1.  Any player who wears No. 55 at Southern Cal has to get a look-see, but is Markus Steele more like Junior Seau or Willie McGinest?

2.  Any player would be crazy not to want to be in a situation like Cleveland or New York.

3.  Defensive lineman Henry Thomas gave it some thought, then mowed the notion down like a patch of tall weeds beneath a John Deere.

4.  Defensive tackle Darrell Russell is the catalyst the Raiders would like to build around.

5.  Defensive tackle D'Marco Farr, like many of the Rams, didn't want to talk much about the game.

6.  Defensively, I really like him.

7.  Defensively, I think I have fared pretty well against guys like Glen Rice, Grant Hill, Glenn Robinson.

8.  Denmark, like other governments, sought to encourage the development of alternative energy sources, including wind power, by offering subsidies.

9.  Denmon would like to again be an asset to the Trojans on Saturday, when they meet UCLA at the Rose Bowl.

10.  Dennehy asserts Zantac 75 will help prevent production of "harsh burning acid" and ends with puns like "the medicine you've been burning for."