Sentence examples for playoff hurdle from inspiring English sources

If this is Oregon's last big playoff hurdle, it's probably good the Ducks have receiver Devon Allen.

But in lifting the Pirates to their first winning season, and first playoff appearance, since 1992, Hurdle was far more than a cheerleader.

On the Yankees' 12-game quest for a playoff berth, he is hurdle No. 1.

LA's captain dusted himself off to dispatch the spot-kick and send Martin Rennie's side out of the playoffs at the first hurdle.

One hurdle to the playoffs: The Chiefs have the fourth-toughest schedule in the league.

It still requires the 'almost' tag, of course, because in this second-year world of college playoffs, there is an additional hurdle to clear, a final frontier to attain.

Tony Gonzalez, in his 16th year in the league, is recognised as one of the greatest tight ends ever to play the game yet had fallen at the first hurdle on each of his five playoff appearances to date.

But the network faces one hurdle in topping the December ratings: an 8 p.m. playoff game between the Detroit Lions and New Orleans Saints.

— The news that Rangers forward Sean Avery had sustained a lacerated spleen and was hospitalized rippled through the Rangers practice Wednesday morning, another hurdle thrown in front of a team facing elimination in its playoff series against Pittsburgh.

This is the first time in franchise history that they have reached the playoffs in three consecutive years, and yet they have now fallen at the first hurdle on all three occasions.

So far Pennington has cleared each hurdle with ease: his first start, his first time against a Bill Belichick defense, his first playoff game.