1.   While computer-based teaching figures to be the dominant technological influence on education, other innovations will have impacts as well.

2.   All three figure to be in the NBA in the next few years.

3.   Although the Patriots and Chiefs figure to be no worse than wild-card teams, there is a sense of urgency for both franchises this week.

4.   And Deion Sanders figures to be more than a big decoy, once he recovers from ankle surgery, if Gailey has anything to say about it.

5.   And figures to be the rest of the year.

6.   And figures to be wild.

7.   And figures to be back next season, with a nice raise and an extended contract.

8.   And it figures to be a game, as both coaches have pointed out all week, where the difference between victory and defeat could be razor-thin.

9.   And their opener against the burly Czechs figures to be their toughest match.

10.   And the show figures to be one of the biggest grossing concerts of the summer, if not in recent years.