Lincoln Riley told the media that Jalen Hurts hadn’t earned the Oklahoma football starting job yet for the last seven months and the media didn’t believe him.
They didn’t believe him after the announcement, when a former national champion quarterback, SEC Offensive Player of the Year and the first freshman to start under center at Alabama in 30 years announced he was transferring, but Riley insisted the job was still open.
They didn’t believe him when Hurts stood out among the quarterbacks with a solid debut in the Sooners spring game, but Riley insisted that the job was still open.