Sentences with phrase «national title game»

It's a small sample size but teams getting less than 40 % of bets in National Title games have gone 5 - 1 ATS (dogs 4 - 0 ATS, favorites 1 - 1 ATS).

We could end up with the most blue - blood of national title games — Bama / LSU vs Oklahoma — but if we don't, someone from off the beaten path could get their shot.

The Ducks made two national title games by pressing tempo as far as it will go, and more recently they collapsed in record time as well.

The game will be played on the blood - red field known as The Inferno, and the winner will get to advance to the FCS national title game in Frisco, Texas on Jan. 5.

Former Florida Gator, Tim Tebow, was on the ESPN set during the pre-game of Monday night's BCS National Title game.

In his second season, the Knights ranked No. 1 in scoring offense and had a 13 — 0 record, capped off by a Peach Bowl win over an Auburn squad that beat both national title game participants.

Few national title games this century were on par with this one — maybe Ohio State upsetting Miami, Texas outdueling USC and Florida State surviving Auburn would be in the conversation.

But this simply allowed another Hoosier to steal the closing scene of yet another breathtaking national title game.

She's talking about Natalie Novosel, Devereaux Peters and Brittany Mallory, the trio that combined for 32.7 points per game and helped the Irish get to consecutive national title games before graduating last spring.

A closer inspection reveals that Kamar Baldwin didn't get the shot off in time, but whatever, that inconvenient fact keeps us from comparing his shot to Gordon Hayward's famous 2010 national title game heave, so we're going to ignore it.

Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, one of the game's most famous bridesmaids, has groomed a team that should finally win the national title

Last year's Florida State - Auburn national title game brought in 25.57 million viewers.

The last national title game for the Gamecocks was a 17 - 13 win over Pittsburg State in the 1992 Division II National Championship Game.

The Wildcats were No. 6 in the preseason polls even after major roster turnover from a 32 - win team the season before, which included the departure of star wing Josh Hart and national title game hero Kris Jenkins.

Maybe we don't want to see an all - SEC national title game.

In what could be one of the most exciting national title games in years, North Carolina opened as a 2.5 - point favorite at the market - setting CRIS sportsbook.

The Degen and Juice podcast returns to break down a wild national title game and look forward to the weekend's NFL playoff action.

Gonzaga will play in its first national title game tonight.

Sam Houston State will be looking to make a return trip to the FCS national title game, but first, they must get past Eastern Washington.

The Monday finish would run right into kickoff of the BCS national title game, avoiding the conflict with football there, too.

He took the Runnin» Rebels to four Final Fours, winning in 1990 behind Larry Johnson, Stacey Augmon and Greg Anthony, crushing Duke 103 - 73 in the national title game.

The Method: This is a two - team playoff of sorts, in which two participants are chosen for a national title game by a mix of human pollsters and computer rankings after all regular season and conference championship games are played.

So basically, the system is broken, it's all unfair, it's all stupid... and we're still going to watch the national title game.

Frost sits back in his new office, wearing a Nebraska sweatshirt and a Tennessee Titans hat — a nod to Marcus Mariota, who led the Oregon offenses Frost coordinated under Mark Helfrich to a national title game trip and a Heisman Trophy.

After helping get to the Tar Heels to the national title game as a sophomore, he helped them win it as a senior, winning Most Outstanding Player in the process.

Yes, few outside of the SEC region were excited about a rematch in the national title game.

Butler would go on to make the national title game for the second straight season.

Jake Coker threw for 335 yards and two touchdowns, Derrick Henry ran for 158 yards and three more scores, and Alabama poured on 24 points in the fourth quarter to hold off the Tigers, who kept it close with a phenomenal performance from Deshaun Watson (405 passing yards, four touchdowns and 73 more rushing yards) that topped even Vince Young's magisterial night for total yardage in a national title game.

Alabama's onside kick changed the national title game.

Clemson will have its chances in the national title game, but in Arlington, Alabama proved why it has been the best team in the country.

But Nebraska was only a proxy; the Huskers weren't going to the national title game with a win.

They became only the second unbeaten major - conference champion to be left out of the national title game (and would later hire the coach of the first).

Clemson's line play was key to mauling Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl and will give the Tigers a chance against Alabama in the national title game.

Texas fans, annoyed by Oklahoma getting the tie - breaker in a three - way Big 12 South tie (and thus a path to the national title game), paid for a banner with the score of the game to fly over Bedlam that November.

Exactly how do you propose keeping Kansas State out of the national title game?

After two straight trips to the national title game due largely to points in the paint and second chance opportunities, they suddenly find themselves without the tools necessary to follow their own blueprint for success.

A committee would establish which four teams would participate, the semifinals would take place within the current bowl structure, and they might farm out the national title game to the highest bidder.

Granted, SEC commissioner Mike Slive is unusually great at his job, but if his league could figure that out, college football's decision - makers could have figured out how to squeeze a national title game into the current structure, especially since the structure barely had to be changed at all.

The Wildcats beat Wichita in one of the most dramatic games of the tournament, and then they beat four more teams en route to the national title game.

You never want to guarantee that a national title game is going to be a classic, but if there were ever a year to do just that...

The two played one of the more memorable games in recent tournament history, with the Wildcats prevailing and going on to play in the national title game.

Villanova takes out Arizona and then knocks off North Carolina in a national title game thriller for the second straight year to become college basketball's first repeat champion in a decade.

Perhaps the next step is John Beilein getting revenge on the team that has dealt him the two toughest losses of his career — an Elite Eight overtime loss in 2005 when he was at West Virginia and a defeat in the 2013 national title game.

To me, the best point in this discussion is made by Stewart Mandel: whether we like it or not, the current system is designed so that any talk of resumes is meant to determine who plays in the national title game.