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An injury to Jared Taylor in the fourth quarter of a 51-14 loss at Boise State on Friday cast a shadow of uncertainty over Eastern Washington’s quarterback situation heading into this Saturday’s matchup at Northern Iowa.

BOISE – Eastern Washington quarterback Jared Taylor, who left Boise State’s Albertsons Field on a stretcher Friday night, returned to Cheney on Saturday morning, a university official confirmed.

BOISE – There are certain hallmarks of the sort of upset Eastern Washington was attempting to pull off on Friday night.

As Boen Phelps closed in on a decision about where he wanted to play college football, the choice to stay close to home and attend Eastern Washington was always an option.

In the immediate aftermath of their Week 1 loss to Incarnate Word, Eastern Washington players were sure that they had missed an opportunity for a coveted road victory in their nonconference schedule. Two days later, safeties coach Zach Bruce was still convinced. “We could have beat that team,” he said.

Read Sunn’s five years at Wyoming included three winning seasons, a couple of bowl game victories and a personal resume of 42 games played.

As far as momentum-swinging plays go, Drew Carter’s fumble recovery last weekend was about as meaningful as they come.

The most recent FCS Stats Perform Top 25 poll contains six Big Sky teams, the highest being Montana State.

SAN ANTONIO – Challenged over the last nine months by their coaches to do more to force turnovers, the Eastern Washington defense responded in a 31-21 loss Saturday night to Incarnate Word.

SAN ANTONIO – Time and again on Saturday night, the Incarnate Word Cardinals tried to pound the ball through the Eastern Washington defense.

SAN ANTONIO – Eastern Washington won’t be at home for a while – it is one of four Big Sky teams that won’t play a home game until Sept. 20 – but the Eagles are taking it in stride.