Eastern and Big Sky links

Lost in Eastern’s big win last week over Montana State was a dominant third quarter by the Eagle defense, which has been making that a habit lately. Here’s my story from practice, plus links to the football site at Eastern and at Cal Poly , this week’s opponent. Also, we’ll have another live chat at Thursday noon, right here at SportsLink. … Elsewhere, Portland State is going for its fourth straight win , while Southern Utah is at Montana State in a game with huge playoff implications, as both teams have three losses going in. The Billings Gazette has this preview . Meanwhile, Montana needs to beat Weber State to stay in the playoff hunt, and the Grizzlies are taking nothing for granted . … Eastern doesn’t face Northern Arizona on the football field, but the Lumberjacks are just a game behind in the Big Sky standings going into this week’s game against Northern Colorado.