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.