losing at Baylor to open conference play

GAME OF THE WEEKNo. 8 Oklahoma (8-2, 7-0 Big 12) at No. 10 West Virginia (8-1, 5-1). The first matchup of Top 10 teams in the league this season, and a game that could end the Big 12 title chase. If No. 13 Oklahoma State loses at TCU earlier in the day, coach Bob Stoops and the Sooners could be playing in prime time to clinch their 10th Big 12 championship . West Virginia is eliminated from contention with a loss. The Sooners have a 14-game conference winning streak, though their last three road games have been decided by 10 points or less. Since joining the Big 12 in 2012, the Mountaineers have beaten every conference team -- except Oklahoma.BEST MATCHUPMason Rudolph vs. Kenny Hill, two quarterbacks with different styles. Rudolph, a passing QB, leads No. 13 Oklahoma State (8-2, 6-1) against dual-threat Hill and the Horned Frogs (5-4, 3-3). Rudolph is second in the Big 12 with 338.7 total yards per game -- 338.4 yards per game passing (He has only 3 yards rushing this season). Hill is third in the Big 12 with 336 total yards per game -- 299 passing and 37 rushing -- and the Frogs could be looking for more designed runs for him. The Cowboys have a six-game winning streak since losing at Baylor to open conference play. TCU is coming off an open date after a 40-point win at Baylor.INSIDE THE NUMBERSBaylor has lost three games in a row for the first time since a four-game losing streak in 2012. The Bears (6-3, 3-3) play their home finale against Kansas State. ... Texas Tech (4-6, 2-5), which has to win its last two games to get bowl eligible, has allowed at least 44 points in seven games this season. ... Gary Patterson marks his 200th game as TCUs coach, only Dutch Meyer has coached more games for the Horned Frogs (201). ... Iowa State has averaged 420 total yards per game the last seven games, a 102-yard increase over its first three games.LONG SHOTUnfortunately for Kansas (1-9, 0-7), it seems like the Jayhawks are always longshots. They have lost 19 consecutive Big 12 games and are more than three-TD underdogs at home against Texas and national rushing leader DOnta Foreman (179 yards per game), who has tied 1977 Heisman Trophy winner Earl Campbells school record with 11 consecutive 100-yard games. Kansas is 110th nationally, allowing 226 yards rushing per game. The Longhorns (5-5, 3-4) get bowl eligible with a victory.IMPACT PERFORMERSKansas State defenders Elijah Lee and Jordan Willis. Willis, a senior defensive end, leads the league with nine sacks and second with 13 1/2 tackles for losses. Lee, a junior linebacker, is tied for second in the Big 12 with 8.6 tackles per game.---Compiled by AP Sports Writer Stephen Hawkins in Fort Worth, Texas.---More AP college football: http://collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 . 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TROON, Scotland -- Links golf course designers really like to punish a player who finds the sand, and there arent many traps more daunting on The Open rota than the deep, rectangular-shaped one to the right of Royal Troons infamous Postage Stamp green.While Troons eighth hole typically only plays 115-120 yards throughout Open week, the narrow, sand-protected, wind-exposed green offers an intimidating target for even the worlds best players.And during Tuesdays practice round, Rory McIlroy found out the hard way why the trap snaffling players missing right is known as the Coffin Bunker.Video courtesy of Sky Sports.When asked about it after his round, McIlroy said: I think I took an 8 or a 9, so that didnt go too well. It took me like five or six goes to get out of it. There is a lot of sand in the bunker, so when the ball trickles back into the bunkers, it doesnt go into the middle. That lip there is basically vertical, and every timee I tried to get it out, it would go back into the same spot.ddddddddddddopefully the struggle is out of the way for that hole.Being a practice round, McIlroy is unlikely to lose any sleep over it, and he added that hell be looking for four threes there over the course of the tournament.McIlroy isnt the first player to find himself licked by the Postage Stamp, and he certainly wont be the last. In the 1950 Open, German amateur Herman Tissies found the Coffin Bunker with his tee shot and needed 13 to get out -- he drained the putt to save a 15 -- while golf greats such as Gene Sarazen and Tiger Woods have both seen their championship challenge crumble at that hole.In this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes -- and a golfers chance of winning The Open buried in the Coffin Bunker. ' ' '