1.   Football roots in Texas were once all about the high school game feeding the college game.

2.   Hart has adopted these Rams out of an emotional necessity to have football roots.

3.   He tends to revert to his football roots, spouting challenges to his players and his baseball people in the form of ominous cliches.

4.   Jones supposedly views the possible selection of Reeves as a good public relations move because of his Texas football roots.

5.   He was the regular season MVP, a most unlikely candidate for the award, given his humble football roots.