Sentences with phrase «national championships before»

He won the Scottish Formula Ford title in 2007 and won several national championships before a lack of budget cut his stint in racing short, so he switched to sim racing.

Says Archie, «Once we all got here together, we decided we wanted to go undefeated and win a national championship before we left.»

Not exact matches

When Georgia's gone 7 - 0 before, it meant SEC titles at least, and in one modern case — the hallowed 1980 season — it meant a national championship.

In the minutes before the kickoff of Nebraska's season - opening 55 - 14 starching of Michigan State, Cornhuskers coach Tom Osborne urged his players to embrace a possibility — an unprecedented third consecutive national championship — that would customarily send a coach searching for new ways to say, «One game at a time.»

In nine years, he's now won four national championships and gone undefeated in title games, with another title before his Tuscaloosa arrival.

She knows that Taurasi came from the town of Chino, in sunny Southern California, to the icy Storrs campus not because she wanted to follow in the footsteps of the great Lady Huskies who helped bring two national championships to UConn before she got there but because in the cozy Nutmeg State, Huskies basketball is Showtime, for the men's and women's teams.

A few days before the 1982 Hula Bowl, Clemson wide receiver Perry Tuttle was basking in the Hawaiian sun and the glow of the Tigers» recent national - championship - clinching win over Nebraska in the Orange Bowl when USC running back Marcus Allen threw a magazine on Tuttle's lap and said, «I can't believe a country boy from Clemson would be on the cover of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED.»

And if they don't lose before the Orange Bowl, this year will be the eighth time in the past 16 seasons that the winner of the Oklahoma - Nebraska game has either won some version of the national championship or at least contended for it in a bowl.

For several moments, it seemed as though Gonzaga's quest to make it back to the Final Four and avenging last year's national championship game loss would end before it ever really got started.

Villanova won the national championship last year, the Wildcats are the No. 1 overall seed in this tournament, they have more wins entering the NCAA tournament than any defending national champion before them, and they have maybe the best player in the country in Josh Hart.

Malzahn was the offensive coordinator under Chizik for three seasons, including the 2010 - 11 national championship season, before taking the head coaching job at Arkansas State last year.

Michigan was on the brink of losing for the fourth time in its last six home games and knocking itself out of national championship contention before Sept. 1.

They had won 36 of 48 games from that day in August until the last one in September, and after sweeping the Phils in a bizarre doubleheader the night before for their 23rd and 24th straight wins at home, the championship of the National League East seemed within the Pirates» reach.

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.

Fans of teams in the Playoff will likely expect a national championship trip in the second week of January and have little incentive to travel for the undercard game the week before.

In the semifinal, Jesuit trailed at halftime before scoring 29 consecutive points after the intermission on their way to a convincing 39 - 20 victory to earn a shot at the national championship.

Right after a single - arm weight - lifting championship and just before a meeting of the Midwest taekwondo club, the Granby Halls Leisure Centre in Leicester, England, has pried open a November date for the most meaningful game in the history of England's national basketball team.

«I think,» he said after winning the national championship in the shot, «if I improve normally, I can do 70 feet in the shot before I quit.»

SAN ANTONIO — Before Michigan became the hottest team in college basketball and rode a 14 - game winning streak to a Big Ten tournament title and the national championship game against Villanova, the team's captains gathered at the end of a grueling summer looking for a bonding exercise.

He went on to win back - to - back national championships for his team at Augusta State before going onto the PGA Tour.

Kiffin's never - boring tenure as Alabama offensive coordinator ended just days before the last national championship game after his candid comments about head coach Nick Saban's program in an interview with Sports Illustrated, which allowed him to get a head start making a splash as the new coach of lowly Florida Atlantic, winners of just three games the previous year.

Before the start of the season, Florida (+500) was listed as the favorite to the national championship, followed by Louisville (+800), Vanderbilt (+1000), Texas A&M (+1200) and Miami (+1400).

Who beat Alabama in the national championship the year before?

Jordan captured two state championships at age 5 and 7, peaking with national ranking of No. 9 in second grade before giving up competitive tournaments to focus on basketball.

Brown, a 6 - foot - 5, 240 pound sophomore, had actually applied at TSU and been admitted during the fall, more than a month before the national championship game.

As a result of the incident in the national championship game against Georgia, Brown will have certain stipulations he must meet before being allowed to join the football team at TSU.

No, it's not Christmas, it's the conference tournaments for NCAA college basketball and before each tourney gets into the quarterfinals, oddsmakers have placed the Virginia Cavaliers, Duke Blue Devils and Villanova Wildcats as +600 favorites to win the national championship.

While over 50 Pinnacle Sports customers stand to hit it big if the Patriots win the National championship, only a handful had the foresight to back George Mason at 400/1 before the tournament started.

That season, he helped lead the Seminoles to their first national championship in fourteen years, before being plucked by Mark Richt as his coordinator at Georgia.

Before Gonzaga, North Carolina, Oregon and South Carolina battle for the national championship, here are a few betting trends to know.

Zlatan last featured for Swede at the European championships in France before calling time on his international career, but the journalists nevertheless posed a question whether the 36 - year - old would return to the national setup.

Six weeks before the college football season kicks off, Alabama is the consensus favorite to win the national championship.

Before his retirement my smooth collie, Andrei, placed 4th in his class at the AAC BC / Yukon Regional Championships 2 years in a row and 4th in his class at the AAC National Championships, achieved his agility championship, his CARO (RallyO) Versatility MCL, his CKC Novice Rally title, his CKC CD and worked as a St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog.