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SATURDAY, SEPT. 3, 2011

Pregame post from Martin Stadium 

COUGARS We got here early today because there is one truisim in college football: Something will always be messed up for the first game. And that happened, as there is a new way to get on the Internet in the Martin Stadium press box and…

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 2, 2011




Akey loses mother before opener 

It wasn't mentioned in the postgame press conference by Robb Akey or any of his players, but early this morning Idaho athletic director Rob Spear posted on Twitter that Akey's mother, Doreen, passed away before the Vandals' season opening loss to Bowling Green. "Our condolences…

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 1, 2011

EWU's Gibbs answers questions at corner

As promised, I've including this link to the story on Eastern Washington's small forward-turned cornerback Alden Gibbs, who will make his first start as a member of the Eagles defense in Saturday's season opener against Washington in Seattle. And I've also this link to an…

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Eagles eager to get after UW

Eastern Washington's defending NCAA Division I championship football team will open its 2011 season against the University of Washington at 4 p.m. on Saturday at Husky Stadium in Seattle. "We're ready. I wish we could play right now," Bo Levi Mitchell, the Eagles senior quarterback,…

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Would you support pay to play? 26 

PREPS, UPDATED I'm putting this at the top again because we've had a great continuing conversation. I would like to see a few athletic directors check in and comment. Don't use your real name. Make something up. But we need to get the point of…

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Too much today from WSU, Pac-12 

COUGARS The college football season kicks off tonight. With that in mind, there is not time for chit-chat. Way too many stories to pass along, from around here first-and-foremost, than up-and-down the West Coast. So many, we had to use up our monthly quota of…

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Mt. Spokane tailback Chase Naccarato, already one of the fastest players in the GSL last year, shaved almost a tenth of a second off his 40-yard dash time over the offseason. (Christopher Anderson)

Prep football, 2011 14 

All of our prep football previews can be found at this link. Let's continue the conversation we started on the earlier post. Which teams should we watch for this fall? Chase Naccarato of Mt. Spokane is pictured above. Also, here's a link to my column.

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