Sentences with phrase «time in college football»

In fact, it was just the ninth time in college football history that major teams with perfect records were meeting in a postseason contest.

For the first time in the College Football Playoff era, no team in any of the Power 5 conferences survived the regular season without a loss.

There once was a simpler, more dignified time in college football, a time before Doctor Lou.

Not exact matches

His energy, enthusiasm and passion to bring out the best in others is what totally reeled me in when the time came for me to decide where I would play college football.

Worse, when I actually did have time to indulge in something entertaining — reading a book, watching a movie or attending a college football game — it was almost impossible for me to fully enjoy the experience due to the gnawing guilt that I was not at trade show or making a sales call or reconciling the financials.

While the College Football Playoff will garner the most attention, there's plenty of other great bowl games to enjoy in the mean time, and for gamblers, there's plenty of money left to be made.

The logic: Earlier in the college football season, I was a fan without a home after checking out «College Gameday» in Times college football season, I was a fan without a home after checking out «College Gameday» in Times College Gameday» in Times Square.

: Brett Michael Dykes at The New York Times with «Passion Plays: College Football Rules the Land in the South»

I can't believe that Summer is almost over and Fall is just around the corner, but with school getting back in session, college football games starting this week and NFL regular season right around the corner, it seems the time is here.

Despite having six caffeinated beverages in an eight hour time span, dad fell asleep on the couch, to the tune of college football.

Jeremiah Holloman, a one - time Michigan WR commit, likely won't be playing his college football in Ann Arbor (Georgia is the...

Jeremiah Holloman, a one - time Michigan WR commit, likely won't be playing his college football in Ann Arbor (Georgia is the favorite).

That there was a QB in this draft, unknown, just a generic QB, who played big - time D1A college football, completed 71 % of his passes in 2017, a higher percentage than any other D1A QB being considered in RD's 1 & 2, while simultaneously throwing more downfield passes than any other QB being seriously considered in D1A, and that his overall numbers were astounding; 4,627 Yards Passing in in a college season, not a 17 Game NFL season, with 43 TD Passes compared to only 6 INT's.

These days it's not uncommon for big - time college football teams to build hype machines around their strength and conditioning programs, especially in April, three months away from real, live games in both directions.

This was one of the biggest, most well - timed home - and - home series in recent college football history.

A tiny upset in isolation — the Irish were terrible, going without an AP ranking at any point for the first time in 43 years — but it'd been that same number of years since the Midshipmen had beaten ND, the longest rivalry streak in college football history.

They have one other thing in common: these college football lifers both missed the weirdest season in college history because they were NFL head coaches at the time.

The month of December means it's that time of the year: time to recognize the best in college football for 2011.

The Cornhuskers, long one of college football's stingiest defensive units, have yielded at least 40 points in four of their last six games — which is one more time than they gave up 40 in the 1990s.

«It was my first Duck game at Autzen Stadium my freshman year, which meant it was the first time I walked the footbridge from campus to the stadium and the first time I experienced the wall of Autzen sound when Joey Harrington led a comeback win against the Trojans late in the fourth to seal a win, ultimately leading me down my personal and professional college football path.»

With spring ball I really only ever look for the few limited «knowns» that might exist, and the rest of the time is just spent enjoying the fact that college football is back in some form or another.

so that every time they visit a recruit that has us and the stains in their final (X) choices, they can flash that photo as a reminder of who has a real college football fan base.

Already a two - time small - college football All - America defensive lineman and the Division III track and field champion in both the shot put and the discus, the 22 - year - old senior decided to give varsity basketball a try this season.

As I said in a previous breakdown, I didn't really get to watch much college football last fall, so these breakdowns are usually my first time seeing these guys at all.

Trice is the only black player on the Iowa State football team, the first black varsity athlete at Iowa State College (as Iowa State University was then known) one of only a few black football players in the country at the time playing against white opponents.

A college English teacher takes his lumps and loves it on a small - time football team in upstate New York

Florida State has furthered its claim as one of the greatest offenses ever to play college football, as the Seminoles have broken the all - time FBS record for scoring in a single season.

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Why you should care: Dean Ambrose is almost always a good time against bigger dudes, and Baron Corbin is 6» 8, a former Gold Gloves champion, former grappling champion, a former college and pro football player, and the winner of last Mania's Andre Memorial Battle Royal — which he won in his main roster debut!

Northern California didn't have much of a connection to the Heisman Trophy for the first 30 years in which college football's most prestigious award was handed out, but then hit the gold mine three times in four years.

The new seats — about 12,000 of them, which will bring the stadium's capacity to 44,500 — are being built because of the school's recent football success and because of the complaining of former coach Tom Coughlin, who thought Boston College could never become a big - time football operation while playing in a dinky stadium.

I think it's about time we had playoffs in college football.

Only time will tell if your team is in the College Football Playoffs 2014 or has to go home or to the Bulk Bowl.

That game featured one of the greatest endings in college football history and, although the final play didn't impact the spread, it was an all - time bad beat for anybody who took the Wolverines moneyline.

At nearly the same time Saturday, both Penn State and Ohio State were upset as road favorites, shaking up the playoff race in College Football.

College students had a tougher time getting to distant football games in 1916 than they do today.

The 2008 Times ad was one of the most perfect definitions of «jumping the gun» in college football's history, but while UCLA currently owns a half - game lead in the Pac - 12 South and a one - spot lead in the BCS standings, we still probably shouldn't proclaim the monopoly over just yet.

The last time the college football world was focused on Chunn, he was rumbling through LSU's defense on the way to a 30 - carry, 190 - yard night that keyed the Trojans» upset win in Tiger Stadium.

We have no idea because the last time he held a college job was in the late - 1980s at a school that doesn't actually house a football program anymore (the U. of Pacific).

Despite constant attention, a nagging knee injury that surfaced and faded multiple times throughout the season, and being the object of a tug - of - war between the two most recognizable coaches in college football, Najee Harris was always the same player once the ball was snapped.

While College Football Week 14, better known as Rivalry Week, is already underway, the most anticipated game of the weekend will kick off tonight at 7:45 PM eastern time when the Alabama Crimson Tide (10 - 1, 6 - 1 SEC) host the Auburn Tigers (8 - 3, 4 - 3 SEC) in the Iron Bowl.

This was the time when NCAA Football 14 was out, and I was still doing hoodrat things with my friends in college.

It is undetermined at this time whether the Fiesta Bowl will be part of the rotating college football playoff starting in that season.

Telander was uniquely qualified to help Chaikin write his chilling story, which begins on page 82, having experienced firsthand the pressures of playing big - time college football as an All - Big Ten defensive back at Northwestern in the early 1970s.

Of course, we've never seen multiple teams from the same conference in the College Football Playoff, but with so much uncertainty in the other Power Five conferences, it's not crazy to think that this could be the year we see it for the first time.

Sporting News dubbed Burfict «The Meanest Man in College Football» in 2011, but Erickson was forced to bench the linebacker a few times — sometimes unsuccessfully.

Each year in December, a sports radio host, columnist, or whatever takes the time to scoff at the number of 6 - 6 teams in bowls, the ridiculous bowl sponsorships, or some other (admittedly silly) aspect of college football's postseason, and either proposes getting rid of them altogether (usually with some sort of NFL - style playoff expansion) or hearkens a return to the day when men were men and there were only about 15 bowls.

Though they never got the respect due from the College Football Playoff committee, which continuously put them low on its rankings because of their weak schedule, the Badgers had one of their most memorable seasons in years, finishing the regular season undefeated for the first time in school history and coming a few plays away from a Big Ten title.

They've also reached the College Football Playoff in all 3 years of its existence and are big -185 favorites to make it a fourth straight time.

In a relatively short time, Granite Bay is earning a reputation, like the legendary De La Salle High School football program in Concord, for sending players to top college programIn a relatively short time, Granite Bay is earning a reputation, like the legendary De La Salle High School football program in Concord, for sending players to top college programin Concord, for sending players to top college programs.