11.  REASONS TO BELIEVE -- Nine returning offensive starters include the entire interior line.

12.  Sapolu thinks linemen will be told they can cut block in the open field but not in interior line play.

13.  Second-round pick Brandon Mitchell will get to compete with Mark Wheeler for a starting job in the interior defensive line.

14.  The coach had to corral him on the sideline last Sunday, when he committed three holding penalties while playing against a tough Seahawks interior defensive line.

15.  The interior defensive line is lacking a solid veteran who can take the load off Thomas and Eaton.

16.  The return of eight offensive starters, including four-fifths of the interior line, should allow Syracuse to continue its progress.

17.  Under Vardi, Reichert learned to pay attention to more than harmony and melody, and to find the interior melodic lines.

18.  When asked specifically about Phillips, he answers about the interior defensive line.

19.  Late Sunday, the astronauts began hooking up interior cooling lines and jumper cables between the air lock and the rest of the space station.

20.  Switching Leon Lett from tackle to end weakens the interior line and defenders Russell Maryland and Chad Hennings are both hobbled by knee injuries.