11.   It would likely take more than one missed game to knock McNair out of Heisman contention.

12.   Messier missed four games with a hyper-extended elbow.

13.   Officially those are missed games, so he will never win a Perfect Attendance pin.

14.   Owners have the money from NBC and Turner Sports to keep them going, even though money for missed games must be paid back.

15.   Punt and kickoff returner Tim Dwight, who will start at wide receiver, missed two games with a right hamstring injury.

16.   Selig announced that teams will resume the schedule next Monday, then make up the missed games the week after the season had been scheduled to end.

17.   They have each missed three games.

18.   Tony Delk did not play Friday night, his first missed game as a uniformed member of the Celtics.

19.   Whiten missed two games last week to be with his wife, Sheri, when she gave birth to their second child.

20.   With her son, there were too many missed Little League games, too many special occasions spent on opposite sides of the country.