A member of the Indoor Football League, the Shock open their season on Sunday, March 22, on the road against the Bismarck Bucks before beginning their home slate at the Spokane Arena on Thursday, March 26, against the San Diego Strike Force.
The Eagles (4-2) flexed their experience, depth and freshman fortitude in their final game of the five-team Gotham Classic, taking down a Belmont (4-3) program that’s advanced to the NCAA Tournament almost annually since 2006 and reached the second round in March.
Eastern Washington’s steady senior class had a 27-5 record in Big Sky Conference play, advanced to the FCS national title game appeared in the 2016 FCS semifinals.
When Eastern Washington (6-5, 5-2 Big Sky) plays host to the Vikings (5-6, 3-4) on Saturday in a regular-season finale at Roos Field, the Eagles have a lot more to lose.
Of the several dominoes that will likely need to fall for Eastern Washington to crack the Football Championship Subdivision playoff field, the biggest is respect from the playoff committee.
Quarterback Eric Barriere fumbled on EWU’s last two possessions Saturday, giving the run-heavy Mustangs ample opportunity to pull off the late-season upset.
Bragdon told The Spokesman-Review on Friday that he is longer coaching the Bears, who finished 22-5 and won the Greater Spokane League title last season.
Deer Park may not have had the heaviest hitters at the State 1A girls cross country championships in Pasco last Saturday, but the Stags’ depth was undeniable.
For the first three years of Talolo Limu-Jones’ career at Eastern Washington, the redshirt junior receiver’s name was often in the same sentence as “upside,” “potential” or “prototype.”