1.   At first, it was the easiest path to playing time.

2.   Designing in black has always been the easiest path to intimating cool.

3.   For many kids today, the easiest path to summer work is through their high school job-counseling office.

4.   Nebraska has the easiest path to an unbeaten season.

5.   The athletic department regularly found itself in financial straits, and cutting football is the easiest path to financial health.

6.   The easiest path would be to shackle every collection to a tried-and-true blazer.

7.   Which Southern California team has the easiest path to the NCAA Tournament?

8.   With two weeks left, USC has the easiest path.