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Lincoln Riley says all options need to be considered to preserve 2020 season

MORGANTOWN, WV - NOVEMBER 23: Head coach Lincoln Riley of the Oklahoma Sooners in action against the West Virginia Mountaineers on November 23, 2018 at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley said on Friday that he is still optimistic college football will kickoff on time in the fall but all options need to remain on the table at this point.

In a Zoom call with reporters, including ESPN staff writer Dave Wilson, Riley said everyone wants college football in the normal fall months, “but it would be very wrong of us to take any potential option off the table right now,” especially with coronavirus cases surging currently in Oklahoma and across the southern portion of the U.