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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Halfway through the season, it looked as if the Big 12 was set up nicely to have Baylor and West Virginia face off in the regular-season finale for the conference title.That de facto championship game will be played Saturday, all right. Only its 1,100 miles away from Morgantown with No. 7 Oklahoma hosting No. 11 Oklahoma State.No. 14 West Virginia (9-2, 6-2) and Baylor (6-5, 3-5) couldnt maintain their early success, and now their meeting has nowhere near the flair it appeared to have when each team was 6-0 and ranked in the top 10.West Virginia was eliminated from title contention two weeks ago . The Mountaineers still will earn their highest finish since joining the league in 2012.Baylor has a five-game losing streak , its longest since dropping the final eight games of the 2007 season and then the 2008 opener.We have an option. We can fold, or we can come out fighting, Baylor defensive back Patrick Levels said. And right now I feel like were still swinging. Were not done yet.Acting Baylor coach Jim Grobe heads back to his home state for what should be his final regular-season game. The Huntington native took over this season for the fired Art Briles and said hes committed to the program through January but plans to head back into retirement.I just came to help. I didnt come to re-create my career, Grobe said. Its been more challenging than I expected. Weve had some rocky times, but I have no regrets. I came for the kids and I continue to stay focused on them.West Virginias motivation is on the final home game for 21 seniors and getting to 10 wins, which has been done only eight times in school history and would be its best regular season since 2007.This senior group has a chance to do something that will be remembered for a long time, West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen said.Some other things to know when the Bears and Mountaineers meet on Saturday:FILM CRITICWest Virginia senior center Tyler Orlosky admits he doesnt bother studying opposing defenses. He said he doesnt see the need for watching film. Someone asked me that the other day and I just said, `Once you start 40 games and have played close to 50, if someone throws something at me that I have never seen before, then they have reinvented the game of football or something has to be wrong, Orlosky said.TURNOVER TROUBLESBaylor has committed 14 turnovers and allowed an average of 48 points during its five-game losing streak. Right now we need as many possessions as our offense can get, and we need as many stops on defense as we can get, Levels said. Turnovers will be really big in this game.RB CAROUSELLast week at Iowa State, freshman Martell Pettaway lost his redshirt status and became the fourth West Virginia running back to surpass 100 yards in a game this season. Teammates Rushel Shell, Justin Crawford and Kennedy McKoy have been injured in recent weeks, and Holgorsen said none have been ruled out for Saturday. Whoever goes in there is going to play good, so why does it really matter? he said.HOWARDS FAREWELLWest Virginia quarterback Skyler Howard is 18-8 as a starter after arriving from junior college for the 2014 season. He threw for five touchdowns in a win at Iowa State a week ago and enters his final home game as West Virginias third all-time leading passer behind Geno Smith and Marc Bulger.HE SAID ITHolgorsen on Baylors offense: Theyre still putting up a bunch of yards. 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BENSALEM, Pa. -- Noholdingback Bear ran into traffic entering the far turn of the Grade 3 Gallant Bob Stakes at Parx Racing on Saturday, but jockey Eurico Rosa Da Silva kept cool, regrouped, and then rallied in the stretch to score by 1-1/4 lengths in the six-furlong stakes for 3-year-olds.The $300,000 Gallant Bob was the third stakes win of the year for Noholdingback Bear, who will now be pointed to the $1.5 million Breeders Cup Sprint at Santa Anita on Nov. 5, according to his Woodbine-based trainer, Michael DePaulo.Noholdingback Bear is owned by the Bear Stables of Danny Dion, who was thrilled in the winners circle after the race, congratulating Da Silva, appropriately, with a bear hug.When the gates opened for the $300,000 Gallant Bob, Threefiveindia stumbled badly but quickly recovered as Awesome Speed and Navy Hymn went for the early lead. Noholdingback Bear settled just off the top pair.Things tightened for Noholdingback Bear entering the far turn, and Da Silva eased him back. He moved up between horses on the turn, then took the lead in mid-stretch and drew off to win by 1-1/4 lengths while only feeling Da Silvas whip late.We got squeezed back a little, but it wasnt that bad, Da Silva said. My horse was very relaxed and I just waited for the stretch. I always had a lot of horse.Noholdingback Bear paid $8.20 to win as a slight favorite over Threefiveindia, who, after his stumble, took up a stalking position along the inner rail and then finished third, beaten a half-length for second by late-running Mind Your Biscuits. Awesome Speed was fourth.Noholdingback Bear was timed in 1:09.61. The fractions were 22.14 and 45.29.Noholdingback Bear raced at Gullfstream Park early this year, finishing second in the Grade 3 Hutcheson, fourth in the Grade 2 Swale, and second in the Texas Glitter.dddddddddddd.I think the difference is now hes a better, stronger horse, DePaulo said.Noholdingback Bear came into the Gallant Bob off a third-place finish in the seven-furlong Kings Bishop at Saratoga.Seven-eighths may be a little far for him, DePaulo said.The Breeders Cup Sprint, like the Gallant Bob, will be run at six furlongs.Alphabet Soup: Grannys Kitten by a neckJockey Florent Geroux, aboard Grannys Kitten, cut the corner into the stretch of the Alphabet Soup Handicap at Parx Racing on Saturday, then outfought determined pacesetter Ill Call to win the $100,000 turf stakes for Pennsylvania-breds by a neck.Sent off favored in the 10-horse field, Grannys Kitten paid $4.80 and was timed in 1:43.21 for 1-1/16 miles. The Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey-owned 4-year-old is now 4 for 14 in his career. He is trained by Mike Maker.Ill Call set a steady pace of 24.27, 48.94, and 1:12.75 while being stalked by 7-2 Uncle Dave. Ill Call fought back when the winner came up inside of him entering the stretch and was still trying hard at the finish. Uncle Dave finished third, 2-1/4 lengths behind Ill Call. It was another two lengths back to 9-2 Edge of Reality in fourth.The Alphabet Soup was the first stakes win for Grannys Kitten, who in his prior three starts had finished third in the Robellino Stakes at Penn National, second in the Leemat at Presque Isle, and second in the Mystic Lake Mile at Canterbury Park. ' ' '