First-year Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall figured his defense was ready for the season-opener against Richmond.It wasnt.And now, after losing 37-20 to the Spiders of the Football Championship Subdivision, his Cavaliers have to go across country to face the high-powered No. 24 Oregon Ducks in Autzen Stadium at 10:30 p.m. ET on Saturday.In general, I overestimated the amount and volume of defensive schemes and calls and the number of things that our defense could handle in game one, Mendenhall said at his Monday press conference.And so simplicity will be a factor just to allow fundamentals and assignments to take over. And I think that will be significant help there.Oregon held its spot in the AP poll after a 53-28 win over lower-division UC Davis, which wasnt necessarily the margin of victory many expected, but it did provide graduate transfer Dakota Prukop a chance to get his feet wet with the Ducks.He completed 21 of 30 passes for 271 yards, with three touchdowns and no interceptions. The senior from Montana State also ran 11 times for 36 yards and a score. Oregon, which started four true freshmen on the offensive line, put up 522 total yards, including 251 on the ground.Prukop called it an introduction course to major college football for much of the offense.If you go watch the first series and then watch our last series, you can see its a completely different offense just in the course of a game, he said. Were really expecting a lot of growth between week 1 and week 2.Mendenhall, the BYU head coach for the previous 11 seasons, put in his 3-4 scheme in spring and fall camps. In the opener, the Cavs allowed 524 yards and failed to force a turnover. Mendenhall is trying to turn things around after coach Mike London went 27-46 in six seasons at Virginia and wasnt able to beat rival Virginia Tech.Virginia was 4-8 last season.The brutal fact and the reality is I think everyone -- players, coaches and certainly fans -- were hopeful this would be an immediate turnaround and an instant and an overnight success, Mendenhall said.Theres some habits that have come with losing and lack of success. I have a clearer idea now of what that looks like, but remain really optimistic.The Ducks offense remains one of the most skilled in the country.Junior running back Royce Freeman had two rushing touchdowns against UC Davis to become the fifth player in school history with 40 touchdowns. He wasnt needed much, with only 11 carries for 87 yards, snapping his streak of nine straight 100-yard rushing games.Wide receiver Darren Carrington had seven catches for 117 yards and a touchdown against UC Davis. The junior has 53 catches for 1,017 yards and 10 touchdowns in his last 10 games.Oregon is expected to have starting left tackle Tyrell Crosby back this week after he sat out the opener because of a foot injury.Virginia used only 15 players on defense against Richmond and allowed four plays of at least 30 yards. That doesnt bode well for a game against the up-tempo and explosive Ducks.Assignments, alignment and managing the pace, those things now are multipliers, Mendenhall said of facing Oregons offense. I think itll be a significant challenge.Oregons defense is undergoing changes, too, switching to a 4-3 front under new coordinator Brady Hoke, the former Michigan head coach. The Ducks are inexperienced in that front group but might have found a new star in true freshman linebacker Troy Dye.He got the start against UC Davis and earned Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week honors. Dye had 11 tackles, including 4.5 for loss. He also blocked a field goal attempt.Oregon will be facing quarterback Kurt Benkert, who beat out incumbent Matt Johns for the starting spot in fall camp. Benkert, a grad transfer from East Carolina, was 26 of 34 for 264 yards, with three touchdowns and one interception, against Richmond.He didnt get a lot of help on the ground from running backs Smoke Mizzell and Albert Reid in what is a more up-tempo offense under Mendenhall. Aron Baynes Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. Bill Russell Jersey . Miller finished in two minutes, 6.09 seconds, one day before the first medal race on the Alpine schedule. 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PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Chris Archer had one of those days that have been rare for him this season -- almost everything went his way.Evan Longoria, Bobby Wilson and Logan Forsythe all homered to back Archers six strong innings as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on Saturday night.Archer (6-15) won for the third time in his last 15 starts, giving up one run and three hits and striking out seven to regain the American League lead in strikeouts with 168.I feel lately Ive been pretty efficient, even when Im not getting a lot of strikeouts, Archer said. Tonight, the sixth inning got away from me a little bit but Im not even worried about it. Six was all the team needed tonight. I definitely wanted to go deeper but its not all about me, its about getting a team win.Alex Colome got the final two outs for his 27th save after the Twins rallied for two runs in the ninth. The Rays clinched their first winning homestand of the season, improving to 6-3 with the finale on Sunday.When a reporter suggested it was crazy that it took until August for a winning homestand, manager Kevin Cash said: I can think of better words than crazy. Ill stick with disappointing, but were happy that it finally has come.Obviously to be a winning team youve got to play well at home.Archer snapped a stretch of eight home starts without a win.We all know hes a very talented young man, Twins manager Paul Molitor said. Hes been trying to find ways to win games this year. Tonight it seemed like he had it going. He had his velocity going and took advantage of some of our inexperience to expand (the strike zone). Longoria and Wilson homered off Minnesota starter Jose Berrios (2-2), who gave up four runs and six hits in five innings.Longorias 24th home run gave the Rays a 2-0 lead in the third. 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Miller is working out at first and is expected to play games there soon.MOVING DAYThe Rays placed OF Desmond Jennings (bruised left knee) on the 15-day disabled day and reinstated OF Mikie Mahtook (fractured left hand) from the DL.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: 3B Trevor Plouffe, on the disabled list with a fractured left rib, homered in the seventh inning for Triple-A Rochester to break up a perfect game Saturday night. The Twins expect to activate Plouffe as early as Monday.Rays: SS Matt Duffy (strained left Achilles tendon) plans to make his Tampa Bay debut Friday night at the New York Yankees. Duffy, acquired from San Francisco on Monday, said running the bases in a rehab game Friday with Class A Charlotte felt almost like nothing happened. ... The Rays placed OF Desmond Jennings (bruised left knee) on the 15-day disabled day and reinstated OF Mikie Mahtook (fractured left hand) from the DL. ... OF Oswaldo Arcia (strained right elbow) and 1B Logan Morrison (strained right forearm) could be ready for minor league games in the next week.UP NEXTTwins: RHP Kyle Gibson (3-6) will pitch the series finale. He is 0-4 with an 8.85 ERA in four starts against the Rays.Rays: RHP Matt Andriese (6-2) expects to be held to a pitch count around 80 in his second start since spending more than a month in the bullpen. Wholesale Jerseys 2019 Cheap Jerseys 2020 Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping Cheap Jerseys China Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys ' ' '