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Eastern Washington ends season on a high note with 45-21 rout of Northern Colorado

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 19, 2022

Early in the third quarter of Eastern Washington’s football season finale Saturday, running back Tuna Altahir took a handoff and cut back, found the sideline, dashed the rest of the 51 yards from scrimmage and crossed the goal line.

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Things to watch: Eastern Washington hopes to end season on a high note against Northern Colorado

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 18, 2022

Last week against Montana, Eastern Washington turned to redshirt freshman quarterback Kekoa Visperas in the second half with the game – which ended in a 63-7 Grizzlies’ victory – already out of hand, 42-0.

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Eastern Washington seniors battle to the bitter end through disappointing season

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 17, 2022

It is one thing to play through pain. It is another to play through injury.

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Eastern Washington looks for first home win since season opener in finale with Northern Colorado

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 16, 2022

Northern Colorado became a member of the Big Sky in 2006, a decade after it won a pair of Division II national championships.

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Big Sky notebook: Montana-Montana State rivalry game attracts ESPN’s College GameDay

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 15, 2022

With the often playoff-bound Eastern Washington football team out of contention this year and destined for nothing better than an eighth-place finish in the Big Sky standings, the intrigue of this final regular-season weekend lies far from Cheney.

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Rams’ Cooper Kupp placed on IR, will miss at least four games after ankle surgery

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 15, 2022

Los Angeles Rams star receiver Cooper Kupp, who suffered an ankle injury in last Sunday's loss to the Arizona Cardinals, will have surgery and will be placed on injured reserve, coach Sean McVay said Tuesday.

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Cooper Kupp could miss several weeks with ankle injury

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 14, 2022

The struggling Los Angeles Rams offense does not figure to improve anytime soon, not with star receiver Cooper Kupp out of the lineup.

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Eastern Washington notebook: Freshman quarterback Kekoa Visperas throws first touchdown in loss to Montana

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 12, 2022

MISSOULA – Eastern Washington’s young players got plenty of playing time in Saturday’s 63-7 blowout loss to the Montana Grizzlies at Washington-Grizzly Stadium, and none perhaps was more valuable than the time played by redshirt freshman quarterback Kekoa Visperas.

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Eastern Washington has no answers for Montana offense during 63-7 rout

UPDATED: Sat., Nov. 12, 2022

MISSOULA – By the end of Montana’s fourth offensive play of the game Saturday at Washington-Grizzly Stadium, it was apparent the Eastern Washington defense was not going to get the fast start it wanted against the Grizzlies’ offense.

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Things to watch: Pass protection important for Eastern Washington against Montana

UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 11, 2022

For the fifth time this season, Eastern Washington will face a ranked team on Saturday when it travels to Missoula to play the 16th-ranked Montana Grizzlies (6-3, 3-3 Big Sky) at noon.

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One down, two to go: Bo Levi Mitchell bids farewell to Calgary as ex-EWU teammates T.J. Lee and Vernon Adams Jr. prepare for CFL semifinal

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 10, 2022

With more than 32,000 passing yards in a decade of work on his resume, Bo Levi Mitchell has said farewell to the Calgary Stampeders. But not goodbye to the Canadian Football League.

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No. 16 Montana not overlooking Eastern Washington despite poor record

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 10, 2022

Unquestionably, the Eastern Washington football team is having a down year.