Eastern tries to avoid a letdown
These aren't your older brother's Northern Colorado Bears. The Big Sky Conference's most underachieving program has reeled off four wins going into Saturday's home game against Eastern Washington. "They have my attention," said EWU coach Beau Baldwin, who had more to say in my weekly notebook. ... Want more on the game? Here's a preview from EWU Sports Information and another from Northern Colorado. In addition, we can talk about the game during Thursday's live chat, right here at spokesman.com/blogs/sportslink. ... Elsewhere, Weber State fans are hopeful coming off two straight wins, acccording to this story in the Ogden Standard Examiner. ... Montana State coach Rob Ash discusses the Bobcats' loss at Portland State. ... Montana is coming off a bye with a sense of urgency, according to this story in the Missoulian.