51.   It was the first playoff appearance for Sanchez, whose teams never finished higher than third place during his six years with the Cubs.

52.   It was Bob Bender of Washington, whose team finished sixth in the league.

53.   It was Wednesday afternoon and the Frozen Four teams had finished their practices.

54.   Last October, in a national tournament in Terre Haute, Ind., his team finished third over all in the seventh-grade division.

55.   Last season, four teams finished the season above the century mark.

56.   Last year, after winning Daytona, this team finished second at Rockingham but was no factor thereafter.

57.   Lamont, whose White Sox teams have finished first the last two seasons, has had both seasons marred by different developments.

58.   New York and Charlotte have been dueling from the start of the season to see which team would finish first.

59.   Now where excitement and euphoria really will run rampant are those NFL towns where the local team finished out of the playoffs.

60.   No matter what happens when the three top unbeaten teams finish their seasons next Saturday, the BCS has added interest and fueled conversation about college football.