No. 21 Oklahoma State will be lking to extend several streaks when the Cowboys host Southeastern Louisiana Saturday at Bne Pickens Stadium.For a start, the Cowboys have won 20 consecutive home openers and have never lost to an FCS opponent in 10 opportunities under coach Mike Gundy.They have won seven of their last eight season openers and 46 of its last 51 over unranked opponents.And though this is their first meeting with the Lions (Fox Sports Network, 30 p.m. ET), they are 4-0 against teams from the Southland Conference.With 18 starters returning from a 10-3 team, the Cowboys are lking to make a run for the Big 12 title that eluded them when they lost their last two games of the regular season, including the finale to rival Oklahoma, to finish 7-2. The Sners wound up 8-1 in the conference and advanced to the college ftball playoffs.With quarterback Mason Rudolph, a deep stable of running backs, and two of their top three receivers returning to operate behind an offensive line that welcomes back five starters, the Cowboys should once again have an explosive offense.Rudolph passed for 3,770 yards in completing 62.3 percent of his attempts last year. Wide receivers James Washington and Marcel Ateman combined for 98 receptions for 1,853 yard and 15 touchdowns. Ateman, however, likely wont be available under October after having ft surgery in late July.The Cowboys used a running-back-by-committee approach last year and have added some new weapons in freshman Justice Hill, rated the top running back prospect in Oklahoma, and Barry Sanders Jr. Yes, he is the son of the schls Heisman Trophy winner and transferred from Stanford for his senior season.Sanders rushed for 315 yards for the Cardinal last season, which would have put him third on the Cowboys last season behind returnee Chris Carson (517) and J.W. Walsh (359), who has exhausted his eligibility.We should be improved, Gundy said of the running backs. Theyre a year stronger, a year more experienced, a year more matured.Weve got a couple of new running backs t. We certainly need to find a way to improve in that area. Wed like to average four yards per carry. Weve got a ways to go, but were certainly further ahead than we were last season.Sanders also could be a factor in the return game.So far hes done really well, Gundy said. Well have a group that will return punts and kicks. We feel like we have more depth there than we did last year.Despite the teams overall experience, Gundy expects newcomers to contribute early.Were not 100 percent but we feel pretty gd that well have six freshman that will play for us in the first game, he said, or should play for us early in the season. Swell Flaske Gratis Fragt . Brett Kulak and Jackson Houck of the Vancouver Giants were each charged with assault causing bodily harm on Aug. 18, according to the B.C. court services. Swell Flaske Outlet . Its 1987 and a Brazilian playmaker, known as Mirandinha, is being paraded around St James Park to the passionate Newcastle fans. http://www.danmarkswellflaske.com/ . Oaklands loss to Seattle clinched the ALs best record for the Red Sox with one day to spare in the regular season. "I think everybody was kind of watching," catcher David Ross said. "Demp (Ryan Dempster) came out before he went to the bullpen and was just yelling that they lost. Swell Flaske Butikk Oslo . PAUL, Minn. Swell Flaske Grøn . It might not have mattered. While the Dodgers are preparing for the playoffs, the Padres showed their future has promise behind two rkies. EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Mark Dantonio closed the dr of his spacious office and tk a seat.Thats my go-to chair, he said, gesturing to another piece of brown, leather furniture.It might be a gd week for him to switch things up at Michigan State.The Spartans (2-5, 0-4 Big Ten) have lost five straight games for the first time since 1991. No. 2 Michigan (7-0, 4-0) is up next and the rival is favored to win by more than three touchdowns Saturday at Spartan Stadium.Dantonio, though, is used to being doubted.No one thought he, or any coach, could turn a mediocre program into one of the best in college ftball as he did in recent years despite the nearby presence of traditional powers: Michigan, Ohio State and Notre Dame.Few, if anyone, predicted Michigan State could ever dominate the Wolverines as it has under Dantonio with three straight wins and seven in an eight-year stretch for the first time.And when Michigan was punting with 10 seconds left last season and a two-point lead at the Big House, the usually stoic coach was confident his players would find a way to win. They did, swarming around punter Blake ONeill after he bobbled a slightly low snap and returning the ftball 38 yards for a game-ending, game-winning play for the ages.A huge picture of Jalen Watts-Jacksons return hangs outside Dantonios office, just to the right of his dr in a cant-miss spot for any visitor.What jumps out to Dantonio when he sees the picture or thinks about the improbable play?I guess you always have a chance, Dantonio said in an interview with The Associated Press. I would say the chance of that happening relative to the chance of us winning on Saturday, I would say we got a better chance of us winning on Saturday.If Dantonio can help his team extend its streak in the series, it would be the biggest upset in the rivalry since unranked Michigan State stunned the top-ranked Wolverines 28-27 in 1990. Back then, Michigan went for the win on a 2-point conversion with 6 seconds left and Desmond Howard couldnt control the ftball as he hit the turf after he appeared to get tripped by Eddie Brown.In the same corner of the same end zone 15 years later, Watts-Jackson lay with a broken hip after scoring a touchdown that validated the feeling Dantonio insisted he felt just before it happened.When I lked out there, I saw confident faces when I went out there, he said.These days, Dantonio and his players acknowledge confidence is lacking afterr following up a 36-win, three-year stretch with as many losses as they had from 2013 through 2015.ddddddddddddWhat does Dantonio see when he lks at his players faces this week?Theyve got to answer that on Saturday, he said quietly.Dantonio often has to answer Jim Harbaugh-related questions, but insisted Michigans coach does not consume his thoughts or provide an obstacle he cant overcome in recruiting.Im consumed by t many things. I cant control that, Dantonio said. What I can control, to some extent, is what is going on here. I think hes a great coach.The feeling is mutual.Hes done a great job, Harbaugh said. One of the best college ftball coaching jobs in the history of the game.Thats not a stretch.After Michigan State was a national power in the mid-1960s under Duffy Daugherty, the Spartans went to only one Rose Bowl and won eight games or more in consecutive seasons just once before Dantonio was hired to replace the fired John L. Smith for the 2007 season.Dantonio tk the program back to the Rose Bowl three years ago -- for the first time since the 1987 season -- won a schl-record 13 games two years ago and became the first Big Ten coach to have at least 11 victories five times in a six-year span. He won 12 games and a schl-record third Big Ten title last year.Coach Dantonio is one of the greatest coaches in the country and has proven that over the last nine years, athletic director Mark Hollis said this week.Dantonios accomplishments and support hes getting, however, are not helping him rest easy. His offense is sputtering with a freshman quarterback behind a banged-up offensive line. His injury-depleted defense is lking overmatched, which is unusual. His mind races, trying to process problems and come up with solutions, day and night and he cant stop it even when his head hits the pillow.It doesnt get turned off. Thats a problem, Dantonio said. Ive always slept really gd. Lately, not so gd. I talk to my wife and we talk about things. We make sure I laugh. We pray. I dont read t much right now. I should say I should probably read to get my mind off things.---Online: AP college ftball website: tball.ap.org" target="_blank">http://collegeftball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25---Follow Larry Lage at www.twitter.com/larrylage and follow his work at www.bigstory.ap.org/content/larry-lage ' ' '