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Lee Westwood has reiterated his desire to captain Europes Ryder Cup team in 2020, with a stint as vice-captain in Paris in 2018 a likely stepping stone.Westwood has not given up hope of playing against the United States for an 11th time, equalling the record of his first Ryder Cup partner Nick Faldo.The 43-year-old also still needs two and a half points to overtake Faldo as Europes all-time record points scorer in the biennial contest after failing to win any of his three matches in the defeat at Hazeltine a fortnight ago.Westwood admits he tried to wipe the Ryder Cup out of his mind at last weeks Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, but the former world No.1 could not avoid questions on the topic ahead of the British Masters, which gets under way at The Grove on Thursday.I thought it was a good week. I thought both teams played well, said Westwood, who was one of captain Darren Clarkes three wild cards. The Americans did to us what weve been doing to them for the last 20 years.They holed a lot of good putts and probably holed more putts than us. Not a lot in it tee-to-green. It was a good atmosphere to play in, as well, generally, and yeah, I thought it was a good week.Asked if he still wanted to be European captain at Whistling Straits in 2020, Westwood added: Yeah, I think so. I certainly wouldnt want to be the captain next time around.Thats too soon for me, but I think 2020 is definitely on my radar. There are a lot of candidates for it but Ill be putting my name in the ring for sure. Its something Id like to do.Ive played on 10 and witnessed 10 different forms of captaincy, so Im pretty well qualified to be a captain I would have thought. Ive played a lot in it and Id like to maybe play again, but if I cant play again Id like to do the assistant captains role, [see] what goes on behind the scenes, although I paid a lot of attention to what Darren and the assistant captains were doing this year.I dont think necessarily you have to be an assistant captain [before being captain], but it probably helps. Another angle to see it from, more experience. Wholesale Running Shoes Canada . The Nashville Predators were glad their captain was still on their side. Weber had a goal and two assists, and Roman Josi scored the shootout winner to lift the Predators to a 4-3 win over the Flyers on Thursday night. Cheap Running Shoes Online Canada .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. http://www.wholesalerunningshoescanada.com/ . 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Nearly every aspect of Tulsas game was clicking last week when it pummeled San Jose State in its opener 45-10, showing signs that there could be major improvement from last years 6-7 squad.Of course, Ohio State -- which beat Bowling Green 77-10 in week one -- will be a much tougher opponent, but Tulsa coach Philip Montgomery said his team played with maturity and emotion, and he expects players will carry that right into Columbus.Weve got to be free, Montgomery said. We cant go in there and be hesitant about what we want to do. I dont want to walk off the field and still have bullets left, so were going to shoot them and see what happens.OFFENSE GALOREBoth teams showed they are loaded with offensive weapons. Tulsa running back DAngelo Brewer rushed for 164 yards and three touchdowns last week on 22 carries. Quarterback Dane Evans, directing the spread offense, was 12 for 23 for 198 yards and a touchdown as Tulsa rolled up 512 total yards. The Golden Hurricane was 13th in the country in total offense last year.Very talented receivers, two NFL prospects at wide receiver, a returning veteran at quarterback, Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said. They just force you to play in space.Ohio State broke a school record for offensive yards by piling up 776 against Bowling Green. Quarterback J.T. Barrett passed for six touchdowns and ran for another.Montgomery, a former Baylor assistant, recruited Barrett out of high school in Texas and knows how dynamic he is.He got them in and out of plays, he got them in and out of situations, threw the ball very effectively, and hes a dual-threat guy, Montgomery said. I mean, hes a guy that can pull it down and hurt you with his feet just as well as he can do it with his arm.ddddddddddddBUCKEYES EXPECT MORE FIGHTIt was designed to be another tuneup game, but several Ohio State players said this week they expect Tulsa to put up more a fight than their week one opponent.I feel like were going to get some more experienced people, cornerback Gareon Conley said. I know a lot of guys had left from Bowling Green, and watching some of the film from Tulsa I know (they have) an experienced quarterback, so weve got to get ready for that. And they have a faster tempo.Said center Pat Elflein: Theyve got better players. They run some more stuff (on defense), theyre going to blitz us more, so its just kind of like another step up from Bowling Green.BURROW SHOWS HIS STUFFMeyer said he was pleased to see backup quarterback Joe Burrow get some significant playing time last week. Burrow, a redshirt freshman who likely is the Buckeyes quarterback of the future, took over for Barrett in the third quarter for mop-up duty. He was 6 for 8 for 68 yards and threw his first career touchdown pass.He confirmed what we all thought and what hes shown: Hes a tough guy who has talent, and it means a lot to him, Meyer said.Asked if he was confident Burrow could do the job if Barrett got injured, Meyer wouldnt answer. Im not going there, he said.Injuries forced Meyer to use his second- and third-string QBs to win the national championship in 2014.SMALL SCHOOL IN THE BIG TIMETulsa has the smallest undergraduate enrollment of FBS schools with 3,473 students; Ohio State is ranked third with 55,508.With a capacity near 105,000, Ohio Stadium will host the largest crowd ever to see Tulsa play football. The Golden Hurricane played in front of 85,657 last year at Oklahoma.---Follow Mitch Stacy at http://twitter.com/mitchstacyFor some of his other recent stories: http://bigstory.ap.org/content/mitch-stacy ' ' '