61.   The campaign, in short, is coming down to daily campaigning, a blizzard of TV and radio ads, and a massive ground game by both sides.

62.   The Cowboys were driving behind Emmitt Smith and a pounding ground game that had again found its first-half steam.

63.   The David LaFleur injury took out a blocking tight end, hurting the ground game.

64.   The Dolphins signed ex-Bill Thurman Thomas in hopes of finally developing a ground game.

65.   The early Cowher teams in Pittsburgh worried opponents with a banging, powerful ground game, spearheaded by Barry Foster and featuring the blocking of tight end Eric Green.

66.   The Golden Bears were unable to muster any ground game to take the heat off of quarterback Pat Barnes.

67.   The ground game again fell upon hard times.

68.   The ground game is defined by the play of tailback Skip Hicks, which means it has under-performed.

69.   The key to this game is Kansas City slowing down a great Oakland ground game.

70.   The ground game will be strong, even with the loss of suspended running back Ronney Jenkins.