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NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma has rallied to salvage what appeared to be a lost season.The Sooners entered the year with hopes of returning to the College Football Playoff, but they dropped games to Houston and Ohio State early and fell out of the Top 25. Now, No. 9 Oklahoma has won six straight to take control of the Big 12. The Sooners (7-2, 6-0 Big 12, No. 11 CFP) now must defeat their recent nemesis, No. 25 Baylor, to maintain their momentum.Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said hes impressed that the Sooners have performed so well, given the rough start and a slew of injuries to key players, including star running back Samaje Perine.Weve been resilient, Stoops said. I still think theres more. Hopefully, to finish the season, we can be stronger and better and more consistent. I think we can keep improving. But weve been a resilient, tough-minded team to have handled what we have to this point.Baylor (6-2, 3-2) is coming off a humbling 62-22 loss to TCU , but that doesnt mean much to Stoops. The Bears have the best record in the Big 12 the past three years and have won two conference titles to Oklahomas one.Baylor is trying to overcome outside distractions. Coach Art Briles was fired in May after sexual assault allegations against some of his former players. Still, the Bears still won their first six games under acting head coach Jim Grobe, climbed to No. 8 in the AP poll and appeared to be the conferences best hope for a spot in the playoff.With additional allegations made recently and assistant coaches and staff members supporting Briles on Twitter last Friday, the Bears struggled to focus. They say they are ready for Saturday.Were beaten up, but we are not going to lie down, Baylor quarterback Seth Russell said. We are going to continue to fight.Here are some things to watch Saturday:RARE SKIDThe Bears are trying to avoid their first 3-game losing streak since the middle of the 2012 season, and they are 43-10 overall since then. Its going to be a tough task.I realize that for us to go to Oklahoma and have a chance, we have to play so much better than we have this year, because were playing the most talented football team that weve faced so far, and maybe the best coached, Grobe said.SOONER DOklahomas defense was ripped for 59 points and 854 yards against Texas Tech, but the Sooners bounced back with two of their best performances of the season against Kansas and Iowa State. Baylor is a different level of opponent though -- the Bears rank sixth nationally with 541.8 yards per game.Texas Tech, that was a small bump in the road, and I feel like weve gotten past that, Oklahoma safety Steven Parker said. We play better, we practice better. This game, going into it, feel like were very confident.PERINE POWERPerine is expected to play Saturday after missing three games with a pulled muscle in his right leg. The 235-pound bruiser rumbled for 166 yards and two touchdowns in Oklahomas 44-34 win at Baylor last year. In his past six November games, he has rumbled for 1,220 yards and 14 touchdowns with an average of 8.5 yards per carry.DEEP THREATOklahoma receiver Dede Westbrook has produced one of the best seasons in school history, and hes in the running to be considered for major hardware. In six Big 12 games he has 47 catches for 1,012 yards and 12 touchdowns. He has at least 105 yards and a touchdown in each league game.LINWOOD OUTGrobe suspended running back Shock Linwood for the game, citing attitude issues. Linwood is Baylors all-time rushing leader with 4,056 yards. Terence Williams, Baylors leading rusher this season with 691 yards and eight touchdowns, will have a greater role. 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Bae played bogey-free Friday on another gorgeous day at Riviera for a 5-under 66, giving him a one-shot lead over Aaron Baddeley and Robert Garrigus going into the weekend. Carlos Sainz admits Toro Rosso could struggle during the second half of the season as a result of running a 2015 Formula One engine that is no longer being developed.Toro Rosso switched from Renault to Ferrari engines ahead of this season, but the lateness of the deal meant the team had to use a 2015-spec power unit in order to avoid having to build a brand new chassis at the last minute to accommodate a 2016 engine.As a result, the Faenza-based outfit has slowly been dropping down the pecking order as rival teams have continued to develop their own engines. Sainz says he is under no illusions of how much of a challenge the rest of 2016 could prove to be.Unfortunately now every race will be tricky, he said. Budapest should have been our strongest track and we were definitely struggling to be ahead of the midfield. It will be a tough season for us now.Its no secret that weve been falling back since Australia when we were P5 or P7 in quali, to now that we really struggle to make itt to Q3.dddddddddddd Its no secret the steps that Force India and McLaren have made are making it more difficult to go through.I think we know more or less where we are going to spend the rest of the season, obviously we are keeping a close eye on what McLaren and Force India are doing, but our position should always be between the fourth and seventh teams, depending on the track.Despite a disappointing German Grand Prix in which Sainz and teammate Daniil Kvyat struggled for pace, the Spaniard is happy with the job Toro Rosso has done considering the engine disadvantage.We are compensating with good strategies and good pit stops, good race performances, we more or less compensate the lack of development. I think that Ive become a much stronger driver together with the team, we are addressing some issues even if we dont have as good a car as Melbourne. ' ' '