You never really know how to feel about opening games. On one hand you're excited, because it represents the beginning of a brand new football season. On the other, you're not quite sure what to make of either the team (which, despite all those preseason magazines you bought you still don't really know too much about), or their opponent, which generally ranges in quality from "scrappy MAC opponent who might put a scare in you" to "scrappy MAC opponent that will absolutely under no circumstances put a scare in you."
That wasn't the case last night. Here we had an established team with well known starters, a marquee road opponent that was definitely capable of pulling the upset, and an electrifying atmosphere that absolutely lived up to the billing.