21.   Leave the NFL and try to become a head coach in the college ranks.

22.   Mackovic had a lot of real road experience in both the college ranks and the NFL before he came to Texas.

23.   Mike Krzyzewski, the Duke University coach, was contacted by the Nets but told them he was not interested in leaving the college ranks.

24.   Most of those who succeed from the college ranks do so despite that experience, not because of it.

25.   Pitino reportedly will look to go back into the college coaching ranks.

26.   Picking players from the college ranks is not an exact science.

27.   Rove and Weaver both came up through the college ranks.

28.   Savage was referred to Kasper by Tech coach Tim Watters, who spent a season with Kasper in Boston before departing for the college ranks.

29.   Some of his opponents on the screen were recruited from college ranks or the fringes of pro basketball.

30.   The alternative is to look to the college ranks and be prepared to take some lumps while a young quarterback matures.