They offer a fairly low holding-power-to-weight ratio and generally have to be oversized to compete with other types.

They compete in the Pac-12 Conference in 20 varsity sports.

They also perform at pep rallies and compete against other schools from local competitions all the way to nationals.

They were forced to compete with louder horn instruments ( and later amplified electric guitars ), making bass parts difficult to hear.

They contain symbiotic bacteria called Rhizobia within nodules in their root systems, producing nitrogen compounds that help the plant to grow and compete with other plants.

They hoped to find a molecule that could compete with penicillin for the organic acid transporter responsible for excretion, such that the transporter would preferentially excrete the competing molecule and the penicillin would be retained.

They are eligible to compete in lure coursing events sanctioned by the American Sighthound Field Association, entered in the Limited class.

They are associated with Útgarða-Loki, a great and devious giant featured in one of the myths concerning Thor and the other Loki who compete in rigged competitions held in the Outyards.

They currently compete in Hampshire League division 1.

They also compete with livestock for forage, and are sometimes culled.

" They currently compete in the NAIA's Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

They are one of eight clubs existing today to never compete below the second tier of English football ; however, unlike the other seven, West Ham has never won the league title.

They compete in the NCAA's Division III and the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association ( MIAA ).

They compete in the NAIA's Frontier Conference.

They compete in the Presidents ' Athletic Conference, at the Division III level.

They are able to compete successfully in the world market and command high wages.

Lancaster's swimming club is ' Lancaster Amateur Swimming and Waterpolo Club ' and they compete in a variety of competitions in the North West. They train at Salt Ayre, and at Lancaster University Sports Centre.

They run in a partisan primary election within their own district, then compete countywide in the general election.

They compete in the NAIA Frontier Conference.

They compete with the threatened brush-tailed rock-wallabies for food and shelter.

They were wary of anything they thought might make them look bad to buyers, so references to many contemporary social issues were omitted, as were references to anything that might compete commercially with a sponsor.

They currently compete in the Alabama High School Athletic Association's Class 3A division.

They compete at the 1A level in girls and boys basketball, baseball, and softball.

They compete in the Tri-Valley League and the mascot is the Charger, represented by a knight.

They compete in the North Central Thumb League.

They compete in the Mid-American Conference for most sports.

They were a member of the Big East Conference until their expulsion after the 2004 season due to a variety of program shortcomings ; they played a limited Mid-American Conference schedule in 2005 and 2006 before becoming a completely affiliated football-only member and playing a full MAC 8-game league schedule in 2007.

They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) in the National Football League ( NFL ).

They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) in the National Football League ( NFL ).

They are currently members of the South Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) in the National Football League ( NFL ).

They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) in the National Football League ( NFL ).

They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference ( AFC ) of the National Football League ( NFL ).

They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) in the National Football League ( NFL ), and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.

They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ), and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, and Chicago Blackhawks.

They took on the vastly improved Chicago Blackhawks in the Conference Finals, winning in five games.

They earned the # 3 seed in the Western Conference for the Stanley Cup playoffs ( extending their professional sports record of post-season appearances to 20 seasons ), finishing behind the Vancouver Canucks ( 117 ) and San Jose Sharks ( 105 ).

They are members of the Great Lakes Valley Conference, the top Division II conference in the nation.

They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference ( AFC ) in the National Football League ( NFL ).

They participate in the NCAA's Division III and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.

They currently participate in the North Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ); prior to that the Vikings were in the NFC Central Division, and before that they were in the NFL's Western Conference Central Division.

They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) of the National Football League ( NFL ).

They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) in the National Football League ( NFL ).

They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ), and joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers ( often shortened as the Bucs ) are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U. S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) in the National Football League ( NFL ) – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West.

They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference ( AFC ) in the National Football League ( NFL ).

They may become an ordained Elder if they complete their bachelors degree ; requirements of their particular Conference Board of Ordained Ministry ; as well as prescribed seminary courses at an approved United Methodist Seminary.

They participate in the NCAA's Division III and in the North Coast Athletic Conference, where they are currently back-to-back-to-back-to-back ( 2005 – 2008 ) NCAC football champions.

They are a member of the East Division of the National Football Conference ( NFC ) in the National Football League ( NFL ).

They had reached the Football League as Conference champions in 2000.