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BROWNSBURG, Ind. – Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 and Atomic Speedway officials have rescheduled the canceled June 21 Ohio Sprint Speedweek show for Sept. 12.
The $5,000-to-win program will be the opening act of what is now a triple-header weekend for the All Star Circuit of Champions at Atomic Speedway. Friday’s program will award a $5,054 top prize, with the Dean Knittel Memorial finale on Sept. 14, paying a $12,554 top prize.
Hot laps will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday and the sprint cars will be the only class on the card.
All tickets and wristbands from the canceled June 21 event will be honored for Thursday night-only. New admission tickets can be purchased the night of the event for $22 (G.A), $20 (Senior/Veterans) or $35 (pits).
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OREGON, Wis. – Matt Kenseth, fresh off his victory in the Slinger Nationals last week at Slinger Super Speedway, will compete in the Howie Lettow Classic 100 at Madison Int’l Speedway on Aug. 16.
Kenseth, the 1994 track champion at Madison Int’l Speedway, will compete for the $5,000 top prize against the top ARCA Midwest Tour super late model drivers in the same No. 8 SUPERSEAL car that he drove to victory in the Slinger Nationals.
This will mark the first appearance by Kenseth at his home track since winning a 100-lap contest in 2014, his 27th career feature win at the high banked paved oval.
“I’m looking forward to getting back on the track at Madison. It’s my home track,” Kenseth said. “I have a lot of great memories there and I’m hoping to make some more. I will never forget the first time my dad brought me there to watch a super late model race. It was the biggest, fastest track I had been to at the time and I was in awe when I heard and saw the super lates flying around there.
“To this day I get excited thinking about the races I have watched and the races that I have won there. There’s nothing like going home.”
A VIP Meet and Greet Party will take place allowing fans the opportunity to attend a Q&A session with the 2003 NASCAR Cup Series champion, get up to two items autographed and have a professional picture taken with Kenseth.
The VIP Experience will include a custom ticket good for the VIP area and general admission seating, water and soft drinks as well as the autograph and photo opportunities listed above.
A limited number of VIP Experience Passes are available for advance purchase at misracing.com/tickets for $108 each.
Adult general admission tickets for the Howie Lettow Classic are $20, with Whelen Heroes and Senior tickets $18, students ages 12-17 are $15, ages 6-11 $5 with kids ages 5 and under admitted free. Take advantage of the MIS Family Ticket and get up to two adult admissions and up to four youth admissions ages 17 and less than for $50.
Spectator gates will open at 3:30 p.m., practice begins at 4 p.m. with qualifying getting underway at 6:15 p.m. A full racing program, which includes preliminary events and features for the ARCA Midwest Tour, Midwest Trucks and Midwest Dash Series will begin at 7:30 p.m.
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Report: Tiger's driver among those selected for R&A testing
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Golf
Monday, 15 July 2019 08:28

Tiger Woods’ driver was among those tested by the R&A on Monday at Royal Portrush.
According to a Golf.com report, Woods handed his TaylorMade M5 driver to manager Rob McNamara after playing in a practice round with Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler on Monday. McNamara then brought the club to the driving range, where the testing was being done.
Last year at The Open, the R&A tested 30 drivers at random to make sure the clubs were conforming, measuring the characteristic time of each clubface, which, as Golf.com notes, is the amount of “rebound effect” the face produces. None of the drivers tested at Carnoustie were in violation.
The R&A confirmed to Golf.com that a “similar number” of tests are being conducted this year.
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PERTH, Australia -- Victor Lindelof has brushed off talk of a move to Barcelona and insisted he is happy at Manchester United.
The Swede's agent, Hasan Cetinkaya, suggested on the eve of the summer tour of Australia and the Far East that the defender could be tempted by a move to Camp Nou but Lindelof, one of United's best players last season, says he wants to stay at Old Trafford.
"I'm very, very happy to be an Manchester United player," said Lindelof at a news conference at the WACA cricket ground.
"I'm excited for new season to start. That's my answer. I'm very happy here."
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PERTH, Australia -- Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed David De Gea is on the brink of signing a new contract at Manchester United.
The Spaniard is on the verge of agreeing a new five-year deal worth in excess of £350k-a-week and Solskjaer is hopeful an announcement will be made soon.
"Hopefully we can agree with David as I've said a few times," Solskjaer told a news conference at the WACA cricket ground on Tuesday.
"That'll be up to David and the club to announce when that happens, if and when."
De Gea sat out the 2-0 win over Perth Glory on Saturday but is set to return to the team against Leeds United at Optus Stadium on Wednesday.
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Solskjaer is also expecting Romelu Lukaku to be fit for the second game of the summer.
The Belgian, who has been heavily linked with a move to Inter Milan, missed the game against Perth Glory through injury but trained with the squad on Monday and should feature against Leeds.
Eric Bailly and Victor Lindelof should also be fit after missing out against Perth. Luke Shaw limped off with a hamstring injury and may not be risked on Wednesday.
"We were all training [on Monday], no one missed training -- 24 players plus keepers," said Solskjaer.
"Lee Grant is still not fit and maybe we won't risk Luke. Rom is fit. Luke trained on Monday but we might not risk him."
Lukaku has travelled to Australia with United despite being keen to link up with Antonio Conte at Inter.
The Serie A side are yet to submit a suitable offer for the 26-year-old and Solskjaer is confident the former Everton man can have a positive impact at Old Trafford next season if his move to the San Siro does not come off.
"The day we start the league I'm sure everyone who's here will give absolutely everything for Man United," said Solskjaer.
"We want a strong team with players who give everything.
"There are always rumours speculation about Man United players but when the league starts we batten down the hatches and stay as a team."
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Paris Saint-Germain superstar Neymar reaffirmed his desire to leave the club in a short meeting with sporting director Leonardo, sources told ESPN FC.
The meeting occurred after the Brazil international reported for preseason training on Monday, one week after he was expected back in the French capital.
As indicated through his father last week, Neymar returned to the French champions' Camp des Loges training centre after fulfilling his commitments back in his homeland, with Leonardo reminding the player of PSG's disappointment at his tardiness and consequent stance.
Neymar and Leonardo have spoken multiple times over the telephone since the latter's return as sporting director earlier this month, and the player's father has also told the PSG exec that his son wants out, but ESPN FC sources say that Monday marked the first time that such a talk has happened face to face.
Although Neymar did not train with his club teammates and is not expected to feature in Tuesday's friendly against Dynamo Dresden in Germany, the 27-year-old did a significant amount of gym work and is expected to undergo further tests as his teammates travel to Rudolf Harbig stadium.
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The ball is now in Barcelona's court after the €222 million man dropped a thinly disguised hint at his hopes for a summer move over the weekend.
Sources have also revealed that Barca feel it is possible to still bring the South American in after signing Antoine Griezmann for €120 million last week. Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu had previously stated that he was aware that Neymar wanted to leave but that PSG didn't want to sell him.
Meanwhile, super-agent Pini Zahavi remains hard at work with Philippe Coutinho's agent Kia Joorabchian on trying to ensure that a possible switch stands the strongest chance of happening.
Elsewhere, Abdou Diallo's signing is expected to be made official by the Ligue 1 giants on Tuesday after the 23-year-old underwent his medical on Monday ahead of his proposed €32m move from Borussia Dortmund.
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Ben Sanderson, Tony Palladino trade blows on 24-wicket day
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Cricket
Monday, 15 July 2019 14:02

Derbyshire 146 (Hudson-Prentice 55, Sanderson 5-46) and 155 for 5 need a further 164 runs to beat Northamptonshire 342 and 122 (Palladino 4-33) by 308 runs
An astonishing day on which 24 wickets fell ended with Northamptonshire closing in on victory against Derbyshire at Chesterfield.
After Ben Sanderson took 5 for 46 to bowl Derbyshire out for 146 with Fynn Hudson-Prentice unbeaten on 55, Tony Palladino claimed 4 for 33 as Northants were shot out for 122. That left Derbyshire chasing 319 for victory but by the close, they were 155 for 5, still 164 runs short of the target.
A pitch offering spin and variable bounce was certainly demanding to bat on but lack of foot movement and poor shot selection accounted for the majority of the wickets.
The carnage began when Wayne Madsen played across the line to give Sanderson his first victim and the rest of the day became a procession as wickets tumbled to a rash of poor strokes. Tom Lace and Leus du Plooy paid the price for failing to get forward as Derbyshire slipped to 60 for 6 before Hudson-Prentice took 22 from a Rob Keogh over.
Matt Coles struck with his third delivery by trapping Matt Critchley on the crease but Hudson-Prentice reached 50 before Keogh wrapped up the innings giving Northants a lead of 196.
They chose not to enforce the follow-on but instead of an afternoon of accumulation, Northants moved into T20 mode and were bowled out in a chaotic session on a pitch which had clearly put doubts in the minds of the batsmen.
Ricardo Vasconcelos was run out attempting a second to deep square leg and after Luke Proctor offered no shot to Hudson-Prentice, Palladino profited from inadequate technique and ill-judged shots.
Keogh played across the line, Adam Rossington drove wildly at his first ball and although Temba Bavuma and Josh Cobb briefly threatened to restore order, more frantic shot selection sent the innings into terminal decline.
Cobb drove Critchley to long off and Bavuma fell victim to the mood of recklessness when he skied Palladino to point. Hamidullah Qadri beat Coles's charge and less than 31 overs had been bowled when Saif Zaib holed out to leave Derbyshire facing the highest successful run chase at Queen's Park.
They clearly decided to approach it in a positive way as Billy Godleman and Luis Reece came out swinging in the late afternoon sunshine. Godleman repeatedly charged the opening bowlers before he was stumped for 25 off Sanderson in the fifth over and Madsen lost his middle stump trying to work Coles through midwicket.
Reece was lbw playing back to Keogh and Luke Proctor struck twice in his first over to leave Northants favourites to wrap up victory on Tuesday.
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Whuddathunkit ... it's Liam Plunkett, in the Middle Overs, with the Cross-Seam Delivery
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Cricket
Monday, 15 July 2019 16:11

Whaddabout that Final eh?
How about those England boys and all those big moments? The Stokes heroics, Buttler being Buttler, the Archer cool at the death of the death? That throw from Roy and the sharply calm captaincy of Eoin Morgan?
Amid the kaleidoscopic madness of that chaotic ending, it was easy to lose sight of what had gone earlier and the incredible performance of one player on the biggest stage in cricket. Whaddabout Liam Plunkett?
Who'd have thought Liam Plunkett Bowling Cross-Seam In The Middle Overs could become a thing? But in this World Cup, it has most assuredly become A Thing. Plunkett hadn't bowled at his best in the semi-final against Australia; it was the only match in which he took no wickets, undermined perhaps by new-ball dominance that had preceded him.
But throughout the tournament his range of cross-seamers - he has three variations of that variation - have captured the biggest scalps: Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle, Hashim Amla. And at Lord's, the first of his three wickets was his former Yorkshire team-mate and linchpin of the New Zealand line-up, Kane Williamson. With cross-seam in the middle overs. Whuddathunket!
"I felt good I wasn't going to try and do anything different," said Plunkett after the game. "I was going to bowl cross-seam, mix the seam up and just hit my length. That's what Morgs said to me first-up. He said, 'We've not tried cross-seam yet. Do what you do.'
"And he often said to me during the game, 'You're the best in the world at that point.' So to have your captain say that to you, it gives you a little bit of a spark and today I felt good and just to get Kane out is a massive turning point. I've played with Kane, I know how good he is, obviously player of the tournament, so to get that wicket it felt like the momentum had shifted a little bit."
When we spoke during the aftermath of the match, Plunkett was still struggling to be coherent through the emotion and kept apologising.
"It's not sunk in, it's not sunk in. I had a minute where we won and then we went back upstairs, I bawled my eyes out. You know the guys are celebrating and I was just hit by a wave of emotion and seeing my old man, who's been on the journey with me, my mum and dad, but my dad, he's not an emotional person but to see him cry, it was tear-jerking for sure."
Plunkett has every reason to feel this more than just about anyone. He made his World Cup debut twelve years ago - in 2007. Just let that sink in for a second. That longevity in itself also serves as a reminder that many professional cricketers, even the best ones, can go through their career without having their glory moment on the big stage.
"It's surreal," said Plunkett. "I was playing in the World Cup in the Caribbean, 2007, I think it was, against Ross Taylor and then I'm in the final with Ross Taylor again. It just goes by in a flash."
"But I've never really won a massive trophy. I know this is the biggest of the biggest for a cricketer to win the World Cup. I won a trophy with Durham way back when, and a few Champos, but I've never won a T20 in front of a big crowd or an IPL. It was meant to be, to win this in front of a big crowd in England at Lord's, the best ground in the world, in front of an amazing crowd and everyone got to see it on TV. I'd have given my right leg for it.
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"The boys have been amazing over the past four years. You don't deserve to win anything, you don't deserve to win a World Cup, but what we've played in the last four years, we've dominated teams on the other side of the world. We've travelled, we've won away series, we won here 4-0, we beat the good teams, but you've got to put that all together for a World Cup. We saw that in the ICC Champions Trophy, we got beaten in the semi-finals and you start to think, in the back of your mind, that you can't go on to win a trophy."
Plunkett's ten runs from ten balls, including a crucial boundary, shouldn't be overlooked either. He was the last batsmen to contribute any runs in a partnership with Stokes; those who came after were all out for ducks. But he stresses the balance of personal responsibility and faith in team-mates.
"I think the best thing about this team is that you know the person behind you can do the job, but no one wants to leave it to them."
England's next ODI is eight months away. Their next World Cup campaign is four years away and England have learned, at long last, the value of long-term planning. At 34 years of age, it's possible that we may never see Plunkett's Cross-Seam In The Middle Overs on such a big stage again. But it is also probable that nothing could ever surpass this.
"I'm speechless. I keep thinking, 'I'm a World Cup winner'. Sorry if I'm not making too much sense," he apologises once more.
That's quite okay, Liam. As Eoin Morgan would say, do what you do.
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'You are looking for a run' - Gutted New Zealand try to make sense of the unbelievable
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Cricket
Monday, 15 July 2019 18:14

"Did I sleep at all?
Hmm. I did sleep. I did."
Kane Williamson talks in the dry, wry, inimitable tone of his. We are standing at arm's length. I am trying hard to find an emotion in the man's face. This is no ordinary man. This man, this leader of men, lost the World Cup in the cruelest way possible.
No, wait.
This man saw the World Cup being snatched from New Zealand's grip by the combined might of cricket's Laws and the thing that human nature can neither be prepared for nor prevail: fate. If you want to rub it in a bit more, this man had to swallow defeat in a World Cup final for the second successive time, after Brendon McCullum's New Zealand had lost to Australia.
So you ask Kane Williamson: did you sleep?
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Williamson did. But after a lot of time trying to understand what had happened. After a lot of time chatting with his team-mates in the away dressing room at Lord's, hours after the World Cup was over. After hours of reflection.
That reflection, by his own admission, Williamson says, will not end. Not for some time. It will haunt him and his men. At least for a while. I ask him to try and explain his emotions from the moment cricket was over. "I reckon I sort of explained that to a few people," Williamson says, nodding his head. "It hits in you in waves. For ten minutes you forget about it, and you make little jokes. And then it comes back to you and you go: 'Did that just happen? Did it just happen? Is that real or is that just I woke up wondering whether it was a bad dream? It wasn't. Was it.' "
You want him to cry. He has not, he assures. "Not me."
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Williamson might have managed to keep his emotions in check but a few of the New Zealand players could not hide theirs. Jimmy Neesham, who was in the middle when Jos Buttler ran out his partner Martin Guptill to deny New Zealand the two runs off the final ball of the Super Over and the World Cup, went down on his knees and might have shed a tear or two. Later Neesham, one of the most intelligent wordsmiths in cricket, summed up his feelings on Twitter succinctly: "Kids, don't take up sport. Take up baking or something. Die at 60 really fat and happy," he said in his first post. In a follow-up post, he explained: "That hurts. Hopefully there's a day or two over the next decade where I don't think about that last half hour."
Tim Southee, who played the 2015 final, but took a spectacular catch in the deep as a 12th man on Sunday, observed: "What is there to say?"
A lot was said and not said on Sunday evening. In the away dressing room at Lord's. Hours after the match was over. As the sun set in London and Lord's dazzled in moonlight Williamson and his men reflected on what had happened. It was important to not leave the venue without having bared a few feelings.
Kids, don't take up sport. Take up baking or something. Die at 60 really fat and happy.
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) July 15, 2019
The chats were more to comprehend what happened. How could New Zealand lose without having lost? How could England get away when they needed 15 runs in the final over from Trent Boult? Two dot balls and then Ben Stokes hit a six. And then ran two, but that became six owing to that overthrow. England were granted six runs after New Zealand accepted the on-field umpires had interpreted the Law correctly even though soon it would transpire they had actually not. Still Boult managed to deny England victory. And then that traumatic Super Over.
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Former New Zealand batsman Craig McMillan, who finished his tenure as the batting coach with the World Cup, points out his mindset overnight. "There wasn't a lot of sleep last night. You are looking for a run. You can find a dozen runs quite easily, not one when you actually needed it. So that is going to be the nature of it for a little while."
McMillan says the emotions the players are feeling right now are "very hard" to put into words. "A lot of things were thrown at them, but they kept fighting, kept coming back at England, trying to find a way to win. Also hugely proud the way they conducted themselves off the field in pretty trying circumstances at the end of the match. Overriding emotions along with huge sense of disappointment that we couldn't quite do we what we came to this tournament to do."
According to Williamson all these events were talked about before New Zealand left the ground. "There were sort of tears [from team-mates], but it is a game of cricket, isn't it? Guys were gutted, truly gutted. Naturally you reflect on a game like that. Even if it was a World Cup final, but, yeah, you add into the mix, you just look at the small margins throughout the whole match, not just this one or that one. Everybody is thinking about their role and what maybe could have been different. But when you get to that stage it is almost outside of your control. The guys put on such a huge effort in both games [regulation time and Super Over] in that final and it wasn't quite enough for one reason or another."
It was surreal. While Williamson and his men were trying to pick themselves, in walked Eoin Morgan. The England captain, who is mates with Williamson, had come in to share a drink. Also his disbelief. "He was lost for words, didn't really know what to say. That is fair, especially after two months of getting to the final stage and to have a tie he said that there was nothing that separated the sides. I guess it is an odd feeling to in some ways not have a loser of the match but have a Cup winner," Williamson says.
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Monday morning, London was overcast. Grey. Nippy. As one New Zealand television journalist said, it was a funeral-like atmosphere, yet no one had died. But a dream did die.
Sometime on Monday morning New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, posted a personal message in support of Williamson's team. Ardern said New Zealand, the nation, had "aged" while watching the Super Over.
That might not be the case with Williamson. Standing up close, you can see a few crease lines across the broad forehead. Those dark blue eyes retain a twinkle. He does not mind even cracking a joke or two. The man is even apologetic to you, saying he can crack jokes.
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Yet, there is no one sadder, more disappointed, more gutted than Williamson. But he will not show. You want the dam to burst. But, good luck. As New Zealand head coach Gary Stead is talking about whether sharing the World Cup would have been the ideal finish to the World Cup final, Williamson walks in the background with his partner to have some breakfast outside of the team hotel. Under an hour later Williamson walks back with cups of coffee, you assume, in his hand for the family.
Boult walks out of the team hotel with his partner and child in a pram as they head for the morning breakfast and possibly a walk along Hyde Park. Lockie Ferguson has his laundry bag slung on his back as he gets ready for a day without cricket on his mind.
According to Stead the New Zealand players are bound to "hit the wall" for a week or so as they replay the events of Sunday in their mind. "At the start there was lot of dejection and I guess bewilderment around how did it happen, why has it happened this way," Stead says. "Everyone will react to it over time, I imagine most of the guys will hit the wall for a week and feel down about things, but they shouldn't. We should be proud of what we've achieved."
At some point, a middle-aged Indian gentleman walks up to where the media is standing and unprompted tells a New Zealand journalist that he really respects Williamson's team. Only because they are true gentlemen, are down-to-earth. He says he and his family travelled from Los Angeles to watch three knockout matches of the World Cup including the final thinking India would feature. Although he was depressed for hours after India's exit in the semi-final, he did not curse New Zealand. "We lost against good people," he says.
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For youngsters like Ferguson, who was one of the fastest bowlers in the World Cup and who finished in the ICC's team of the tournament, the final result is difficult to "swallow." He admits that the ethos of Williamson's team is not to focus on the outcome although "this outcome is particularly hurting".
"Probably a bit of an understatement that it was emotional," Ferguson says. "Yeah, it's definitely for me been one of the most emotional nights in terms of cricket and to come so close and not get across the line, for whatever reason - it wasn't meant to be. As I said, the lads are getting around each other and patting each other on the backs on what was a great competition. Unfortunately we didn't quite get over the last hurdle but we were happy and hopefully inspire the next generation of Black Caps to come through and win a World Cup."
There is a whole gamut of emotions that New Zealand would have experienced, and will continue to, for a while. But as Williamson and his men leave England, the one overriding emotion is bound to be pride. Williamson agrees. "In time there will be a lot of reflection. Hopefully we will view at it in a bit of a rational way. Once again we do look at the campaign as a bigger picture and really proud of all the guys. It could be tricky. We talk about not being too caught up in results. I know that can be a really difficult especially when you have a World Cup final on the line, but if you do remove that, a little bit, and you look at the cricket that we played, the way the guys went about their business, we should be really proud."
And if they need any further proof that they did their job well, they should just listen to what McMillan says. "At the end, it was one of those games where you just shake your head and you are lost for words. I don't think I have ever been as gutted or as proud after a game of cricket. Gutted because we didn't get the result we wanted. I truly felt that we deserved to win yesterday at different times.
"And proud the way the guys handled themselves, kept coming back from difficult challenges, kept fighting and they nearly got there. It was a day of mixed emotions. There is a lot of raw emotion that will still be there today, you know. Four or six hours of sleep hasn't really changed that. There's a going to be a bit of time for the guys to get over it. We will. And there will be a time when we will look back at the game very fondly because there were some incredible performances yesterday."
Yes, New Zealand should be proud that they played a massive hand in making the 2019 World Cup final one of the greatest matches in cricket's history. London was painted with "We believed" banners to celebrate England's triumph. But New Zealand were equal winners.
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Riley: Hurts hasn't won Sooners' top QB job yet
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Breaking News
Monday, 15 July 2019 13:40

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Jalen Hurts' arrival at Oklahoma is a major topic at Big 12 media days, but the quarterback transfer from Alabama still has work left to become the Sooners' front man in 2019.
"He's gotta win the job first," Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said when asked what sets Hurts apart. "If he wins the job, then we'll talk about that."
Riley faced a series of questions about Hurts, who joined Oklahoma as a graduate transfer in January after three seasons with Alabama, where he went 26-2 as the Tide's starting quarterback. Hurts follows two quarterback transfers, Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray, who won consecutive Heisman trophies with the Sooners before both went No. 1 overall in the NFL draft.
Although Hurts performed well in Oklahoma's spring game and brings unique experience to a record-setting offense, Riley hasn't ruled out redshirt freshman Tanner Mordecai or true freshman Spencer Rattler, ESPN's top-rated dual-threat quarterback in the 2019 recruiting class. Oklahoma resumes practices next month.
"One of them's got to go win it," Riley told ESPN. "We've got an interesting dynamic in there with Jalen as an older, more experienced guy that's been through a lot of battles, and we've got some very young, talented players in there with a chance to make a name for themselves. It's really, truly, 'May the best man win.'"
Riley said there's a different feel to Hurts' arrival, given his experience at Alabama, where he started throughout the 2016 and 2017 season before being benched for Tua Tagovailoa in the national championship game against Georgia. Tagovailoa started for Alabama in 2018. Although Hurts arrives with more game experience than Mayfield or Murray, he won't spend a year learning Riley's offense like his predecessors did. Riley has focused on communication and terminology with Hurts but noted he hasn't had to spend as much time on it with a veteran player.
"It's not like you're starting from scratch," Riley said. "It's been a fun process. He's smart, he's eager."
Oklahoma loses Murray, four starting linemen and leading receiver Marquise "Hollywood" Brown from the record-setting 2018 offense, which led the nation in both scoring (48.4 points per game) and yards (570.3 yards per game). The Sooners return standout receiver CeeDee Lamb, tight end Grant Calcaterra and running backs Trey Sermon and Kennedy Brooks, the latter of whom returned to team activities late last week following a Title IX investigation by the university, Riley said.
"We don't plan on the offense dipping," Riley said.
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