21.   Tech has six losses and the SWC a five-way tie for first this season for a reason.

22.   The Columbus game was the first this season in which the Revolution completely collapsed.

23.   The fumble recovery was the first this season by Colorado.

24.   The Kansas game was the first this season he has played at full health after nursing shoulder and knee problems.

25.   The relocation travail screwed up his first two seasons.

26.   Tuesday was the first this season.

27.   Urlacher played middle linebacker his first two seasons at New Mexico.

28.   With Neilson behind their bench their first two seasons, the expansion Panthers were a defensive, predictable lot.

29.   Barnsley, relegated from the Premier League after its first ever season in the top flight, hosts West Bromwich Albion.

30.   Clark, formerly with the Boston Red Sox, cracked the shot, his first this season, in the bottom of the second inning.