51.   Patient suffers from anemic ground game and self-inflicted wounds.

52.   Rice, in turn, should have more diversity in its ground game.

53.   Rather quietly, San Francisco has found a ground game.

54.   Rookie running back LaDainian Tomlinson has provided a splendid ground game.

55.   She has a steady ground game and says the key to success is simply to cut down on unforced errors.

56.   Second-year man Mario Bates and rookie Ray Zellars out of Notre Dame have put some muscle in the New Orleans ground game.

57.   Smith augmented the ground game with poised passing.

58.   Smith, a junior-college transfer, was brought in to compete for the starting job and to help jump-start a dormant ground game.

59.   Still missing was a ground game of note.

60.   Steve Young might have a ground game again, with Garrison Hearst, if Hearst can finally live up to his potential.