Sentences with phrase «won the starting quarterback»

It appears redshirt freshman Will Grier is the favorite to win the starting quarterback job.

With Kevin Kolb injured, the Cardinals were forced to turn to Skelton this week, the preseason favorite to win the starting quarterback job there during the preseason.

Not exact matches

But just how will this team, starting such journeymen as Shepherd, Ty Detmer at quarterback and Terry Kirby at running back, score enough to win any games?

No. 4 Ohio State survived over No. 20 Michigan by a 26 - 21 margin in 2012, eked out a 42 - 41 win over the unranked Wolverines in 2013, and lost their starting quarterback to injury and nearly derailed their College Football Playoff prospects in a 42 - 28 win in 2014.

Tebow went from being a short - yardage, situational runner in 2006 to Florida's starting quarterback in 2007 and the first - ever sophomore to win the Heisman.

After starting quarterback Jacob Eason went down with a knee injury in the season opener, true freshman Jake Fromm took the reins and piloted the offense to a nip - and - tuck road win over Notre Dame and emphatic

After starting quarterback Jacob Eason went down with a knee injury in the season opener, true freshman Jake Fromm took the reins and piloted the offense to a nip - and - tuck road win over Notre Dame and emphatic Ws over the Bulldogs» SEC East competition.

The Fighting Illini have been without starting quarterback Wes Lunt for nearly half the season and have managed just three wins.

With a new head coach and rookie starting quarterback, Philly's odds of winning the Super Bowl dropped from 80/1 to 100/1 while their odds of winning the NFC East dropped from +550 to +650.

In death Berringer was recalled as a dedicated, caring and studious athlete who performed ably in helping the Cornhuskers win the national championship in 1994 and then sat with dignity when beaten out for starting quarterback by Tommie Frazier the following fall.

Following his record - setting performance in his first game starting as the Texas A&M quarterback, Kenny Hill got himself a new nickname from A&M's former Heisman winning QB.

Black quarterback Joe Gilliam, who led the Steelers to victory in all their exhibition games and won a starting job, opens the season against the Colts.

Seattle signed Flynn last offseason with the intention of using him as the team's starting quarterback, but Russell Wilson won the starting job in Seattle.

After an impressive performance in Oklahoma State's win over Mississippi State Saturday, sophomore J.W. Walsh has been named Oklahoma State's starting quarterback.

The Jets had not started a season that well since 1966, when they had a flashy quarterback from Alabama by the name of Joe Namath, and the mere thought of three wins in three games had to be staggering.

Michigan starting quarterback Devin Gardner was heading to Louisiana sitting in coach, when former Ohio State Heisman Trophy winning running back Eddie George sat down next to him.

Now: Wilson is a Super Bowl - winning quarterback who hasn't missed a start in six seasons for the Seahawks.

Now Mr. Guerrero has started a new business with the four - time Super Bowl winning quarterback as the face, called TB12.

Sophomore Taylor Kelly, the leading candidate to take over as the starting quarterback for Arizona State after the departure of Brock Osweiler to the NFL, has won the job.

DRAFTED AT NO. 7 in 2003, with hopes that he would become the Jaguars» franchise quarterback, Byron Leftwich instead produced 24 wins in 46 starts (0 — 1 in the postseason), not a single 3,000 - yard passing season and much disappointment in four years with the team.

Only three other starting quarterbacks (Drew Brees, Jared Goff, and Alex Smith) of the eight playing this playoff weekend can say they were good enough to win a division and earn the right to play at home.

Stabler started the majority of Oakland's game at quarterback that season and won eight games.

In landing Heupel (a junior college transfer), Hybl (a Georgia transfer), and White (a local high school legend and eventual Heisman winner), Stoops» opportunistic selection of offensive style landed him six years» worth of starting quarterbacks, 19,751 yards, 169 touchdown passes, and 67 wins.

The Giants have been a much more hateable foil — even though the Eagles have regular season ownership over them in the the last decade they've won two Super Bowls because their awful quarterback suddenly turns into Joe Montana in the playoffs and their practice squad receivers start catching footballs with their god damn heads and it's absolutely infuriating!

Brady has gone 123 - 90 ATS (57.7 %) with +28.96 units won since 2003, which makes him the most profitable starting quarterback in our database.

Barkley, 21, was a highly ranked high school prospect after winning the Gatorade National Player of the Year in 2007, and immediately took over as the starting quarterback at USC as a true freshman.

Since starting the season with back - to - back losses, the Colts have moved to the top of the AFC South after winning four straight and quarterback Andrew Luck has been a fundamental part of that run.

Charlie Batch, starting at quarterback for injured quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, led the Steelers down the field on the game - winning drive.

The Oregon State Beavers won their fifth - straight game to start the season, this time without starting quarterback Sean Mannion.

The Lions lost another close one in week 2, and the Vikings playing like a team that didn't have their starting quarterback all preseason, but one of these 0 - 2 teams will have a win after week 3.

The Longhorns benched their starting quarterback, alternated two others and, in the process, finally discovered a way to pull out a close win

The Cardinals continue to win and Arizona is now the projected 1 - seed in the NFC even though their quarterback situation is a mess and they are rumored to be looking at signing Shane Falco to compete for the starting job.

An offense led by quarterback Jack Stephens and running back Nick Fadelli — both of whom are the third in a trio of brothers to come through the school — has sparked Campolindo to an 8 - 0 start after a 38 - 28 come - from - behind win against Las Lomas - Walnut Creek on Oct. 17.

After leading Michigan to a win over Rutgers, Jim Harbaugh wasn't shying away from naming Brandon Peters the starting quarterback going forward...

He cried about Ditka's lack of loyalty to Steve Fuller and Mike Tomczak, the backup quarterbacks who have started and won for the Bears.

If I had taken returning starting quarterback Wilton Speight — lost for the season with injury back in September — out of the equation, their projected wins probably would have fallen to about 8.5.

Renounced for his wide - open, high - scoring offenses, the Eagles were able to win 10 games last season despite starting the long forgotten Mark Sanchez at quarterback for nearly half the season.

With all of the indecision regarding the Ohio State starting quarterback, it was interesting to see 5Dimes post odds for any Ohio State player to win the Heisman (+560).

Kane: Packers» Brett Hundley - Davante Adams connection a late - game dagger to Bears - Chicago Tribune - Brett Hundley became the first Packers starting quarterback other than Aaron Rodgers or Brett Favre to win against the Bears since Don Majkowski in 1989.

Butch Dill / Associated Press Junior quarterback Nick Marshall made his first career start for Auburn in a win over Washington State.

The Denver Broncos won the Super Bowl, 24 - 10 over the Carolina Panthers, giving Payton Manning, who, at 39, is the oldest starting quarterback in Super Bowl history, his second win in what might be the end of his football career.

This was treated as if the starter were hurt or some unforeseen circumstance caused them not to play, and Kaepernick was brought in to play quarterback and won the starting job.