The term underdog usually isn't associated with the California University of Pennsylvania football team.    From Wordnik.com.  [post-gazette.com - News] Reference

All of a sudden, it was a contest, and because the underdog is almost always a crowd favorite, the fans got behind the underdog.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Where's the madness? Not at this NCAA site] Reference

"We've been the underdog from the minute we landed here.".    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Bryan twins win in Davis Cup doubles, cutting Spain's lead to 2-1] Reference

The Boilermakers became the third underdog from the Big Ten.    From Wordnik.com.  [NCAA Division I College Football - Washington vs. Purdue] Reference

The underdog is always challenging the front-runner to a debate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brown urges Coakley to participate in more debates] Reference

Millions more voted for the nice guy, who has been the acknowledged underdog from the very beginning.    From Wordnik.com.  [QUIBBLES & BITS] Reference

After that, the underdog is fighting a battle up a steep hill and is not likely to recover lost ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [What a Bunch of Apes! « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website] Reference

Newark relaxed as 'underdog' -- Supersectional matchup with Annawan has added twist.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times Today's News] Reference

Being the underdog is the best thing for the Spurs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sports News : CBSSports.com] Reference

Well, let's call our underdog witnesses to the stand.    From Wordnik.com.  [race42008.com] Reference

If rooting for the underdog is your thing, go with it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Stories - Google News] Reference

Cheering for the underdog is a big thing in Australia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference

I guess rooting for the underdog is a diversion for some.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference

The so called underdog is more popular than the real one.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

HARRIS: So what does it take for a so-called underdog to get noticed?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2007] Reference

Pulling for the underdog is a habit that comes naturally to most of us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Book Chase] Reference

In Iranian culture, supporting the underdog is a national characteristic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pajamas Media] Reference

Bugger the facts, support the underdog is their watchword, and possibly yours too.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

I'm going to be a candidate that is an underdog, that is going to be looking for funds.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 22, 2007] Reference

Al Gore liked to portray himself as an underdog, which is kind of funny, given he was the nominee last time.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2002] Reference

Indeed I would go so far as to say that the underdog is a sine qua non for the overthrow of any sovereignty.    From Wordnik.com.  [LewRockwell.com] Reference

In upset matchups meeting all the above conditions, the underdog is a reasonable 140-205 (.406) against the favored seed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sports News : CBSSports.com] Reference

At the age of 45, being the underdog is a role that Couture has learned to accept and thrive in during his fighting career.    From Wordnik.com.  [UFC] Reference

I hate when the underdogs upset the top players --- unless the underdog is a new upcoming star who actually is displacing the top players.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wimbledon Underway - The Austrian Economists] Reference

The underdog is always a better story.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinton chastises press for ignoring sexism] Reference

The same kind of underdog, whether fallen angel or not.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oral History Interview with Jonathan Worth Daniels, March 9-11, 1977. Interview A-0313. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference

I think you're unfairly playing for the "underdog" title.    From Wordnik.com.  [no noos is good gnoos] Reference

Yet 'underdog' is defined in very limited, blinkered ways.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

It's a win-win for them to side with the alleged, "underdog," of this contest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Did Hillary Do A "Man Thing" Dukakis Moment?] Reference

But I don't think that makes him an "underdog" in the ordinary sense of the term.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edwards: From Here On Out, It's Me Versus Obama] Reference

I tend to root for the "underdog" but in this case "under" takes on an added meaning.    From Wordnik.com.  [veinard - French Word-A-Day] Reference

I think it's time for people to realise that Google is not the 'underdog' it once was.    From Wordnik.com.  [Google's Microsoft Moment - Anil Dash] Reference

I did like his "underdog" comment at the end, which in my read was certainly not boilerplate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Owner Of Pittsburgh Steelers Endorses Obama] Reference

I wouldn't say that Obama has been playing the "underdog" at all -- that approach was mostly Edwards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama Campaign: We're On The Verge Of Wrapping This Thing Up] Reference

KOEPP: I think the transformation of the Google guys this year from a kind of underdog renegade to this empire.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2005] Reference

| Reply | Permalink the fact that Obama has outraised him does not really show that Edwards was the "underdog" at the beginning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edwards: From Here On Out, It's Me Versus Obama] Reference

I would never consider the former Destiny's Child bandmember and now successful solo artist as an "underdog", per se; heaven's no.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marjon Rebecca Carlos: Lady of the Hour: LeToya Luckett Takes on R&B, Love & Self] Reference

I can understand why each side wants to claim the mantle of the "underdog," but right now neither side can wear that mantle convincingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary Campaign Has Now Raised Over $8 Million Since Super Tuesday] Reference