His more aggressive posture seemed to fit his place in the race: as a slight underdog.

It enjoyed the performance of the Eagles, who were slight underdogs, too much.

Murphy's side entered the game as slight underdogs, however, they had the trump card of having never lost a game to Cork at Croke Park.

Ninth-seeded Seton Hall (12-15) was a slight underdog against eighth-seeded West Virginia.

USC came into the game as a slight underdog after opening as a 3 point favorite.

Obama has gone from a modest favorite to win re-election to, probably, a slight underdog.

If the Giants are slight underdogs, that is certainly nothing new.

Surprisingly, the men from 'the Kingdom' went into the game as slight underdogs.

For the third year in succession the team faced Tipperary, however, on this occasion Kilkenny were slight underdogs going up against the new champions.

Despite being a slight underdog, Brown dominated on the ground in the first round, threatening with D'arce and triangle chokes.