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NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield has a horde of trophies from his dynamic 2015 season.The Austin, Texas, native is still searching for the prize he perhaps craves most -- a victory over his hometown Longhorns. Hell get his chance Saturday when the 20th-ranked Sooners (2-2, 1-0 Big 12) and Longhorns (2-2, 0-1) renew their rivalry in Dallas.Just about everything else has fallen into place beautifully for Mayfield since he transferred from Texas Tech and walked on at Oklahoma. Last season, he earned the starting job, led the Sooners to the College Football Playoff and finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy balloting.The lone regular-season blemish for the Sooners last season was a 24-17 loss to Texas. Mayfield threw for just 211 yards, and he was sacked six times. Folks back home enjoyed reminding him of last years game.Thats one of your biggest games of the year, Mayfield said. For a lot of fans around here, it is the biggest game of the year. Rightfully so, its one of the top rivalries in the country. I have a lot of friends back home who are UT fans, so I caught some grief.Mayfield grew up an Oklahoma fan in Austin, so he understands what the rivalry means from both sides.Its huge, he said. All the guys that dont grow up around it dont necessarily know what this rivalry is all about, but I grew up down there in the heart of UT land. I know what its all about, but its pretty special to me, and thats why its exciting. Big week.The Sooners entered the Texas game undefeated and ranked 10th last year, while Texas was 1-4. Mayfield said the Sooners werent aggressive enough.It wasnt a fact of overlooking them, it was just not playing with our mentality, the mentality that we need to carry on every week, Mayfield said.After the loss to Texas, Mayfield led the Sooners to seven straight wins and a Big 12 title, and he was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year.Mayfield entered this season as one of the favorites to contend for the Heisman, but losses to Houston and Ohio State pushed him out of the picture. He came back and showed his value when he passed 274 yards and two touchdowns in a 52-46 win at No. 21 TCU last Saturday.I think we came into the TCU game with the right mentality of never giving up, and dont worry about what theyre going to do, just do your job and thats the mindset that we need to do, he said.Mayfield typically has accomplished his goals, and now, beating Texas is the next one on his list. He believes having played against the Longhorns in the atmosphere in Dallas last year, with half Oklahoma fans and half Texas fans, should help him this time around.Ill be able to settle in early, and I know the crowds going to be ready, and its obviously a very exciting game, he said. We split it right down the middle and the fans are ready to get after each other.---Follow Cliff Brunt on Twitter (at)CliffBruntAP Masahiro Tanaka Jersey . The injury bothered Bledsoe in the Suns victory over the Clippers on Monday and he sat out the teams home loss to Memphis on Thursday night. Roger Maris Jersey . -- Charline Labonte couldnt have asked for a better homecoming. http://www.cheapyankeesjerseyschina.com/brett-gardner-jersey/ . After dropping their final six games of December, the Wild opened the new calendar year with four consecutive wins. 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We had a tough time settling into the match and it was getting away from us.After drawing its first two matches of the season against newly-promoted sides, Atletico appeared to have already seriously damaged its hopes of making the title race a three-way contest with Barcelona and Real Madrid for a fourth straight season.But Simeones side is right back in the thick of things after a positive week. Atletico climbed into third place and closed to within two points of Madrid -- a day after the leader stumbled to a 2-2 draw at Las Palmas. Atletico also pulled to within one point of second-placed Barcelona, five days after its 1-1 draw at the defending champions on Wednesday.Simeones latest tactical twist came after he pulled Angel Correa and Fernando Torres off the bench while trailing at Barcelona, and the pair immediately linked up for Correas equalizer.While Simeone kept pulling the strings Sunday, it again fell to Griezmann to provide the goal.The goal was his fifth in six rounds this season, putting him level with Barcelonas Luis Suarez as the leagues leading scorers.The France forward tapped in a squared pass from Gameiro, who had beaten the offside trap to reach a throughball from Juanfran Torres.The victory came at a price, however.Atletico lost midfielder Augusto Fernandez and defender Jose Gimenez to leg injuries in the first half. Both players had to be stretchered off the pitch.The club said that Fernandez completely tore a ligament in his right knee, while Gimenez injureed a muscle in his right leg.ddddddddddddDeportivo was able to stifle Atleticos attack until Faycal Fajr left his team a man down in first-half injury time when he picked up a second yellow card for a low tackle on Nicolas Gaitan.It was Atletico in complete control for the rest of the match, and only the goalkeeping of German Lux kept the visitors clinging to a scoreless draw.Lux pushed Yannick Carrascos long strike onto his bar in the 53rd at the start of a barrage by Atletico. Lux then denied Carrasco from close range before saving a point-blank header by Angel Correa.Simeone took the risky decision to pull Carrasco, Atleticos most incisive player until that point, for Gameiro.The decision proved key to getting the winner, as Gameiro darted free down the right side before finding Griezmann with his low pass.It was Deportivos fifth straight round without a win.We played an intelligent first half, but after the sending off of Faycal Fajr we couldnt continue with the same plan, Lux said. It changed completely. We have to pick ourselves up and get past this.---VILLARREAL 3, OSASUNA 1Villarreal followed its 1-1 draw at Real Madrid with a comfortable 3-1 win over promoted Osasuna to move to fourth place with 12 points, two behind leader Madrid.Alexandre Pato, Bruno Soriano and Nicola Sansone scored first-half goals to give the hosts their third win in four matches.Villarreal is yet to lose after six rounds. The other two unbeaten teams are Madrid and Atletico Madrid.---LEGANES 1, VALENCIA 2Valencia continued its rebound under interim coach Salvador Voro Gonzalez with a second straight win after the club was in last place under former manager Pako Ayestaran.Nani and Mario Suarez, both newcomers to Valencia this season, scored to fight back for a 2-1 win at promoted club Leganes, which struck first through Alexander Szymanowski.This is the third time Voro, a long-time club employee, has acted as caretaker coach for Valencia as the club searches for a permanent replacement for Ayestaran. ' ' '

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