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Another tough decision to decide on the prized helmet stickers. Here are my choices.

Texas quarterback Colt McCoy: Produced 479 total yards to help spark Texas’ 49-39 victory over Texas A&M. McCoy passed for 304 yards and four touchdowns and also produced a career-best 175 rushing yards, including a 65-yard touchdown run that should resonate for Heisman voters as his “moment.”

Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh: Statistics don’t tell the story of how dominant Suh has been this week and throughout the season. Suh produced five tackles, two quarterback hurries and a 17-yard sack to punctuate the Cornhuskers’ 28-20 triumph over Colorado. He’s in line for almost every defensive award and probably deserves more Heisman consideration than he’s receiving. But his biggest game approaches this week as he tries to lead the Cornhuskers to their first Big 12 title since 1999.

The Oklahoma defense: We can’t split this sticker among any of the elements to the Sooners’ most impressive victory of the season. After being humiliated last week in a loss at Texas Tech, Oklahoma defensive coordinator Brent Venables cooked up a game plan against Oklahoma State and his unit responded with a sterling performance in a 27-0 triumph. The Sooners limited Oklahoma State to six first downs (including none in the second half) and 109 total yards as the Cowboys failed to convert on all 14 third-down plays. OSU never got closer to the end zone on offense than the Oklahoma 45 as the Cowboys were shut out for the first time since 2005 and saw their BCS at-large hopes dashed.

Oklahoma wide receiver/punt returner Ryan Broyles: Logged 316 all-purpose yards to lead the Sooners’ 27-0 victory over Oklahoma State. Broyles produced 209 yards on eight punt returns, including an 87-yard punt return for a touchdown that helped blow the game open. He also snagged a game-high nine receptions for 103 yards and one carry for four yards to help the Sooners stretch their nation-best 30-game home winning streak.

Missouri wide receiver Danario Alexander: Snagged 15 receptions for 233 yards and a 68-yard touchdown to spark Missouri’s wild 41-39 victory over Kansas. Included were seven catches for 181 yards receiving in the third quarter alone. Alexander finished the regular season with three 200-yard receiving outings in his final four games.

Texas Tech's defense provided a key stop in the final minute to preserve the Red Raiders' 20-13 victory over Baylor.

It wasn't pretty, but the Red Raiders came up with enough stops to push its record to 8-4.

Gutsy Baylor had its chances with a first-and-goal from the Tech 10 with less than 3 minutes to go. But Daniel Howard made a key stop on third down when Blake Szymanski appeared to have a clear path to the end zone.

The Red Raiders forced a fourth-down incompletion to wrap up the victory.

Tech improves to 8-4 and appears headed to the Alamo Bowl after the triumph. Baylor falls to 4-8 and will miss a bowl game for the 15th straight season -- the longest drought in the Big 12.

Texas Tech has pushed ahead thanks to an opportunistic defense and an offense that finally appears to have jumped back into the game.

Matt Williams' 43-yard field goal with 6:24 left to extend the Red Raiders' lead to 20-13.

After Baylor scored on its first drive of the second half to extend its lead to 13-3, Tech charged back for 17 unanswered points.

Tech quarterback Taylor Potts struggled early before bouncing back with a strong effort in the second half.

Now, Baylor has one chance to pull back to tie the score.

It will be up to Blake Szymanski to spark the comeback.

Baylor coach Art Briles made a surprising decision, starting senior quarterback Blake Szymanski for the Bears' final game against Texas Tech.

Szymanski has responded with a big effort that has helped boost the Bears to a 10-3 halftime lead over Texas Tech.

He's thrown for 152 yards, keeping Texas Tech's defense flummoxed.

Baylor's defense has been the other big story, limiting the Red Raiders to three points on two red-zone possessions.

Baylor cornerback Antonio Johnson snuffed out the first drive with an interception in the first quarter.

And shortly before the half, the Bears turned away three plays from the 2-yard line, forcing Mike Leach to settle for an 18-yard field goal with 4 seconds left.

Szymanski has outplayed Tech starter Taylor Potts, who has completed only 14 of 26 passes in the first half.

The Bears said all week they were approaching the game at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, like it was their bowl game.

They've played loose and confident in the first half.

Now, will they be able to continue it for 30 more minutes?

Mark Mangino's season ended in excruciating fashion Saturday night at Arrowhead Stadium.

His coaching tenure at Kansas could be similar depending on the events of the next several days.

Some iffy calls were made down the stretch, enabling Missouri to charge back for a 41-39 victory.

Grant Ressel, the FBS leader in field-goal percentage, provided the margin of victory as time expired with a 27-yard field goal. Ressel converted 24 of 25 field goals this season, but none bigger than the last one.

Mangino's clock management really hurt the Jayhawks on their last possession. With backup running back Rell Lewis carrying the ball well, conventional wisdom would have the Jayhawks to try to run the ball inside and burn some clock. Or at least make Missouri burn some time outs to kill the clock.

Instead, the Jayhawks tried two passes from the end zone that resulted in incompletions. Reesing was then sacked in the end zone on third down.

After the resulting free kick, the Tigers then marched for the game-winning field.

Missouri finishes 8-4 and will be a prime bowl contender after ending the season with four victories in their final five games.

And it puts a capper on Kansas' disappointing season, where it started 5-0 before finishing with seven consecutive losses -- all in the Big 12.

Here are some of the items that caught my attention in the game.

• Danario Alexander and Dezmon Briscoe are two of the most spectacular wide receivers in the country. Alexander finished with 15 receptions for 234 yards -- the kind of performance that stamped him as the Big 12's best receiver this season. Briscoe had 14 catches for 242 yards. It seemed like one player seemed to trump the other as the game transpired.
• Todd Reesing will go down in history as the most statistically productive quarterback in Kansas history. He finished Saturday's game with 498 yards and four touchdown passes. But one of the most memorable plays in his storied career will be his final one, the sack that set up Missouri's late rally.
• We're going to be seeing a lot out of Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert in the future. His stunning athleticism was on display in the game and his leadership grew by leading the comeback.
• How much did Kansas miss bullish running Toben Opurum on that last drive? He would have been the ideal player to feature if he had been available, but was injured last week against Texas.

Missouri's maligned defense came up with a huge play to pull within 39-38.

Aldon Smith and Brian Coulter combined for a safety to come up with a huge sack of Todd Reesing on third down.

Amazingly, Kansas tried to pass twice on its first two plays. The two incompletions failed to burn much time.

It will give Missouri about 2:45 left to drive for their winning points.

Hang on.

Any kind of defensive stop in a wild offensive battle like tonight's Kansas-Missouri game is huge.

That's why the intentional grounding call against Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing at the end of the last Jayhawk drive was critical.

The Jayhawks settled for a 39-yard field goal by Jacob Branstetter which gave them a 39-36 lead with 5:10 left.

Now, it will be up to the Kansas defense to shut out the down the Missouri offense again. The Jayhawks got a three-and-out on their last drive after Missouri had scored on their first four drives of the second half.

Kansas' bowl hopes will be depending on it.

Just when Missouri appeared to have taken control, Todd Reesing and Dezmon Briscoe had an answer.

Briscoe, who had earlier been a goat after losing two fumbles, redeemed himself on a 74-yard strike from Reesing.

And Reesing's two-point pass to Kerry Meier pulled the Jayhawks into a 36-36 tie with 12:01 left.

Briscoe got safety Jasper Simmons on his right shoulder. He then turned on the jets to easily streak past the slower defender.

The two teams have already combined for 976 total yards.

And I bet we'll see a lot more during the rest of the game.

Missouri's superior speed and talent appears to have taken over in the second half.

Grant Ressel's 37-yard field goal has extended the Tigers lead to a 36-28 over Kansas.

Danario Alexander produced 180 receiving yards in the third quarter alone. He has made the Missouri secondary his own personal playground after the break.

The short passing that was so productive in the first half for Kansas hasn't been there in the second half Missouri's defense has honed in on Todd Reesing and played well in a 23-7 spurt in the second half so far.

Kansas has struggled during its six-game losing streak, allowing 77 fourth-quarter points during that streak.

Now, the Jayhawks need some help from an offense that has gone cold.

Danario Alexander has been the hottest receiver in the nation over the past month.

He's keeping it going today.

Alexander streaked through the Kansas secondary for 68 yards and a touchdown, boosting the Tigers to a 33-28 lead with 4:03 left.

Two Kansas defenders who were covering Alexander collided shortly past the line of scrimmage. It was all of the break he needed to start his charge to the end zone.

The drive was set up on Dezmon Briscoe's fumble. It was recovered by Carl Gettis at Missouri 27. Three plays later, Alexander streaked to the touchdown and Missouri had its first lead of the game.