The scouts send out questionnaires and, as the season goes on, meet with coaches and players. Players are eligible to be drafted after their junior year. So it's hard to tell what's going to happen this early on. Traveling to face Fresno State this upcoming weekend, the scouts should be out once again, not only to observe the Cardinal but also to see Bulldog prospect Jeff Weaver throw. To an observer, Friday's scene of scouts at Sunken Diamond might have seemed unusual, but to Austin it neither added nor took away from the excitement of opening day and a season full of potential.
Opening night is kind of special.