the makings

Add to it pulsing strobe lights and floppy, oversized, mouthless cyclopes and you have all the makings of a nightmare trip.

Lincoln Riley believes USC has the “makings of a really good team” despite a loss to Minnesota that critically compromises their playoff chances.

Lincoln Riley believes USC has the “makings of a really good team” despite a loss to Minnesota that critically compromises their playoff chances.

In "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," the ghost train in the "Soul Train" scene has all the makings of a funky subway car, fitted out with hot – albeit decaying — dancers wearing disco attire.

With less than three weeks to go in the regular season, the makings of an actual October rotation are coming into focus.