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SECTION B
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Sunday, August 10, 2014
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INSIDE SPORTS
Carr returns to team
after losing mother
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McNulty, Greer ‘top two’ after scrimmage
By Brett Vito
Staff Writer
bvito @ dentonrc.com
The hunt for a new starting quarter-
back has been the talk of the first week
of North Texas fall practice, and rightly
so.
UNT must find a way to replace a
three-year starter in Derek Thompson
and appears to be ready to pick from a
pair of players in Andrew McNulty and
Josh Greer, who have one start between
them.
That’s just the beginning for UNT
when it comes to position battles.
There also is the matter of finding a
North Texas football
Fall practice
middle linebacker to replace Zach Orr,
a right tackle to replace LaChris Any-
iam and new players to fill out the depth
chart at tight end.
UNT moved a little closer to making
some of those decisions Saturday dur-
ing its first scrimmage of fall practice at
the Darrell R. Dickey Football Practice
Facility. The Mean Green ran 124 plays
and got through a workout that was
closed to the media without any major
injuries.
Coach Dan McCarney described
what he saw as encouraging, despite
some typical early-camp struggles.
“I really like the work ethic of this
team,” McCarney said. “It was sloppy
overall, about like you would expect.
There were some highs, some lows,
some good, some bad.”
McNulty, who started in 2011 in a
loss to Tulsa, and Greer, a mid-term JU-
CO transfer, once again rotated with the
first-team offense.
“There is no question McNulty and
Greer are the top two guys right now,”
McCarney said. “Both of them are do-
ing a good job of leading and are mak-
ing very few mistakes. Neither one of
them turned the ball
over today.”
UNT must replace
not only the general of
its offense, but also
the leader of its de-
fense following the
departure of Orr.
UNT’s former middle
linebacker is in training camp with the
Baltimore Ravens.
Fred Scott is in position to take over
but is being pushed by Anthony Wal-
lace, who transferred from Oregon.
‘Anthony Wallace is a much im-
proved player, one of our most im-
McCarney
proved from the spring,” McCarney
said. “He looks like a different player.
He made up his mind coming out of the
spring that he wants to be a real player.
There is a good battle going with him
and [Fred] Scott.”
UNT also is searching for a safety to
replace Marcus Trice, who signed with
the Chicago Bears after his senior sea-
son.
Senior Sheldon Wade came into fall
practice in position to win the job, but
he is being pushed by JUCO transfer
Matthew Dash, a late signee.
See UNT on 3B
Pat Sullivan/AP
Houston shortstop Marwin Gonzalez, left, stands by as Rangers manager Ron Washington, second from left, and Elvis Andrus argue after umpire Tony
Randazzo called Andrus out at second base Saturday in Houston.
Astros make it seven
Singleton, Houston
extend win streak
against Rangers
By Kristie Rieken
Associated Press
HOUSTON — Jon Singleton drove
in three runs, and the Houston Astros
handled Yu Darvish again in an 8-3 win
over the Rangers on Saturday night to
stretch the streak against their in-state
rival to seven victories in a row.
Darvish (10-7) allowed nine hits and
six runs — five earned — in four-plus
innings in his second-shortest start of
the season. It was his second straight
tough outing against the Astros after
Rangers
Houston 8, Texas 3
they tagged him for a season-high 10
hits with six runs in six innings July 9.
Singleton had an RBI single in
Houston’s two-run first and added a
two-run double as the Astros tacked on
four runs in the fifth.
Houston’s Scott Feldman (6-8) al-
lowed eight hits and three runs with six
strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings against his
former team.
He held the Rangers scoreless until
Jim Adduci hit his first career home run
with two outs in the sixth inning. The
two-run shot landed in the first row in
right field to cut the lead to 6-2. Shin-
Soo Choo had four hits, and his single in
the ninth inning was the 1,000th hit of
his career.
Matt Dominguez’s RBI single after
Singleton’s double chased Darvish in
the fifth. He was replaced by Nate Ad-
cock, who was greeted by a run-scoring
single by Marwin Gonzalez.
Darvish struggled with control early
and walked two of the first three batters
he faced, with the second walk coming
on four pitches. He struck out Marc
Krauss before Singleton’s RBI single
made it 1-0. Dominguez followed with a
single, and an error on the play by sec-
ond baseman Rougned Odor allowed
Chris Carter to score and push the lead
to 2-0.
Carter, who had three homers in the
previous two games, continued his hot-
hitting with two hits, including an RBI
double in the eighth inning.
Houston rookie Mike Foltynewicz
pitched a scoreless ninth and wowed
the crowd when he threw two consec-
utive 100 mph fastballs to Odor.
Texas rookie pitcher Phil Klein
struggled in his first two outings, giving
up homers to the first batter he faced in
both. In his third appearance Saturday,
he finally got on track, pitching a perfect
seventh inning with one strikeout.
Briefly...
Texas right-hander Nick Martinez
looks to snap a seven-game skid when he
opposes Dallas Keuchel today. Martinez,
who hasn’t won since May 24, has gone
0-3 with a 7.29 ERA in his four starts
since returning from the disabled list
Keuchel has allowed one earned run or
fewer in each of his last three starts.
Playoff
panel faces
impossibly
tough task
By Ralph D. Russo
AP College Football Writer
Might as well call it Mission: Impos-
sible.
Starting in mid-October, a panel of
13 football experts will begin meeting
once a week to determine the four
teams who will compete for the nation-
al championship in the very first Col-
lege Football Playoff. Their goal is to
choose the four best teams in the nation
at the end of the regular season. The
championship game will be played Jan.
12 in Arlington.
College football
College Football Playoff
But how does someone answer a
question for which there will almost al-
ways will be more than one correct an-
swer?
“We need both faith and reason,”
said committee member and West Vir-
ginia athletic director Oliver Luck. “We
have to use our logical skills and the de-
ductive skills that the people in that
room have. But the college football
world needs a little bit of faith that we
all check our pasts at the door and we go
about this in a very straightforward and
honest manner.”
Where the College Football Playoff
has the Bowl Championship Series beat
is simply the number four. Twice as
many teams will now enter the postsea-
son with a chance to win the champi-
onship. Most fans agree this is progress
over an old system where deserving
teams were left out.
How will the new panel decide on
top teams? Will so-called great teams
still be left out? As its first season un-
folds, the group could create an all-new
set of questions about whether the pro-
cess works.
The human element
The biggest change in the process is
that people — not using computer
rankings — are solely in charge of
teams’ fates. So the panel will have to
learn how to effectively debate, com-
promise and account for bias.
“This small number of human
See PLAYOFF on 4B
Mcllroy takes lead into final round
By Doug Ferguson
AP Golf Writer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Rory Mcllroy
celebrated his final birdie with a smile
and a slight pump of his first, knowing
that 8-foot putt gave him the outright
lead Saturday in the PGA Champion-
ship.
“It’s a great position to be in,” he said.
He’s just not used to it being so
crowded at the top.
Mcllroy has won all three of his ma-
jors with the lead going into the final
round — by eight shots at the 2011 U.S.
Open, three shots at the 2012 PGA
Championship, six shots last month at
the British Open.
Now comes another major test for
Boy Wonder — a Sunday shootout.
More rain in the morning at Valhalla
allowed for a deluge of birdies in the
lowest-scoring round in PGA Champi-
onship history. Six players had a share
Pro golf
PGA Championship
of the lead at some point. Mcllroy could
see it on the leaderboard. He could hear
it on a golf course resounding with
cheers from every comer.
The 25-year-old from Northern Ire-
land found an extra gear, closing with
three birdies on the last four holes for a
4-under 67 and a one-shot lead over
Bemd Wiesberger. Right behind were
Rickie Fowler and Phil Mickelson. Still
very much in the picture were Jason
Day, Henrik Stenson and Louis Oos-
thuizen.
“[Today] standing on the first tee is
going to feel different than how it felt a
month ago at Hoylake because you
don’t have that [gap].... It is going to be
a shootout,” said Mcllroy, who was at 13-
under 200. “You know the conditions
are soft, guys are going to make birdies
and you know that you’re going to have
to make birdies as well.”
He did his part late in the round,
rolling in a 20-foot birdie putt on the
15th hole, hitting 9-iron from 172 yards
that landed with a splat next to the hole
for an easy birdie on the 16th hole, and
getting up-and-down from a bunker on
the final hole.
“It’s not the biggest lead I’ve ever
had,” Mcllroy said. “But I’m still in con-
trol of this golf tournament.”
Today is shaping up as a thriller, typ-
ical of the final major of the year.
Wiesberger closed with three
straight birdies — the three putts were a
combined 3 feet, 6 inches — for a 65.
Playing in only his sixth major champi-
onship, the 28-year-old Austrian now
gets to play in the final group at a major
with the No. 1 player in the world.
See PGA on 3B
Warren Little/Getty Images
Rory Mcllroy, left, and caddie J.P. Fitzgerald stand on the 17th hole during
the third round of the PGA Championship on Saturday in Louisville, Ky.
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