Eastern playoff links

Another team, another challenge. For No. 3 Eastern Washington, it comes this week in the form of Jacksonville State running back DaMarcus James and the Gamecocks’ zone-read offense. Here’s our story , along with previews from Eastern and from JSU , plus JSU stats . Here’s a story on JSU’s defense, courtesy of the Birmingham News. … In the other quarterfinal in Eastern’s half of the bracket, No. 2 Eastern Illinois faces Towson on Friday night The Panthers picked up a couple of big honors .