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FORT WORTH, Texas -- No. 13 TCUs opening opponent, South Dakota State, shouldnt be confused with five-time defending Football Championship Subdivision champion North Dakota State.Gary Patterson wouldnt mind if some of his players made that mistake, though. The Horned Frogs coach is always looking for an angle to pump up a game that could easily be overlooked, especially with Arkansas looming after Saturday nights opener against the Jackrabbits.Besides, Patterson can always tell his team about his first home game as head coach 15 years ago, when TCU lost to Northwestern State. The Horned Frogs havent lost a home opener since then, a 14-year streak thats the fifth-longest is FBS.I remember every one of them, especially those, Patterson said. Weve got to get ready. The goal is to win a ballgame so you can get to Game 2.Quarterback Kenny Hill, a former Texas A&M starter, will make his TCU debut. The junior transfer wouldnt mind an opening similar to the one with the Aggies, when he set a school record with 511 yards passing and three touchdowns in a prime-time win at South Carolina two years ago.Hills just looking for more staying power this time, after losing his starting job later in the 2014 season at A&M and ultimately leaving the program after he was suspended.You could tell he came in trying to prove himself through his work ethic to gain our trust and confidence, receiver Deante Gray said. Hes been very transparent with everybody, very open, talking with everybody and just becoming a Frog.Things to consider as the Horned Frogs look to extend a Big 12-best 13-game home winning streak:NO PUSHOVERSThe Jackrabbits have been to the Championship Subdivision playoffs the past four seasons and boast stability with coach John Stiegelmeier, who is entering his 20th season. He is the winningest coach in school history with a 128-90 record. South Dakota State opened last season with a 41-38 win at Big 12 doormat Kansas. So were not even thinking about the other games we have right now, Gray said.WHAT A RUSHTCU returns 2015 sacks leader Josh Carraway (nine sacks), and right defensive end James McFarland is back. McFarland missed last season because of a broken toe after leading the team with seven sacks in 2014. The Frogs return seven defensive starters and four others who were starters last year before missing all or most of the season with injuries. I think its been a great mix, Carraway said.BAD MEMORYHill will be playing for the first time since a 59-0 loss to Alabama that led to his benching and ultimately a suspension two years ago. The Crimson Tide had six sacks, and Hill finished with minus-11 yards rushing on 10 carries.HILLS TARGETSGray returns as a graduate student after missing last season with a knee injury. He was second on the team with eight touchdown catches in 2014. Shaun Nixon and KaVontae Turpin were the top two freshmen in the Big 12 in catches last season. Nixon had 47, and Turpin added 45. Turpin was second nationally among freshmen with eight TDs.THIS AND THATThe Frogs are set to play for the first time since coming back from 31 points down to beat Oregon 47-41 in triple overtime in the Alamo Bowl last January. ... South Dakota State had the biggest comeback in school history in its last visit to Texas, a 50-48 win over Stephen F. Austin in 2008. The Jackrabbits scored on a 1-yard run as time expired after trailing 34-6 early in the third quarter. ... TCU has three graduate transfers in WR John Diarse (LSU), RB Derrick Green (Michigan) and TE Cole Hunt (Rice).---Online: AP College Football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org Nike Epic React Flyknit Heren Sale . Robredo, ranked No. 16, bounced back from an upset loss to Leonardo Mayer in the second round of the Royal Guard Open in Chile last week to down Carreno Busta in 1 hour, 25 minutes. 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The Los Angeles Dodgers will start ace left-hander Clayton Kershaw on three days rest in Game 4 of their NL Division Series?against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday.Washington, which leads the series 2-1, will start right-hander Joe Ross.?Kershaw was the winning pitcher in Game 1 on Friday, gutting out five innings and giving up eight hits and three runs. Kershaw was limited to 21 starts this season because of a back injury.Still, first-year Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was undeterred.One, Clayton gives us the best chance to win, and No. 2, he gives us the best chance to go deeper into a game, Roberts said before the game.Rookie left-hander Julio Urias was originally slated to start Game 4 for the Dodgers. If the series goes to five games, Roberts wouldnt rule out a Urias start.Depending on how this game plays out, well make that decision, he said.?According to ESPN Stats & Information, this will be Kershaws fourth career postseason start on short rest. In the three previous starts, covering 19 innings, he has given up only four earned runs and struck out 23; the Dodgers went 2-1 in those games.Kershaw said once the series began that he wanted to pitch Game 4, according to Roberts.He wasnt as sharp as I had seen himm, but hes still Clayton Kershaw, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said of Kershaws Game 1 performance.dddddddddddd He kept them in the game, whether he was sharp or not. Hes one of the best around, if not the best.Ross, a 23-year-old former first-round pick, was 7-5 with a 3.43 ERA in 19 starts for the Nationals this season, but he missed two and a half months after going on the disabled list in July with shoulder inflammation.Since returning, Ross has averaged 68 pitches in three starts, as the Nats tried to stretch him out and get him ready for postseason action. In his most recent outing on Sept. 29, he threw 90 pitches in four innings.?In 9? innings since coming off the DL, Ross has a 2.79 ERA and has allowed 14 hits, striking out 14 while walking three.Baker was choosing between Ross and rookie Reynaldo Lopez for his Game 4 starter. Lopez, a hard-throwing righty who appeared in 11 games (six starts) for Washington but has yet to pitch in the postseason, will likely be the first man in from the bullpen in relief of Ross.ESPNs Eddie Matz and The Associated Press contributed to this report. ' ' '