Eastern and Big Sky links
Eastern Washington is in the FCS semifinals partly because of some clutch plays against Jacksonville State. Here is our follow-up story, along with a preview of tonight's FCS awards in Philadelphia. I'll be standing by tonight with a story on the awards. Meanwhile, the Eastern men's basketball team came up short Sunday against UC Irvine. ... Elsewhere in FCS football, two-time defending champ North Dakota State hired a new coach. ... Here's a roundup of the four quarterfinal games. ...The Baltimore Sun had a nice piece on Towson's win at Eastern Illinois.