Sentences with phrase «in the bowl game»

Unfortunately, Temple is 0 - 2 the past two years in their bowl games, meaning there are seniors on this team who were snubbed from a bowl game their freshman year, and then lost twice in the final game of the season.

McCaffrey and Fournette are just two of the several thousand college football players participating in bowl games this season.

Purdue has won just a single bowl game against a Power Five program since 1998, while Arizona has won three of its last four but didn't play in a bowl game a season ago.

Didn't show it in the bowl game... He's made dramatic improvement and silenced a lot of critics.»

Clemson set a program record for rushing yards in a bowl game with 312 on the ground.

Recruits want a chance to play in bowl games, and success becomes more important as immediate playing time becomes less available.

That was an ignominious end to the dream run for State going from unranked to # 1 quicker than anyone in AP poll history and being the first team ever ranked # 1 in a College Football Playoff official ranking to later getting blown out in a bowl game by Georgia Tech.

Peppers, who didn't play in the bowl game because of an arm injury, included the above tweet and added the following:

Adam Schefter reported today on ESPN that there are teams with concerns that Peppers didn't play in his bowl game.

Head coach's bowl record: Bobby Petrino is 4 - 4 in bowl games, including a 2 - 2 record in his first stint at Louisville and last year's bowl loss in the first season of his second term with the team.

But Jackson's not nearly the first Heisman winner to have it so bad in the bowl game immediately following his victory.

While betting against Bielema in a bowl game is scary given his strong track record, I do not believe Arkansas has the juice.

Quarterfinal losers would still play in bowl games.

But until 1946 the Big Ten prohibited its members from playing in bowl games, so the Gophers were out.

I'm not sure what changed in the bowl game.

And for the second year in a row, they had to get knocked to the mat in a bowl game before attempting a rally.

Of the 37 Heisman winners since 1980, 36 have played in a bowl game.

(And remember, the ’99 season ended with a total beat down of A&M in the bowl game.)

Head coach's bowl record: Gus Malzahn is 0 - 2 in bowl games, losing the BCS National Championship Game two years ago and the Outback Bowl last year.

His game hasn't yet grown into his body, and he still managed something (200 passing and rushing yards in a bowl game) that only Johnny Manziel and Vince Young had done.

After watching the tape, the improvements he has made in particular in the bowl game really stood out, seeing the whole field, movement in the pocket and stepping up.

Allen went 11 - 19 for 154 yards and no interceptions in the bowl game.

Our defense without the players you mention is a somewhat known commodity, we saw it agains Mizzou in the bowl game.

Originally a prank by students who'd speed unsanctioned on horseback across the football field before games, the mysterious rider on a black horse became the official mascot at the 1954 Gator Bowl, when Joe Kirk Fulton's official entrance as the Masked Rider inspired The Atlanta Journal's Ed Danforth to write, «No team in any bowl game ever made a more sensational entrance.»

The rest of the SEC typically starts waaaay higher than they end up every season, not to mention the times that the rest of the conference gets beaten in bowl games.

but they looked really inept in their bowl game.

Here we have a guy that posted a 4.64 at his pro day after a toe injury in the bowl game.

Name is being dragged through the mud, he isn't being allowed to play in the bowl game and the worst part is if he's found innocent no one

It's too early to tell, but after avoiding a November backslide, Ole Miss needs to be sure it avoids struggling in its bowl game like it did last year, when it was blown out, 42 - 3, by TCU in the Peach Bowl.

Head coach's bowl record: Jim Harbaugh is 1 - 1 in bowl games, both at Stanford.

Head coach's bowl record: Jim McElwain is 1 - 0 as a head coach in bowl games (2013 with Colorado State).

Virginia was picked last in the ACC's Coastal (again), so you should like this team because rooting for anyone else in the ACC might result in a tougher opponent in your bowl game.»

In a release, the NCAA announced it will tack on a year of probation to the two UNC had recommended, prevent the Heels from playing in a bowl game or the ACC Championship in 2012 and add to UNC's scholarships reduction.

«Iowa State has reached nine wins twice (1906, 2000) since the team's conception in 1892 and has a record of 3 - 9 all - time in bowl games -LRB-!!).

He did throw for 3 TDs in the bowl game against Central Michigan, 58 % completion rate.

Without access to the all - 22, I can't be sure what Davis» quarterback was seeing against Wisconsin in their bowl game, but it appeared that there were more opportunities to get him the ball.

That was never more evident than in the bowl game itself when he rushed for 323 yards and 4 TDs on a bowl game - record 50 carries.

Whether a team that can't score a touchdown in its bowl game deserves to be national champion is another question.

Tech may lose a couple of games, but, as usual, they will probably be in some bowl game come New Year's.

Northern Illinois is 0 — 4 in bowl games under Rod Carey; Duke got its first postseason win in half a century two years ago at the Pinstripe Bowl.

... as well as regular use of a pro-style Hank concept, which uses an option route in the middle of the field to open the curl - flat combo on the outside, though it worked better against Virginia Tech in the bowl game:

Casual bettors tend to overwhelmingly take the favorite, but they become increasingly willing to back the underdog in bowl games.

While this is our hypothesis, we encourage you to leave your thoughts regarding new coaches in bowl games in the comments section below.

With high - profile coaching changes at USC, Washington and Boise State this season, we looked back in our database of sports betting information to examine how teams historically perform ATS (against the spread) with new coaches in bowl games.

In those games, Alabama has gone 19 - 12 ATS including a 3 - 0 ATS record in bowl games.

These teams have been great to buy low on in bowl games historically, going 33 -21-1 ATS since 2005.

Gus Malzahn is 1 - 3 in bowl games.

The Utes have compiled a 10 - 1 record in bowl games since Whittingham took over as coach in 2005.

Even though there are a lot of close matchups, teams generally don't want to play for overtime in bowl games.

The Bulldogs of 2010 also faced a much stronger opponent in its bowl game as Serra - Gardena was on a 29 - game win streak and had a talented team led by current NFL player Marqise Lee.