11.   Arizona State, Colorado, Texas, UCLA and BYU wanted him, but he chose the Cougars because he was impressed with offensive line coach Roger French.

12.   As a guard, offensive line coach Bobb McKittrick ranked Deese second only to Guy McIntyre in athletic ability.

13.   Art Shell is our offensive line coach here and he wants to beat Oakland, the team he so long played for and coached.

14.   As reported Monday, USC officially named tight ends coach Steve Morton as the offensive line coach, replacing Steve Greatwood, who was fired last week.

15.   Assistant coach Joe Barry announced this weekend that he and Chris Marinelli, the daughter of USC defensive line coach Rod Marinelli, are engaged.

16.   Atlanta Falcons defensive line coach Bill Kollar will hold the same position on the staff of newly-named head coach Dan Reeves.

17.   Before taking over as the interim defensive line coach, Boller worked primarily with the linebacker corps.

18.   Before the game, Patriots defensive line coach Ray Hamilton challenged his players to stop the run.

19.   Bates is the son of Cowboys defensive line coach Jim Bates.

20.   Baylor defensive line coach Mike Bugar noticed the same thing.