1.   All week before the trip to the Metrodome, they worked under the assumption that game day was going to be one complicated, violent pantomime.

2.   Although not attired in their game day uniforms, their shorts and blouses met the red, white and blue criteria.

3.   Although Sky Harbor officials have balked at closing the runway on game days, there is a precedent.

4.   And bison franks, the kind previously available only by special order or on a game day at Turner Field, will appear in the next few days.

5.   An undetermined number of standing-room-only tickets will be available game day.

6.   And on game day Kotite will decide whether to give Wilson the starting nod.

7.   And we always walk from the hotel to beautiful Camden Yards on game days.

8.   As a result, the team argues, most North Street residents would see a clear improvement in game day traffic.

9.   As a youngster, Curry would watch people walk to and from Sanford Stadium on game days.

10.   As game day approached, observers wondered if they would play with the requisite intensity and efficiency needed to avoid another opening-round embarrassment.