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STILLWATER, Oka. -- To maintain a clear path to the Big 12 Championship, No. 17 Oklahoma State needs to overcome the nations most potent aerial attack and Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes.For Oklahoma State (7-2, 5-1 Big 12, No. 13 CFP), two more wins will set up a showdown with intrastate rival No. 9 Oklahoma on Dec. 3 for the Big 12 title. But getting past Mahomes and Texas Tech (4-5, 2-4 Big 12) on Saturday will be a challenge.Tech ranks second in the nation in total offense (587.1 yards per game) and fourth in scoring, averaging 46.2 points. Mahomes tops the country with 3,886 passing yards and third with 31 touchdown tosses.Mahomes is an outstanding player with outstanding targets, and its kind of hard to get a grasp on them, said Cowboys defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer. They have concepts, but then their biggest plays come off of when he scrambles around and creates a different play from it. So we have to be very disciplined and stay with the receivers a long time.Hes a great talent and hes going to be a tough task for us.The Red Raiders, looking to recover from a 45-37 loss to Texas last week, know they face a tough task against Oklahoma State, which it has not beaten since 2008.Its a team that continues to find a way to win at the end, said Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury of OSU. Theyve had some really good comebacks. Theyre offensively tremendous skill players. The young running back (freshman Justice Hill) is doing a great job, (receiver James) Washingtons as good as anybody in the country, and the quarterback (Mason Rudolph) is throwing it really well. Defensively, they tend to make plays when they have to.Some things to watch on Saturday:1. MAHOMES ROLLING: Mahomes has been busy piling up ridiculous numbers, highlighted by his performance Oct. 22 against Oklahoma, when he completed 52 of 88 passes, tying the NCAA record with 734 yards and amassing five touchdowns. He has been sacked seven times the last two games, but still completed 61 percent of his passes. I think hes a potential first-round pick, said Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy. He reminds me a lot of Dak Prescott, when we played Dak at Mississippi State. Weve got a great challenge.2. TURNOVER FACTORY: While the Cowboys defense ranks 98th (out of 128 FBS schools) in total defense, allowing 443.8 yards per contest, they generate a lot of turnovers. Safety Jordan Sterns interception in the end zone on the final play of last weeks 43-37 win over Kansas State was OSUs 11th of the season, leading the Big 12 and tied for 22nd in the nation. Overall, the Cowboys have forced 20 turnovers, most in the Big 12 and ninth in the country, with at least one turnover in every game and 10 in the last four.3. FLAGS PICKED UP: Through the first seven games of the season, Texas Tech was one of the most penalized teams in the Big 12, averaging 9.9 penalties and 85 yards per game. However, the last two games have seen a marked turnaround. The Red Raiders total of just five penalties for 19 combined yards in the last two weeks, including just one flag for 5 yards in their win over TCU Oct. 29, was the lowest in the nation.4. RUDOLPH SHINING BRIGHT: OSU quarterback Mason Rudolph has put together an outstanding season. After completing 29 of 38 passes for 457 yards and five touchdowns last week against Kansas State, Rudolph ranks seventh in the nation with 2,989 yards. His streak of 163 pass attempts without an interception ended in that game, tossing just four picks overall, with 22 touchdowns. He can throw the deep ball, ranking third in the nation with 26 completions of 30 or more yards, including seven of 50-plus.5. RUN DOWN: With thriving passing attacks, both teams have endured struggles running the ball. Oklahoma State ranks 101st in the nation with an average of 141.2 yards rushing per game, while Texas Tech is 124th at 101.3. 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Nick Maxwell wont have time to celebrate or commiserate with the GWS Giants after Saturdays AFL preliminary final as he finds himself in the enviable position of assisting title-chasing clubs in Australias two biggest football codes.The 2010 Collingwood AFL premiership captain has a match-day role with the Giants, working with their leadership group and assisting backline coach Nick Walsh.Even before linking up with GWS late last year Maxwell was working with the leadership group at established NRL power Melbourne Storm,On Saturday Maxwell will be in Sydney for the Giants home preliminary final against the Western Bulldogs, while the Storm host an NRL preliminary final against Canberra.We play at 5.15pm in Sydney and the Storm play at 7.40pm in Melbourne, Maxwell told AAP.Unfortunately I cant get down there, but Ill be charging back to my hotel to watch the Storm game as soon as the Giants are finished.It isnt like Maxwell is forced to choose one game over the other as he has slightly different roles with the two clubs.In terms of a game day capacity, Ive officially got a role wth the Giants on game day, Maxwell said.In terms of the Storm I havent got an official game day role, so I get to as many games as I possibly can when they are not clashing with the Giants,But obviously Im on the bench with the Giants, so Ive got a really important role being able to talk to the players and with 90 rotations they are obviously coming on and off a lot.Whereas with thhe Storm theyve only got the eight rotations, you dont have have as much opportunity to speak to the players.dddddddddddd.Likewise, Maxwell is dealing with two very different leadership groups.The Storms is full of veterans while the majority of the Giants are 25 or under .With the Storm, the top end leaders in (Cameron) Smith and (Cooper) Cronk and (Billy) Slater and these guys, they have been around for a long time and they actually dont need a lot of work on the development stuff, Maxwell said.But the next ladder of leaders is where you need to do a lot of work because you want to make sure that when those guys do finish their careers - and we hope thats stiil many years away - theres not going to be a huge drop offThat other players can step straight in to that capacityObviously the Giants are different in that all the guys who are part of that leadership group are all going to be around for a long time , so their development is at different stages.Maxwell isnt allowing himself to think too much about the possibility of working with both his clubs on successive grand final days in the first weekend of October.Thats the dream. But Im very focused on just the immediate, whats in front of us right now, he said.We play two really good teams in the (Western) Bulldogs and Canberra and we need to make sure that we get those wins.. ' ' '