81.   Their starting guards, Edgar Padilla and Carmelo Travieso, are juniors, and they have a solid backup in freshman Charlton Clarke.

82.   Then came a December incident in a school dormitory that resulted in the season-ending suspensions of starting guards Ted Ellis and Keaton Hyman.

83.   The Utes lost starting guard Jeremy Killion to a knee injury in their first-round victory over Saint Louis.

84.   There was a possibility that starting guard Zach Wilson would be moved to tackle, but Hackett said Wilson will continue to play right guard.

85.   Then Davis, the starting left guard, tore a ligament in his right knee.

86.   They also lose Pam Webber, a starting guard for four years.

87.   They met what goes for the Atlanta Hawks these days minus their starting guards, and often times, much interest.

88.   They played the first three months without starting center Bill Cartwright and starting guard John Paxson.

89.   Those injuries include one to projected starting offensive guard Billy Yates, expected to miss some of the season after breaking his lower leg in a scrimmage Saturday.

90.   Throughout the off-season, the Cardinals maintained they had improved their offensive line even though starting right guard Lester Holmes was the only free-agent addition.