCS experts like CBS» Jerry Palm and ESPN's Brad Edwards believe Ohio State's stature with the computers and standing with the humans alike, even including some of the more cynical around the country, should be more than enough for the Buckeyes.
I would suggest that the biggest effect these two EPL rivals can have on Arsenal's season is in the games they still have left against us.
But in the meantime we have Arteta as captain which means he plays every game he is fit for when he is clearly not up to the standard of DM we need for the matches against our biggest rivals.
We only took two Premier League points and people were saying that our title challenge was faltering but then we stormed back with three wins in a row and five of the next six, including the big game against title rivals Man City.
Harry Kane scored the only goal of the game early in the second half to secure all three points for Spurs at Wembley, and naturally it would have been a major disappointment for Arsenal supporters to lose against their bitter rivals.
During a Friday game in Mountain View against league rival Valley Christian - San Jose, the former St. Francis baseball coach (career record: 634 -262-6 in 31 seasons) could look down and feel good about what he was seeing.
Lucky for them there's plenty of time to figure it out and maybe a Game against a tough Rival will be the jumpstart they need.
Since suffering a 36 - 22 loss at Florida State in 1980, Pitt had won 17 straight games and needed only a home win over rival Penn State to secure a winner - take - all Sugar Bowl battle against No. 2 Georgia.
Still unbeaten this season, yesterday's game saw our Netball 1s earn their spot in the quarter final of the BUCS Northern Conference Cup after another incredible performance against our local rivals, University of Manchester.
Despite losing three of their first four games, USC is listed as a double - digit favorite against an undefeated divisional rival.
Gerrard had scored a penalty in the game, which helped his side to a 3 - 2 win against their rivals for a top four spot.
There would never be a better time for Jones to have another big game than on Sunday against the suddenly resurgent Raiders, a hated division rival, to try to get himself and his team back on track..
But the prof has been a bit more pragmatic this season, especially in the big games against our Premier League rivals.
One game in 2008, against rival Charlotte Latin, came following Steph's breakout spring at Davidson, where he captured the attention of the sports world during March Madness with one high - arcing three - pointer after another.
In both games against their top - four rivals the Merseyside outfit failed to seriously test either goalkeeper and Rodgers wants that to change starting with the midweek fixture at Ewood Park:
In a big game against a division rival for control of the division, Mack found a way to come up huge in the fourth quarter.
Worryingly for Klopp, who had once boasted an impressive record against Liverpool's fellow «big six» rivals, his side have just been hammered in their most recent meetings with Manchester City and Spurs, shipping nine goals across both games.
«Being against our rival, it was good for us to break that four - game losing streak we had to those guys.
It does seem like Ramsey and Xhaka are now the regular startes in central midfield but I reckon Coquelin can force his way in there, especially in the games against our big rivals in which Arsenal need to be more compact and defensively solid.
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.
They were unfortunate to lose his opening game against Chelsea, going down 2 - 1 in a close game at Stamford Bridge, but then responded with a memorable result, winning 3 - 0 away to rivals Newcastle, their first win at St James» Park for 23 years, and one that was achieved in style with some impressive attacking football.
Per has bags of experience and defensive quality and we need him to show it all at the weekend, but that is exactly what he did in his last big game against EPL rivals, when he helped us to beat Chelsea at Wembley to lift the FA cup.
At the Emirates Arsenal are unbeaten in five against their North London rivals, with the last two games ending in 1 - 1 draws.
It's a longjourney from a year ago, and yet the Galaxy, which last won the MLS title in2005, realizes there's an even bigger step to take, starting on Sunday in thefirst game of the two - game first - round series against L.A. rival Chivas USA.
Pretty subtle message coming from the Louisville Campus Housing in regards to the Cardinals game this Friday against their rival.
Like them, Arsenal still can not really compete with our big rivals when it comes to transfer fees and wages so perhaps we need to take a leaf out of their book and make sure that we have a keeper that will earn us vital points when maybe we don't deserve them or to make the difference in the really big games against the likes of United.
All of our rivals have Champions League games next Tuesday and Wednesday, while we will play our reserve side again against BATE, giving us yet another boost.
But he also sees our manager's terrible record against his rival, no wins and seven defeats in 12 games, as a major obstacle in our path back to glory.
everyone seems to be in a rush to do interviews especially after the Man u game... its a big big win for us seeing as we have not had one over them in 4 years but in the name of all that is good this is AFC we are talking about and no matter how crucial a win is against one of our biggest rival we should just move on and focus on the next game and stop behaving and acting like a newly promoted side that caused a big upset by beating one of the favorites for the title... at the end of the day its a very important win but its still 3 points....
Manchester United return to Premier League action this weekend, after an international break, and will face struggling Aston Villa at Old Trafford, before a home game against bitter city rivals Manchester City, who they are only two points behind in the table.
However, the former Germany international was then picked up on it as supporters and rivals reminded him that Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher said almost the exact same thing at half - time in the game against West Ham.
«It's pretty obvious that they're going to be 7 - 0 getting ready for that big rival game against Michigan State in East Lansing, they've got to go to Iowa and they've got to go to Ohio State,» Herbstreit said on a conference call with reporters today.
If Wenger's run against his rival extends to 13 games without a win this weekend, we have a problem, don't you think?
Trouble in the stands of Bulgaria once again.One poor Levski Sofia fan thought it was a good idea to watch the derby game against arch rivals CSKA in their end and found out that the price for doing so was to have your clothes stripped and made to walk across an empty part of the ground over to his own fans.
While a point from any away game against a big EPL rival is a decent result, a win would do our top four challenge the power of good and with Jurgen Klopp under pressure after his faltering Reds lost away to relegation threatened Leicester City on Monday, Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal side might just be looking to pile the pressure on.
Alan Shearer said: «He left him out at Anfield and again today, against your rivals,» «You spend # 50m on a striker and think he will make the difference in the big games.
But then again, we have also improved our tactics and performances in the big games and if we are going to find it harder against the lower placed clubs, how much harder will our rivals find it?
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