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Team USA's first-game fate was sealed in the two ends after intermission.
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Talk about the worst possible first-game challenges for a rookie.
Redskins-Cowboys matchups: Trent Williams vs. DeMarcus Ware 2010
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That made it two straight NCAA defeats for the Huskies, who didn't make the tournament in 2007, to go along with three straight first-game exits in the Big East tournament.
USATODAY.com 2008
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Despite the comeback, the Steelers ended their first season under new coach Mike Tomlin the same way they did their first under Cowher in 1992, with a first-game playoff loss on their home field.
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Not just the first-game RBI, but knocking out Duensing.
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Despite the comeback, the Steelers ended their first season under new coach Mike Tomlin the same way they did their first under Cowher in 1992, with a first-game playoff loss on their home field.
USATODAY.com 2007
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'' We did some good things, and we did some first-game things, '' Harrington said.
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` ` I think that was a first-game start - first one of the season, a little bit nervous.
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In that year he went 11-7, and Cards manager Tony LaRussa was so confident in the kid's talent that he — to his everlasting regret — threw him right into the pressure cooker as St. Louis's first-game starter in the playoffs.
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"It's very frustrating," Payton says, not only of the season but of his first-game woes against Parker.
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