Sentences with phrase «quarterback leading»

Costner's calm in the huddle, a flawed but passionate quarterback leading his team through the tunnel.

He appears to be the ideal fit for an offensive looking to take the next level with a young quarterback leading the charge.

Or a defensive tackle's personal war against an opposing quarterback leading to a full - on brawl when the offensive line retaliated?

The four - time Pro Bowl quarterback led the Saints to a Super Bowl championship in 2010.

Houston's do - everything quarterback leads the nation in rushing touchdowns and has the Cougars at a perfect 8 - 0 on the season.

The 31 - year - old quarterback leads the NFL with 21 turnovers and has struggled with consistency despite completing 66.8 percent of his passes and nearing a career high in touchdowns.

After a mistake - filled first half, Washington's embattled quarterback led the most unlikely of comebacks.

As a true freshman in 2008, Baylor's slashing, scrambling quarterback led the Bears with 13 rushing touchdowns and passed or ran for 65 % of their yards from scrimmage.

The former Nebraska quarterback led the Cornhuskers to a...

The former Nebraska quarterback led the Cornhuskers to a shared National Championship (with the Wolverines) in 1997.

The quarterback leads the team onto the field — not a running back, defensive lineman or wide receiver.

Not exact matches

Blackledge had a decorated college career with the Nittany Lions, highlighted by leading Penn State to its first national title in 1982 and winning the Davey O'Brien award as college football's best quarterback.

This year's game was close throughout, with Eagles quarterback Nick Foles leading his team to its first Super Bowl victory and Patriots quarterback Tom Brady heaving a last - second pass that fell incomplete.

Then, a wild snap on second and goal sent the ball over quarterback J'Mar Smith's head, leading to a fumble that simply refused to get picked up.

I'll say this much about avid Twitter user Joe Mantegna: He has a better site than Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana, whose page basically leads nowhere.

Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway spent his entire career with the Denver Broncos and led the team to its first Super Bowl championship in 1998 and again in 1999.

Nick Foles, the quarterback who led the Philadelphia Eagles to their first Super Bowl victory ever, has been on a tear.

When he prodded (right - handed) Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook to pull his lead elbow (left arm) through in his throwing motion, Whitfield crouched behind the Spartan standout and told him, «Just imagine there's a midget talking shit right here.

Such a technological transition could have easily led to a high number of layoffs at GRM, but Schneur said he was able to minimize turnover by hiring «digital quarterbacks» to re-train current employees.

Elite 11's lead instructor, former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer, is a Gervais protégé.

Thursday night started off about as bad as you could imagine for Niners bettors, with quarterback Brian Hoyer throwing an interception deep in Niners territory seconds into the game to hand the Rams a quick seven - point lead.

(CNN)- Ask Dylan Thompson to name his career highlights, and fans might expect to hear about one of his big moments as South Carolina's backup quarterback - like the time he led the Gamecocks to victory over rival Clemson, or when he threw the game - winning touchdown with 11 seconds left in the Outback Bowl.

On Saturday night, quarterback Greg McElroy led the team to one of its most decisive victories of the season, complete with an 88 - yard drive, 239 passing yards, and some sweet ballet - like moves along the sideline.

In 2012 the lines between the sacred and the profane will get even more blurry: Scientists will religiously maintain their search for the elusive God particle (they won't find it); evangelical sports superhero and Denver Bronco quarterback Tim Tebow will continue to be both an inspiration to the faithful and an object of scorn to skeptics (he will be watching, not playing in, the Super Bowl); at least one well - known religious leader or leading religious politician will be brought down by a sex scandal (let's hope all our leaders have learned a lesson from former Rep. Anthony Weiner and stay away from sexting); and the «nones» - those who don't identify with one religion - will grow even more numerous and find religious meanings in unexpected places (what TV show will become this season's «Lost»?)

N.C. State added a touchdown early in the fourth quarter when quarterback Mike Glennon found Shadrach Thornton for for a 24 - yard touchdown that cut the Seminoles lead to just six.

Box Score Hero: N.C. State quarterback Mike Glennon threw for 266 yards in the upset, leading the Wolfpack on the game - winning drive in the last two minutes.

A quarterback's most important skill — the ability to lead, to take over a bus, a locker room, a team meeting, a play gone haywire — is one Kornblau has not yet developed.

But an inefficient run game will lead to a new quarterback throwing a lot of passes on second - or third - and - long.

The receiving corps, led by Lucky Jackson, will still be exciting if there's competence at quarterback (and there probably will be).

Auburn football was rewarded on Saturday, as Burger led his team to a 31 - 3 victory over Texas, passing for 269 yards — the highest game total of any Auburn quarterback since Pat Sullivan in 1971.

Chief threat is Quarterback Gary Glick, who last year led the nation in pass interceptions, placed fifth nationally in total offense.

The Wolverines have to find a quarterback, but this team can lean on its defense — led by new coordinator Don Brown — to push Ohio State for the Big Ten title.

Last Saturday night, blown coverage by the Cornhuskers led to the game's only touchdown, a 25 - yard pass from Sun Devils senior quarterback Jake Plummer to senior wideout Keith Poole.

«I'm proud of the fact that since I've become quarterbacks coach and OC, Marcus was a Heisman winner and led the country in passer efficiency,» Frost says.

Second Blessing In leading an upset of the Rams, Tim Rattay proved the 49ers have a backup quarterback they can count on

Taggart was a star quarterback at Manatee, but he wasn't big enough or fast enough for a program that had just been led to a national title by Charlie Ward, who was so blessed athletically that he won the 1993 Heisman Trophy and then went on to an 11 - year professional career — in the NBA.

Notre Dame did not hire a new offensive coordinator to produce 266 yards of total offense in primetime games, and it shouldn't allow teams led by true freshman quarterbacks to come into South Bend and leave with wins.

In the real world, we would just end the story of Allen here: an average mid-major quarterback who had led his team to some big wins in 2016 but couldn't follow it up in 2017.

They had won by fewer than 14 points only once all year — 29 - 24 over a Boston College team quarterbacked by a freshman named Doug Flutie — and quickly jumped out to a 14 - 0 lead on Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions.

Seattle may be lead by a rookie quarterback, but Russell Wilson looked pretty polished in Sunday's 27 - 7 beat down of the Cowboys.

«It's all similar,» Tariq, the first - team All - NorCal cornerback, says of his personality and that of his fraternal twin, TyRee, the quarterback who led the Trojans to the California Interscholastic Federation North Regional 4 - A championship game.

On the flip side, Boise State is led by their senior quarterback and Heisman hopeful Kellen Moore.

The Bulldogs quarterback opened the season displaying efficiency and versatility to lead Folsom to the top of the Sac - Joaquin Section ranks.

In 1997, each was led by a quarterback who would go No. 1.

For the second time in four years, according to recruiting experts, coach Mack Brown signed the top incoming class in the nation, this one led by Young, a 6» 5», 200 - pound quarterback who passed and ran for a total of 3,819 yards and 59 touchdowns last season.

Michigan quarterback Jake Rudock is playing his last college football game on Friday, leading the Wolverines against Florida in the Citrus Bowl.

Although Loville led the Niners in rushing (he was also second on the team in receiving yards), the team gained less than 100 yards rushing in eight of its last 10 games, forcing its quarterbacks to throw 40 or more passes in nine of them.

Quarterback Matthew Stafford has thrown for 16 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, while leading the NFL in passing yards, with 3,742.

The media stopped reporting on the incident, and fans got back to fretting over matters they really considered important: the status of Joe Montana's injured elbow, and whether he or Steve Young would be the quarterback to lead the team to a fifth Super Bowl championship.

The Elite 11 camp, led by former NFL QB Trent Dilfter, invites 18 of the top quarterbacks in the class and then picks the 11 best contestants from that group for a week - long event at the Nike Headquarters in Bend.