Sentences with phrase «upset bid»

They absorbed upset bids from two of the country's best mid-majors (Boise State, Memphis), then hit the throttle.

Upset bids against Auburn and Clemson came up just short, and in between, an upstart Houston was able to pull a 34 - 31 upset of its own.

Hurts earned his share of a championship ring, and you can easily make the case that his reliability helped Alabama avoid upset bids.

Among other close - call upset bids, Penn State avoided its first loss with a last - second, all - or - nothing touchdown throw to beat Iowa.

While there was competitive basketball and the potential for a historic upset taking place, there weren't any buzzer - beating finishes, there was only one game that might accurately be dubbed a «classic» at tournament's end, and that upset bid ultimately finished with an especially disappointing thud.

In Sunday's final game, the Golden State Warriors will try to continue their improbable upset bid over the Denver Nuggets, despite playing without injured All - Star David Lee.

Two critical penalty decisions predictably butchered that enabled one London club to avoid a deserved exit from the competition, another to survive a lower league upset bid.

The Nittany Lions built early leads, dominated in the field position battle, and headed off all but one upset bid before they could even begin.

Or is this where UGA hits a semi-justifiable wall and becomes vulnerable to a bigger upset bid?

Of the 13 held sales, 12 «Sucessful Bidder» are non-bank, with BoNY ABS SERIES 2006 - 22 being the only soon - to - be REO... unless someone (an idiot, IMO) places and upset bid in the next few days.

North Carolina's survived two upset bids by tough SEC teams thanks, in large part, to Justin Jackson.

They beat lesser teams, survived an upset bid from rival Purdue, and pulled off their routine of playing well but succumbing to good teams like Penn State and Michigan.

Baylor needed an interception late to thwart TCU's upset bid and keep its at - large BCS dreams alive.

USF responded with a last - ditch of its own, but Jordan Ozerities picked off Mike White at the UCF 11 to end the upset bid.

The ingredients were in place for an upset bid, at least.

Baylor, which survived an upset bid from Iowa State, rises to No. 1 in the Power Rankings.

Utah went on a stunning 56 - 7 run over 31 minutes, turning an upset bid into a road win by a superior team.

Tennessee was up for an upset bid, took risks, got a special teams touchdown, and generally followed the Upset Script rather well.

-- Notre Dame avoided the upset bid by Northeastern but Baylor and Iowa State were not as lucky.

App State jumped out to a 17 - 0 lead before the Eagles came back late to get within one, but the upset bid was secured and down the goal post came.

The Conservative Party backed Faso, a former Assembly minority leader, over the weekend, in addition to the candidacy of Wendy Long, the Republican who is hoping to have an upset bid against U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer this fall.

If he pulled off an upset bid, Cuomo could be saddled with a running mate he didn't pick as he tries to fend off challenges from both Nixon (should she lose the primary and remain on the WFP line in the general election) and the Republican candidate come November.