Well, well, well. Look what we have here.



Jalen Hurts is the runaway leader atop The Athletic’s first Heisman Straw Poll of the 2019 season, as the Oklahoma quarterback has put on a show through three games with the Sooners. His backup … er, runner-up?



Tua Tagovailoa, of course.



That sound you hear is the grunting of Nick Saban, who must love the idea of a season-long Heisman race between Alabama quarterbacks past and present. And if they end up meeting each other down the road in the College Football Playoff? Even better.



Hurts, who lost his two-year starting job to Tagovailoa and graduate transferred to Oklahoma for his fourth and final year, is second nationally with 1,253 yards of total offense (880 passing, 373 rushing). He has completed 80.3 percent of his passes for nine touchdowns and no picks. His 13 total touchdowns are more than his 12 incomplete passes. And that historically productive Sooners offense is operating at an even...