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NORMAN, Okla. -- In 2008, the Big 12 had unmatched star power.Four of the top five finishers in the Heisman race hailed from the conference, including the winner, Oklahomas Sam Bradford. Texas Colt McCoy was second, Texas Techs Graham Harrell was fourth and his teammate, Michael Crabtree, was fifth. Since then, the league has consistently produced top contenders for the award, with Baylors Robert Griffin III winning in 2011.This year, the conference will be lucky to land anyone in the top 10.Oklahomas Baker Mayfield, the Big 12s top contender heading into the season, finished fourth last year. He had a chance to make himself a front-runner this year, but struggled in losses to Houston and Ohio State.I believe Baker will shine for us as we go through the year, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said. I really believe that. The guys works too hard not to. Like everybody, hell learn from these games and not press too much.Mayfield is among the Big 12 quarterbacks who will bring some excitement to the league, even though they wont have last years stage, when Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU and Baylor were in the running for a spot in the College Football Playoff. This year, the highest-ranked team is No. 16 Baylor . Texas is No. 21 and Oklahoma is No. 25.Baylors Seth Russell might have the best shot at being a Heisman finalist. He was in the conversation last year before he suffered a season-ending neck injury. Now, hes back, and the Bears are unbeaten. He hasnt put up numbers like last year, but that could change in conference play. Baylor hosts Oklahoma State on Saturday.Oklahoma States Mason Rudolph, a big, pro-style quarterback, passed for 540 yards last week in a win over Pittsburgh. The biggest strike against him? That loss to Central Michigan that came after the Chippewas were incorrectly awarded an untimed down.Texas Techs Patrick Mahomes leads the nation with nearly 500 yards passing per game heading into his conference opener Sept. 29 against Kansas. The strike against him is that the big numbers have come in wins over Stephen F. Austin and Louisiana Tech, and in a loss to Arizona State.Kansas coach David Beaty believes Mahomes is a special player.Hes really good, Beaty said. Hes very talented. Hes big. Hes hard to tackle. Hes very well-coached. Hes got a ridiculous arm. He can throw it from anywhere, and he breaks rules because hell throw it to the wrong guy and hell still put it in there.TCUs Kenny Hill has put up big numbers, too, but the Horned Frogs lost to Arkansas, and what appeared to be a chance to make a splash against Oklahoma on Oct. 1 isnt what it could have been because of the Sooners slow start.The receiver position doesnt have quite the star power as last year, either. Baylors Corey Coleman, TCUs Josh Doctson, Oklahomas Sterling Shepard and Texas Techs Jakeem Grant are all in the NFL. This year, the leagues most explosive receiver is probably Oklahoma States James Washington. He caught nine passes for 296 yards and two touchdowns against Pittsburgh and was the conferences offensive player of the week. Baylors KD Cannon is also a standout.The running back position is unusually weak, at least statistically. The leagues leading rusher, Texas DOnta Foreman, has 288 yards in two games. After that, there is a significant drop off. West Virginias Rushel Shell is second with 87 yards per game. That would have been eighth in the conference at the end of last season.Samaje Perine, one of Oklahomas all-time leading rushers, has pounded out just 149 yards in the first three games, and is actually second on the team in rushing behind Joe Mixon. Iowa States Mike Warren, a preseason all-conference pick, is averaging 51 yards per game and 3.6 yards per carry. 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Hamelin, who triumphed in the 500 on Saturday, edged out Victor An of Russia by 0.021 seconds to maintain his lead in the World Cup standings. Russias Vladimir Grigorev was third. In the relay, Canada took control six laps from the finish line to beat Russia and the Netherlands.You wait for one catch in a million - and then two turn up in the same game!Watch the video above to see how one 16-year-old became the first lucky entrant into the T20 Challenges Catch a Million competition just overs before a 17-year-old supporter halved his potential winnings by following up with another brilliant effort in the video below.Both will have to wait, though, to claim any cash as the competition is only open to people aged over 18 - the money being held in a trust until then. Under Catch a Million rules, fans can win a share of one million rand at televised game - all thats required is a clean one-handed catch in the crowd. Oh, and you have to be 18.First Qaasim Adams, batting for Titans, swung Lions seamer Willem Mulder high over mid-wicket where the supporter was standing on a bench, demonstrating great balance to pull off a blinder of a catch one-handed while leaning forward. Watch how a 17-year-old supporter became the second fan to qualify for T20 Challenge Catch a Million competition. Mulder was again the bowler on the receiving end as Heino Kuhn went large leg-side and deposited the ball over mid-wicket where another fan plucked the ball out of the air as it crept over the advertising hoardings before sprinting off in celebration, pursued by his friends, and launching the ball into the night air.dddddddddddd Live CSA T20 Slam Cricket November 13, 2016, 12:30pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass No wonder - it was the second time that the fan had taken a one-handed catch in the competition! He repeated the trick after his first effort, the very first one-handed catch ever recorded in the maiden year of the Catch a Million competition, was ruled out under different rules because he was too young.Hows your luck?Kuhns unbeaten 83 proved the decisive innings of the contest as the Titans chalked up 194-4 off their 20 overs before restricting Lions to 152-8 despite Rassie van der Dussens 51 off 28 balls - Titans winning by 42 runs. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. Live coverage of the T20 Challenge continues on Sky Sports with Dolphins against Warriors from 12.30pm this Sunday on Sky Sports Mix.Also See:T20 Challenge homepageVan Schalkwyk throws batFixtures/resultsLive cricket on Sky ' ' '