11.   Because the ground is so firm, the greens often must be reached with the ground game.

12.   Because the Falcons run the ball so well, San Francisco is fearful of a ground game that grinds yards and the clock.

13.   A heavy dose of Smith and the ground game was the order of the day.

14.   Add Dayne and the Badgers have a bruise-inducing ground game.

15.   After the Broncos became a rare AFC Super Bowl champion with a powerful NFC-style ground game, the Broncos were shown on national TV wearing EAS caps.

16.   All season long, the Giants have relied on Tiki Barber and Ron Dayne to supply a ground game.

17.   But if the Chiefs were patient enough to stick with their ground game, eventually it would find a rhythm.

18.   But the ground game has been more or less stuck in neutral against the New York Giants and Oakland Raiders the past two weeks.

19.   But the ground game soon will be a focal point.

20.   Carroll said after watching films that the Bruins have a formidable ground game with backups Akil Harris and Manuel White.