in conference

Now in Conference League qualifying, the Edinburgh club blew away their hosts - who were on a five-game winning streak - finishing the game 2-0 and a man to the good.

Three repeat champions — the 1975 Pittsburgh Steelers, 1989 San Francisco 49ers and 1993 Dallas Cowboys — had their three-peat bids end in conference championship games.

Trojan Desmond Claude — the Big Ten’s leading scorer in conference play, averaging 22 points per game — was held scoreless in the first half.

The third tiebreaker is total points scored in Cup games among the tied teams and the fourth tiebreaker is the higher winning percentage in conference games played ending on the night of the last Cup game.

She said she had previously been carrying out her advocacy work mostly in conference rooms, but those protests convinced her that street action can also advance a political agenda.