It was disgusting most of the time and brought hope on a few occasions, so obviously football was back at Boone Pickens Stadium on Saturday night.
Oklahoma State fought off an FCS upset scare to beat Central Arkansas 27-13 in its season opener in an overall disappointing showing from the Cowboys.
The stories of the offseason that drew OSU fans to be intrigued for a matchup with an FCS opponent were a quarterback battle and a supposed running game revamp.
Garrett Rangel was the first QB to trout out, leading four drives and playing the entire first quarter before being replaced by Alan Bowman in the second.