Ryder Cup Day 2: Can Europe fight back after USA's dominant start?
The hosts powered into a 6-2 lead on day one at Whistling Straits to leave Padraig Harrington’s men with a mountain to climb going into Saturday’s action.
This isn't a poor attempt at a palindrome; rather, they were the words of Rory McIlroy after he'd suffered a second straight defeat on a punishing opening day for Team Europe at Whistling Straits.
With McIlroy out of sorts and after day one had been processed, European skipper Padraig Harrington decided that the fightback would have to start without one of his prized assets.
Saturday foursomes pairings
Is there hope for Europe? Could they perhaps win the session 3-1 and cut the gap in half?
Individual points tallies
2 - Xander Schauffele, Dustin Johnson
1 - Daniel Berger, Harris English, Tony Finau, Brooks Koepka, Collin Morikawa, Sergio Garcia
0 - Jordan Spieth, Paul Casey, Matt Fitzpatrick, Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy, Ian Poulter, Bernd Wiesberger, Lee Westwood
Best bet on Day Two - Spain to reign again
Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia were clearly the standouts for Europe on day one and it's the right move from Harrington to send them out first again.
Their opponents, Brooks Koepka and Daniel Berger, also won their opener (against Westwood and Fitzpatrick) but the two Spaniards played the better golf.
Does history suggest Europe can still win?
The last four Ryder Cups witnessed a 5-3 advantage after the first two sessions, all them in favour of the home side.
But there are a couple of historical precedents for Europe to cling to.
Secondly, the last time we saw a 6-2 scoreline after day one, at Brookline in 1999, Ben Crenshaw's USA fought back to score a dramatic victory.
What the captains said after day one
Steve Stricker: "It's a great start. We are very happy with the start. But my message to the guys before I left is tomorrow is a new day.
Padraig Harrington: "No doubt it was a tough day. Clearly not what you wanted, 6-2. There's obviously still 20 points to play for. We've only just played for about 25 percent at this stage. It isn't a good start, but there's still a lot to play for.