1.   Barnett departed Chicago Wednesday morning for a recruiting trip to North Carolina.

2.   And the Cotton Bowl gave coach John Robinson what amounts to a weeklong recruiting trip to Texas.

3.   Arizona and Utah coaches were reportedly upset this week that Hanour committed early and canceled recruiting trips to their schools.

4.   Arizona was his first recruiting trip and he was excited.

5.   At that time, Dimel was returning home to Laramie, Wyo., from the Denver airport after a recruiting trip.

6.   Barnett plans at least four biotech recruiting trips for the chamber this year.

7.   Beathard, who was preparing to leave his office for recruiting trips to Arizona State University and Utah State University, cautioned against early optimism.

8.   Blake was on a recruiting trip yesterday and could not be reached for comment.

9.   A plane on which Holtz was to make a recruiting trip crashed, killing the pilot.