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The Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs will face each other on the biggest sporting night of the year. The Super Bowl LVII is only a few hours away and will take place at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Many fans are undoubtedly preparing for the event. To wish success to the starting quarterback of the Eagles, the Oklahoma Sooners made a special tribute to him. The video excited the fans of Jalen Hurts. 

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The Oklahoma Sooners uploaded a special video for their alumni. It not only shows him as the player of Oklahoma but also shows his time at Alabama as well. The video included the best highlights of his quarterback years in both schools. 

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Hurts played for the Crimson Tide for the first three years of his undergraduate career, tossing for 5,626 yards and 48 touchdowns. At Alabama, Hurts was also productive as a rusher, amassing over 2,000 yards and 23 touchdowns.

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But the team benched him for Tua Tagovailoa. Consequently, he transferred to Oklahoma for his final season in college. He was an impressive player there who threw for 3,851 yards and 32 touchdowns. His time at Oklahoma earned him a trip to New York as a Heisman Trophy finalist. However, Joe Burrow won the award instead. 

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Sooners fans react to the video and hope for Jalen Hurts to win the Super Bowl

Fans who saw him play reacted to the well-made video edit. They wanted Hurts to defeat the Patrick Mahomes-led squad and win the Super Bowl title.

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Both the Crimson schools support the star quarterback.

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Fans of the Sooners and Crimson Tide will surely be everywhere at the stadium to support their favorite QB. Even though the league chose Mahomes as this year’s MVP player, fans already hailed him as the MVP because of his heartwarming gesture for Philly.

Now, all there’s left to do is turn the television on and watch the biggest game of the year.

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Neha Joshi

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Neha Joshi is an NFL writer at Essentially Sports. She is currently pursuing her postgraduate degree in English Literature from R.D National College, Mumbai and has also previously worked as a Graduate Intern at Jacobs. Her favorite athlete is football superstar Tom Brady, whom she finds immensely motivating. The following quote by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback is among her most treasured ones: "If you don't play to win, don't play at all", which more often than not inspires her to excel in every pursuit she takes up! When away from work, Neha indulges herself in browsing through Realistic English, Post Structuralist American, and Modern Indian Literature.

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