Following its victory last weekend, in which Eastern Washington set a single-game record for rushing carries, head coach Aaron Best suggested to his team that perhaps it should pull out some game tape from 25 years ago, just to get a few pointers.
Last season, when Eastern Washington headed to Pocatello for a mid-October matchup against Idaho State, things looked good for the Eagles for one half.
“He’s always been a dude,” teammate Nolan Ulm said. “The biggest thing that makes me believe he is NFL ready is he’s doing all the little things now at a pro level. He wants to go play in the NFL and he’s going to do it because he wants to do it and it’s the only plan he sees. There is no Plan B for him.”
Following a series of close losses to some of the best teams in the Big Sky, Eastern Washington players and coaches insisted there was no quit in the Eagles.
Eastern Washington has just one win through five Big Sky football games , but these next three weeks – and this one specifically – set up well for the Eagles (2-7, 1-4 Big Sky) to even out their record before the end of the season.
Considering what the Eagles have been able to do offensively this season, rushing for the fourth-most yards per game in the Big Sky, this could be a year the offensive line will be recognized with All-Big Sky honors.
Eastern Washington’s football players and coaches aren’t big on excuses, so all season they have refused to pin the team’s record on the Eagles’ schedule.
Football can be a game of trickery and misdirection, and Eastern Washington tried a handful of such plays Saturday against Montana State, the second-ranked team in the FCS.
It would be easy to name a number of Montana State players whose impact Eastern Washington would like to limit during Saturday’s football game at Roos Field.
