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One weekend has already changed the tone of the Big 12. Cheap Air Jordan 12 Retro .Oklahoma went into this season as the overwhelming favorite to win its 10th Big 12 Conference title, and the Sooners very well might still be that with all the talent back from last seasons College Football Playoff team.But after a fast start against Houston, quarterback Baker Mayfield , running back Samaje Perine and Co. wound up with a 10-point loss to a team from outside the Power Five conferences that shot past them in the new AP Top 25 poll.While still a few weeks from starting conference play, the Sooners have little room for error if they want to return to the four-team playoff. For now, they arent even the highest-ranked Big 12 team.Neither is TCU, which at 24-3 since the start of the 2014 has the best overall record in the 10-team Big 12, the only conference able to tout having half of its teams ranked. But the Horned Frogs had their own issues in scuffling to a victory over an FCS team.Texas is tops among ranked Big 12 teams after rocketing from unranked for more than two full seasons to No. 11 this week after its 50-47 double-overtime win over then-No. 10 Notre Dame, which in last seasons opener beat the Longhorns by five touchdowns.One game doesnt make a season. We know were still rebuilding, said coach Charlie Strong, coming off back-to-back losing seasons to start his tenure with the Longhorns. Youre just hoping this cant be a one-night wonder, and it wont be.The first part of Strongs statement is also applicable to the Sooners, who plummeted from their preseason ranking of third to No. 14 this week. They are a spot ahead of TCU, which slipped two to 15th after a 59-41 win over South Dakota State in a game that was tied midway through the third quarter.Weve got a long season ahead of us, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said. Our guys are very aware of that.They also have, no doubt, the toughest non-conference schedule in the Big 12. After the Sooners play their home opener Saturday as six-TD favorites over Louisiana-Monroe, fourth-ranked Ohio State will visit Norman the following week.Overall, the Big 12 went 7-3 on the opening weekend, when even Kansas won to break a 15-game skid dating to November 2014. The only losers other than Oklahoma were Kansas State at top-10 Stanford and Iowa State in its debut for coach Matt Campbell against Northern Iowa.Last season, Oklahoma won the Big 12 title and, even with a loss, became the leagues first CFP team. That setback was to Texas, which went into the Red River rivalry game as a double-digit underdog coming off a 43-point loss at TCU. The years game at the State Fair of Texas is Oct. 1.Oklahoma then scored at least 52 points in four consecutive games, part of a seven-game winning streak before losing to Clemson in the CFP semifinal game at the Orange Bowl.The Sooners probably cant lose again if there is any chance of getting back into the CFP that hasnt had a two-loss team in its brief history. And that could be a tough task with Ohio State and the round-robin Big 12 schedule left to play. Since becoming a 10-team league in 2011, the Big 12 champion has had an 8-1 conference record each season. Oklahomas last six titles included a conference loss.Texas, which still has a non-conference game at Pac-12 team California, stays home to play UTEP a week after a record attendance of 102,315 for the opener against Notre Dame, along with a massive national audience watching on television and online.You always talk about good people that believe in you. You have to give them a reason to believe in you, Strong said. Winning that (Notre Dame) game, it took us at least a step forward instead of going backward.---Online: AP College Football website www.collegefootball.ap.org Jordans From China . According to a report from the Winnipeg Free Press, the Bombers will name Acting GM Kyle Walters to the post full time. Jordan 12 Cheap Real .com) - The Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks both take aim at their first wins of the season on Saturday, as the Canucks open their home slate at Rogers Arena. http://www.wholesalejordan12.com/ . Any real chance at payback wont come until the playoff. Still, Pittsburgh knows its taut 3-2 win over the Bruins on Wednesday night is a pretty good place to start laying the groundwork. "They are a very good defensive team," Penguins forward Brandon Sutter said. California CapsuleBy The Associated Press=CaliforniaLast season: 23-11, lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Hawaii.Nickname: Golden Bears.Coach: Cuonzo Martin. He received a contract extension Tuesday through 2020-21.Conference: Pac-12.Whos gone: F Jaylen Brown left after his freshman season for the NBA; G Jordan Mathews transferred to Gonzaga.Whos back: F Ivan Rabb (12.5 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 42 blocks) opted against leaving early following his freshman year for the NBA; G Jabari Bird (10.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg); G Sam Singer; 7-footers Kingsley Okoroh and Kameron Rooks.Whos new: G Charlie Moore, a top freshman from Chicago; G Grant Mullins is a graduate transfer from Columbia.The Skinny: Rabbs return is a big deal for the Golden Bears, who have been fuueled by their frustrating first-round NCAA loss to Hawaii after getting back to the tournament for the first time since 2013. Discount Jordan 4 Bred . Rabb averaged 12.5 points and 8.6 rebounds during his freshman season and will be joined by G Jabari Bird as another key returning starter on a new-look team in coach Cuonzo Martins third season. ... Cal went a school-record unbeaten at home (18-0) in Haas Pavilion and is riding a 19-game home winning streak. A Dec. 21 date with powerhouse Virginia looms large. The Bears also face San Diego State on Nov. 21 at new Golden 1 Center in Sacramento that will host the NCAA Tournament in March. ' ' '