BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP First meeting of season means little Saturday

Colorado made a lot of mistakes in a 27-11 loss to Oklahoma.
HOUSTON (AP) -- What happened previously won't matter when Colorado and Oklahoma meet again Saturday night in the Big 12 Conference championship game.
At least, that's Oklahoma coach Bob Stoop's opinion.
Oklahoma capitalized on Colorado's mistakes and won 27-11 on Nov. 2.
"I don't know that it much matters," Stoops said. "They've got to play us twice, too. You make your adjustments -- they'll make some, we'll make some --try to make some changes and go after it again.
"They'll have a good feel for us, we've got a good feel for them, so in that way it's a little different. But you go out and have at it again, see what you can do."
Reminders
No. 12 Colorado (9-3, 7-1 in Big 12) and No. 8 Oklahoma (10-2, 6-2) are playing for bigger stakes than in their regular season meeting.
Colorado coach Gary Barnett thought his team gave the Sooners too many breaks and felt the Buffaloes could do better in a rematch. He'll remind his team how they gave the Sooners three short drives to touchdowns.
"We get to play a team that beat us. It couldn't be set up any better for us," Barnett said. "In that regard, you go back and look at the first time we played and we felt like we really played well on defense. The difference was of course, the turnovers.
"Oklahoma was better than we were, and played better than we did on special teams."
Colorado clinched the Big 12 North title with a 41-27 victory over Iowa State on Nov. 16, joining Nebraska as the only repeat champions. They followed that with a 28-13 victory over the Cornhuskers.
Buffaloes RBs out
The Buffaloes beat Nebraska without unanimous All-Big 12 running back Chris Brown, who also will miss Saturday's game with a bruised sternum. Freshman Brian Calhoun stepped in and gained 137 yards, and will get plenty of playing time against Colorado.
The Sooners reached the title game despite unexpected losses to the struggling Texas Aggies, and in their last game, to rival Oklahoma State, who were playing better this season but were not expected to beat Oklahoma in successive years.
The title game is in new Reliant Stadium, home of the NFL expansion Houston Texans.