Sentences with phrase «national champions against»

Alabama earned the top overall seed in the four - team playoff, and they will begin their quest to repeat as national champions against # 4 Washington in the Peach Bowl.

This one pitted the defending national champion against the eventual national champion.

Not exact matches

Newman, who had the backing of an array of national abortion - rights groups and two members of Illinois» congressional delegation, campaigned heavily against her opponent's voting record and promoted herself as a champion of «working families, healthcare for all, and everybody's rights,» she told Business Insider last year.

Murphy, who is a right - wing ideologue, also writes a turgid column for the pro-business National Post, where he rails against environmentalists on global warming, champions the oil sands and pipelines, and protests any effort to fight climate change.

The Dark Blue ladies dominated the group stages with 5 wins and 0 losses before shutting out their opponents in the knockout stages to be crowned National Champions (an outstanding record of 7 wins, 0 losses, 20 goals for, and 0 against.)

UCF beat SEC West champion Auburn in the Peach Bowl, meaning the undefeated Knights beat a team that went 2 - 1 against the National Championship's participants — all without the Knights themselves getting even a remote sniff of the Playoff.

Todd Eldredge is a two - time national champion, and the new champ, Christopher Bowman, you've competed against.

In 12 years of competition Souza has been on the winning doubles and triples teams at the national open and runner - up in the U.S. Singles, which pits divisional champions against one another.

Before Friday afternoon's semifinal match against last year's national champions, Wendy Chase and Linda Wolf, Hilton was lunching on yogurt, honey and soybeans.

Yes, an Auburn line led by Nick Fairley came through at key times (a safety and a goal line stand), but even against the eventual national champions, Oregon indeed began to ask the right questions.

Early in the season opener — against defending national champion Delaware, no less — the starter, senior Mike Granieri, tore up his knee.

The Big 12 has not produced a national champion since Vince Young strode into the end zone against USC in 2005.

In what figures to be a competitive series, the defending champion Chicago Cubs are +115 series underdogs in the NLDS against the Washington Nationals.

Taking our success forward, we made our debut in the National University Baseball League against the defending champions UCL in week 3.

Going from preseason No. 3 to having to defend yourself against internet detectives in order to leave no doubt about your right to be in Shreveport, Louisiana, all after your national champion head coach left you before your hastily rescheduled game against ULM: officially one of the strangest seasons ever.

Ahead of the upcoming international friendlies which England's national football team will be playing during the weekend in what will be called a «friendly» against bitter rivals and reigning world champions Germany in Berlin - a dress rehearsal of the European Championships in France, in June 2016, it's only fair that we looked at Roy Hodgson's best performing players in the Premier League.

While he would like to play for the Brazil national team again - his last appearance was back in 2008 - he is focused on the club's second leg against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League, as well as United's relentless push towards regaining the Premier League crown.

Being left out basically off the field should fuel State and especially so when playing against the defending National Champions.

However, the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and Omnium Cultural groups, led by Sanchez and Cuixart respectively, rejected invitations to the directors» box at the Camp Nou for Barca's Champions League match against Olympiakos on Wednesday in protest at the club's neutral stance.

We've seen little, none in fact, to back up those audacious claims and have instead been left in awe at the start Chelsea have made to the season, which they continued in emphatic style during the week with their first of what is likely to be many wins in Europe this season, with Sturridge, Essien and an Anelka brace handing Chelsea a resounding 4 - 1 win over MSK Zilina in Slovakia against the national champions.

Yet saner voices continue to emerge to champion national struggle against religious bigotry.

The SU women's basketball team earned a shot to play defending national champion and unbeaten UCONN with a hellacious effort against Washington, blowing out the Huskies 80 - 59 in a NCAA Tournament semifinal game last night in Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

«A member of the DGA's National Board and a recipient of the DGA's highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award, Milos actively championed artist's rights throughout his career, speaking multiple times before Congress and world audiences about the importance of creative rights and artists» protections against the violation of those rights,» continued Schlamme.

Shohoku has made it to the second round of the Nationals, and are matched up to play against Sannoh, last year's National champions.

The entirety of these four volumes is dedicated to a single game; Shohoku's semi-finals game against Sannoh, the previous year's national champions.

Fans will be able to compete online * for national pride and glory as their favourite European country in the UEFA EURO 2012 ™ tournament against rival nations in the group stage, progress through the sudden victory knockout rounds, and ultimately compete for the chance to be crowned UEFA EURO 2012 ™ champion.