Hull boss Steve Bruce insists his players will give no thought to the estimated £200m winners prize up for grabs in Saturdays Sky Bet Championship play-off final against Sheffield Wednesday once out on the pitch. Tristan Thompson Cavaliers Jersey . Bruce is one game away from guiding the Tigers straight back to the Premier League after relegation last season and ranks it as one of the biggest in his career as either player or manager.The jackpot for Championship winners has risen dramatically in recent years but Bruce says performing on the biggest stage and not the huge potential windfall is what motivates his players. This of course ranks up with the biggest for a long, long time because of whats at stake, Bruce told the media at the KC Stadium on Tuesday ahead of Saturdays game, which can be seen live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 4pm.If you can get into the Premier League now, it can really secure your club with the amount of money which is washing about, its quite unbelievable.So for a club like us, it would make a big difference. But the one thing about a footballer, the ones Ive got used to, the one thing they dont worry about when they go on to a pitch is money.All this its a £200m game... for them, its to perform on the biggest stage and whos going to be the hero if there is going to be one.Bruce won promotion to the top flight twice with former club Birmingham, once via the play-offs, and steered Hull to automatic promotion to the Premier League at the end of his first season in charge in 2013.No other manager has achieved four promotions to the Premier League.When asked how he will handle the pressure, Bruce said: You wake up on the Saturday morning and you put yourself into action. You start. Its part of what you do. Highlights of Hulls 1-0 win over Bristol City in the 2008 Championship play-off final Ive been fortunate, near enough to 1,000 (games) as a player and something like 800 as a manager and in among that lot Ive had a few big games.Its a huge game for obvious reasons and over the years the play-offs have been dramatic and have they been going for 30 years now someone told me? I was shocked at that.Theyve made the end of the season a truly great spectacle so big game, big occasion and you can obviously detect that when you see everybody here in the room.Bruce also guided Hull to the FA Cup final in 2014 when they lost 3-2 to Arsenal and hopes his players can call on their big-game experience. Highlights of Hulls 3-0 semi-final first-leg win at Derby in the Championship playoffs Weve got a squad that has been there before in the last couple of years, lets hope thats a bit of an advantage, he added.Weve got some good players and lets hope we can achieve what we want to achieve.Bruce, who admitted he had not heard of Sheffield Wednesday head coach Carlos Carvalhal before this season, said the Portuguese had put together the South Yorkshire clubs best side that he could remember.The Tigers boss also confirmed goalkeeper Allan McGregor (back) will not recover in time but every other outfield player was fit and in contention.Watch Hull City against Sheffield Wednesday in the Sky Bet Championship play-off final on Saturday, live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 4pm. Also See: WATCH: Leeds 0-3 Watford WATCH: Blackpool 3-2 Cardiff Hull scrape past brave Derby Get a £10 free bet! Larry Nance Jr. Jersey . Carreno Busta broke his opponent five times in the match, but also lost his serve three times in the second set before prevailing in the tiebreaker. Both players struggled with their first serve, as Carreno Busta landed just 51 per cent of his to 47 per cent for Kukushkin. Alec Burks Cavaliers Jersey . His stated reason for abruptly resigning as head coach of Canadas Olympic womens hockey team was he felt there were doubts about his ability to coach the team to Olympic gold in February. https://www.thecavalierslockerroom.com/Nik-Stauskas-City-Edition-Jersey/ . Watching them over the past year - and in some cases, two years - has given us a starting point for this seasons Craigs List.Pullman, WA - Marcus Mariota threw for 329 yards on 21- of-25 passing and five touchdowns to lead the second-ranked Oregon Ducks to a 38-31 win over the Washington State. Devon Allen and Keanon Lowe each recorded over 100 yards receiving and a pair of touchdowns, with Allen hauling in seven passes for 142 yards and Lowe catching five for 104. With the game tied at 31-apiece late in the fourth, Mariota led a nine-play, 79-yard drive that resulted in a 6-yard scoring strike to Lowe and gave the Ducks (4-0, Pac-12 1-0) the lead. Ante Zizic Jersey. Washington State (1-3, 0-1) quarterback Connor Halliday, who tossed for 436 yards and four touchdowns, immediately answered on the Cougars ensuing possession, hitting Vince Mayle for a 34-yard pass to the Oregon 35. Jamal Morrow was stuffed for a loss of three on the following play, then two straight incompletions prior to a sack by Tony Washington gave the ball back to Oregon. ' ' '
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