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NORMAN, Okla. -- A few weeks ago, things looked bleak for Oklahoma and coach Bob Stoops.The Sooners lost early games to Houston and Ohio State, and fans and some boosters were getting restless as the team tumbled out of the Top 25.Things still arent perfect, but Oklahoma bounced back with wins over TCU and Texas that put the 19th-ranked Sooners in great position early in the Big 12 season. Oklahoma (3-2, 2-0) is tied with Baylor for first place heading into Saturdays home game against Kansas State.Stoops said Monday that theres plenty of work to do.Were still too inconsistent, he said. I think were showing more and more signs of playing like were capable, but I think theres more there. Weve got to keep pushing to be better.The Sooners say theres no chance theyll overlook the Wildcats (3-2, 1-1), who are coming off a win over Texas Tech.Its the next game on our schedule, and all we can do is basically prepare like we prepared for Texas and everybody else that we have played, Oklahoma safety Steven Parker said. Its going to be on us. I dont think that were going to take Kansas State lightly at all because theyre not a bad team. Theyre a good football program, especially from Bill Snyder coaching those guys up. Were definitely going to have to be ready and have our hats on.The key differences between Oklahomas play in the losses and the victories over TCU and Texas are receiver Dede Westbrooks emergence as a star and Samaje Perines production in the running game.Westbrooks chemistry with quarterback Baker Mayfield is at an all-time high. Westbrook had 17 catches for 154 yards with no touchdowns the first three games. He has 17 catches for 390 yards and five touchdowns the past two games.Westbrook had been dealing with a hamstring pull that slowed him down early in the season, but hes fine now. He had 10 catches for an Oklahoma record 232 yards and three touchdowns against Texas and was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week.I dont know what the clock says, but he is as fast as he needs to be, Stoops said. He has great speed. Hes really hard to overthrow for that reason. Hes finally back to where hes feeling 100 percent and its obvious. He can turn short ones into big ones and he can get behind people as well. And hes really a sharp route runner, too.Westbrook finally has become comfortable replacing Sterling Shepard as Mayfields main target.I have a different role on the team now, Westbrook said. Just pretty much rise to the occasion, and make plays whenever they ask me to.Perine started the season slowly but now is the No. 2 rusher in the Big 12. He had just 149 yards in the first three games this season, then broke out with 98 yards and two touchdowns against TCU and followed with 214 yards on a career-high 35 carries and another two touchdowns against Texas.Stoops said Perine is working back from an ankle issue and getting close to his normal level of play.Hes physical, of course, and powerful, but you have to appreciate hes coming back to form now after that ankle -- just how he can sidestep people at that size, at 235 pounds, Stoops said. The other day, he carried the ball 35 times and did not have one lost yardage play. Thats hard to do.---Follow Cliff Brunt on Twitter (at)CliffBruntAP . Cheap Jerseys Paypal . The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling "puts an end to my dreams of being a top player," the 27-year-old Troicki said in a statement. 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RIO DE JANEIRO - Mo Farah joined some of the greats of Olympics distance running as he retained his 10,000 metre title but it was his composure as much as his athletic ability that stood out.The Britons name can now be listed alongside those of Emil Zatopek, Lasse Viren, Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa Bekele as the only men to have won the title at successive Games.Yet the way Farah achieved his latest success was all the more remarkable for the fact that he fell early in the race, picked himself up and eventually made his way through the field, surging to the front at the death in his trademark style.He never loses his head, said former training partner Galen Rupp, who finished fifth and took responsibility both for bumping Farah to the ground and helping him recover. In all the times Ive trained with him, he always keeps his composure well.There was a lot of pushing, guys slowing down and people pushing from behind. I didnt want it to effect the race at all. I told him to get behind me and I would lead him back up. Im just grateful he was still able to run his race.Farah admitted he came pretty close to losing his cool and had to play some mind games to stop thinking his race was over and get himself back in the reckoning. No wonder he was, in his own words, mentally tired at the end.What got him through was thinking of his older daughter Rihanna, the promise he made to her that he would bring back a medal, and the reassurance of knowing that he had more than half the race left after going down in the 10th lap.I told myself dont panic, dont panic, he said on Saturday night at the Olympic Stadium after he had recorded another victory that must have sapped a little more spirit from his rivals.I managed to dig deep, Farah said. And how. Kenyan Paul Kipngetich Tanui pushed him so close, finishing a fraction of a second behind the winning time of 27 minutes 5.17 seconds. He also claimed the Somali-born Briton was an inspiration, but could have been forgiven for describing him as an irritatingly impressive obstacle.The 33-year-old who became Britains fiirst track and field athlete to win three Olympic gold medals just never seems to have a bad day.ddddddddddddt longer distances - half-marathon and marathon - he is at the start of his career and has some work to do. But on the track he must seem almost unbeatable, particularly on nights like this.One of the things that keeps me going is winning medals for my country and making my nation proud, Farah said.I remember 2012 like yesterday and most people have had four years to try to beat me. Its nice to make history and Im going to enjoy it.Asked after the race what made him such a successful athlete, Farah pointed to the way he has learnt what his body can and cant do, and the confidence he has gained from his training endeavours repeatedly paying off.He might just as well have said that he was born with an amazing talent and he has found, more by luck than judgement at first, the right way to hone it for success.Farah wanted to be a soccer player and he is still an enthusiastic fan of Premier League team Arsenal but fortunately for Britain, and the world of track and field, his speed and endurance was spotted early on.The controversy over his Nike Oregon Project coach Alberto Salazar still lurks in the background, with the New York Times having reported in June that the United States Anti-Doping Agency was investigating him.Salazar has emphatically denied any involvement with performance-enhancing drugs and Farah has never been accused of wrongdoing, but the runner was still questioned on the subject after this victory.Beyond saying again that he supports clean sport, which he did in his media conference, Farah can do little more to make the topic go away than keep winning and passing his doping tests.His next chance to shine comes on Saturday in the 5,000m, when he can become only the second man to defend both that and his 10,000m title. You can almost hear his rivals trying to convince themselves he is beatable already. ' ' '