The season starts now. Merrimack and Delaware both enter Thursday night at 0-0, which means everything is on the table — every snap, every possession, every inch of field position carries the weight of a fresh start. Nobody has a film edge yet. Nobody has a groove. That's what makes Week 1 the best kind of unpredictable.
Delaware Stadium sets the stage for an opener that gives one program immediate momentum and the other an early hole to climb from. The Blue Hens get the home crowd and the familiar grass; the Warriors get the chance to walk into someone else's house and change the temperature.
If you love college football's opening-week chaos — when nobody truly knows who these teams are yet — this is your Thursday night appointment. Seven o'clock, pads popping, season zero for both sides. Tune in early.
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