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Jumbo Package: Spring football begins with as much uncertainty as excitement

Spring football begins today, and with it comes the most (least?) anticipated quarterback battle in recent memory. It may ultimately wind up being anticlimactic, but, for now, we’re gonna play the “fun with counterfactuals” game.

In his piece in SI re: Lincoln Riley, Andy Staples imagines a world where Oklahoma’s sorry defense gets just one or two stops:

Imagine Oklahoma had stopped Georgia instead of allowing the Bulldogs to tie the Rose Bowl with 55 seconds remaining. The Sooners would have played Alabama for the national title the following week.