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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State coach Urban Meyer admittedly worries about everything, and near the top of the list this week is how the Buckeyes are going to run the ball Saturday against Oklahomas huge and experienced defensive front.After breaking school records for offense in its first game, No. 3 Ohio State (2-0) started slow last week against Tulsa and didnt get the train back on the tracks until the second half. Meyer knows the Buckeyes cant afford a slow start against the No. 14 Sooners, especially when it comes to establishing the run against their heavy, run-stuffing defensive linemen Charles Walker (6-foot-2, 304 pounds), Jordan Wade (63, 311) and Matt Dimon (62, 270).You have to be really on your target to run the football on them, Meyer said. Theyre big, gigantic guys inside. Very similar to Alabama defensive line. And obviously skilled secondaries. So I just think theyre the whole package.Ohio State redshirt freshman tailback Mike Weber has shown signs of brilliance in the first two games of his career, piling up 136 yards on 19 carries against Bowling Green and 92 yards on 17 carries in the victory over Tulsa. H-backs Curtis Samuel -- perhaps the most valuable offensive player for Ohio State through two games -- and Dontre Wilson also will test the Oklahoma front, not to mention fleet, slippery quarterback J.T. Barrett.Im not worried by any means, center Pat Elflein said of the offensive line establishing the ground game. We had a lot of stuff thrown at us (defensively) last week, and I think it was good to get some experience with that stuff. So Im sure Oklahoma will see that, too, try to throw some of that stuff at us and catch us off balance a little bit. I think it was good we saw all that with how young we are.Of the Sooners defensive front, Elflein said: Theyre big, theyre good with their hands, they play hard. Big strong dudes in there.Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano said the real season starts Saturday.This is definitely a step up in athleticism were going against, Schiano said. Its no disrespect to the first two teams, this is big boy football now.Elflein said preparations already feel different.Youve always looked ahead to this game, he said. Youve seen it on the schedule, and now its here. We know what the task is, and we know were going down there at night, a big-time showdown, so its a different feeling for sure.INJURY REPORT: Meyer said linebacker Dante Booker, who injured a knee in the Bowling Green game, is probable for Oklahoma. He didnt play against Tulsa.DEFENSIVE BACKS ON THE RISE:Cornerback Marshon Lattimore was named the national Walter Camp Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against Tulsa. He intercepted two passes, including a 40-yard return for a touchdown with 33 seconds left in the first half to make it 20-3 and give the Buckeyes some breathing room going into halftime. Safety Malik Hooker leads the FBS with three interceptions. He also had a pick six last week.THE OHIO STATE CONNECTION:Meyer said hes already talked to Tom Herman, the former Ohio State offensive coordinator whos now the Houston coach, about how to attack Oklahoma. Hermans Cougars upset the Sooners in the opening week, 33-23. The loss dropped Oklahoma out of the top 10. Meyer said the discussions centered on Oklahomas defensive personnel.---Online: AP College Football website www.collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Mitch Stacy at http://twitter.com/mitchstacy . For some of his other recent stories: http://bigstory.ap.org/content/mitch-stacy Nike Air Max Sko Salg .Y. -- Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone has drawn on his Syracuse connections once again by hiring Rob Moore to take over as receivers coach. 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A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT:- RIO DE JANEIRO -- Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by The Associated Press.- PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas -- The U.S. track team is in Texas this week, trying to figure out, once again, the best way to get the baton around the track at the Olympics. Maybe Usain Bolt defined their problem best last year after the latest U.S. bobble: They tend to panic, he said.- FORT CARSON, Colo. -- The Army gave four Kenyan-born runners the path to U.S. citizenship. Now, theyre soldiers training as world-class athletes who soon will be representing the red, white and blue at the Rio Olympics.- All the consternation over whether golfs addition to the Summer Olympics makes any sense at all raises the question of whether tennis -- another individual, professional sport with Grand Slam tournaments and millions of dollars in prize money -- belongs, too.- HOUSTON -- The U.S. Olympic mens basketball team closes its exhibition schedule against Nigeria, the team it hammered in a record-setting 156-63 rout four years ago in London. Game starts 8 p.m.- SPRINGFIELD, N.J. -- Jimmy Walker had champagne in his glass and the Wanamaker Trophy at his side. Still unopened is a $1,200 bottle of Chateau Margaux that Butch Harmon has kept in hiss Las Vegas wine cellar for when Walker won his first major.dddddddddddd That happened Sunday at the PGA Championship, where Walker was tested to the very end.- PHOENIX -- Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg tries to become the first pitcher in the majors with 15 wins this season when he starts at Arizona. Strasburg (14-1, 2.68) is tied with Chris Sale, Chris Tillman, J.A. Happ and Rick Porcello for the most victories. Game starts 9:40 p.m.- BOSTON -- Bostons public schools hope pre-dawn wake-up calls from Red Sox slugger David Ortiz will help students get out of bed and get to classes on time. Starting next month, middle- and high-school students will be able to sign up for the recorded calls from Big Papi.- LONG POND, Pa. -- Pocono Raceway becomes the first track to hold two Monday races in the same season. If the rain clears, Martin Truex Jr. starts from the pole and Jeff Gordon goes for his seventh win at the track. Race scheduled to start at 11:07 a.m. has been delayed.- PITTSFORD, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Bills bring in free-agent running back Reggie Bush for a visit with the intention of adding veteran depth behind starter LeSean McCoy.- ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Von Millers world celebrity tour, as Peyton Manning coined it, didnt diminish the Super Bowl MVP. He was so good in his first 9-on-7 action of camp that the coaches pulled him off the field so they could get some work done on offense. ' ' '