Sentences with phrase «win over a bowl»

Compared to Bama, the Badgers won a division, have more wins, were roughly as dominant all year, have just one fewer win over bowl teams, and have the same record against top - 10 teams.

Should count as a win over a bowl team.

Not exact matches

They needed to win three of their final four games to get bowl eligible this year, including a big upset win over Navy.

The logic: New Mexico State hasn't had a winning season since 2002, and hadn't made a bowl game in over 50 years.

I myself am a big lover of sushi and honestly don't mind the prepping, but this bowl might win it over those delicious maki rolls, well at least when I'm eating alone that is.

That the Tigers — last year's biggest surprise with a 12 — 2 record and a No. 4 finish in the AP poll — were anything less than elated after a win over a Top 25 team that played in a BCS bowl last January shows how expectations have dramatically changed at a school that hasn't won a conference title since 1969.

Brantley didn't look healthy again until Florida's bowl win over Ohio State.

A last - minute touchdown throw from Blake Bortles to Jeff Godfrey gave UCF a three - point win over Louisville on Friday night, effectively ending the Cardinals» BCS title hopes and giving the Knights a huge advantage in the race for the AAC's automatic BCS bowl berth.

Virginia began 2017 with a 5 - 1 record but needed a tight win over Georgia Tech to eke out bowl eligibility.

And then they raised the bar on Tuesday, which saw bowl wins by Georgia over Louisville (37 - 14), Notre Dame over LSU (31 - 28), and Stanford over Maryland (45 - 21).

That would've likely added a win over a Power 5 bowl team.

Auburn got back to bowl eligibility with a somewhat surprising win over Texas A&M, and that's always a good thing, but this isn't where the Tigers hoped to be at the beginning of the regular season.

Tossing 31 touchdowns and more than 3,000 yards in 2011, Glennon led NC State to a 9 - 4 record and a win in the Champs Sports Bowl over West Virginia, the first bowl win for the Wolfpack since 2005.

Without a win over the Rebels, the Bears could start 1 - 5 and be out of bowl contention by early October.

The Scarlet Knights were 9 - 1 late in 2012, and their Big Ten debut in 2014 featured a win over Michigan, a near - defeat of Penn State, and a bowl romp over North Carolina.

Malzahn has just a single bowl win in his career at Auburn, and it came last season with a Birmingham Bowl victory over Memphis.

The Zow - led wins over Mississippi State and Auburn have improved Alabama's record to 5 - 5, and if the Crimson Tide defeats Southern Mississippi on Nov. 29, it will qualify for a bowl game.

The West, with its season - long superiority and seven bowl teams, went 2 - 5; the inferior East has gone 3 - 0 with wins over teams ranked No. 16 (Georgia over Louisville), No. 24 (South Carolina over Miami), and No. 35 (Missouri over Minnesota) in F / +.

After arriving in Ann Arbor with five - star expectations yet never seizing control of the Wolverines» offense, Morris heated up down the stretch this fall to propel Central Michigan into the bowl picture, tossing 14 touchdowns and just two interceptions over a season - ending five - game winning streak.

That is a silly way to look at things — just like the win over Houston in the Conference USA title game shouldn't be used as the sole reason for hiring somebody, a lackluster bowl performance shouldn't be used as means for questioning the hire — but that tends to be how people react.

A big upset like Illinois over Nebraska or Northwestern over Penn State would redefine how we look at everybody involved, but in the week's most tightly projected contest, bowl hopes (Maryland) or darkhorse Big Ten title hopes (Indiana) might hinge on a win.

The Bulldogs check in at No. 2 on this list for obvious reasons, which includes a state - record 915 points scored, a state record for point differential in a season (915 - 166) and a 68 - 7 win in the CIF Division I state bowl game over previously unbeaten Oceanside.

During Ohio State's bowl win over USC, Mo Hurst tweeted the following: Whenever I see a OSU spot i think of... oh...

But I question any athlete's commitment to win a championship when he chooses late - night bowling and early - morning breakfasts with his «crew» over working out with the team.

Average home attendance was over 20,000 for the fourth straight season, and Tech has now both attended and won bowls for four straight years as well.

Michigan's 38 - 31 Rose Bowl win over Washington salvaged a modicum of pride for the once powerful Big Ten, which, with Ohio State's 21 - 14 loss to Georgia in the Citrus and Illinois's 27 - 17 loss to Hawaii in the Holiday, is now 48 -57-1 in bowl games and a woeful 29 -44-1 since 1975, when the conference began allowing member schools to play in bowls other than the Rose.

All in all, a successful SEC debut, with close losses to LSU and Florida and an entertaining January victory over nine - win Northwestern, with Showers earning bowl MVP honors.

After two New Year's Six bowls and two wins over Alabama, Freeze, a North Mississippi native and former Memphis high school coach, has more equity among boosters than any Ole Miss coach in modern history.

Over 11 years, Calhoun has nearly as many 10 - win seasons (two) and bowl wins (four) as DeBerry did in 23 (four and six, respectively).

After Texas and four other Big 12 schools bailed on a plan that would have transformed the Pac - 10 into a 16 - team superconference, Pac - 10 commissioner Larry Scott plucked Utah, the upstart Mountain West program that has produced two undefeated seasons and BCS bowl wins over the past six years, to join previous invitee Colorado and form a 12 - team conference.

The Bruins are 5 - 6 this season and will need a win over Cal to get to a bowl game under interim head coach Jedd Fisch.

«It's been unfinished business,» Daniels said while walking off the field following a Sept. 23 win over defending CIF Division I - A state bowl runner - up St. Mary's - Stockton at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.

III bowl win over Sutter.

The junior tossed 21 touchdowns and threw just three interceptions in leading the Pirates to a perfect run through the Bay Valley Athletic League, a playoff win over San Ramon Valley - Danville, and the school's first CIF state bowl game berth by virtue of a Dec. 9 win over Granite Bay.

He was 26 - for - 35 for 380 and three in the bowl - clinching win over Ball State.

It means splitting with a few major conference teams and finishing each season with a run of wins over smaller programs and playing in a minor bowl.

Mangum moved back to the second string in 2016, receiving most of his action in a blowout win over Southern Utah and in a bowl monsoon against Wyoming.

Though LSU is 2 - 5 ATS over its last seven against teams with winning records and 1 - 4 ATS over its last five games as a favorite, the Tigers have fared well at the sportsbook in their recent bowl games.

Pete Rose, who famously flattened Ray Fosse to score the winning run in the 1970 All - Star game, was bowled over.

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One big way to win over a Russian women is to pronounce her name properly, and even learn a few basic Russian words, if you can do this correctly your women will be bowled over by you, this very little thing can go a long way to win over your Russian women's heart and gain her respect for you.

As I fly to Canada to meet Sarah Polley, I think about the glimpses of her in Stories We Tell — her first full - length documentary feature, which bowled over critics at Sundance and the Venice film festival and has won Canada's Film of the Year award.

After winning the Grand Prix at Cannes, B.P.M. traveled to the Toronto International Film Festival, where it bowled over North American audiences, and will soon screen at the New York Film Festival, most likely to more effusive reactions.

When Alice wins the lottery, the money allows her to bowl over a struggling production company on the verge of financial ruin, allowing Alice to fulfill her lifelong dream of hosting her own talk show, one that is exclusively focused on Alice's musings, philosophy, and quirks, including eating a slice meatloaf cake with sweet potato frosting in realtime, and subjective recreations of pivotal moments in her life.

Entertainment options include Ultimate Rush, a 185 - foot Sky Coaster combines sky - diving, bungee jumping, and hang - gliding, Grand Sierra Cinema featuring current blockbuster films, Grand Sierra Bowl, a 24 - hour bowling alley, the 1,800 - seat Grand Theatre featuring award - winning performers, Fun Quest Family Arcade with over 40,000 square feet of the latest video and redemption games, Miniature Golf, Aqua Golf Driving Range, and The Bunker for virtual golf courses.

First getting attention for his ballet - informed performances, he won plaudits when he transformed Elizabeth Dee Gallery into a photo studio in 2011, where he invited visitors off the street to pose in a variety of colorful, costume - enhanced tableaux, and then further bowled over the critics with his 2013 Performa commission «MEEM: A Ballet for the Internet,» a dance performance translating the visuality of the Internet into three dimensions that McNamara restaged during the last Art Basel Miami Beach.