SEATTLE -- Shortly after sustaining a knee injury in the spring of 2015 that would cost him the season, Washingtons John Ross placed the Rutgers logo on a calendar app on his phone, a countdown to when hed finally get back on the field for the Huskies.His return proved worth the wait.Ross caught two touchdown passes and returned a kickoff for another score, Jake Browning threw for 287 yards, and No. 14 Washington looked every bit a Top 25 team with a 48-13 rout of Rutgers on Saturday.I feel amazing. I feel great. Im so thankful, grateful, everything you can think of, Ross said. Im just so happy to be able to do it again.Entering a season of lofty expectations, the Huskies (1-0) raced to a 24-0 first-quarter lead and were never threatened by the rebuilding Scarlet Knights, in their first game under new coach Chris Ash.Browning threw for 277 yards and all three scores in the first half as the Huskies built a 34-3 lead. Browning should have thrown four TDs in the half, but Darrell Daniels dropped a pass in the end zone late in the second quarter.Its good to get out of the gate fast, especially with so many unknowns, unknown coaches, unknown players on both sides, Washington coach Chris Petersen said.Brownings offseason goal was to be better on deep throws. He was certainly good to start the season, hitting Chico McClatcher on a 43-yard touchdown on his second pass of the season, followed by TD throws of 38 and 50 yards to Ross as the Huskies burned Rutgers decision to play man coverage on the outside.Ross missed the entire 2015 season after injuring a knee during spring camp.It was just really cool to obviously have thrown the ball to him but to see him come into his own after missing all of last season and all the anticipation of him coming back, Browning said of Ross.The Huskies were also dynamic on special teams. Ross took a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown and Dante Pettis returned a punt 68 yards for a score in the third quarter. It was the third time in school history Washington had kickoff and punt return touchdowns in the same game, and first since 2001.THE TAKEAWAYRutgers: Ashs rebuilding job at Rutgers (0-1) is significant and it will take a while for the new offensive system to improve. Chris Laviano was 24 of 40 passing for 168 yards in his first game running a spread offense. Rutgers only TD came on a 10-yard run by Janarion Grant in the fourth quarter against Washingtons backups.There was some good and bad. I thought he probably took too many risks sometimes with the ball, Ash said of Laviano. I thought he did some good things though especially in the second half.Washington: While there were plenty of highlights for the Huskies offense, the run game was absent. Myles Gaskin was held to 57 yards on 15 carries despite Washington spending the majority of the third quarter trying to get the run game established. The Huskies had the luxury to experiment with a 31-point halftime lead.POLL IMPLICATIONSWashington was expected to roll past the Scarlet Knights but such and impressive first half will only go to justify the Huskies preseason ranking. The next two games against Idaho and Portland State arent likely to threaten Washingtons poll positioning so expect them to continue lingering just outside the top 10 for the next few weeks.NUMBER WATCHBrowning threw for more than 300 yards only three times during his freshman season. He nearly had 300 by halftime against Rutgers and if not for the blowout score and the Huskies intent on getting the run game started in the third quarter, Browning would have likely had one of the better passing games of his career.One of Brownings touchdown throws to Ross was a run play that he checked to a pass at the line of scrimmage.Jake made good throws on deep balls early, so we were pleased with that, Washington offensive coordinator Jonathan Smith said.UP NEXTRutgers: The Scarlet Knights get a break facing Howard of the Football Championship Subdivision, the first of three straight home games.Washington: The Huskies meager non-conference schedule continues by hosting Idaho. It will be another chance for the Huskies to give some of its younger players experience before the schedule toughens at the end of September.LAST WORDReally pleased with how fast they started. The first quarter was really, really good on both sides, Washington coach Chris Petersen. 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The native of Mont-Tremblant, Que., captured a World Cup downhill event Saturday, his second this year and fifth career victory on the circuit. CLEVELAND -- All it took was one bad play and one bad inning to derail the Oakland Athletics.After leading through six innings, Oakland allowed four runs in the seventh in a 5-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians on Friday night.Kendall Graveman (7-7) allowed just one run on four hits through the first six innings. He retired the first batter in the seventh before an error by shortstop Marcus Semien on Rajai Davis routine grounder started Clevelands rally.Hes a fast runner, maybe I thought about that and didnt focus on the catch, Semien said. Its frustrating that that led to a big inning.Oakland manager Bob Melvin came to his shortstops defense, saying that even if Semien fielded the grounder cleanly, it wouldve been a close play at first.`The guys running down the line pretty hard and hes got to field it cleanly and get rid of it quickly, Melvin said. You know you have to be perfect with it.Following the costly error, Tyler Naquin and Abraham Almonte hit back-to-back singles to cut Oaklands lead to just 3-2, as Graveman exited the game.Former Indians pitcher Marc Rzepczynski came in to relieve Graveman and walked Carlos Santana before Jason Kipnis tied the game with a broken-bat blooper to left.Ryan Dull replaced Rzepczynski and gave Cleveland the lead on a wild pitch that allowed Almonte to score from third. Francisco Lindor added the Indians final run with a sacrifice fly.Despite Semiens error, Graveman picked up his seventh loss of the season, allowing four runs -- three earned -- on six hits over 6 1/3 innings.Melvin acknowledged that Semiens error hurt Graveman, but felt that the starter pitched well up until the finnal few batters he faced.dddddddddddd(He was) good, really looked like he was going to pitch really deep into the game, Melvin said. Just seemed like the last two batters, maybe a couple of balls were up.Oaklands offense was completely stalled by Clevelands bullpen after Josh Reddick and Khris Davis hit back-to-back solo homers off Trevor Bauer in the sixth.Reddick nearly put the Athletics ahead in the ninth, when his fly ball to deep center off closer Cody Allen with two on was caught by Naquin on the warning track to end the game.Billy Butler gave Oakland a 1-0 lead with a two-out RBI single in the fourth.ROTATION SWITCHOakland left-hander Rich Hill, also the subject of trade rumors, was scratched from Sundays start because hes still bothered by a blister on the middle finger of his left hand. Right-hander Sonny Gray will start Sunday on his regular turn.TRAINERS ROOMAthletics: Hill hasnt pitched since July 17, a start in which he threw only five pitches. He could be headed for the 15-day disabled list.Indians: RHP Jeff Manship (wrist tendinitis) was placed on the15-day DL. RHP Zach McAllister was activated from the DL. Hed been sidelined with a sore right hip.UP NEXTAthletics: LHP Dillon Overton will be recalled from Triple-A Nashville to start Saturday against the Indians. Hes 1-1 with an 8.40 ERA in three starts.Indians: RHP Josh Tomlin (10-3, 3.48 ERA) makes his third career start against Oakland on Saturday. He lost his last start against Baltimore, allowing four runs in six innings. ' ' '