ALL RIGHT. THANKS, ASHLEY. WE'LL HEAR FROM YOU IN A FEW. TONIGHT WE TAKE YOU TO BILL SNYDER FAMILY STADIUM IN MANHATTAN, KANSAS, WHERE K-STATE FOOTBALL HOSTED ITS SEASON OPENER AGAINST UT MARTIN. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND 27 SPORTS REPORTER LANDON REINHARDT. HE JOINS US LIVE NOW. LANDON, WALK US THROUGH WHAT YOU SAW FROM K STATE'S FIRST GAME OF 2024. WELL, JAKE, IT DID END UP BEING A 35 POINT K-STATE WIN, BUT THAT FINAL SCORE DOESN'T REALLY TELL THE STORY. IT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL SEASON OPENER WHERE IT WAS DOMINATION FROM THE BEGINNING. IN FACT, THE FIRST HALF, IT WAS NEVER IN DOUBT THAT A WIN OR LOSS WOULD HAPPEN. BUT MORE SO. MAN, WHEN CAN THIS OFFENSE GET GOING? IN FACT, ONLY ONE OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN IN THE FIRST HALF. WE CAUGHT UP WITH COACH AFTERWARDS. HE SAYS HE WASN'T TOO FOND OF THAT. THEY TALKED IT INTO THEM AT THE START OF THE SECOND HALF. IN THE LOCKER ROOM, AND THEY REALLY GOT THINGS GOING, GETTING THE STARTERS OUT THERE LATE IN THE OR EARLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. HERE'S WHAT COACH AND QUARTERBACK AVERY JOHNSON HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE GAME. BUT I FEEL LIKE WE SHOWED FLASHES OF EXPLOSIVENESS. DJ RAN THE BALL REALLY WELL. DYLAN LOOKED REALLY EXPLOSIVE WHEN HE GOT THE BALL AND SO DID JOE JACK. SO JUST GOT TO CONTINUE TO UP OUR GAME. OUR PASSING GAME. BUT I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD PANIC. AND AVERY SAID THAT HE'S HIS HARSHEST CRITIC. AND SO OF COURSE HE WANTS TO PLAY BETTER. HE HAD AN INTERCEPTION THE FIRST PASS THAT HE SAID THAT HE WISHES HE COULD COME BACK. BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS ONE ARE GOING TO BE FUN, EVEN IF OUR OWN CAROLINE SHAW DOESN'T GET TO IT. DEFENSIVE END TOBY OSUNSAMI HAD QUITE THE CELEBRATION WHERE HE WAS JUST FREEZING LIKE HIS CONTROLLER FROZE AND IT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY COOL TO WATCH. WE'LL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS LATER IN SPORTS. AND THEN OF COURSE, PLENTY OF STUFF UP ONLINE FROM A SEASON OPENING WIN FOR K-STATE. FOR NOW, WORKING FOR