My favorite thing about every new season is that it's exactly what it says it is - new. Everything that was frustrating or annoying about the season before kind of just fades away and all focus is directed on getting done what we need to this season. I get to stop ruminating about last season's playoff failures, stop wondering what might have changed if I'd done things differently. Just full steam ahead, focused on being the best team we possibly can for this season. My plans as a fan are naturally to root the Otters on, though we unfortunately saw how that went. Still, it was a good opening day. We made some mistakes but hung around that game and gave ourselves a chance at the end. Didn't turn out exactly how we'd hoped, but things don't always work that way. As a player I was just focused on doing what I could to give my team a chance to win that game. I think I wound up with something like 4 catches for 50-something yards, maybe a little more. But the other great thing about opening day is that, even after it's over, you still know that there's a ton of football left to be played. So now we're just giving this coming week the same treatment as we look to bounce back from the week one loss.
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