The Houston Cougars will take on the Oklahoma Sooners to open the season on Sept. 3 (noon ET, ABC) at NRG Stadium in Houston. The not-so-neutral-site game will be the hot ticket in town, as evidenced by the long line of students lined up outside Houstons on-campus TDECU Stadium on Saturday.Coach Tom Herman came to visit the line, and hes certain to earn rave reviews from students by providing lunch.The opener will be a good barometer for both teams. Oklahoma is a playoff favorite with a Heisman hopeful in QB Baker Mayfield. Houston burst on the scene as college football darlings last season, and the Cougars are out to prove they arent just a one-hit wonder. Red Sox Jerseys 2020 . The FA rejected Wilsheres appeal that the length of his punishment was "clearly excessive" and said Thursday his suspension begins with immediate effect. He will miss league matches against Chelsea on Monday and West Ham on Dec. Wholesale Red Sox Jerseys .C. -- Manny Malhotra had two goals and an assist, leading the Carolina Hurricanes to a 6-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. https://www.cheapredsox.com/ .Y. -- Syracuse has turned up the defence at the right time all season, and when High Point threatened to pull off a monumental upset the second-ranked Orange did what they do best with their quick hands and savvy play. Boston Red Sox Gear . LOUIS -- St. Custom Boston Red Sox Jerseys . Both players have lower body injuries that will keep them out of the lineup until at least January 31, which is the first game they can be activated from IR.(Sports Network) - The top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder need to win Wednesdays Game 5 at Chesapeake Energy Arena against the Memphis Grizzlies or their season is over. The Grizzlies lead the series 3-1 after an overtime victory in Game 4. You can see all the action on TSN and TSN Mobile TV beginning at 9:30pm et/6:30pm pt. "Two things Ive always known about our team is that its never easy and that we never quit," OKC coach Scott Brooks said on Tuesday. "I expect that same effort that weve had all four games to be the same tomorrow night. We did a lot of good things last night. We just didnt finish the game. Every game has come down to the last two or three minutes. Hopefully we can do a better job of closing out the game." The Thunder made it to the NBA Finals last season before losing to the Miami Heat. They earned the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference playoffs, but lost All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook in Game 2 of their first-round series against the Houston Rockets. OKC and Memphis battled in Game 4 with no team having larger than a five-point lead in the fourth quarter. Kevin Durant tied the game with a finger roll with less than seven seconds on the clock. The game went to overtime and thats when the Grizzlies dominated. They took the extra session by a 9-3 margin to claim a 103-97 victory. The win provided some sense of revenge for Memphis, which fell down 17 points on Monday. Two years ago, armed with a 2-1 series lead, the Grizzlies blew an 18-point lead in Game 4 and fell to the Thunder. "We were able to overcome a lot," Grizzlies head coach Lionel Hollins said.dddddddddddd "We just kept battling through and got a win." Now, the Grizzlies are in position to make the Western Conference Finals for the first time in franchise history. "We are a team that plays hard and doesnt quit," said Hollins. "Were not the most-talented team in the playoffs. We try to do whatever we can to get a win." Mike Conley scored a team-high 24 points while Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol chipped in 23 apiece to go with 12 and 11 rebounds, respectively, for Memphis. Conley and Gasol, the Defensive Player of the Year, both made the All- Defensive Second Team on Monday. Durant led the Thunder with 27 points, but went 0-for-5 from the field in overtime. He had seven boards and seven assists. Kevin Martin added 17 off the bench, followed by a double-double from Serge Ibaka, who had 17 points and 14 rebounds. Reggie Jackson and Nick Collison both cracked the 10-point mark as well. The Thunder are down, but have two possible home games left. Not that they are looking that far in advance, but OKC is far from out of it, at least in its mind. "Were going to keep fighting," Brooks said. "Were going to keep competing. All were worried about is winning one game. Its a great place to play. The energy in our crowd hopefully can get us over that hump. We know that all were focused on is if we win one game." Memphis won Game 2 in Oklahoma City and captured one regular-season meeting there as well. If OKC wins on Wednesday, Game 6 is slated for Friday in Memphis. ' ' '