Because of rule changes that made it slightly easier for a " mid-major " school to earn a Bowl Championship Series bid, the Broncos became eligible for a berth after finishing with a # 8 national ranking ( they needed to finish 12th or higher ).

Because he joined the rival league, Hull was not allowed to represent Team Canada in the 1972 Summit Series.

Because of budgetary constraints the character did not appear in Star Trek: The Animated Series.

Because the band members hail from Philadelphia and its surrounding area, they showed their support for the Phillies during the 2009 World Series against the Yankees, displaying Phillies memorabilia when performing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Because SDS manufacturing was overloaded with the 9 series production and the startup of the Sigma Series production, it could not incorporate the 940 modifications into the standard production line.

Because the chips have no cash value, usually chips are designed with a single color ( usually differing in shade or tone from the version on the casino floor ), a smaller breadth, and a basic mark on the interior to distinguish denominations ; however, at certain events ( such as the World Series of Poker or other televised poker ), chips approach quality levels of chips on the floor.

Because of the 1994 Major League Baseball strike, Matsui became known to the American media, as media outlets were covering the Series, which was referred in Sports Illustrated as " the " Fall Classic.

* 1963: Because dollar bills were no longer redeemable in silver, beginning with Series 1963A, was removed from the obverse of the $ 100 Federal Reserve Note and the obligation was shortened to its current wording,.

Because of this, in Series 1 the motorway's carriageways have traffic driving on the right hand carriageway of the motorway.

Because of the increased number of participants, his run of back-to-back main event final tables in 2003-04 has been called the greatest accomplishment in World Series history, particularly by ESPN poker announcer Norman Chad.

Because the Common Criteria decoupled TCSEC's pairing of assurance ( EAL ) and functionality ( Protection Profile ), the clear uniform mapping between security requirements and MLS security range capability documented in CSC-STD-004-85 has largely been lost when the Common Criteria superseded the Rainbow Series.

Because the 1999 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards certificate had expired, and the cost to re-certify the car was prohibitive, all Series 1's produced after that date were completed as " component cars " and delivered with no engine or transmission.

Because this game was scheduled at the last minute as a makeup due to the Game 2 tie, as well as the game-fixing rumors and the boycott by the Royal Rooters, the riveting finale of the 1912 World Series was played to a half-capacity crowd at Fenway.

Because of increased weight of the slightly longer 1928 Chevrolet National Series AB performance failed to improve from the 1927 Chevrolet Series AA Capitol.

Because the Cardinals and Rangers faced each other in the 2011 World Series, this created a unique situation, with the Rangers paying the majority of a salary to a player who will be trying to beat them for the championship.

Because of Fox ’ s contract with Major League Baseball ’ s World Series, the episode first aired on the Fox Network in the United States on November 6, 2001, nearly one week after Halloween.

Because Canada is NASCAR's largest market outside the United States, NASCAR brought the NAPA Auto Parts 200 Busch Series ( now Nationwide Series ) race to Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 2007 ; the race has continued on the schedule ever since.

Because of stock car racing's roots in and wealth of famous drivers from North Carolina, many NASCAR offices in the area and many teams in the three major series NASCAR competes in ( Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series ) totaling over 73 % of motorsports employees in the United States working in what the committee called " NASCAR Valley ", Charlotte was considered the favorite by many fans and commentators.

Because Highlander: The Series was an international co-production, the producers cast a French-speaking actor to play Tessa.

Because the Nationwide Series is essentially a minor league for the major-league Sprint Cup Series, this is a controversial practice.

Because the summer was unusually dry and hot, the spring produced a smaller stream than in ordinary years.

Because he couldn't hear them, he was more convinced they were there.

Because of the political upheaval in Germany in the 1930's, Steinberg was forced to restrict his activities to the Jewish community.

Because of the falling characteristic of the rectifier, no ballast resistor was required for stability of operation.

Because negative pressure dialysis gave better recovery of proteins, permitted detection of proteins concentrated from very dilute solutions and was a gentler procedure, it was used in all but the earliest experiments.

Because of increasing anemia, triamcinolone, 8 mg. daily, was started on Feb. 23, 1958, and was continued until July, 1958.

Because of this he was known as Gimpy ( but, as with Capone and his nickname of Scarface, never in his presence ).

Because of this diversionary attack the main group that had been pinned down on the hill was able to surge forward again.

Because Don was leaving the next day, I spent the evening with him at Asia Center.

Because, if for no other reason, Willings would never for a moment suppose he was not bigger, tougher, than anything else that went on two legs.

Because his mind had been otherwise occupied for the past couple of hours, he did not think to look and see if Jerry Burton's car was still there.

-- Held out of Texas Tech's sweat-suits drill Monday at Lubbock was tackle Richard Stafford, who is undergoing treatment for a leg injury suffered in the Raiders' 38-7 loss to Texas A & M Because of its important game with Arkansas coming up Saturday, Baylor worked out in the rain Monday -- mud or no mud.

Because he copiously shed his own tears, and yielded himself up as a living sacrifice to the impersonalized conscience of New England, he was not disturbed by the havoc he worked in other people's consciences.

Because your soul was made to be filled with God Himself, not religious functions `` about '' Him.

Because constitutional claims are of great magnitude, appellate courts might be more lenient to review the claim even if it was not preserved.

Because the series was at stake, the match was to be " timeless ", i. e., played to a finish.

Because of her beauty, other gods feared that jealousy would interrupt the peace among them and lead to war, and so Zeus married her to Hephaestus, who was not viewed as a threat.

Because virtually all extant written material on Arianism was written by its opponents, the nature of Arian teachings is difficult to define precisely today.

Because of this, Octavius was raised by his grandmother ( and Julius Caesar's sister ), Julia Caesaris.

Because in early Anglo-Latin writing, paterfamilias (" head of a family, householder ") usually referred to a ceorl, Donald A. Bullough suggests that Alcuin's family was of cierlisc status: i. e., free but subordinate to a noble lord, and that Alcuin and other members of his family rose to prominence through beneficial connections with the aristocracy.

Because of his bellicose nature Albert received the cognomen Alcibiades after his death ; during his lifetime Albert was known as Bellator ( the Warlike ).

Because Albert was a member of the Brandenburg-Ansbach branch of the House of Hohenzollern, it had been hoped that his election as Grand Master would reverse the decline of the Teutonic Knights since 1410 ; Duke Frederick of Saxony of the House of Wettin had been elected for the same reason.