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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Tony Romo is injured again, and Dak Prescott is no longer the fourth-round draft pick expected to spend a couple of years soaking up NFL knowledge from the bench.The rookie quarterback from Mississippi State is starting the opener -- the first to do so for Dallas in 15 years -- and the Cowboys arent counting the days until Romo returns from a broken bone in his back.The shock of going 0-7 after the first of Romos two broken left collarbones last season and finishing 4-12 a year after winning the NFC East was enough to change their mindset. It doesnt hurt that Prescott was one of the leagues biggest surprises in the preseason.No ones naive, executive vice president of personnel Stephen Jones said. When you lose your starting quarterback for some time, and its obviously going to be some time, that certainly wasnt in our plans. But Daks emergence makes you feel better about having that happen to you. There is a lot of optimism for Dak.The biggest question for Dallas heading into Sundays opener against the New York Giants is how long Romo will be out. If the Cowboys dont put the 36-year-old on injured reserve and leave open the option for him to return, they presumably believe he can be ready faster than eight weeks into the season.Meantime, Dallas is expecting Prescott to deliver wins after he threw for five touchdowns without an interception and ran for two scores in three exhibition games. Hes the first quarterback drafted by the Cowboys since 2009 and just the second since Quincy Carter went in the second round and started right away in 2001.You look around, Prescott said. You look at the stars for the Pro Bowls on some of these lockers that I will be out there on the field with. The pressure is not on me. I have guys who can make plays and make my job easier.Prescott speaks of an offensive line featuring three first-round picks since 2011, and all three were Pro Bowlers the past two seasons (LT Tyron Smith, C Travis Frederick, RG Zack Martin).Dez Bryant, the 2014 All-Pro receiver who broke his right foot in the 2015 opener and was never the same last season, caught two touchdowns from Prescott in the preseason. Tight end Jason Witten has been to 10 Pro Bowls.And then theres fellow rookie Ezekiel Elliott, the fourth overall pick out of Ohio State. The running back faces expectations that seem to grow daily, even though he missed most of training camp and took just 14 snaps in one preseason game -- the same game in which Romo got hurt at Seattle.I like where we are with the other parts of the offense, obviously the protections, the running game, all of that, owner and general manager Jerry Jones said. Some of the other things we can do that we dont have to depend on that experience are there and alive in this team.Things to consider with the Cowboys once again stuck in a .500 rut that enters its 20th season, with a 152-152 record in the regular season since the start of 1997:DEFENSIVE QUESTIONS: Three projected starters will open the season on suspensions for substance-abuse violations: DEs Randy Gregory and DeMarcus Lawrence (four games each) and LB Rolando McClain (10 games). The Cowboys finished last in the NFL in takeaways and turnover margin last year and didnt change the roster much. They need veteran LB Sean Lee to show the playmaking ability from early in his career.AMONG THE NEWCOMERS: DE Benson Mayowa and DT Cedric Thornton signed with Dallas in free agency, while the draft produced another end-tackle tandem in Maliek Collins of Nebraska (third round) and Charles Tapper from Oklahoma (fourth). All missed time in training camp with injuries but should be able to contribute early in the season.SEASONED SECONDARY: The most experienced part of the defense is the secondary with CBs Orlando Scandrick, Brandon Carr and Morris Claiborne, and S Barry Church. But they need to back up that experience with big plays. Scandrick returns after missing last season with a knee injury. Carr hasnt had an interception in more than two years, and Claiborne has just three picks in four seasons since Dallas moved up eight spots to get him in the top 10 of the 2012 draft.THE LAST WORD: Tight end Jason Witten, going into his 14th season, was the creator of the same old story line from a few years ago when the Cowboys kept missing the playoffs with losses that dropped them to 8-8 on the final day of the season. And now hes without Romo again. They came into the league together in 2003. You cant flinch in these situations, he said. Doesnt mean that you dont live in the reality of where it is.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Schuyler Dixon on Twitter at https://twitter.com/apschuyler Vente Salomon Pas Cher . -- Catcher Brett Hayes has agreed to a $630,000, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, avoiding salary arbitration. Chaussure Salomon Destockage . Ashley Youngs cross was inadvertently headed by Chester into his own net in the 66th minute, allowing United to claim a third straight league win. "We had to dig deep with our fighting spirit and weve done that," United striker Wayne Rooney said. http://www.paschersalomon.fr/ . Goals from Jerome Boateng, Franck Ribery and Thomas Mueller extended Bayerns unbeaten run to a record 37 matches. "This record is incredible," Bayern coach Pep Guardiola said. Soldes Chaussures Salomon Pas Cher . You can watch the game live on TSN at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. The Flyers had won seven of eight before dropping their last two outings on consecutive days over the weekend. Philadelphia was handed a 6-3 loss by the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday afternoon before dropping a 4-1 decision to the Rangers the following night in New York City. Destockage Salomon Pas Cher . A lawyer for MLB, Matthew Menchel, confirmed Wednesday the league dropped its case against Biogenesis of America, its owner Anthony Bosch and several other individuals. The lawsuit had accused Biogenesis and Bosch of conspiring with players to violate their contracts by providing them with banned performance-enhancing substances. LSU athletic director Joe Alleva called the situation concerning the Tigers postponed and later rescheduled game with Florida a joke in behind-the-scenes emails.Alleva also insinuated in emails obtained by ESPN?that members of Floridas athletic department didnt want to play LSU when the original game was postponed due to Hurricane Matthew impacting Gainesville and the northeastern coast of Florida.Officials from both Florida and LSU were already having contentious exchanges over how to make up the Oct. 8 postponement of the game in Gainesville, but Allevas frustrations came to a head when he learned that the Georgia-South Carolina game, which was also affected by the storm, would be moved from Saturday to Sunday of the same weekend. Alleva voiced those frustrations in an email exchange with board of supervisors athletic committee chairman Blake Chatelain.This is a joke, Alleva wrote to Chatelain.Chatelain then replied by asking Alleva if he thought Florida wanted to play as much as LSU did.Would they not ? Chatelain asked in the email.No way if they lost they would lose the east. Their schedule [is] easier than Tennessee[s] if they wanted to play we would be playing here or there, Alleva wrote back.LSU team spokesman Michael Bonnette also called the situation a joke.At the time, Floridas lone SEC loss came to Tennessee, which has since dropped back-to-back league games to Texas A&M and Alabama. Florida was also dealing with injuries at the time, most notably to starting quarterback Luke Del Rio who was recovering from a sprained knee. Backup Austin Appleby was the quarterback during the Gators loss to Tennessee, but Florida coach Jim McElwain later stated that Del Rio would have started if the LSU game had been played on its original date.On the Monday following the postponement, McElwain addressed criticism about whether his team wanted to play LSU that weekend.It shocks me that someone could actually think that way, especially knowing us, McElwain said during his Monday press conference.[There were] 19 deaths [in the United States], 2.5 million people without power. Families in dire needs. Obviously, they dont know me, they dont know the Florrida Gators.dddddddddddd They dont know our players.Dodging the game? Wow.Days later, resolution finally came when the SEC announced that the game would be played in Baton Rouge on Nov. 19. Both schools would buy out the nonconference games already scheduled on that date -- Florida against Presbyterian and LSU against South Alabama. LSU would also have to play at Florida in 2017 and 2018.Even this conclusion didnt come without more conflict from both sides. As options were laid out, Alleva continued to maintain that he would not give up LSUs home game on Nov. 19 or the Tigers bye week before the Nov. 5 game against Alabama.Late in the process, the SEC found an interpretation of the rules within its bylaws that essentially stated that in order for teams to participate in the SEC championship game in Atlanta, they had to play their eight scheduled league games. With that, Florida conceded, but not before outgoing athletic director Jeremy Foley had some choice words with LSU administrators.It was obvious that they were committed to that position and that it was going to be difficult to change that position, and therefore that we felt the only way to escape an even more difficult situation was to make the decision that we did, Foley said. I think it would have been a huge mistake in my opinion, my staffs position and opinion, [Florida president] Dr. [Kent] Fuchs position, for the University of Florida to draw a line in the sand, and then what would happen? And nothing good would have come out of that. At the end of the day, its time to step up and do what you think is right and go play a football game.The 15th ranked Gators (5-1, 3-1 SEC) play East rival Georgia (4-3, 2-3) in Jacksoville, Florida, at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday. No. 19 LSU (5-2, 3-1) is on a bye as it prepares to host No. 1 Alabama (8-0, 5-0) on Nov. 5. A time for the rescheduled Florida-LSU game has not been announced, but the league has said that the game will kick no later than 3:30 p.m. ET.Information from ESPNs Mark Schlabach was used in this report. 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