21.   Arkansas, the defending national champion, crushed the Hoyas with a slap-in-the-face victory in their season opener.

22.   As a rookie, he fell on his shoulder while making his first catch in the season opener against Atlanta and missed the next five games.

23.   As the season opener for both sides, it was almost an exhibition game in terms of impact.

24.   At this point, on the eve of the season opener, the trained observer drops in a couple of predictions intended to dazzle the readership.

25.   Atlanta had the season opener in control until a series of events triggered an unraveling in the fourth quarter and overtime.

26.   Bad news for those racetracks, but good news for Manzanita Speedway, which now becomes the site of the season opener next Friday and Saturday.

27.   Barber said he hoped to be ready for the season opener.

28.   Augustine said doctors believe the dizziness and fatigue are the result of a virus he caught around the time of the season opener against New Mexico.

29.   Before getting too carried away before the season opener, not everyone is so sure what will transpire in the following three months.

30.   Before the start of official conditioning, then preseason practice, then the season opener, Drexler has two scholarships to fill.