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• Blanchette: Season finished, but Eagles aren’t

  December 16, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 For entertainment purposes only, the godfathers of the NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivision might well regret that they don’t cast their title game by audition. But this is tournament football. Every … 1

• Bearkats have similar path as EWU

  December 16, 2012 in Sports on Page C6 Take away the red turf and the snow, and this could just as well be Sam Houston State. Huddled in the parking lot at Roos Field before Saturday’s playoff game, …

• Eagles’ amazing rally not enough

  December 16, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 Apparently the road to Frisco has a fast lane, and Sam Houston State rode it halfway home before Eastern Washington even found the keys. The Bearkats rolled up a five-touchdown …

• Eastern eager to face Bearkats’ aggressive defense

  December 13, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Bring it on. That sums up Eastern Washington’s view of Sam Houston State’s aggressive defense.

• Bearkats batter Montana State in quarterfinal

  December 11, 2011 in Sports on Page C6 HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Richard Sincere had a career game, and Sam Houston State dominated the battle of rushing offenses. Sincere rushed for a career-high 160 yards and two touchdowns on …

• Fans flock to celebrate EWU

  January 23, 2011 in City on Page B1 Hundreds of Eagles fans flocked to downtown Spokane Saturday to continue celebrating Eastern Washington University’s NCAA Division I national football title. The rally included a parade from Washington Street and … 2

• Eagles’ Jones changes agent, starts training

  January 16, 2011 in Sports on Page C3 Electrifying Eastern Washington running back Taiwan Jones did many special things for the Eagles on the football field. After they won the FCS championship game with a thrilling come-from-behind 20-19 …

• Blanchette: Eagles get their own nation

  January 13, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Connecting in the Denver airport for a flight to Dallas last week, D.J. Sigurdson – attired in Eastern Washington University red – passed by one of those snug-but-soulless concourse lounges … 1

• 16 EWU starters could return from title team

  January 9, 2011 in Sports on Page C1 FRISCO, Texas – Beau Baldwin, when pressed about the future of Eastern Washington University’s football program following Friday night’s 20-19 win over Delaware in the NCAA Division I Championship at …

• Sherritt wins Buchanan Award

  January 7, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 FRISCO, Texas – After being “completely surprised” by his second-place finish is last year’s voting for the Buck Buchanan Award, Eastern Washington’s J.C. Sherritt was equally shocked to learn he …

• Projected Delaware lineups

  January 7, 2011 in Sports on Page B3 Projected offensive starters Pos. Name Yr. QB Pat Devlin Sr. RB Andrew Pierce Fr. WR Rob Jones So. LT Shea Allard Jr. LG Gino Gradkowski Jr. C Rob McDowell Jr. …

• Blanchette: Eagles scaled heights with gratitude attitude

    January 7, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 FRISCO, Texas – As in any college locker room, posted on the wall just inside Eastern Washington’s football sanctum is the usual paper blizzard of schedules, rules compliance cautions, academic … 1

• Eagles can write own chapter tonight

    January 7, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 FRISCO, Texas – In any national championship game, there is a tendency among some to get caught up in the history of the two schools involved. Which, in the case …

• EWU’s Jones limited to highlights

  January 7, 2011 in Sports on Page B4 FRISCO, Texas – Eastern Washington University football coach Beau Baldwin might have coined a new injury assessment term on Thursday afternoon when he called Taiwan Jones’ status for today’s NCAA …

• 3 Delaware players to watch

  January 7, 2011 in Sports on Page B3 • QB Pat Devlin (17): The numbers this 6-foot-4 second-year transfer from Penn State have posted this fall are incredible. His amazing pass efficiency rating of 155.37 includes a completion …

• Brothers saved EWU school spirit for big time

  January 6, 2011 in City on Page A1 CANTINA GRILL, DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT – This fall, my brother and I had a secret. We were in love. 3

• Johnson twins sharpen EWU defense

  January 6, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 FRISCO, Texas – A package deal? No way. At least that’s the stand Matt and Zach Johnson took during the early stages of the football recruiting process that played out …

• Blanchette: Colonial never goes out of style

  January 6, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 FRISCO, Texas – The best thing about Eastern Washington playing for a national championship is … well, Eastern playing for a national championship. There doesn’t even have to be a …

• EWU defense must contend with UD’s 6-foot-4 QB Devlin

  January 5, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Pat Devlin didn’t just drop out of the sky and land under center as the University of Delaware’s starting quarterback. Having grown up in Downingtown, Pa., just 40 miles from … 1

• See ya’ there

  January 4, 2011 in Sports on Page B5 A list of former players and athletic department personnel who have made it known to EWU that they will be attending Friday’s national championship football game: Michael Roos (’01-’04) 1

• Roos: Red turf motivated Eagles

  January 4, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 The major long-term investment former Eastern Washington University offensive lineman Michael Roos and his wife, Katherine, made in their alma mater’s football program in late-January 2010 has paid some very …

• EWU’s working class

  January 2, 2011 in Sports on Page C1 They arrived in Cheney in the fall of 2006, some 30 naïve freshmen, harboring a good measure of uncertainty, hope and a desire to leave a lasting impression on Eastern … 1

• Eastern A.D. warms to title game timing

  December 31, 2010 in Sports on Page B7 Now that he’s had a chance to see exactly how the new Football Championship Subdivision playoff format plays out, Bill Chaves is an admitted convert. Eastern Washington University’s athletic director …

• FCS timing slips a tick or two for Eags

  December 31, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 The most-watched game in Football Championship Subdivision history – nearly 2 million households – was last year’s playoff semifinal between Montana and Appalachian State. The momentum from that produced a … 2

• Eagles become antsy to play for title

  December 30, 2010 in Sports on Page B4 The members of Eastern Washington University’s No. 1-ranked football team returned to Cheney earlier this week following an abbreviated holiday break and resumed preparations for their Jan. 7 date with … 1

• Eagles’ Williams overcomes an inauspicious start

  December 26, 2010 in Sports on Page C1 At the snap of the football, Renard Williams explodes from his three-point stance, bull-rushes the startled offensive lineman directly across from him, scores a one-handed takedown on the opposing quarterback …

• Playoff workouts benefit younger Eastern players

  December 21, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Beau Baldwin has formulated at least the outline of a plan to deal with the long layoff and holiday break his Eastern Washington University football team is facing prior to … 1

• Eagles seek ways to approach three-week break

  December 19, 2010 in Sports on Page C1 Under the old format of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, had Eastern Washington University survived until this weekend, it would have already played in the NCAA Division I Championship game, … 2

• Clark: Band swelled with pride for EWU gridiron classic

  December 19, 2010 in City on Page B1 After a four-decade absence, I was tooting my trumpet once again at an Eastern Washington University football game. Well, whaddya know. Guess you can go back. 2

• Szczur will come at EWU from many angles

  December 17, 2010 in Sports on Page B7 Eastern Washington defensive coordinator John Graham has never met Matt Szczur. But just from watching video of Villanova’s all-American wide receiver, kick-return specialist and “Wildcat” quarterback, Graham figures Szczur must …

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