51.   The Trojans want to rest starting linebacker Zeke Moreno, who has been the punt snapper.

52.   This season they made him the starting middle linebacker.

53.   Two of his starters -- outside linebackers Frank Strong and Matt Grootegoed -- were safeties last season, and starting middle linebacker Mike Pollard played sparingly before this year.

54.   Until the holdout returns, the space in the locker room between starting linebackers Dixon Edwards and Robert Jones will remain empty.

55.   Unlike the quarterback position, where competition was the key element, Jamison was virtually handed the starting linebacker spot.

56.   UCLA true freshman linebacker Marcus Reese thought his playing time would disappear when the two-game disabled-parking suspensions ended and the starting linebackers returned.

57.   When Corey Johnson told teammates on the Masconomet High School football team that he was gay, the two other starting linebackers responded characteristically.

58.   Without Pollard, junior Zeke Moreno becomes the full-time starting middle linebacker.

59.   Because of a season-ending knee injury this week to third-year veteran DeShone Myles, Kacyvenski is listed as understudy to starting middle linebacker George Koonce.

60.   Exactly one week after Jessie Tuggle was lost for the year, the Altanta Falcons placed another starting linebacker, Keith Brooking, on injured reserve Wednesday.