1.   Any Cowboys success will have to start with Smith becoming a consistent running threat again.

2.   Brent Jones and John Taylor were injured, J.J. Stokes was playing like a rookie and there was no running threat.

3.   Eric Crouch, a running threat at quarterback, has directed a potent Husker attack after taking over the starting job from Bobby Newcombe after the second game.

4.   For example, he was quite clear on the running threat of Oakland quarterback Rich Gannon.

5.   Gilkey is a running threat as well.

6.   He did that despite Northern Iowa knowing that the Cyclones have no other running threat, except when little brother Darren is giving Troy an infrequent rest.

7.   He is picking up support as a late running threat come Saturday.

8.   He is not a mobile kind of guy and is not a running threat.

9.   He will throw the ball into coverage under pressure and is not a running threat.

10.   In their last two games, the Wildcats quashed major running threats in Minnesota and Kansas.