FAYETTEVILLE — When the doctor tells you to shut it down, you listen.
That was my order last week, one day before opening day of the 2020 season. I was sick and the doctor’s orders were to stay home for at least four days.
For the first time since I began covering the team 12 seasons ago, I found myself away from Baum-Walker Stadium as the season began. It was an odd feeling.
Before getting sick I spent quite some time on a preseason observations piece. In it were some predictions that I felt were validated on opening weekend, but were never published.