21.   Florida took the opening kickoff and used short passes to move into field-goal range.

22.   Four hours before the opening kickoff, Bill Parcells was asked what he told his team it had to do to beat the Green Bay Packers.

23.   From the opening kickoff Sunday, it took no more than a few seconds to figure out which team had something to play for and which team did not.

24.   Grant, a quarterback and safety, received the opening kickoff in the opening game.

25.   He looks rather like a football player preparing himself to make a bone-jarring hit on the opening kickoff.

26.   He was next spotted returning the opening kickoff.

27.   It took the opening kickoff and gave an indication of things to come.

28.   Jason Tucker fumbled the opening kickoff and Wane McGarity muffed a punt.

29.   Make them up before the opening kickoff, or the night before, and stash them in the fridge.

30.   NBC sold all its commercial slots two weeks before the opening kickoff.