Sentences with phrase «running lines around»

A prolific notetaker, Marden filled his journals with subject matter as familiar as references to Italian film director Federico Fellini and as esoteric as «looking at an object in nature and running lines around it.»

Not exact matches

While quarterbacks often get blamed for a poor offense — and there are some mediocre quarterbacks starting around the league — poor offensive lines can create a domino effect on offense: less protection for the quarterback, shorter passes, shorter runs, fewer exciting big plays.

Every year, more than 100 participants take the plunge and race around our headquarters — running, swimming, and scrumming their way to the finish line.

The Australian price / earnings (P / E) ratio has fallen slightly since the previous Statement to around 19, which is broadly in line with its long - run average.

In contrast to Jackson's and Van Buren's political patronage via banking privilege, the line of control now runs the other way around, from banking to politics.

and then silence (I thought he'd up and quit)... but then he jumped out of the water and looked me square in the eye and the fight was on... he ran around all of the snags and crannies and tried to get rid of my line..

The softboot line runs around $ 150 - 300, depending on the year made and the store.

We ran around the perfectly - lined orchard and picked a variety of apples that I later turned into a clafoutis on New Day Northwest.

BTN also runs a line - up of B2B trade shows around the world.

Using a small sharp knife, run it around the edge of the pan to loosen the cake and then invert the cake onto a cooling rack (lined with parchment paper) to cool completely.

BTN also runs a line - up of b2b trade shows around the world.

We have too many headless players running around producing nothing of consequence, passing across the line or back to defenders.

Bottom line, let Mesut get a run of games in his natural position with these players around him, and you'll get where I'm coming from.

His offensive line is not very good (it's similar to what Jackson has in front of him at Louisville), so he has to make all sorts of exciting plays, running around for his life.

The Tigers have used an offensive strategy geared around a mostly unparalleled ability to line up in the I - formation, shove aside the first wave and second waves of the defense, and then unleash powerful and freakishly athletic backs to run over whatever was left.

Any unit that lines up Reggie White, one of the greatest pass rushers ever, at end and 325 - pound Gilbert Brown, one of the best run stuffers around, at nosetackle can be counted on for assistance.

His career highlights at S.I. include road trips in search of sports on the equator, the world's most dangerous sport and Roman gladiators as the first sports superstars, a lengthy meditation on Don King's hair, the second - ever descent of Africa's Zambezi River, a weighty essay on the 580 - pound sumo wrestler Konishiki, an investigation into the questionable around - the - world run by Robert Garside, a look inside the mind games at the 1987 world chess championship between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in Seville, Spain, three weeks in the Sahara covering the 2002 Paris - to - Dakar Rally, a trudge through Panama's Darien jungle retracing Vasco Núñez de Balboa's 1513 expedition, and a journey into the world of Jeopardy! His essay on George Steinbrenner and the New York Yankees» line of succession was called the «scoop of the year» in the 2008 Houghton - Mifflin collection The Best American Sports Writing.

Any kind of blitz up the middle will be hard for the offensive line to block because they are trying to show a good run - blocking fake, and Manning isn't going to get away from a guy who is on him right as he turns around to throw.

Again, when I say energy that doesn't mean that I'm just expecting them to run around and throw hits (although I do believe that you can't play a soft game where you don't take the body... particularly so in the West... but that's really a 4 - line requirement vs a single line).

Is putting the offense in the best position to succeed include taking the slowest running back on the team and having him repeatedly run parallel to the line to try to get around the edge?

By the time Manning is done bouncing around the line of scrimmage, waving his arms, and checking the play, time may be running out.

But when a defense comes out and have one safety down around the line of scrimmage and the other 5 yards behind the LB you cant simply line up and run the ball at them.

With that many big gains and negative plays, the Nittany Lions either had a running back who danced around far too much or a line that couldn't block a good Division II front.

When RVP was around he did good runs along the touch line crossed and RVP score most goals.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Gerd Müller also did not run around the field all over the place and defend on his goal line, but he was one of the most lethal strikers the world has seen.

If you noticed the OL line with Wentz looks like the pocket breaks down and he does all that whodini running around stuff..

Taking the center snap 10 yards behind the line of scrimmage, Bork ran around one charging lineman, dodged another and then with what seemed to be the merest flick of his forearm, lofted a high, long pass down the left sideline.

They run 5 yards to the second cone, pivot back to the starting line, move around the second cone again, and make their way to the third cone, which they must weave around in a fluid motion before moving back to the line.

He'll be climbing, walking, running and swimming his way around the 6,000 + kilometres of coast line while living off the land as best he can.

Barrett was then run down in the open field by Nicholson short of the marker after having to turn his shoulders laterally to the line of scrimmage to run around the collapsed block.

After Arkansas finished its workout in Memorial Stadium, Texas had the field for 30 minutes, and ran through plays (the draw, the trap, the pitch - out around right end from an unbalanced line, the throw - back pass).

So the front line runs back about 20 yards, turns around and blocks somebody.

Koke's assist on Griezmann's first goal — a one - touch ping from the halfway line — was simply outrageous, and he buzzed around the midfield throughout, running with purpose and clarity.

The offense was looking to get to the line of scrimmage fast and run around 90 offensive plays a game.

We all did our stretches and got ourselves ready on the starting line to run a whole mile (5 laps around the playground).

His off the ball running caused innumerable problems for the Swansea back line and they just could not cope with Mata running around and being a nuisance.

Otherwise we walked or hopped the R - Line, which is Raleigh's free transit loop that runs a circle around the most popular attractions of downtown.

Many preschool teachers spend lots of time outdoors, watching the kids run around on the playground or lining them up outside when it's time to go home.

If you can't read at age 14 because you'd rather line up toys in a row, or run around in circle, or play soccer, or finger paint, well that is FINE.

I am convinced that if she were in the public school we would have been «encouraged» to put her on medications (the standard line around here, when she is getting jumpy is to «run up to the mailbox and get the mail» which is a mile round trip).

Running the 2010 election along the lines of those of 2001 and 2005 — Labour spending v Tory cuts — will not work, believe those around him.

The terrain runs from level and flat near the Hudson and then rises into a plateau around Poestenkill, then to the Berkshire Mountains along the Massachusetts state line.

«My prediction, is sadly that in the year 2022, I'll be running around trying to get the governor to veto the lines, saying they are still gerrymandered and they look funny,» Horner said.

This time around he intends to run on the Independence, Democratic, and Working Families lines.

The protest comes as Paladino, a real - estate developer and school board member in Buffalo, is considering a run for governor on the Conservative Party line should the state GOP not coalesce around a candidate who doesn't support ousting the Republican leaders in the state Legislature.

The filing comes as candidates around the state running in local races this November were tossed from the ballot line or denied access.

This time around, Arcuri is at an extra disadvantage as he is running without the benefit of the Working Families Party line, due to his «no» vote on health care reform.

«I'm hopeful this time around we'll have registered Republicans running on our line.»

When Cuomo was contemplating running on the Working Families Party line for governor the second time around, de Blasio acted as his liaison.