WELL, IT'S FINALLY HERE. HAPPY OPENING WEEKEND OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL. TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE. YOU HEARD FROM 27 SPORTS REPORTER LANDON REINHARDT, WHO'S THERE IN MANHATTAN. BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO BACK THROUGH THIS ONE, SHALL WE? FILL THE BILL. THEY SAY. AND IT WAS PACKED WITH THE ROYAL PURPLE FOR NUMBER 18. K-STATE. SEASON OPENER AGAINST UT MARTIN. FIRST GAME FOR AVERY JOHNSON AS A TRUE STARTER. AND HERE'S HIS FIRST TD OF 2024. IT'S A 23 YARD CONNECTION WITH LOFTON FOR SIX. YEAH THAT'LL PLAY. DEFENSE FORCES A PUNT. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE. TY BOWMAN BLOCKS IT COLBY MCALLISTER SCOOPS AND SCORES FOR A 14 ZERO LEAD. MORE DEFENSE. OH, MY. SPECIFICALLY, TOBY AUSTIN SAMMY FREEZE FRAME. YEAH, THAT'S GOING TO HURT TOMORROW. K-STATE ONLY LED 17 THREE AT THE HALF, BUT THE SECOND HALF IS WHERE THINGS GOT FUN. A 44 YARD JOHNSON TO JACE BROWN. BAUM SETS UP THAT DILLON EDWARDS FIRST TOUCHDOWN AS A CAT ZERO. HERE'S HIS SECOND ONE A RECEIVING TOUCHDOWN. THIS TIME. THAT MAKES THE GAME 34 TO 6. AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL CATS FROM THERE. K-STATE WINS THIS 141 TO 6. BUT COACH CHRIS KLEIMAN SAYS THAT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT HE CHANGED AT HALFTIME. WE HAD TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND HAD TO CHALLENGE SOME GUYS, AND THEN SURE ENOUGH, WE MAKE A MISTAKE ON THE OPENING KICKOFF AND I THOUGHT THE DEFENSE DID A GREAT JOB OF STEPPING UP, HOLDING THEM TO THREE. AND THEN I THOUGHT WE KIND OF IMPOSED OUR WILL A LITTLE BIT FROM THERE ON. AND MADE SOME EXPLOSIVE PLAYS. DEFENSE I THOUGHT WAS REALLY GOOD ALL NIGHT. GAVE UP ONE PLAY THAT THEY PROBABLY WANT BACK, BUT, UM, ABOUT WHAT I THOUGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES IN THE FIRST GAME AND WE'VE GOT TO CLEAN THOSE THINGS UP BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO PUT THIS ONE BEHIND US QUICKLY. SO WE GOT A TOUGH ROAD ROAD GAME