1.   A nervous freshman comes in and saves the game like a proven veteran.

2.   College was at Seton Hall and a certain Red Sox shortstop remembers seeing the freshman come out to fall practice.

3.   Ever since the freshmen came to town, people have struggled to figure out whether they were driving Speaker Newt Gingrich, or he was driving them.

4.   No matter how many all-star games you play in, people say freshmen come in cocky, but you feel intimidated.

5.   Taking their lead from Newt Gingrich, the conservative freshmen came to Washington with the arts endowment on their hit list.

6.   The redshirt freshman is coming off knee surgery and is using spring practice to become more comfortable about stepping into his passes and hitting his targets.

7.   Two other freshmen came up off the bench with big contributions.

8.   Two GOP freshmen came out of the primary looking fairly robust.