Sentences with phrase «only national title»

But this year, he's running the full NHRA schedule, and he outpaces Glidden at Indy to secure his only national title.

The Wolverines entered Pasadena with an outside shot at his only national title, if Colorado and Miami lost and voters overlooked Notre Dame's head - to - head edge to give him a lifetime - achievement No. 1.

# 15 Ralph (Shug) Jordan SELMA Auburn's winningest coach led Tigers to only national title, in 1957; from»56 to»58 went 24 games without a loss.

After leading Clemson to its only national title, Tuttle spent three seasons in the NFL, with the Buffalo Bills, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Atlanta Falcons.

The only national title the NCAA awards for football at the Division I level is the FCS trophy.

But with a schedule that features early trips to Ohio State and Baylor and later trips to Kansas State and Oklahoma State, it's not that hard to see the Sooners tripping up and falling out of not only national title contention, but Big 12 contention as well.

Not exact matches

Since 1970, only Alabama has won more national titles than the Huskers» five.

Only 31 teams, or an exact fourth of the country, still have at least a reasonable notion of playing for a national title.

Any one of them would have probably run away with a national title the year before, but only two of them ended up getting a chance at it.

Believe it or not, they want to win major trophies and there only two major trophies you can win with a club, the national title (PL in our case) and CL.

The Hurricanes had only won one national title (and it was an underdog run in 1983), but their dominant 1986 squad was regarded as one of the best (and most notorious) in recent college football history before suffering a stunning Fiesta Bowl upset to Penn State.

Since 2009, only three favorites have covered the spread in the national title: All three teams were coached by Saban (2009, 2011, 2012).

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?

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

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

Before he left Washington last week, his coaching acumen was the talk of every Puget Sound espresso bar, but to show for his 18 seasons in Seattle he had only a share in one national title, which is sort of like kissing your sister's Tupperware.

The Buckeyes have not only reached the national title despite featuring an all - underclassman backfield, using freshmen and sophomores as three of the top five receiving targets, and starting only one senior offensive lineman.

Even with McGwire available for only 89 games last season, the Cardinals still won the Central Division title before losing to the Mets in the National League Championship Series.

And last year, not only was Jackie Robinson West stripped of its national title, but the Georgia state championship team from Peachtree was ruled ineligible to compete in the Southeast regional after Little League officials discovered some teams in the league included too many 12 - year - olds.

Things will improve and I'm certainly not changing my national title pick just yet, but this line is only more of a concern than it was before Saturday.

Was it only 11 years ago that Oklahoma won a national title?

Last season they first lost 75 - 74, and then in a January rematch had them down by 18 points before the momentum turned and they finally fell, 112 - 104, only a month before the Bulldogs would go on to a shot at the NAIA Division II national title.

Alabama is not only the favorite to win the 2017 - 18 College Football National Championship, but they're attracting more money than any other team to win the title around the market.

They went 11 - 1 in 1950, losing only to Tennessee before knocking off Bud Wilkinson and Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl and claiming a share of the national title.

The Jaguars have won nine HBCU national championships and had already won 10 SWAC titles by the time Grambling, a school only two - thirds Southern's size, joined the conference.

North Carolina's title was Smith's 10th in 28 ACC tournament appearances, but his first since 1982, the year he won his only national championship.

It will also be remembered that Crenshaw won it over a leader board full of deadly assassins, that he won it on the back nine of the Augusta National course, where so many souls and titles have been lost or misplaced, and that he held on to it when it was only his to lose.

Miracle Worker Thanks to tireless coach Bill Snyder, once moribund Kansas State not only is a consistent winner but also has the national title within its reach

As a coach 1st Person ever inducted into the HEADFIRST BASEBALL HALL OF FAME Has Most Championships and Games Won in Headfirst History Coached the most players to move on to a 4 Year College Baseball Program Managed the 2007 Headfirst World Series team who won a National Title Managed the 2015 Headfirst Bercovich 24 World Series Team in Texas Runs multiple baseball clinics, camps and trainings for Headfirst Baseball Has created many connections with college scouts over the years for players Coached Varsity Baseball at Castro Valley High School for 3 years Coordinates «ESTL» program for players who need more development training Coached Events for USA Baseball with teams and showcases Was a Baseball Camp Instructor at Santa Clara University for 3 years Managed and Coached Headfirst Baseball teams now for 8 years Has trained and worked with players from all ages and all levels up to college Been a Role Model for dozens of players throughout the years at Headfirst Has been doing Baseball Private Lessons and Videos with players for 8 years Manages all «Bercovich 24» teams in the Headfirst Upper Division Program General Background Has been in charge of the Headfirst Upper Division as Coordinator since 2015 Received Bachelors Degree in Business at California State University - Eastbay Was the Leading Scorer twice for the only 2 seasons in Headfirst Basketball Huge Sports fan, has Season Tickets to the Giants, 49ers, Warriors and Sharks

The Tigers also have the second - best National Championship odds behind only Alabama, so we could see a third straight title matchup between the Tigers and Crimson Tide.

Only 1 team (2007 LSU) has won national title with losing record ATS in past 17 seasons.

A 2001 graduate of Williams, she was co-captain of the»01 national championship team, making her one of only two women in D - III tennis history to win titles as a player and a coach.

«People had always said I was too nice a person to win a national title; that only poor losers made good winners.»

Led by a rejuvenated coach and embracing a bruising brand of play, Duke seized its fourth national title in Indianapolis — but only after resilient Butler gave the Blue Devils all they could handle in a breathtaking final

Viewership for Ohio State's 42 - 20 victory over Oregon beat the previous season's National Championship game by 31 % and was the second - highest rated title game ever (trailing only the 2006 matchup between Texas and USC).

From a national title perspective, the former is probably the more significant matchup, if only because a second loss would almost certainly knock the Crimson Tide out of the Playoff race.

It even fulfilled a promise given to her by the only other African - American female head coach to win a national title.

So I'm struggling to see the logic in Dabo giving up a national championship (a second straight one at that), a title without Deshaun Watson (which would help mitigate the «oh, Clemson and Dabo only won because they had Watson» crap), 3 years of a 5 - star NC - winning - caliber QB in order to....

We know the Seminoles will be playing in Charlotte on December 7, but while the most interesting story line of the game could be FSU's national title hopes — only Syracuse, Idaho and fading Florida stand between FSU and a 12 - 0 record — it still might matter who the «Noles play.

There are only two teams that — because of geography, resources, tradition, and commitment — have realistic chances to recruit at a national title level: Texas and Oklahoma.

The manager who replaces Wenger should not only have head managerial EXPERIENCE, they should have won TROPHIES, ideally national League Titles and / or Champions League Trophies (ie Ancelotti, Zidane, Simeone, Benitez, Alegri, Lowe, Moyes (just kidding)-RRB-

In five NCAA tournament affairs before the title game, DiVincenzo reached double figures three times, scoring 18 against Alabama in the Round of 32 and 15 (on only six shots) against Kansas in the national semifinal.

The Tigers could do it not only without damaging their chances at an ACC title, but without damaging their chances at a national title.

His talented, experienced Gators went 10 - 2 in»98 but lost the only two games that mattered, to Tennessee and Florida State; missed the Southeastern Conference championship game for the second straight year after five appearances in a row; and after September were never a factor in the national title race.

It's got to be killing Steve Spurrier that he's beaten Georgia three years in a row, and not only have the Dawgs won the SEC East two of those times anyway, now they've got a shot at a national title.

Indiana's title odds appear only a hair better than the chances of the Florida Gators, who ourbracket predictions give a 20 percent chance of winning Billy Donovan's third national championship.

There have been players who were not really flashy, or skilled like others but manage to win trophies throughout their careers for example some of the golden generation of Spanish national team who not only won 2010 world cup but two back to back European titles as well as success with their respective club teams like Barcelona and Real Madrid.

This is only my second senior national title - the first one was in the team pursuit.

Alabama is seeking a second straight title and Nick Saban is looking to join Bear Bryant as the only coaches to win six national championships in the poll era.

In recent years the italian fans have witnessed everything: players going on strike, allegations surrounding corruption, champions stripped of a title then relegated and a national team that can only be described as spectacularly inconsistent.