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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Richmond coach Danny Rocco spent five years as an assistant coach at Virginia and probably knows Scott Stadium better than new Cavaliers coach Bronco Mendenhall.When Rocco takes his Spiders to Charlottesville on Saturday to be the first opponent of the Mendenhall era at Virginia, he believes his team will be ready for the moment. Richmond is coming off a season in which it reached the Football Championship Subdivision semifinals. It also returns 16 of 22 starters this year.I feel this game is not too big for our team, Rocco said as he prepares to start his fifth season with Richmond. I feel that a lot of times in these FCS-BCS games, there is a mentality that the game is too big. Our kids have been in some big games.The atmosphere figures to be highly charged with Virginia fans excited about the new regime. Mendenhall won 99 games in 11 years at BYU, and took the Cougars to a bowl games after each season. The Cavaliers havent been to a bowl game since 2011, and while Mendenhall doesnt even entertain the idea that his program wont succeed at Virginia, hes as anxious as anyone to see how they perform in a real game.Really the best stance is to under-promise and over-deliver, he said this week. I think the promise comes from people just seeing and believing this will work by past history. I dont think anyone wonders if well win or not.The biggest question is when and with whom and where are we starting from.The Spiders have won three of eight meetings against BCS teams in the past 10 years, and have the Colonial Athletic Associations preseason offensive player of the year in quarterback Kyle Lauletta and its preseason defensive player of the year in defensive back David Jones. They also have a whole roster of players who look forward to stepping up in class to show that they can play at the higher level.You want to make it just another game, but you cant, linebacker Omar Howard said. Its a FBS game. Its a big venue. Its the start of your season. Its exciting and I think you have to embrace that excitement and you have all the emotions that go into that and let it fuel you.---Here are some things to watch when Richmond visits Virginia:PASSING BATTLE: Virginia has a new quarterback in strong-armed Kurt Benkert, a transfer from East Carolina, and Richmonds Jones came from nowhere last season and had nine of the Spiders 22 interceptions. The Cavaliers have some speedy receivers, and Jones ability to defend downfield could prove vital to Richmonds chances. Richmonds Lauletta ranked second nationally last season, his first as the starter, with 3,598 passing yards.GRIND IT OUT: The Cavaliers running backs won high praise from Mendenhall for being the most outstanding unit through spring camp and the preseason. They are led by Taquan Mizzell, who ran for nearly 700 yards last season and set an Atlantic Coast Conference record for receptions by a running back with 75 for another 721 yards.DEPTH: Mendenhall has been pleased with his teams effort in getting up to speed with the meticulous way he likes to do things, but the Cavaliers are short on depth on the offensive line and in the secondary. Key injuries at either spot could make things a lot more difficult for Virginia to live up to Mendenhalls expectations.HISTORY: Richmond has lost 10 straight in the series and the Cavaliers lead the all-time series 28-2-2. In those games, the Cavaliers have outscored Richmond 984-132.FAMILIAR FACES: Rocco this year was elected to the American Football Coaches Association board of trustees, of which Mendenhall is also a member. The Spiders also have five coaches who have previously coached at Virginia, as well as former Cavaliers wide receiver Fontel Mines and linebacker Clint Sintim on staff. 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After they weighed in, Pacquiao and Vargas, who have shown the utmost respect toward each other during the build-up to the fight, stood side by side for interviews with various outlets.Pacquiao will be fighting for the first time since his resounding decision win against rival Timothy Bradley Jr. in their third fight in April followed by a brief retirement, during which he was elected to the Senate in his native Philippines.Im happy to be back, Pacquiao, boxings only eight-division world titleholder, told the crowd. I want to put on a good show and have another boxing record.Pacquiao, 37, already the first congressman to win a world title, is aiming to be the first senator to win one, also. Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38 KOs) said he is also motivated to win back the world title he lost to Floyd Mayweather last year in boxings richest fight. Vargas won the vacant title in March with a ninth-round knockout of then-undefeated former U.S. Olympian Sadam Ali.Its motivating because I am the challenger this time and I am fighting a champion, Pacquiao said. [Winning the belt back] would mean a lot and would bring honor to my country.Vargas (27-1, 10 KOs), 27, of Las Vegas, has been supremely confident all week and had a big smile as he walked to the scale. It remained in place when he spoke to the crowd after making weight.I feel great and Im here to give the fans a great fight and come out on top and prove Im the best in the welterweight division, Vargas said.dddddddddddd Weve worked hard for this and I have no doubt about the outcome. Manny Pacquiao has had a great career and it would mean the world to beat him, and that is what I am ready to do. I want to become a legend.There are three other world title fights on the card, and everybody made weight. Featherweight titleholder Oscar Valdez (20-0, 18 KOs) who will be making his first defense, weighed 125.25 as did challenger Hiroshige Osawa (30-3-4, 19 KOs) for their 126-pound fight. Junior featherweight titleholder Nonito Donaire (37-3, 24 KOs), who will be making his second defense, weighed 121.8 pounds and mandatory challenger Jessie Magdaleno (23-0, 17 KOs) was 121.25 for their 122-pound bout.Zou Shiming (8-1, 2 KOs), the two-time Chinese Olympic gold medalist, will face Prasitsak Papoem (39-1-2, 24 KOs) for one of the flyweight world titles recently vacated by Juan Francisco Estrada. Zou was 111 pounds and Papoem was 111.5 for the bout with a 112-pound limit. The fight is a rematch of Zous one-sided unanimous decision win in November 2014.Also, the Nevada State Athletic Commission released the purses for the card. Pacquiao will earn no less than $4 million but could earn much more since he is on a percentage split with promoter Top Rank. Vargas will earn a career-high $2.8 million.Valdezs purse is $200,000, Osawa will earn $50,000, Donaire will make $400,000 and Magdaleno $90,000. The official purse for Zou and Papoem is $5,000 apiece, but each will make much more from revenue in Asia, especially Zou, who likely will make in the high six figures. ' ' '