1.   Already out of luck for a natural rival due to the cruelties of geography, the Seahawks also played themselves out of anticipated annual matchups.

2.   A highly anticipated ACC matchup between two of the top college basketball teams in the country.

3.   But by the time the highly anticipated matchup between the two staff aces concluded, neither were part of it.

4.   But for that intensely anticipated matchup to materialize, each team would have to survive a long, hazardous road.

5.   The Baltimore Ravens turned loose their record-setting defense on the Oakland Raiders on Sunday, and a highly anticipated matchup turned into a highly disappointing mismatch.

6.   The anticipated matchup of Kobe vs. the Kobe Stopper hardly was noticed.

7.   The highly anticipated matchup is here.

8.   The game lacked the anticipated matchup between Wayne Gretzky and Lemieux.

9.   The most anticipated matchup Saturday is Penn State at Northwestern.

10.   The result from the much anticipated matchup was all Wood and heat.