Sentences with phrase «of national title games»

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.

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

The Tide needed a blocked kick to top Tennessee, beat Virginia Tech by 10, beat LSU by nine, came back to survive Auburn with 1:26 on the clock, and knocked Colt McCoy out of the national title game (but probably would've won anyway).

Not exact matches

But with Nebraska (1 - 1) dislodged from the top spot in the rankings, the Rose Bowl, which matches the winners of the Big Ten and the Pac - 10, is suddenly a possible site for a national - title game.

In the 2003 season, the BCS title game, Coaches Poll, and National Football Foundation decided LSU was the champion, while the Associated Press and Football Writers Association of America decided it was USC.

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

This game feels, in part, like a referendum: Is Wisconsin good enough to topple college football's Brahmans, or is it capped at only ever being a quiet miracle, good enough to sustain a nearly irreplicable run of success but never win a national title?

When it was over, the Crimson Tide had a 45 - 40 victory, their fourth national title since 2009 and the glory of prevailing in one of the best national championship games ever.

For a weekend of football that would not change the national - title picture, the author ventured to the only place where every game still counts

Two years ago the Cornhuskers lost Frazier for eight games because of blood clots in his right leg and still went 13 - 0 and won the national title.

That game is perhaps the most delicious peak Alabama performance of the Nick Saban era as the Tide took the Irish apart limb from limb from the opening whistle in Miami to win the national title.

«For now, the Bear vs. Saban is not much of a debate among the fan base, with Paul Bryant still holding the lead (longevity, tenure, SEC titles, national championships, impact on the game),» said Evans.

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.

While the 2006 loss kept the Sooners out of the running for the national title game, the»08 and»15 Sooners both made the title game / Playoff, each time losing in the Orange Bowl to a team with orange helmets quarterbacked by a dual - threat star (Florida's Tim Tebow and Clemson's Deshaun Watson).

Nebraska players are surrounded by reminders of their back - to - back titles (shirts, posters, stadium banners, bumper stickers), and highlights of their epic 62 - 24 thrashing of Florida in last January's Fiesta Bowl, which clinched national crown number two, ran incessantly on stadium scoreboards during timeouts in Saturday's game.

From the first game of the year to the national title game, everything matters to somebody.

But he won 11 games in that first season — and just two years later, Miles matched Saban with a Tigers national title of his own.

While most were mourning the fact that we got a national title game - an Alabama - LSU rematch - that few wanted to see, some of us watched a game that reinforced all of college football's strangeness and sheer joy.

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.

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.

Four days before the final game of the»41 season, a game with Wisconsin that would clinch the national title, he was on crutches at practice because of a chronically bad knee.

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

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.

The Jayhawks won the Big 12 conference tournament for the third time in six seasons, earned a share of the Big 12 regular season title for the 14th straight year, and are now in the Final Four with the hope of reaching their second national championship game since 2012.

And every time we get a strong (major - conference) No. 3 team (2003, 2004, 2008, 2011), we get talk of a split national title once they win their bowl game; it doesn't matter whether we think they are as good as the 1 - versus - 2 winner, it's just that «The system's broken» and «This whole thing is meaningless without a playoff.»

Vanderbilt University captured their first ever baseball NCAA National Title on Wednesday night after beating Virginia in Game 3 of the College World Series 3 - 2.

Vanderbilt University captured their first ever baseball NCAA National Title on Wednesday night after beating Virginia in Game 3 of the...

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

To this day Krzyzewski is convinced that his first national title three months later — keyed by Hill's dunk on a half - court alley - oop pass from Hurley in the title game against Kansas — was the direct result of their efforts.

After coming up short of a national title the past three years (the last two times as No. 1 seeds), Duke's six seniors can't wait around for all five scholarship rookies to ease into the college game.

Pitino told his U of L team after a five overtime loss to Notre Dame on Feb. 9 that he wanted them to win the last seven games of the regular season, then the Big East Tournament title and then the national championship.

Biggest 2017 game: The trip to Ohio State (Oct. 28) is enormous for national title reasons, but watch out for the trip to Iowa (Sept. 23), the first of many revenge opportunities for opponents.

Alabama transfer Cooper Bateman, who started for the Tide for part of their 2015 national title campaign before losing his job to Jake Coker, did his best to make an impression in the spring game, going 5 - for - 5 with a touchdown.

I agree we should beat Coach Krzyz's zone but I fear that all of Duke's one - and - dones might go off big - time in a national semi or title game.

Last year's star of the BCS National Championship game, Katherine Webb, was back making news during Monday's FSU - Auburn title.

If you weren't already planning to watch the Rose Bowl, the Sugar Bowl and the national title game, these rankings aren't for you, so for the sake of suspense at the top of the list we've left out the three games with national title implications.

He chose Florida State, which was in the middle of a dizzying run of sustained excellence during which the Seminoles finished in the top five for 14 straight years starting in 1987, won two national championships and on three occasions lost in the title game.

The goal of playing Davis, of wasting a redshirt on a small handful of games, should be pretty obvious: Arkansas wants to win the SEC and, consequently, reserve a spot in the national title game.

When you combine national title implications and great matchups, the Big Ten Championship game is easily the biggest game of the college football weekend.

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

After several weeks of entertaining bowl games (including two fairly boring College Football Playoff semifinal games), we have a rematch for the national title.

He watches highlights from that year's ACC title game, an overtime win over Maryland, or the Wolfpack's double OT defeat of UCLA in the NCAA semifinals, or the national - final victory over Marquette, which featured one of his signature alley - oop passes to David Thompson.

The Heisman Trophy may be Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell's to lose, but the voters could still be swayed by what happens in a handful of games with national - title implications

We've slept on this game because it lost some luster, but it's still a vital game for Clemson in a crowded national title race, and FSU might be ready to play its best game of the season.

As Week 1 of the 2017 season arrives, we're getting a head start on that speculation game before most teams have a chance to bury their national title hopes, sketching out a first look at how all 39 bowl games will shake out leading up to the College Football Playoff title game on Jan. 8 in Atlanta.

Maybe the 2012 Alabama game has come close since, but given the stakes and the magical season that LSU would propel itself through to the BCS national title, it stands the test of time as the single greatest game of the Les Miles Era at LSU.

In its final year, the Bowl Championship Series produced a national title game featuring what most consider the two teams most deserving of a shot.

Tech's last - second win over the Longhorns had taken them to within two games of the Big 12 South title and within three games of a spot in the national title game.

It's interesting to note that North Carolina, who lost the title game in heart - breaking fashion, opened the season with the best odds (+800) of winning the national championship.

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).