1.   Tailback, where Antelope Valley High graduate Jermaine Lewis, Keith Brown and DeShaun Foster are competing to replace Skip Hicks.

2.   That will change next year when he and Manuel White compete to replace Foster, a Heisman Trophy candidate.

3.   The Bruins will use one- and two-back sets, with several players competing to replace Karim Abdul-Jabbar as the starting tailback.

4.   Holmes, who signed with the Jaguars late last season as a kickoff specialist, is one of three kickers competing to replace Mike Hollis.

5.   They led a field of six candidates competing to replace interim President Fabian Alarcon.

6.   They are competing to replace Rep. Frank A. Serafini, a Republican who resigned after pleading guilty to perjury charges.